“It was at Nishápúr [a town before Mashhad] above all, that
he made two important conversions in the persons of Mullá ‘Abdu’l-Khaliq of
Yazd, and of Mullá ‘Alí the Young. The first of these Doctors had been the
pupil of Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá’í. He was a person celebrated for his science, for
his eloquence and for his standing among the people. The other, a Shaykh like
the first, a man of strict ethics and high understanding, held the important
position of the principal mujtahid of the city. Both became ardent Bábís. They
made the pulpits of the Mosques resound with violent denunciations of Islám.”
(Comte de Gobineau’s “Les Religions et les Philosophies dans l’Asie Centrale,”
pp. 139–140)
(Footnotes to chapter 6 provided by Shoghi Effendi)
