Baha'u'llah Himself declares in the Suriy-i-Ra'is, "this Youth hath
departed out of this country and deposited beneath every tree and every
stone a trust, which God will erelong bring forth through the power of
truth."

Several of the companions who had been brought from Constantinople were
awaiting them in Gallipoli. On his arrival Baha'u'llah made the following
pronouncement to Hasan Effendi, who, his duty discharged, was taking his
leave: "Tell the king that this territory will pass out of his hands, and
his affairs will be thrown into confusion." "To this," Aqa Rida, the
recorder of that scene has written, "Baha'u'llah furthermore added: 'Not I
speak these words, but God speaketh them.' In those moments He was
uttering verses which we, who were downstairs, could overhear. They were
spoken with such vehemence and power that, methinks, the foundations of
the house itself trembled."

Even in Gallipoli, where three nights were spent, no one knew what
Baha'u'llah's destination would be. Some believed that He and His brothers
would be banished to one place, and the remainder dispersed, and sent into
exile. Others thought that His companions would be sent back to Persia,
while still others expected their immediate extermination. The
government's original order was to banish Baha'u'llah, Aqay-i-Kalim and
Mirza Muhammad-Quli, with a servant to Akka, while the rest were to
proceed to Constantinople. This order, which provoked scenes of
indescribable distress, was, however, at the insistence of Baha'u'llah,
and by the instrumentality of Umar Effendi, a major appointed to accompany
the exiles, revoked. It was eventually decided that all the exiles,
numbering about seventy, should be banished to Akka. Instructions were,
moreover, issued that a certain number of the adherents of Mirza Yahya,
among whom were Siyyid Muhammad and Aqa Jan, should accompany these
exiles, whilst four of the companions of Baha'u'llah were ordered to
depart with the Azalis for Cyprus.

So grievous were the dangers and trials confronting Baha'u'llah at the
hour of His departure from Gallipoli that He warned His companions that
"this journey will be unlike any of the previous journeys," and that
whoever did not feel himself "man enough to face the future" had best
"depart to whatever place he pleaseth, and be preserved from tests, for
hereafter he will find himself unable to leave"--a warning which His
companions unanimously chose to disregard.

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