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At all events, this news being disseminated through all parts and regions of Persia, and several proselytes arriving in Fars, the doctors perceived that the matter had acquired importance, that the power to deal with it had escaped from their hands, and that imprisonment, beating, tormenting, and contumely were fruitless. So they signified to the governor of Fars, Husayn Khan, "If thou desirest the extinction of this fire, or seekest a firm stopper for this rent and disruption, an' immediate cure and decisive remedy is to kill the Bab. And the Bab has assembled a great host and mediates a rising." (9:1) So Husayn Khan ordered 'Abdu'l-Hamid Khan the high constable to attack the house of the Bab's maternal uncle at midnight on all sides, and to bring Him and all His followers handcuffed. But 'Adbu'l-Hamid Khan and his hosts found no one in the house save the Bab, His maternal uncle, and Siyyid Kazim of Zanjan; and as it chanced that on that night the sickness of the plague and the extreme heat of the weather had compelled Husayn Khan to flee, he released the Bab on condition of His quitting the city. (9:2) On the morning after that night the Bab with Siyyid Kazim of Zanjan set out from Shiraz for Isfahan. Before reaching Isfahan He wrote a letter to the Mu'tamidu'd-Dawlih, the governor of the province, requesting a lodging in some suitable place with the sanction of the government. The governor appointed the mansion of the Imam-Jum'ih. There He abode forty days; and one day, agreeably to the request of the Imam, He wrote without reflection a commentary on (the Surih of) V'al-'Asr before the company. When this news reached the Mu'tamid he sought an interview with Him and questioned Him concerning the "Special Mission." At that same interview an answer proving the "Special Mission" was written.
(9:3)
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