Facing the nomination-document is an epistle penned in the Point’s own handwriting, addressed to Karim, namely Mulla Abd-al-Karim of Qazwin also known as Mirza Ahmad-i-Katib. The seal affixed to it reads as follows:
“God witnesseth that there is no God but He, the Mighty, the beloved”. This was one of the seals used by the Primal Point.

In the epistle, Mulla Abd al Karim is directed by the Primal Point to preserve the Point’s writing, to convey them to Subh-i-Azal and to consult him who writes the verses of god touching the purpose of god, when necessary. “He-Who-Writes the verses of god” signifies the Point’s amanuensis Aqa Sayyid Husayn of Yazd. He was one of the Letters of the Living surnamed “Aziz”. He was martyred following the attempt on the then Shah’s life in August 1852.

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