The effects of Bahá’u’lláh’s message: “It dispelled the gloom that had settled upon His heart, and imbued His soul with the certainty of victory”

That message, received at an hour of uncertainty and suspense, imparted solace and strength to the Báb. It dispelled the gloom that had settled upon His heart, and imbued His soul with the certainty of victory. The sadness which had long lingered upon His face, and which the perils of His captivity had served to aggravate, visibly diminished. He no longer shed those tears of anguish which had streamed so profusely from His eyes ever since the days of His arrest and departure from Shíráz. The cry “Beloved, My Well-Beloved,” which in His bitter grief and loneliness He was wont to utter, gave way to expressions of thanksgiving and praise, of hope and triumph. The exultation which glowed upon His face never forsook Him until the day when the news of the great disaster which befell the heroes of Shaykh Tabarsí again beclouded the radiance of His countenance and dimmed the joy of His heart. 

- Nabil  (‘The Dawn-Breakers, chapter 12)

April 1, 1847: The Báb received “a sealed letter together with certain gifts” from Bahá’u’lláh

On the fourteenth day of the month of Rabí’u’th-Thání, [April 1, 1847] the twelfth day after Naw-Rúz, Mullá Mihdíy-i-Khú’í and Mullá Muḥammad-Mihdíy-i-Kandí arrived from Tihrán. The latter, who had been closely associated with Bahá’u’lláh in Tihrán, had been commissioned by Him to present to the Báb a sealed letter together with certain gifts which, as soon as they were delivered into His hands, provoked in His soul sentiments of unusual delight. His face glowed with joy as He overwhelmed the bearer with marks of His gratitude and favour. 

- Nabil  (‘The Dawn-Breakers, chapter 12) 

March 31, 1847: The Báb was joined by four of His followers

He was joined two days after by Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdí, Siyyid Hasan, his brother; Mullá ‘Abdu’l-Karím, and Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunúzí, all of whom were invited to lodge in the immediate surroundings of His tent. 

- Nabil  (‘The Dawn-Breakers, chapter 12)

March 29, 1847: A special tent was pitched for the Báb at the village of Kulayn

Muhammad Big was commanded, in view of the unsuitability of the houses in that village, to pitch a special tent for the Báb and keep the escort in its neighbourhood pending the receipt of further instructions. On the morning of the ninth day after Naw-Rúz, the eleventh day of the month of Rabí’u’th-Thání, in the year 1263 A.H., [March 29, 1847] in the immediate vicinity of that village, which belonged to Hájí Mírzá Aqásí, a tent which had served for his own use whenever he visited that place was erected for the Báb, on the slopes of a hill pleasantly situated amid wide stretches of orchards and smiling meadows. The peacefulness of that spot, the luxuriance of its vegetation, and the unceasing murmur of its streams greatly pleased the Báb. 

- Nabil  (‘The Dawn-Breakers, chapter 12) 

The Báb and His mounted escort reached the fortress of Kinár-Gird, about 28 miles south of the capital

circa 1935 Ruins of the Fortress of Kinar-Gird

After a march of two days from that village, they arrived, on the afternoon of the eighth day after Naw-Rúz, at the fortress of Kinár-Gird, [1] which lies six farsangs to the south of Tihrán. They were planning to reach the capital on the ensuing day, and had decided to spend the night in the neighbourhood of that fortress, when a messenger unexpectedly arrived from Tihrán, bearing a written order from Hájí Mírzá Aqásí to Muhammad Big. That message instructed him to proceed immediately with the Báb to the village of Kulayn, where Shaykh-i-Kulayní, Muḥammad-ibn-i-Ya’qub, the author of the Usul-i-Káfí, who was born in that place, had been laid to rest with his father, and whose shrines are greatly honoured by the people of that neighbourhood. 

- Nabil  (‘The Dawn-Breakers, chapter 12)

[1] A station on the old Isfáhán road, distant about 28 miles from Tihrán.

The Báb received a warm and spontaneous reception at the village of Qumrud

circa 1935 Village of Qumrud

Proceeding by a route that skirted the northern end of the city of Qum, they halted at the village of Qumrud, which was owned by a relative of Muḥammad Big, and the inhabitants of which all belonged to the sect of the ‘Alíyu’lláhí. At the invitation of the headman of the village, the Báb tarried one night in that place and was touched by the warmth and spontaneity of the reception which those simple folk had accorded Him. Ere He resumed His journey, He invoked the blessings of the Almighty in their behalf and cheered their hearts with assurances of His appreciation and love. 

- Nabil  (‘The Dawn-Breakers, chapter 12)