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| Siyyid Kázim |
His [Siyyid Kázim’s] family were merchants of repute. His father was named Áqá Siyyid Qásim. When twelve years old, he was living at
Ardibíl near the tomb of Shaykh Safi’u’d-Din Ishaq, the descendant of the
seventh Imám Músá Kázim and the ancestor of the Safaví kings. One night in a
dream it was signified to him by one of the illustrious progenitors of the
buried saint that he should put himself under the spiritual guidance of Shaykh
Ahmad-i-Ahsá’í, who was at this time residing at Yazd. He accordingly proceeded
thither and enrolled himself amongst the disciples of Shaykh Ahmad, in whose
doctrine he attained such eminence that on the Shaykh’s death he was
unanimously recognised as the leader of the Shaykhí school.”
(“A Traveller’s
Narrative,” Note E, p. 238; footnotes added by Shoghi Effendi to Chapter 1 of 'The Dawn-Breakers')
