[10] Ḥájí Qásí's end was sad. Some seventeen years later, in spite of assurances given to him, he was strangled on the platform of Persepolis, and his corpse was left dangling there, by the orders of an uncle of Náṣiri'd-Dín [_Sh_]áh, Ḥájí Sulṭán Murád Mírzá, the Ḥisámu's-Salṭanih, who was on his way to take up the reins of governorship in [_Sh_]íráz. CHAPTER 12: THAT MIDSUMMER NOON Opening quotation: 'The Báb' in _The Bahá'í World_, Vol. VIII, p. 945. Beatrice Irwin (1877-1956) was a British Bahá'í of Irish descent, who lived a good part of her life in the United States, but travelled both in her work and as a Bahá'í teacher to many parts of the world. Educated at Cheltenham College and Oxford, she was a pioneer in the field of lighting engineering, and also devoted much of her life to advancing the cause of world peace. Her writings include _The Gates of Light_, _The New Science of Colour_, and _Heralds of Peace_. [1] In later years he became known as Mírzá `Alíy-i-Sayyaḥ (Traveller), married a daughter of [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Ḥasan-i-Zunúzí and made his home in Karbilá. He was one of the four Bahá'ís sent with Ṣubḥ-i-Azal to Cyprus, by the Ottoman Government. He died there on August 4th 1871. [2] See Foreword, paragraph 4. [3] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 314 (Brit.), pp. 430-1 (U.S.). Account of Siyyid Ḥusayn-i-Yazdí (or `Azíz). [4] _ibid._, pp. 370-1 (Brit.), p. 505 (U.S.). [5] _ibid._, p. 371 (Brit.), p. 506 (U.S.). [6] _ibid._, p. 372 (Brit.), p. 507 (U.S.). [7] _ibid._, pp. 223-4 (Brit.), pp. 307-8 (U.S.). [8] Cited Shoghi Effendi, _The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh_, p. 101. [9] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 373 (Brit.), p. 508 (U.S.), and Sohráb, _Risáliy-i-Tis`a-`A[_sh_]aríyyih_, p. 74. [10] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 374 (Brit.), pp. 509-10 (U.S.). [11] _ibid._, p. 375 (Brit.), p. 512 (U.S.). [12] _ibid._, p. 376 (Brit.), p. 514 (U.S.). [13] _ibid._, p. 378 (Brit.), pp. 518-19 (U.S.). CHAPTER 13: THE DAWN-BREAKERS Opening quotation: _Díván-i-Miṣbáḥ_. `Azízu'lláh Miṣbáḥ (1876-1945), poet, educationalist, master of _belles-lettres_, was an eminent Bahá'í of Írán. A book of his prose: _Mun[_sh_]i'át-i-Miṣbáḥ_, reprinted many times, became a textbook, for use in schools. [1] [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Muḥammad [_Sh_]ibl and his son, Áqá Muḥammad-Muṣṭafá (then about ten years old); [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Sulṭán-i-Karbilá'í; Siyyid Aḥmad-i-Yazdí, the father of Siyyid Ḥusayn (the amanuensis of the Báb); [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Ṣaliḥ-i-Karímí and Mullá Ibráhím-i-Maḥallátí were of that number. [2] Browne (ed.), _A Traveller's Narrative_, Vol. II, xliii. [3] He was variously named as Mullá `Abdu'lláh, Mírzá Ṣálih, and Mírzá Ṭáhir, the Baker. [4] `Abdu'l-Bahá, _Memorials of the Faithful_, p. 201. [5] _The Dawn-Breakers_, pp. 215-16 (Brit.), p. 299 (U.S.). [6] _ibid._, p. 253 (Brit.), p. 351 (U.S.). [7] Nicolas, _Seyyèd Ali Mohammed dit le Bâb_, p. 296. [8] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 240 (Brit.), p. 332 (U.S.). [9] F.O. 60/144.