r supported Mirza Yahya, and was appointed
his representative in Iran and his successor. During the
persecutions against the Babis he recanted his faith.

7 The insignia of a mulla.

8 Qur'an 6:91.

9 Ustad 'Ali-Akbar, one of the staunch believers in Yazd. He designed
the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of Ishqabad and his design was approved by
'Abdu'l-Baha. Ustad 'Ali-Akbar offered up his life as a martyr in
Yazd in 1903.

10 Arabic.

11 Haji Mirza Haydar-'Ali, outstanding Persian Baha'i teacher and
author. He spent nine years in prison and exile in Khartum,
travelled extensively in Iran, and passed away in 1920 in the Holy
Land. Western pilgrims knew him as the Angel of Mount Carmel.

12 Qur'an 34:12.

13 Jesus.

14 Haji Mulla Hadi Sabzivari, a renowned philosopher and poet of Iran
contemporary with Baha'u'llah. He passed away in 1873.

15 Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani, the Qa'im Maqam, a distinguished poet
and scholar during the reign of Fath 'Ali Shah. He was a friend of
Mirza Buzurg, father of Baha'u'llah. Qa'im Maqam became Prime
Minister of Persia in 1821, but in 1835 he was put to death by order
of Muhammad Shah, at the instigation of Haji Mirza Aqasi.

16 cf. Qur'an 4:129.

17 Qur'an 59:9.

18 Muhammad Javad-i-Qazvini, upon whom Baha'u'llah bestowed the title
Ismu'llahi'l-Jud (The Name of God, Bounty). He transcribed numerous
Tablets of Baha'u'llah during His Ministry, but subsequently broke
the Covenant. (See God Passes By pages 247 and 319.)

19 A village near Isfahan.

20 Mirza Hadi Dawlat-Abadi, one of the divines of Isfahan, who became a
follower of the Bab, later supported Mirza Yahya, and was appointed
his representative in Iran and his successor. During the
persecutions against the Babis he recanted his faith.

21 Mirza Ashraf, who was martyred in the city of Isfahan. (See God
Passes By p. 201.)

22 The two Hands of the Cause of God, Haji Mulla 'Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi
and Haji Abu'l-Hasan Ardakani, Amin-i-Ilahi (Trustee of
Huququ'llah), were originally arrested in Tihran, imprisoned in
Qazvin in the year 1891, and then transferred to prison in Tihran.

23 Prince Mahmud Mirza, the Jalalu'd'Dawlih, Governor of Yazd, Persia.

24 Jamalu'd-Din-i-Afghani. (See God Passes By pp. 296, 317.)

25 i.e., the lette