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In Sari, in the days when the agitation for the constitution was moving towards a climax, five believers of recognized standing, known later as the Shuhaday- i- Khamsih (Five Martyrs), were done to death, whilst in Nayriz a ferocious assault, recalling that of Yazd, was launched by the enemy, in which nineteen lost their lives, among them the sixty- five year old Mulla Abdu'l- Hamid, a blind man who was shot and his body foully abused, and in the course of which a considerable amount of property was plundered, and numerous women and children had to flee for their lives, or seek refuge in mosques, or live in the ruins of their houses, or remain shelterless by the wayside.
(298:2)
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