Baha'u'llah was, at this moment, staying in a summer residence at Afchih, in the vicinity of Tihran. Ja’far-Quli Khan, the brother of Mirza Aqa Khan, the Prime Minister was still His host. (Adapted from ‘The King of Glory’, by Balyuzi)
Ja’far-Qulí Khán, who was in Shimírán when the attempt on the Sháh’s life was made, immediately wrote a letter to Bahá’u’lláh and acquainted Him with what had happened. “The Sháh’s mother,” he wrote, “is inflamed with anger. She is denouncing you openly before the court and people as the ‘would-be murderer’ of her son. She is also trying to involve Mírzá Áqá Khán (The Prime Minister) in this affair, and accuses him of being your accomplice.” He urged Bahá’u’lláh to remain for a time concealed in that neighbourhood, until the passion of the populace had subsided. He despatched to Afchih an old and experienced messenger whom he ordered to be at the disposal of his Guest and to hold himself in readiness to accompany Him to whatever place of safety He might desire.
- Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
