Tehran(the assassination of king Nasir al-din Qajar):

     This event can be considered and evaluated as the most important historical event in Babism and Baha’ism background. After Seyyed Ali Muhammad Bab’s execution by Amir the great, a group of Babis headed by Sheikh Ali Torshizi were going to kill king Nasiruddin, Amir the great and the Friday prayer leader of Tehran. However they failed and 38 Babis were captured.

     Amanullah Safa, the previous Baha’i proselytizer believes that the assassination of the king was planned and ordered by Bahaullah (Mirza Hussein Ali) himself because there wasn’t any reason for him to be resorted the Russian embassy1. Of course, it is interesting to be noted that the assassination of king and especially Amir the great was benefited by the governments which were plundering the various capitals of the country through each possible way.

     The assassination of the third martyr

     Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Taqi Baraqani is one of the Shiite scholars who played an important role in directing people against the deviating thoughts of Sheikism and Babism. Eventually, he was martyred in the path

      Undoubtedly, it was done by Babis and planned by Qurratul Ein (one of Bab’s disciples). Muhammad Mostafa Baqdadi, one of Qorratul Ein’s cortege writes about the crime in his last trip to Qazvin:

     “Qorratul Ein said to me, who was 10 at that time, to tell to Babis who were along with her: Exis Qazvin because a great event will happen there. Qazvin will be shocked due to the event. I came back home and informed all? Babis about the event. They said to me: Return and tell her why Sheikh Saleh Karimi and Mulla Ebrahim Mahallati didtn exist Qazvin with us. I came back and narrated their statement to her. Tahireh said: come back and tell them it is time for Sheikh Saleh Karimi and Mulla Ebrahi8m Fazel Mahallati to be martyred… After 15 days, Hajj Mulla Taqi Baraqani was killed because he was cursing Sheikh Ahmad Ehsaee and Seyyed Kazem Rashti every day.2”

     The murder was planned and headed by Qorratul Ein and other Babi heads because after Qorratul Ein captured, Bahaullah tried to get him free and could free her easily. One of the Baha’i authors writes in this regard:

     “Bahaullah ordered Agha Muhammad (Hadi Farhadi) to go to Qazvin city to take Tehireh to Tehran secretly to deliver her to the Excellency Kalim. Agha Muhammad (Hadi Farahdi) took Tahireh to Tehran secretly to the Blessed Beauty’s house.3”

     Babis behavior in Iraq

     Following the Shameful story of Nasiruddin Shah’s murder which caused Babis to be exiled to Iraq, Bab’is were recording a shameful story in the Babism flimsy cult.

     Shoqi Effendi writes:

     “Babis were stealing clothes, cash, and hats of holy shrines pilgrims. They were also stealing candals, letters of pilgrims and drinking fountain bowls.4”

     In Baqdad city, Bahaullah was strengthening his rank and weakening Yahya Azal’s one among Babis. He kept Azal at home due to security excuses and he himself ruled. The Excellency Bahaullah killed his opponents.

     Ezziyeh Khanom has called a group of people who killed Babis of Baqdad secretly head by Baha as “the bloodthirsty executioners” and says: The first class disciples whose names were mentioned headed off towards the holy shrine due to the fear of the bloodthirsty executioners. They decapitated Seyyed Ismaeel Isfahani and tore Mirza Ahmad Kashi’s belly. They killed Abul Qasem Kashi and threw his deadbody into Tigris river. They killed Seyyed Ahmad. They broke Mirza Reza’s, Seyyed Muhammad’s maternal uncle, head and killed him. They tore Mirza Ali’s back. They killed many people at night and threw their deadbody into Tigris river. They were saying we have heard that Hussein was oppressed not tyrant.5

1)   Shafa, Amanullah, a letter from saint paolo, Darul Kotob al-ISlamieh, Tehran, 1349, p. 316.

2)   Effnan, Abul Qasem, four historical epistles about Qorratul Ein, Germany, the New era institute, 156 Badi’a, p. 37.

3)   Gahriz, Houshang, Hayy letters, Now Delhi, Mer’at publishing institute, 1993, p. 109.

4)   Shoqi Effendi, Qarn Badi’a, translated by Nasrullah Mawwadat, the Baha’i knowledge institute, 2nd edition, 149 Badi’a, 1992, p. 122.

5)   Nouri, Ezziyeh Khanom, Tanbihunnaemin, Bija, Bita, p. 12.