From Isfáhán, Mullá Husayn proceeded to Káshán. The first to
be enrolled in that city among the company of the faithful was a certain Hájí
Mírzá Jání, surnamed Par-Pa, who was a merchant of note. Among the friends of Mullá Husayn was a
well-known divine, Siyyid ‘Abdu’l-Báqí, a resident of Káshán and a member of the
shaykhí community. Although intimately associated with Mullá Husayn during his
stay in Najaf and Karbilá, the Siyyid felt unable to sacrifice rank and
leadership for the Message which his friend had brought him.
(Chapter 4, ‘The
Dawn-Breakers’)
