Kaf and Ra are the first two consonants of Kirman, the name of a city and
province of Iran.
177. We perceive that which secretly and stealthily diffuseth from thee.
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This passage is a reference to the intrigues of a group of Azalis,
followers of Mirza Yahya (see note 190), associated with the city of
Kirman. They include Mulla Ja'far, his son S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Ahmad-i-Ruhi and
Mirza Aqa K{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}an-i-Kirmani (both sons-in-law of Mirza Yahya), as well as
Mirza Ahmad-i-Kirmani. They not only sought to undermine the Faith, but
involved themselves in political intrigues which culminated in the
assassination of Nasiri'd-Din S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ah.
178. Call ye to mind the s{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} whose name was Muhammad-Hasan #166
S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Muhammad-Hasan, one of the leading exponents of S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}i'ih Islam,
rejected the Bab. The author of voluminous writings on S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}i'ih
jurisprudence, he is reported to have died around 1850.
Nabil, in The Dawn-Breakers, describes the encounter that took place in
Najaf between Mulla 'Aliy-i-Bastami, one of the Letters of the Living, and
S{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~} Muhammad-Hasan. During the meeting, Mulla 'Ali announced the
manifestation of the Bab and extolled the potency of His Revelation. At
the instigation of the s{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}ayk{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}h{~COMBINING MACRON BELOW~}, Mulla 'Ali was forthwith pronounced a
heretic and expelled from the assembly. He was put on trial, transported
to Istanbul, and condemned to hard labour.