_ 54 Sh_ikastih--broken--a cursive or half-shorthand script, is thought to
have been invented at the close of the seventeenth century, in
Hirat.
55 Gawhar _Kh_anum's marriage to Baha'u'llah took place in Ba_gh_dad.
She remained with her brother in that city when Baha'u'llah left
'Iraq and later proceeded to Akka at His instruction. While
traveling from Ba_gh_dad to Mosul, she was made captive together
with other believers, among them Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin. Baha'u'llah
makes reference to this captivity in His Tablet to the _Sh_ah.
Gawhar _Kh_anum broke the Covenant of Baha'u'llah following His
passing. She passed away during the ministry of 'Abdu'l-Baha.