The Rise of Baha
9. Baha’s expulsion from Iran to Iraq
The attempt on then Shah’s life took place on August 15, 1852 (God passes by, p.62). Baha was arrested and imprisoned “for four months” the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Shoghi Effendi’s translation, P.20).
Nabil alleges that “the authorities were able to intercept the food their prisoner [i.e. Baha] was permitted to receive from his home, and mixed it with poison they hoped to be fatal to him.
This measure though impairing the health of Baha for years, failed to achieve its purpose.”
(The Dawn-Breakers, Nabil’s Narrative, PP.635-636). This allegation is not corroborated by any other source.
Upon release from imprisonment Baha was to rest at home “for one month” before expulsion from Iran (Kitab-i-Iqlim-i-Nur by Muhammad Ali Malik Khosravi Nuri, a Bahai writer, P. 160).
“And when this Wronged One went forth out of his prison, we journeyed, in pursuance of the Order of His Majesty the Shah of Iran, escorted by officers in the service of the esteemed and honored governments of Iran and Russia (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, Shoghi Effendi’s translation, PP.21-22).”
Baha left Tehran for Baghdad on “Rabi’ Thani 1, A.H. 1269 (January 12, 1853)” and arrived in Baghdad on “Jamad Thani 25, A.H. 1269 (April 8, 1853)” (God passes by, P.108 and P.109 respectively).
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