[DK] The Báb revealed the Lawḥ-i-Ḥurúfát (Tablet of the Letters) in honour of Mírzá Asadu'lláh. 'Had the Point of the Bayán [Nuqṭiy-i-Bayán] no other testimony with which to establish His truth,' He states, 'this were sufficient—that He revealed a Tablet such as this, a Tablet such as no amount of learning could produce.'[3]]
[DM] The present writer heard this account from Valíyu'lláh Varqá, the son of the martyr-poet, who had the rank of a Hand of the Cause by appointment of the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith.
[DN] They included men such as Mírzá Yúsuf, the Mustawfíu'l-Mamálik and `Abbás-Qulí Khán-i-Javánshír.
[DO] Like the Imám-Jum`ih, the Shaykhu'l-Islám was a leading divine of a city, who enjoyed certain privileges. Although the sovereign appointed the Shaykhu'l-Islám, there were many instances when the position passed from father to son.
[DP] Also, Mírkhwand. He died A.H. 903, A.D. 1497-8.
[DQ] Qála, the third person singular of 'to say'.
[DR] Critics such as Mírzá Káẓim Big (Kazem-Beg) have observed that giving the age of the Báb as thirty-five indicates that the whole account is spurious. Furthermore, it was not the mother of the Báb who was named Khadíjih, but His wife.
[DS] It is of interest that another son of Mullá Muḥammad, named Mírzá Ismá`íl, embraced the new Revelation.
[DT] Qur'án xxix, 51.