[4] [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Muḥammad was known as [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid, and also as [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]uná and [_Sh_]ay[_kh_]-i-Anám. That his real name was Muḥammad is attested by this verse in the Arabic _Bayán_, one of the last works of the Báb: 'Say O Muḥammad, My teacher, do not beat me ere my years have gone beyond five.' His school was in the quarter called Bázár-i-Mur[_gh_] (Poultry Market), housed in a mosque-like structure which went by the name of Qahviy-i-Awlíyá'. It was close to the house of Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí, the uncle-guardian of the Báb. In its courtyard were a number of graves: three were particularly revered as those of saintly personages, one of whom was called Awlíyá'--though no one really knew whose were the graves. It is known that [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid wrote a monograph on the childhood of the Báb, but the manuscript has always been in the possession of people not well-disposed to the Faith of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, and they have persistently refused to give it up or to divulge its contents. [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Ábid was also destined in later years to accept the Faith proclaimed by his former Pupil. [5] Account taken from Mírzá Abu'l Faḍl's unpublished writings. [6] Nicolas, _Seyyèd Ali Mohammed Dit le Bâb_, pp. 189-90. [7] Written in several volumes during the reign of Náṣiri'd-Dín [_Sh_]áh by Lisánu'l-Mulk of Ká[_sh_]án, whose soubriquet was Sipihr. [8] _The Dawn-Breakers_, pp. 20-2 (Brit.), pp. 25-9 (U.S.). [9] _ibid._, pp. 22-3 (Brit.), p. 30 (U.S.). [10] Ḥájí Mírzá `Alí's father was named Mírzá `Ábid. [11] By [_Dh_]ikr, he means Himself. Repeatedly in the _Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'_, the Báb refers to Himself as [_Dh_]ikr, and was known to His followers as [_Dh_]ikru'lláh-al-A`ẓam (Mention of God, the Most Great), or [_Dh_]ikru'lláh-al-Akbar (Mention of God, the Greatest), and sometimes as Ḥaḍrat-i-[_Dh_]ikr. 'Ḥaḍrat' prefixed to the name of a Manifestation of God has been translated as 'His Holiness'. But this English rendering is totally inadequate, for 'Ḥaḍrat' has no English equivalent when placed prior to the name of a Manifestation of God. It conveys also the sense of His Honour, His Eminence, His Excellency, and the like. [12] From the _Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'_, translated by H. M. Balyuzi. CHAPTER 3: ṬIHRÁN Opening quotations: Bahá'u'lláh, (1) _Gleanings_, LVI (2) _Kitáb-i-Íqán_, p. 161 (Brit.), p. 252 (U.S.). [1] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 58 (Brit.), pp. 86-7 (U.S.). [2] _ibid._, p. 66 (Brit.), p. 96 (U.S.). [3] Two works of the Báb are entitled _Bayán_ (Utterance): the larger one is in Persian, and the other which is much shorter is in Arabic. [4] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 69 (Brit.), p. 99 (U.S.). [5] _ibid._, p. 70 (Brit.), pp. 100-1 (U.S.). [6] _ibid._, pp. 71-4 (Brit.), pp. 104-8 (U.S.). [7] See Foreword, paragraph 4. [8] Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_, p. 9. CHAPTER 4: THE FIRST MARTYR