He was born on the 18th day of the month of Safar of the
year 1247 A. H. in the village of Zarand in Persia. He was thirteen years old
when the Báb declared Himself. Though still young he himself was preparing to
leave for Shaykh Tabarsi and join the companions of Mulla Husayn when the news
of the treachery and massacre of the besieged companions reached him. He met
Bahá'u'lláh in Kirmanshah and Tihran before the latter's banishment to Iraq. He
was a close companion of the Báb's amanuensis, Mirza Ahmad. Read
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- Shoghi Effendi
(From a letter dated 30 November 1930, written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi; 'The Unfolding Destiny of the British Baha'i Community')