Manúchihr Khán
4 stories in the library.
A life in stories
Bábí period (1844–1853)
A Third of the Qur'án: The Báb in Iṣfáhán
The Báb spent four months in Iṣfáhán in 1846 as the guest, first of the Imám-Jum'ih and then of the Governor Manúchihr Khán. The Imám-Jum'ih had asked, as a test, for a commentary on a Súrih of the Qur'án; the Báb produced one in two hours of writing — a quantity of verse that the host afterwards estimated at a third of the Qur'án itself.
Across the Mountains: The Báb's Journey to Máh-Kú and Chihríq
Nabíl's chronicle records the Báb's removal from Iṣfáhán in 1847 to the remote frontier prisons of Máh-Kú and Chihríq, in the bleak mountains of north-western Persia. The intent of the authorities was to silence Him by isolation; the effect was the opposite — the journey itself became a teaching, the remote fortresses became places of pilgrimage, and from the cells the Persian Bayán was revealed.
The Test in Iṣfáhán
A learned man set the Báb a very hard test, sure no one could pass it — but what happened next left him amazed.
The Mountain That Could Not Keep Him Quiet
Powerful men sent the Báb far away to a lonely mountain prison, hoping no one would ever hear of Him again — but the very opposite came true.