An American quarterly, the _Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art_,[1] in its issue of January-April 1846, reproduced the same item of news which was again taken in full from the _Literary Gazette_ of London. As far as is known, these were the earliest references to the Faith of the Báb in any Western publication. British merchants, who then happened to be in [_Sh_]íráz, were responsible for that report, which, as we shall see, although correct in its essentials, was not devoid of error. The Báb, returning from His pilgrimage to Mecca, arrived at Bú[_sh_]ihr sometime in the month of Ṣafar 1261 A.H. (February-March 1845). There He parted from Quddús, saying: The days of your companionship with Me are drawing to a close. The hour of separation has struck, a separation which no reunion will follow except in the Kingdom of God, in the presence of the King of Glory.[2] Quddús left for [_Sh_]íráz and took with him a letter from the Báb addressed to His uncle, Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí. Meeting Quddús and hearing all he had to impart convinced Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí of the truth of the Cause of his Nephew, and he immediately pledged Him his unqualified allegiance. Mullá Ṣádiq-i-Muqaddas now reached [_Sh_]íráz, accompanied by Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání, who had once been his pupil in Iṣfahán. Mullá Ṣádiq established himself in a mosque known as Báqir-Ábád, where he led the congregation in prayer. But as soon as he received a Tablet from the Báb, sent from Bú[_sh_]ihr, he moved to the mosque adjoining His house. There he carried out the specific instruction of the Báb to include in the traditional Islamic Call to Prayer--the A[_dh_]án--these additional words: 'I bear witness that He whose name is `Alí Qabl-i-Muḥammad [`Alí preceding Muḥammad, the Báb] is the servant of Baqíyyatu'lláh [the Remnant of God, Bahá'u'lláh].'[3] Then the storm broke. [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Abú-Há[_sh_]im, notorious for his behaviour on the pilgrim boat, had already written to his compatriots in [_Sh_]íráz to arouse their fury. Now the divines of that city, led by [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Ḥusayn-i-`Arab,[BQ] Ḥájí [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Mihdíy-i-Kujúrí and Mullá Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Maḥallátí, were demanding blood. Quddús, Muqaddas and Mullá `Alí-Akbar were arrested, hauled before the Governor-General, and mercilessly beaten, after which they suffered the punishments and indignities described in the London report already quoted (see p. 76). But there were three of them, not four.[BR] [Footnote BQ: The Názimu'[_sh_]-[_Sh_]arí`ih, who universally earned the epithet of 'Ẓálim', the Tyrant.]