promptly informed the Persian consuls in 'Iraq and
Egypt that the Turkish government had withdrawn its protection from the
Babis, and that they were free to treat them as they pleased. Several
pilgrims, among whom was Haji Muhammad Isma'il-i-Ka_sh_ani, surnamed Anis
in the Lawh-i-Ra'is, had, in the meantime, arrived in Adrianople, and had
to depart to Gallipoli, without even beholding the face of their Master.
Two of the companions were forced to divorce their wives, as their
relatives refused to allow them to go into exile. _Kh_ur_sh_id Pa_sh_a,
who had already several times categorically denied the written accusations
sent him by the authorities in Constantinople, and had interceded
vigorously on behalf of Baha'u'llah, was so embarrassed by the action of
his government that he decided to absent himself when informed of His
immediate departure from the city, and instructed the Registrar to convey
to Him the purport of the Sultan's edict. Haji Ja'far-i-Tabrizi, one of
the believers, finding that his name had been omitted from the list of the
exiles who might accompany Baha'u'llah, cut his throat with a razor, but
was prevented in time from ending his life--an act which Baha'u'llah, in
the Suriy-i-Ra'is, characterizes as "unheard of in bygone centuries," and
which "God hath set apart for this Revelation, as an evidence of the power
of His might."

On the twenty-second of the month of Rabi'u'_th_-_Th_ani 1285 A.H. (August
12, 1868) Baha'u'llah and His family, escorted by a Turkish captain, Hasan
Effendi by name, and other soldiers appointed by the local government, set
out on their four-day journey to Gallipoli, riding in carriages and
stopping on their way at Uezuen-Kueprue and Ka_sh_anih, at which latter place
the Suriy-i-Ra'is was revealed. "The inhabitants of the quarter in which
Baha'u'llah had been living, and the neighbors who had gathered to bid Him
farewell, came one after the other," writes an eye-witness, "with the
utmost sadness and regret to kiss His hands and the hem of His robe,
expressing meanwhile their sorrow at His departure. That day, too, was a
strange day. Methinks the city, its walls and its gates bemoaned their
imminent separation from Him." "On that day," writes another eye-witness,
"there was a wonderful concourse of Muslims and Christians at the door of
our Master's house. The hour of departure was a memorable one. Most of
those present were weeping and wailing, especially the Christians." "Say,"