Chapter 8: The City of `Abbás the Great
Opening quotation: The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses, 1659.
[1] It has been stated by one writer that Áqá Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Ardistání was also with the Báb on this journey.
[2] Layard, Early Adventures in Persia, Vol. I, pp. 311-12.
[3] Arberry (ed.), The Koran Interpreted.
[4] The Dawn-Breakers, p. 145 (Brit.), p. 202 (U.S.).
[5] ibid., p. 146 (Brit.), p. 204 (U.S.).
[6] ibid., p. 148 (Brit.), pp. 205-7 (U.S.).
[7] Ṣadru'd-Dín Muḥammad of Shíráz, who died in the year A.H. 1050 (A.D. 1640-1) is generally known as Mullá Ṣadrá. Shaykh Aḥmad-i-Aḥsá'í wrote commentaries on two of his works: Ḥikmatu'l-`Arshíyyah (Divine Philosophy) and Mashá`ir (Faculties).
[8] The Dawn-Breakers, p. 150 (Brit.), p. 209 (U.S.).
[9] ibid., pp. 150-1 (Brit.), pp. 209-11 (U.S.).
[10] Browne (ed.), A Traveller's Narrative, Vol. II, p. 13.
[11] Nicolas, Seyyèd Ali Mohammed Dit le Bâb, p. 242, n. 192.
[12] The Dawn-Breakers, pp. 152-3 (Brit.), p. 213 (U.S.).
[13] `Abdu'l-Bahá states in A Traveller's Narrative, Vol. II, p. 13, that the Báb's sojourn in the private residence of Manúchihr Khán lasted four months.