According to Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl (manuscript, p. 41,) the Báb
was six or seven years of age when He entered the school of Shaykh Abid. The
school was known by the name of “Qahviyih-Awliya.” The Báb remained five years
at that school where He was taught the rudiments of Persian. On the first day
of the month of Rabí’u’l-Avval, in the year 1257 A.H., He left for Najaf and
Karbilá, returning seven months after to His native province of Fárs.
(Footnotes
to chapter 3 provided by Shoghi Effendi)
