Fort of Shaykh Ṭabarsí
Mázindarán, Iran
2 stories took place here — most often featuring Quddús, Mullá Ḥusayn and the Báb.
Fort of Shaykh Ṭabarsí (today: Mázindarán, Iran)
Stories at this place
Bábí period (1844–1853) · 2 stories
The Magic of His Words: Quddús at the Fort of Ṭabarsí
Besieged with a few hundred companions in the forest fort of Shaykh Ṭabarsí, Quddús held the failing band together not chiefly with the sword but with his voice — composing a commentary whose verses made the hungry forget their hunger, and rising under the roar of the enemy's cannon to bid his companions fear neither the threats of the wicked nor the clamour of the ungodly.
The Few Against the Many: The Fort of Shaykh Ṭabarsí
A few hundred students, merchants, and craftsmen — most of whom had never held a weapon — were besieged in a makeshift fort in the forests of Mázindarán by the trained regiments and artillery of an empire. For eleven months they held, not by numbers or arms, but by a power their enemies could not understand and could not break.