According to Muhammad Musṭafá (p. 106), Mullá ‘Alí suffered
six months’ imprisonment in Baghdád by order of Najíb Páshá, the governor of
the city. He was thence ordered to leave for Constantinople, according to
instructions received from the Ottoman government. He passed through Mosul,
where he was able to awaken interest in the new Revelation. His friends were,
however, unable to discover whether he eventually reached his destination.
(Footnotes to Chapter 3 of ‘The Dawn-Breakers’, provided by Shoghi Effendi)
