The Rise of Baha
7. Alleged Baha’s Inspection of the fortifications in the fort of Sheykh Tabarsi
Baha’s Inspection of the fortifications in the fort of Sheykh Tabarsi and his counsels and exhortations to its defenders devoid of historical foundation.
7.6 Mirza Jani’s Account
According to appendix II. Mirza Jani’s History of 1881, Tarikh-i-Jadid, P.362, Prof. Browne states that “the passage relating to his [i.e. Mirza Jani’s] arrest with Baha cited from his work by the New History (PP. 64-65], appears to be a forgery, as no trace of it exists in the original.”
This is confirmed by Prof. Browne in his Persian Introduction to the Nuqta-al-Kaf, P. 64, where the original text of the passage appearing in the Tarikh-i-Jadid is quoted in part.
Mirza Jani’s account of the fort of Shaykh Tabarsi is given in ibid appendix II. Mirza Jani’s History, Tarikh-i-Jadid, PP. 360-369. But he says nothing about Baha’s inspection of the fortifications there and his counsels and exhortations to the defenders of the fort.
7.6.1. The Amul Incident
As regards the Amul incident in ibid, PP. 376-379, Mirza Jani says: “When Hazrat-i-Quddus, being there [besieged] in the castle [of Tabarsi] demanded help, Janab-i-[Subh-i-] Azal with his brother [Baha] and several others set out in response to the summon. On their way, however they were arrested by the governor of Amul and brought thither. I was with them. That night Hazrat-i-[Subh-i-] Azal disappeared. They brought us to Amul and despoiled us of our goods. Next morning they captured Hazrat-i-[Subh-i] Azal and brought him to the city. The townsfolk offered many insults as he passed through the streets. [at this point Subh-i-Azal explained to Mirza Jani how he concealed himself in a certain place and how he was captured].
At all events, they brought him and his brother [Baha] before the Mullas, who according to their belief, inflicted the legal castigation, besides which they suffered all manner of annoyances at the hands of the townsfolk, all of which they welcomed for the beloved’s [i.e. Point’s] sake. But Janab-i- [Subh-i-] Azal and Haji Mirza Kashani were not beaten. They were imprisoned for a while, but subsequently, god the gracious and loving, brought about the deliverance of each by some means. They continued for a while after this in the confines of Mazandaran, and then returned to their own home.”
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