[F] Probably 'yárámáz', meaning 'good-for-nothing'.
[G] For other aspects the reader is referred to the Introduction of Nabíl's The Dawn-Breakers.
[H] Ḥájí Ibráhím Khán (the I`timádu'd-Dawlih).
[I] This incident is referred to by Bahá'u'lláh in His Tablet to Náṣiri'd-Dín Sháh.
[J] The Áṣafu'd-Dawlih, who later rose in rebellion against the central government during the reign of Náṣiri'd-Dín Sháh.
[K] In reality `Alí-Sháh, the Ẓillu's-Sulṭán, not to be confused with Prince Sulṭán Mas`úd Mírzá, the Governor-General of Iṣfahán, who had the same title in later years.
[L] See Balyuzi, `Abdu'l-Bahá, p. 373 and note.
[M] A descendant of the Prophet Muḥammad.
[N] The quotations in this chapter without reference numbers are taken from Nabíl, The Dawn-Breakers, ch. iii.
[O] Qur'án xv, 46.