'Alí Khán
2 stories in the library.
A life in stories
Bábí period (1844–1853)
The Warden of Máh-Kú: 'Alí Khán's Change of Heart
Shoghi Effendi's account, in *God Passes By*, of how 'Alí Khán — the warden ordered to keep the Báb in strictest confinement at the fortress of Máh-Kú — was so moved by a strange vision that he relaxed his discipline, and how the people of the village then began to come every morning hoping for a glimpse of the Prisoner's face.
2 min
The Jailer Who Changed His Heart
A stern guard was ordered to keep the Báb a prisoner high in the mountains — until something he saw changed his heart, and soon a whole village climbed up just to glimpse the Prisoner's face.
4 min