Jan. 22, 1844: Mullá Husayn came back to Karbilá from his mission in Persia and cheered and strengthened the disconsolate disciples of late Siyyid Kázim

Karbila circa 1935

The death of Siyyid Kázim was the signal for renewed activity on the part of his enemies. Athirst for leadership, and emboldened by his removal and the consequent dismay of his followers, they reasserted their claims and prepared to realise their ambitions. For a time, fear and anxiety filled the hearts of Siyyid Kázim’s faithful disciples, but with the return of Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú’í from the highly successful mission with which he had been entrusted by his teacher, their gloom was dispelled. 

It was on the first day of Muharram, in the year 1260 A.H., [January, 22, 1844 A.D.] that Mullá Husayn came back to Karbilá. He cheered and strengthened the disconsolate disciples of his beloved chief, reminded them of his unfailing promise, and pleaded for unrelaxing vigilance and unremitting effort in their search for the concealed Beloved. Living in the close neighbourhood of the house the Siyyid had occupied, he, for three days, was engaged continually in receiving visits from a considerable number of mourners who hastened to convey to him, as the leading representative of the Siyyid’s disciples, the expression of their distress and sorrow.

(Chapter 3, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)