According to Samandar, who was one of the early believers of
Qazvín (manuscript, p. 15), Táhirih’s sister, Mardíyyih, was the wife of Mírzá
Muhammad-‘Alí, who was one of the Letters of the Living, and who suffered
martyrdom at Shaykh Tabarsí. Mardíyyih appears to have recognised and embraced
the Message of the Báb (p. 5). Mírzá Muhammad-‘Alí was the son of Hájí Mullá
‘Abdu’l-Vahháb, to whom the Báb addressed a Tablet while in the neighbourhood
of Qazvín.
(Footnotes to Chapter 3, provided by Shoghi Effendi)
