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Thus fell the one whose reign will remain forever associated with the most heinous crime in history - the martyrdom of that One Whom the Supreme Manifestation of God proclaimed to be the "Point round Whom the realities of the Prophets and Messengers revolve." In a Tablet in which the pen of Baha'u'llah condemns him, we read: "Among them (kings of the earth) is the King of Persia, who suspended Him Who is the Temple of the Cause (the Bab) in the air, and put Him to death with such cruelty that all created things, and the inmates of Paradise, and the concourse on high wept for Him. He slew, moreover, some of Our kindred, and plundered Our property, and made Our family captives in the hands of the oppressors. Once and again he imprisoned Me. By God, the True One! None can reckon the things which befell Me in prison, save God, the Reckoner, the Omniscient, the Almighty. Subsequently he banished Me and My family from My country, whereupon We arrived in Iraq in evident sorrow. We tarried there until the time when the King of Rum (Sultan of Turkey) arose against Us, and summoned Us unto the seat of his sovereignty. When We reached it there flowed over Us that whereat the King of Persia rejoiced. Later We entered this Prison, wherein the hands of Our loved ones were torn from the hem of Our robe. In such a manner hath he dealt with Us!"
(69:2)
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