We have, in the preceding pages, referred to the expulsion
of Quddús and of Mullá Sádiq from Shíráz, and have attempted to describe,
however inadequately, the chastisement inflicted upon them by the tyrannical
and rapacious Husayn Khán. A word should now be said regarding the nature of
their activities after their expulsion from that city. For a few days they
continued to journey together, after which they separated, Quddús departing for
Kirmán in order to interview Hájí Mírzá Karím Khán, and Mullá Sádiq directing
his steps towards Yazd with the intention of pursuing among the ‘ulamás of that
province the work which he had been so cruelly forced to abandon in Fárs.
(Chapter 9, ‘The Dawn-Breakers’)
