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This work, of such exalted merit, of such far- reaching influence, was followed by the revelation of the Bab's first Tablet to Muhammad Shah; of His Tablets to Sultan Abdu'l- Majid and to Najib Pasha, the Vali of Baghdad; of the Sahifiy- i- baynu'l- Haramayn, revealed between Mecca and Medina, in answer to questions posed by Mirza Muhit- i- Kirmani; of the Epistle to the Sherif of Mecca; of the Kitabu'r- Ruh, comprising seven hundred surihs; of the Khasa'il- i- Sab'ih, which enjoined the alteration of the formula of the adhan; of the Risaliy- i- Furu'- i- 'Adliyyih, rendered into Persian by Mulla Muhammad- Taqiy- i- Harati; of the commentary on the surih of Kawthar, which effected such a transformation in the soul of Vahid; of the commentary on the surih of Va'l- 'Asr, in the house of the Imam- Jum'ih of Isfahan; of the dissertation on the Specific Mission of Muhammad, written at the request of Manuchihr Khan; of the second Tablet to Muhammad Shah, craving an audience in which to set forth the truths of the new Revelation, and dissipate his doubts; and of the Tablets sent from the village of Siyah- Dihan to the ulamas of Qasvin and to Haji Mirza Aqasi, inquiring from him as to the cause of the sudden change in his decision.
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