The house of Nuri relatives in Tehran must have buzzed with
the realization of the dramatic injection into their family of a potent new religious
message now supported by the family leader and genius. Not surprising then that
a half-brother, Mirza Yahya, fourteen at that moment of Mulla Husayn's mission,
should also have become a Bábi, following the lead of his older half-brothers.
This youth had been taken under the special tutorship of Bahá'u'lláh, becoming His
ward upon the early passing of his mother Kuchik, and already had been under
His brother's instruction from his early years. He was grave, silent,
courteous, modest, a solitary who was fond of the poems of the mystics and was
later termed 'an amiable child ' by an older Babi. And perhaps there were even
then others of the family also willing quietly to follow the dangerous,
unconservative Bábi ideas which were sure to lead to trouble with the mullas.
Ultimately, in addition to Mirza Musa, three other brothers and several sisters
espoused the new Faith.
(Adapted from ‘Robe of Light, vol. 1’, by David Ruhe)
(Adapted from ‘Robe of Light, vol. 1’, by David Ruhe)
