In crowds they gathered to hear the teacher. He occupied in
turn all the pulpits of Isfáhán where he was free to speak publicly and to
announce that Mírzá ‘Alí-Muhammad was the twelfth Imám, the Imám Mihdí. He displayed
and read his Master’s books and would reveal their eloquence and their depth,
emphasizing the extreme youthfulness of the seer and telling of his miracles.”
(Comte de Gobineau’s “Les Religions et les Philosophies dans l’Asie Centrale,”
p. 130.)
(Footnotes to Chapter 4 of ‘The Dawn-Breakers’, provided by Shoghi
Effendi)
