Ḥájí Sulaymán Khán
2 stories in the library.
A life in stories
Bábí period (1844–1853)
He Walked to His Death Singing: Ḥájí Sulaymán Khán
In the terrible summer of 1852, a nobleman of Ṭihrán was offered his life and great wealth if he would only deny his Faith. He refused. Led through the streets to his execution with lighted candles set burning in his own flesh, Ḥájí Sulaymán Khán went to his death not weeping but rejoicing — chanting verses, distributing coins to the poor, and turning a public spectacle of cruelty into one of the most luminous acts of courage in Bahá'í history.
The Rescue by Night: Saving the Remains of the Báb
After the Báb was martyred, His body and that of His companion were flung outside the gate of Tabríz, at the edge of the moat, to be devoured — and a guard of sentinels was set to watch over them. Through the daring of a believer named Ḥájí Sulaymán Khán, the precious remains were carried away by night, hidden in a silk factory, and — at Bahá'u'lláh's own command — borne in secret toward safety. So began a hidden journey that would end, sixty years later, on Mount Carmel.