Asadu'lláh, Ḥájí, 167 Asadu'lláh [_Kh_]án-i-Vazír, Mírzá, 218 Asadu'lláh, Mírzá, of [_Kh_]uy, _see_ Dayyán Asadu'lláh, [_Sh_]ay[_kh_], of [_Sh_]íráz, 99 Asadu'lláh-i-Iṣfahání, Mírzá, 191 Asadu'lláh-i-Qumí, Siyyid, 139 Asadu'lláh-i-Ra[_sh_]tí, Ḥájí Siyyid, 50, 112, 113 Aṣlán [_Kh_]án, 84 `Aṭṭár, gate, 118 Azalí scribe, 240 `Aẓím, _see_ [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] `Alí, Mullá, of [_Kh_]urásán Báb, The (Siyyid `Alí-Muḥammad): meeting with Mullá Ḥusayn and declaration, 17-22; arrival of Quddús, 23-4; accepts Qurratu'l-`Ayn, 24-6; His disciples, 24, 26-7; sends Mullá `Alí to `Iráq, 28; addresses Letters of Living, 28-31; family, youth, education, 32-7; merchant in Bu[_sh_]ihr, 37, 39-41; journey to holy cities and meeting with Siyyid Káẓim, 41-6; marriage and son, 46-7; sends Mullá Ḥusayn to Bahá'u'lláh, 48-50, 52-7; letter to wife, 57; pilgrimage to Mecca, 57, 69-71; declaration in Mecca, 71; challenge to Muḥit, 72-4; Tablet to [_Sh_]arif of Mecca, 74-5; returns to Irán, 77; advance contacts with [_Sh_]íráz, 77-8; arrest at Dálakí, 84, 105; returns to [_Sh_]íráz, 85, 88-9; birth of Bábí community, 89-90, 103; Vaḥhíd accepts, 90-4; at Vakíl mosque, 94-8; Ḥujjat accepts, 100-1; leaves [_Sh_]íráz, 104-6; resides at Iṣfahán, 109-16; [_Sh_]áh calls to Ṭihrán, 116, 118; stops at Ká[_sh_]án, 118-19, Qumrúd, 119, Kulayn, 119-21; receives communication from Bahá'u'lláh, 120; meeting with [_Sh_]áh prevented, 121-3; consigned to Máh-Kú, 122, 124, 128; arrives Mílán, 126-7; stays at Tabríz, 127-8; events at Máh-Kú, 128-33; removal to [_Ch_]ihríq, 131-2, 134-7; summoned to Tabríz, 137; stops in Urúmíyyih, 138; His portrait, 138-9; examination at Tabríz, 140-5; bastinadoed, 145-7; returned to [_Ch_]ihríq, 147-8; followers visit, 148-50; receives news of persecutions, 150-1; sends Writings, etc., to Bahá'u'lláh, 151-2; composes Arabic _Bayán_, 152; martyrdom, 152-9, 202; remains rescued, concealed, 159-60, 189-91; final mission to Mullá Ḥusayn, 171; anticipates 'Seven Martyrs', 185; His Shrine, 191-2; inaccurate reports of life, teachings, 203, 204-5, 214-16, appendix 7; claim and station, 18-19, 71, 141-2, 143-4, 167, 189; Writings, 20, 39, 73, 91-2, 110, 132, 136, 141, 147, 163, _see_ index for _Bayán_, _Qayyúmu'l-Asmá'_ Bábís, 26-7, 89-90, 134-6, 145, 146, 159, 164-7, 169-78, 180-7 _passim_, 204-12 _passim_, 215, 219-24, 239 Bábí Faith, 224 Bábíyyat (Gatehood), 96 Bábíyyih, 56, 173 Bábul, _see_ Bárfurú[_sh_] Bábu'l-Báb, _see_ Ḥusayn-i-Bu[_sh_]rú'í, Mullá Bada[_sh_]t, conference of, 167-71 Bagdadi, Dr. Zia (Ba[_gh_]dádí, Ḍíyá), 232 Ba[_gh_]dád, 41, 59, 60-1, 63, 64, 66, 67, 68, 131, 135, 162, 163, 164, 176, 191, 193, 197, 199-201, 224, 232