[Footnote DU: An undated letter has come to light in the handwriting of Náṣiri'd-Dín [_Sh_]áh, written during the Ministry of Bahá'u'lláh, and addressed to `Aláu'd-Dawlih, a governor of Ṭihrán. The [_Sh_]áh instructed the Governor to put certain questions to the 'Bábís' arrested by Amínu's-Sulṭán, including Áqá Jamál-i-Burújirdí, the only one he mentions by name. Only Amínu's-Sulṭán and Ḥájí Áqá Muḥammad, a divine, should be present for the questioning, he instructed, and the replies of the Bábís were to be recorded and presented to him. He himself, he said, might then have to meet these 'Bábís', to determine exactly what their aims and purposes were. Náṣiri'd-Dín [_Sh_]áh's language was abusive, but two points are particularly worth noting in this long tirade: first, his admission that, before the tribunal in Tabríz, the Báb stood firmly by His claim that He was the Qá'im; second, his insistence that he wanted to know what were the beliefs and intentions of the 'Bábís'. During the governorship of `Aláu'd-Dawlih, Áqá Najaf-`Alí, a Bahá'í of Tabríz, was arrested, resulting in the apprehension of a number of Bahá'ís in Ṭihrán. Áqá Najaf-`Alí had recently returned from `Akká and was the bearer of a number of Tablets. He lost his life but the other Bahá'ís were eventually freed.] Shortly after these proceedings, it was decided to inflict corporal punishment upon the Báb, and He was taken to the house of Muḥammad-Káẓim [_Kh_]án, the farrá[_sh_]-bá[_sh_]í.[DV] As the guards refused to carry out the sentence, Mírzá `Alí-Aṣ[_gh_]ar, the [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]u'l-Islám, personally administered the bastinado. When the news reached Urúmíyyih that the Báb had been subjected to such indignity, many of those who had been attracted to His Faith abandoned it. In Tabríz, the Báb was seen by Dr. Cormick, an English physician, the only Westerner ever to have met Him. The Reverend Benjamin Labaree, D.D., of the American Presbyterian Mission at Urúmíyyih, asked Dr. Cormick for the particulars of his visit. The English physician wrote in answer: