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178 Call Ye To Mind The Shaykh Whose Name Was Muhammad-hasan #166

Categories: NOTES
Sources: The Kitab-i-aqdas

Shaykh Muhammad-Hasan, one of the leading exponents of Shi'ih Islam,

rejected the Bab. The author of voluminous writings on Shi'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

Shaykh 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 shaykh, 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.



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