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The fierce gale of persecution that had swept Baha'u'llah into a subterranean dungeon and snuffed out the light of Tahirih also sealed the fate of the Bab's distinguished amanuensis, Siyyid Husayn- i- Yazdi, surnamed Aziz, who had shared His confinement in both Mah- Ku and Chihriq. A man of rich experience and high merit, deeply versed in the teachings of his Master, and enjoying His unqualified confidence, he, refusing every offer of deliverance from the leading officials of Tihran, yearned unceasingly for the martyrdom which had been denied him on the day the Bab had laid down His life in the barrack- square of Tabriz. A fellow- prisoner of Baha'u'llah in the Siyah- Chal of Tihran, from Whom he derived inspiration and solace as he recalled those precious days spent in the company of his Master in Adhirbayjan, he was finally struck down, in circumstances of shameful cruelty, by that same Aziz Khan- i- Sardar who had dealt the fatal blow to Tahirih.
(77:1)
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