Sequential excerpts (including footnotes) from ‘The Dawn-Breakers’ by Nabil-i-‘Azam, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi

August 26, 2025

Prime Minister Hájí Mírzá Aqásí issued “a peremptory order for the transference of the Báb to the castle of Chihríq”

These malevolent reports had an immediate influence upon ájí Mírzá Aqásí. Fear and resentment again impelled that capricious minister to issue a peremptory order for the transference of the Báb to the castle of Chihríq. 

- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’ chapter 13)