Ismu’lláhu’l-Asdaq (Mullá Ṣádiq-i-Khurásání)

The Keeper of the Door

‘Abdu’l-Bahá remembers Ismu’lláhu’l-Asdaq, who was led through Shíráz by a halter, survived the siege of Fort Tabarsí, and in Baghdád gently won over a furious Persian prince within a quarter of an hour.