Muḥammad Sháh
2 stories in the library.
A life in stories
Bábí period (1844–1853)
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.
3 min
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.
5 min