6.2. Baha’s Correspondences with Gobineau

6.2.3. Response From Gobineau
At long last Baha receives a reply from Count Gobineau, in which he is told that “the petition of the servant was carried and delivered “to Napoleon III; that His Imperial Majesty had not yet been pleased to signify his pleasure; and that Baha was at full liberty to address himself to French diplomatic mission in Turkey to have his grievances redressed (See France, epistle 1.).

The receipt of the reply (Epistle fom Edirne) and (Epistle from Acre) was the cause of unbounded joy and jubilation for Baha and for his fellow-exiles. In acknowledgement of this friendly gesture Baha assured Count Gobineau that the exiles were to offer prayers for the French state to endure and that Baha’s partisans throughout the length and breadth of Iran were to perpetrate the good name of Count Gobineau and Napoleon III until the day of resurrection. Baha implored Count Gobineau to prosecute his cause to its logical conclusion to enable Baha to become a French protégé.

Here we take leave of Baha and his fellow-exiles, dedicated to prayers for the French State to enduring, and of Count Gobineau, devoted to the amelioration of Baha’s lot.

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