According to Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl (manuscript, p. 66), the name of the Imám-Jum’ih of Isfáhán was Mír Siyyid Muhammad, and his title “Suitánu’l-‘Ulamá’.” “The office of Sadru’s-Sudur, or chief priest of Safaví times, was abolished by Nadir Sháh, and the Imám-Jum’ih of Isfáhán is now the principal ecclesiastical dignitary of Persia.”
- C. R. Markham’s (“A General Sketch of the History of Persia,” p. 365.; Footnotes to chapter 10 of ‘The Dawn-Breakers provided by Shoghi Effendi)
The letter, which He [the Báb] entrusted to Siyyid Kázim, [to be delivered to the governor] was expressive of such courtesy and revealed such exquisite penmanship that the Mu’tamíd was moved to instruct the Sulṭánu’l-‘Ulamá, the Imám-Jum’ih of Isfáhán, the foremost ecclesiastical authority of that province, to receive the Báb in his own home and to accord Him a kindly and generous reception. In addition to his message, the governor sent the Imám-Jum’ih the letter he had received from the Báb. The Sulṭánu’l-‘Ulamá accordingly bade his own brother, whose savage cruelty in later years earned him the appellation of Raqsha’ from Bahá’u’lláh, to proceed with a number of his favourite companions to meet and escort the expected Visitor to the gate of the city. As the Báb approached, the Imám-Jum’ih went out to welcome Him in person, and conducted Him ceremoniously to his house
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’, chapter 10)
- C. R. Markham’s (“A General Sketch of the History of Persia,” p. 487: Footnotes to chapter 10 of ‘The Dawn-Breakers provided by Shoghi Effendi)
As He [the Báb] approached the outskirts of the city, He wrote a letter to the governor of the province, Manúchihr Khán, the Mu’tamídu’d-Dawlih, in which He requested him to signify his wish as to the place where He could dwell.
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’, chapter 10)
