[17] Mullá Báqir, the imám of the [_Ch_]inár-Sú[_kh_]tih quarter; Mírzá Ḥusayn-i-Qutb, the Kad [_Kh_]udá (Headman) of the Bázár quarter; and Ḥájí Muḥammad-Taqí, a prominent and wealthy merchant, who later earned the surname of Ayyúb (Job) from Bahá'u'lláh, because of his intense sufferings, his patience in tribulation and his steadfastness--these were among the notables who went out to the village of Runíz in the district of Fasá to meet Vaḥíd. [18] _The Dawn-Breakers_, pp. 353-4 (Brit.), pp. 479-80 (U.S.). [19] They were commanded by Mihr-`Alí [_Kh_]án-i-Núrí, the [_Sh_]ujá`u'l-Mulk, and Muṣṭafá-Qulí [_Kh_]án-i-Qaráguzlú, the I`timadu's-Salṭanih. [20] _The Dawn-Breakers_, pp. 361-2 (Brit.), pp. 488-9 (U.S.). [21] Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_, p. 47. [22] Browne (ed.), _The Táríkh-i-Jadíd_, p. 255. [23] _ibid._, p. 253. [24] Browne, _A Year Amongst the Persians_, p. 81. (1926 ed.). [25] F. O. 60/153. K. W. Abbott's dispatch of August 30th 1850, enclosed with Sheil's report of September 5th 1850 to Palmerston. [26] F. O. 248/142 of December 9th 1850, R. W. Stevens, Consul at Tabríz to Sheil. [27] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 419 (Brit.), p. 572 (U.S.). [28] F.O. 60/158 of January 6th 1851. EPILOGUE [1] Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_, pp. 273-4. APPENDIX 1: THE SIEGE OF KARBILÁ [1] F.O. 248/108, of May 15th 1843, enclosed in Farrant's letter to Sheil of May 20th 1843. All quotations unidentified by a number in this Appendix are taken from this document. [2] F.O. 248/108, of November 18th 1842, enclosed in Farrant's letter to Sheil of May 2nd 1843. [3] F.O. 60/95 (undated), enclosed in Sheil's letter to Aberdeen of February 4th 1843. APPENDIX 2: THE MARTYRDOM OF THE BÁB [1] F.O. 60/152. [2] F.O. 248/142, of July 24th 1850. [3] F.O. 60/153. [4] F.O. 60/153, of August 3rd 1850, translated by Taylour Thomson. [5] F.O. 248/140. APPENDIX 3: PRELUDE TO THE EPISODE OF NAYRÍZ [1] F.O. 60/150, of February 12th 1850. APPENDIX 4: THE SEVEN MARTYRS OF ṬIHRÁN [1] F.O. 60/145, of July 27th 1849. [2] Dossier No. 133, Ṭihrán, 1850; pp. 100-5. Translation by Dr. Firuz Kazemzadeh in 'Excerpts from Dispatches Written During 1848-1852' by Prince Dolgorukov, Russian Minister to Persia; quoted by kind permission of _World Order_, A Bahá'í Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, 1966. The dispatches were published as an appendix to M. S. Ivanov's book, _The Babi Uprisings in Iran_. [3] F.O. 60/150. See Appendix 3. [4] F.O. 248/140, of May 2nd 1850. APPENDIX 5: THE EPISODE OF ZANJÁN [1] F.O. 60/151, of May 25th 1850. [2] F.O. 60/152, of June 25th 1850. [3] Dossier No. 133, Ṭihrán, 1850; pp. 470-1. See Appendix 4, note 2, for details. [4] F.O. 60/153. [5] _ibid._ [6] Dossier No. 134, Ṭihrán, 1850; p. 562. See Appendix 4, note 2, for details. [7] Dossier No. 133, Ṭihrán, 1850; p. 582. _op. cit._ [8] Dossier No. 134, Ṭihrán, 1850; p. 99. _op. cit._ [9] Dossier No. 134, Ṭihrán, 1851; p. 156. _op. cit._ [10] F.O. 60/153. [11] _ibid._