Chapter X: Religious Assassination 219

Strife between Baha and Azal in Bagdad--Baha goes to
Kurdistan--Dissension at Adrianople--Testimony of an
eye-witness--Attempted assassinations--Plots and counter
plots--Bahais assassinate Azalis at Acca--Other
assassinations--In Bagdad, in Persia--Attitude towards
taking of life--Suicide commended--Psychological
attestation--Traditional custom--Assassination practiced in
Islam--Testimonies--Azali hatred.