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At the time of these events certain persons appeared amongst the Babis who had a strange ascendancy and appearance in the eyes of this sect. Amongst these was Mirza Muhammad-'Ali of Mazindaran, who was the disciple of the illustrious Siyyid (may God exalt his station) Haji Siyyid Kazim of Rasht, and who was the associate and companion of the Bab in His pilgrimage journey. After a while certain manners and states issued from him such that all, acting with absolute confidence, considered obedience to him as an impregnable stronghold, so that even Mulla Husayn of Bushruyih, who was the leader of all and the arbiter appealed to alike by the noble and the humble of this sect, used to behave in his presence with great humility and with the self-abasement of a lowly servant. (18:1)

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