Chapter 9: The Antichrist of the Bábí Revelation

Opening quotation: Act II, sc. ii.

[1] See Shoghi Effendi, _God Passes By_, p. 164.

[2] In the early days of Islám, these people were ranked with those groups of zealots who had earned the generic term of [_Gh_]ulát (Extremists, or 'those who exaggerate'). They identified `Alí, the first Imám, with the Godhead. `Abdu'lláh Ibn-Sabá, a Jewish convert to Islám who originated this doctrine, was put to death by `Alí himself. '`Alí is not God but is not separate from Him either' is the statement attributed to them today.

[3] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 156 (Brit.), p. 217 (U.S.).

[4] _ibid._, p. 161 (Brit.), pp. 224-5 (U.S.).

[5] The account of this journey is given in _The Dawn-Breakers_, pp. 156-62 (Brit.), pp. 217-27 (U.S.).

[6] Browne (ed.), _A Traveller's Narrative_, Vol. II, p. 14.

[7] _The Dawn-Breakers_, pp. 162-3 (Brit.), pp. 228-9 (U.S.).

[8] Browne (ed.), _A Traveller's Narrative_, Vol. II, pp. 14-15.

[9] _ibid._, pp. 15-16.

[10] _The Dawn-Breakers_, p. 163 (Brit.), pp. 230-1 (U.S.).