The Cause Of the Banishment of Babis From Edirne to Palestine & Cyprus

2.    Ottoman Archives

2.7   Summary
On the strength of the proceeding of the investigation, examination of Subh-i-Azal and Baha’s writings, and Baha’s information against Subh-i-Azal, the interrogators in their request held that:
a) Subhi-Azal had a claim to “prophethood”
b) Shaykh Mirza Husayn Ali [i.e. Baha had a pretension to some sort of Mahdi-hood which implied “prophethood”
c) Such men of error could not be left at long to conduct their disruptive activities unchecked and to mislead ignorant and weaklings;
d) Subh-i-Azal’s and Shaykh Mirza Husayn Ali’s brothers, Mirza Musa and Mirza Muhammad Quli were privy and parties to the collusion as they all lived together; and recommended their transportation for life to remote penal places subject to them being kept under surveillance or open arrest.

The premiere submitted the report to Sultan accompanied by his recommendations. An imperial warrant of exile dated Rabi-al-Thani 5, A.H 1285 (July 26, 1868) was accordingly issued.

The BÁBi exiles were removed from Edirne en route for their respective destinations on Rabi-al-Thani 16, A.H. 1285 (August 5, 1865):- Materials for the study of the B?Bi Religion by Prof. Browne. P.29.

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