8.  Iran

8.2  Shoghi Effendi’s Remarks
In his reference to the portion of the Sura-al-Muluk addressed to the Shah, Shoghi Effendi, in god passes by, P. 197, says: “Nasir-al-Din Shah was stigmatised by Bahaullah as the “Prince of oppressors,” as one who had perpetrated what hath caused the denizens of the cities of justice and equity to lament.”

In P.225, Shoghi Effendi says: “The vain and despotic Nasir-al-Din Shah, denounced by Baha as the “Prince of the oppressors,” of whom he had written that he would soon be made “an object lesson for the world …”
This portion lies buried in the Sura-al-Muluk and it was never sent to the Shah.
In his reference to the Epistle to the Shah, Shoghi Effendi in god passes by, P.173 says: “ To Nasir-al-Din Shah he revealed a tablet, longer than any single sovereign, in which he testifies to the unparalleled severity of the troubles that had touched him; … proclaimed his belief in the unity of god and in His prophets; uttered several prayers on the Shah’s behalf; …. demonstrated the validity of his mission; expressed the wish to be “brought face to face with the divines of the age and produce proof and testimonies in the presence of His Majesty, which would establish the truth of his cause; exposed the perversity of the ecclesiastical leaders in his own days ……”

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