Richardson’s article on the above-mentioned is historically correct. Mirza Asadullah was married to Sir Abbas Effendi’s sister-in-law, lady Munira’s sister. He had two important assignment: to transport the BءB’s remains from Iran to Haifa, as alleged and to conduct Bahai missionary activities in the Unites States. In both assignments he acquitted himself won his spurs.

Later either through his son Dr Farid or independently of him, Mirza Asadullah sought to adopt an independent line for this reason. He fell into disesteem in the eyes of Sir Abbas Effendi. He parted company with Sir Abbas Effendi and proceeded to the United States accompanied by his son-in-law Mr Stewart (sic) and his son by Farid. At the instance of Sir Abbas, Bahais have avoided them. Al-Kawakib-al-Durriyya, Vol. II, P. 40 by Mirza Abd-al-Husayn Ayati surnamed Awara, prior to his abjuration of Bahaism and return to the fold of Islam.

Mirza Asadullah was held in high esteem as the bearer of alleged remains of the Point. His successful missionary enterprise in America in espousal of Sir Abbas Effendi’s cause was a feather in his cap. Dr Farid acted as interpreter to Sir Abbas Effendi in his tour of the United States.

On dit, on certain occasions, the master’s Bahai sacerdotal palavers florid in style but replete with iterations, the most wearisome, fall flat and tended to bore his audience. On such occasions, Dr Farid rose to the occasion: the Master spoke one thing and Dr Farid interpreted altogether another thing.

Dr Farid might have acted in good faith for face-saving. But the master took a serious view of the matter. When it was brought to his notice by members of his entourage conversant with Persian and English. A successful father, with an intelligent son able to play to the gallery, both already in the limelight, were potential rivals to be reckoned with.

Like “Baha’s Peter”, “Columbus the Second”, the “conqueror of America”, the “Shepherd of god’s flock in America” Mr I.G.K, they were gently removed out of the way and rendered innocuous. With them disposed of as an expendable commodity and with their meritorious services for the promotion of the master’s cause a thing of the past, the Master applied himself to his now field of operations with its untapped resources, material and spiritual, in the furtherance of his “Divine Plan”.

Note
Jala Azal met both Dr Farid and his sister Mrs Sprague in Haifa during his defunct British Mandatory regime. "They were out to dispose of their land on Mount Carmel. They visited lady Munira. Sir Abbas Effendi was already dead and gone."

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