Siyyid Kázim

• The immediate impact of Shaykh Ahmad’s death on Siyyid Kazim
• Siyyid Kazim’s plan to secure support from two foremost ecclesiastical leaders in Persia
• Mulla Husayn’s first assignment
• Mullá Husayn meets a famous divine in Isfahán
• 1932: Mosque of Shah Abbas in Isfahan (photo)
• Mullá Husayn inquired the reason that the famous cleric in Isfahán didn’t continue supporting the teachings of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kazim
• Mullá Husayn won the support of the famous divine in Isfahan
• Examples of Mullá Husayn’s detachment from material possessions
• circa 1935: The Madrisih of Nim-Avard in Isfahan, Persia (photo)
• The Báb’s reference about Mullá Husayn
• Mullá Husayn sent a report to Siyyid Kázim concerning his success in Isfahan
• Siyyid Kázim exerted his utmost endeavour to remove gradually the veils that hindered the seekers from apprehending the glory of the concealed Manifestation
• Siyyid Kázim’s response to questions from his disciples about “the signs” of the promised One
• Siyyid Kázim made occasional remarks about the imminent appearance of the promised One
• Some disciples of Siyyid Kázim thought that their master was the promised One
• circa 1841: A disciple of Siyyid Kázim meets the Báb in Karbilá and witnesses the amazing respect that Siyyid Kázim shows towards the Báb
• circa 1841, Karbila: a disciple of Siyyid Kázim describes what happened when the Báb made a quiet appearance at one of Siyyid Kázim’s gatherings
• circa 1841, Karbilá: A disciple of Siyyid Kázim recalls his fascination about the Báb’s manners
• 1844: A disciple of Siyyid Kázim in Karbilá hears the news of the Báb’s Declaration in Shiraz
• 1847-48: The Báb revealed “nine commentaries on the whole of the Qur’án” while incarcerated in the fortress of Máh-Kú
• An example of the Báb’s loving and welcoming nature
• 1848: The Báb entrusted one of His scribes “with a great mission”
• 1851: As promised by the Báb His scribe receives the inestimable honor of recognizing Baha’u’llah before “‘the appointed Hour”
• In some of his writings Siyyid Kázim alludes to the blessed name of Bahá’u’lláh “in veiled language”
• Siyyid Kázim’s writings “are said to exceed 300 volumes”
• An extract from one of Siyyid Kázim’s writings
• The sufferings of Siyyid Kázim
• God’s justice towards those that “opposed, vilified, and plotted against” Siyyid Kázim – he was destined to witness
• Opposition by powerful adversaries against “those whose mission it is either to proclaim the Truth or to prepare the way for its acceptance”
• Historian Nicolas describes an incident in Karbila in 1842 involving those people who had been persecuting Siyyid Kázim
• Degrees of spiritual perception of those who followed Siyyid Kázim
• Siyyid Kázim describes features of the Promised One (the Báb)
• An excerpt from the writings of Siyyid Kázim
• Siyyid Kázim’s allusion concerning the absence of any bodily deficiency in the Promised One directed the attention of some of the disciples towards a few fellow-disciples
• A former disciple of Siyyid Kázim rises against the Báb – The Siyyid referred to him as “the antichrist of the promised Revelation”
• A former disciple of Siyyid Kázim wrote two treaties against the Báb
• A leading disciple of Siyyid Kázim suffered imprisonment in Tihrán, in the same dungeon within which Bahá’u’lláh was confined
• Siyyid Kázim encouraged his disciples to search for the Promised One
• Siyyid Kázim alludes to the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh to his disciples
• Persia 1921: Entering the city of Saveh - an ancient capital of Persia, southwest of Tihran (photo)
• Shaykh Ahmad’s prediction
• Siyyid Kázim’s instruction to his disciples: “Gird up the loins of endeavour, and fix your gaze upon His promise”
• circa 1841: Approaching Shiraz (photo)
• A shepherd’s dream and the approaching death of Siyyid Kázim
• December 1843: The passing of Siyyid Kázim
• The resting place of Siyyid Kázim
• The spread of Shaykh Ahmad’s followers during the lifetime of Siyyid Kázim
• 1844: The commotion in Karbila right after the passing of Siyyid Kázim