60 In some of this artist's productions, the writing was so arranged as
to take the forms of birds. When E. G. Browne was in Persia, he was
told that "these would be eagerly sought after by Persians of all
classes, were it not that they all bore, as the signature of the
penman, the following verse:
Dar diyar-i-_kh_att _sh_ah-i-sahib-'alam
Bandiy-i-bab-i-Baha, Mi_sh_kin-Qalam."
Cf. A Year Amongst the Persians, p. 227. The verse might be
translated:
Lord of calligraphy, my banner goes before;
But to Baha'u'llah, a bondsman at the door,
Naught else I am,
Mi_sh_kin-Qalam.
Note the wordplay on door, which makes possible the inclusion of the
Bab's name as well as Baha'u'llah's.