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 [_Sh_]íráz, who died in the year A.H. 1050 (A.D. 1640-1) is generally known as Mullá Ṣadrá. [_Sh_]ay[_kh_] Aḥmad-i-Aḥsá'í wrote commentaries on two of his works: _Ḥikmatu'l-`Ar[_sh_]íyyah_ (Divine Philosophy) and _Ma[_sh_]á`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 Manú[_ch_]ihr [_Kh_]án lasted four months.