Show Z 1 mi C L L 4 N OUS rEl PERSIAN ISIAN HERETICS persecuted TED SECT DRIVEN OUT A BY TH THE E PRESENT SHAH ril fall of or dab the tl aloham nd 1 I aulo rt though ills 1 israle tte n kford 11 death the Cr greater ester klebas eba ely I 1 exl fr ills 1 tive land an is I 1 0 browne lecturer in persian 11 professor w abe university of cambridge has I 1 s t curious book entitled the I 1 aten H n a 0 e af the ik bab ab probably a few el P who the bab is but sir ir ie know P researches are certain to bro interest in the man wh who 0 was the civra heretic of persia in the early part ach rein reign of the present shall he no i of ai the violent death at the hands of tho the dej da I 1 a iut when it was learned that I 1 gor army berey that he preached threatened the iceon of the national church his ilis the followers Ss peace lie live and are faithful i to bis his teachings mory and I 1 0 their lead leaders Ts are in exile and probes I 1 browne s hook book tells of his exertions to see them and get their I 1 M arx I 1 felry from their own lips they are atory tattered far and wide somer of them M others are in palestine I 1 in cyprus I 1 I 1 0 do from tho the vengeance of the shah all would expect to lose tl their acir heads of alem I 1 showed themselves in persia 6 rathey they only the bumble followers of the bab M a unmolested in their own country kolding their meetings secretly for fear feat persecution of the angry Mol lalis 1 of I the I 1 the bab was a mohammedan retainer I 1 I 1 T who went to mecca and came hack with th a new commentary on the koran he ile I 1 spoke poke of himself as superior mohammed and to all other great re h bous reform reformers ors but he announced than he lie waa was coming coining that greater I 1 ha hit t a grea gater er ono one is I 1 s beha bella who lives in an wy paradise called behoc near TC where professor browno browne found im nun toe tile author says he lie feels quite un equal to the task of conveying a vivid ion of the faces and forms that him during his visit to this i retreat he iio almost runs short ot of adjectives when he lie describes the wondrous and venerable figure of the holy man he lie says he beheld behold a face aich lie will never forget forgot although he lie cannot describe it the piercing eyes teemed to read his very soul noneen no need to ask in whose presence 1 I stood as I 1 bowed myself before ono who is the object of a devotion and love which kings night might envy and emperors sigh for in tain behas preaching is a prophecy of the I 1 most great peace and of the brotherhood I 1 and unity of man the brotherhood of the entire race is coming he be predicts prof browne says delia belia knows the exact position poI tion of european affairs and is borry for the western nations he ile sees kings and rule rulers lavishing their treasures in abe purchase liase of means of destruction ioa instead of procuring the means of happiness We meekness ekness concord submission are the essentials senti als of his secret in ir the per perfect feet way he lie is loved and revered by all his followers wherever they may be and many a from him is read in the tile secret meetings in persia of the humble followers of the bab the bab was not learned in the law like the great doctors of the church mil for that reason they held him in contempt it was his habit to dispute nth with them in the temples and although I 1 a was ignorant his wisdom put their knowledge now ledge to shame they said lie roved himself an impostor because he lie albed bad grammar he ile showed them that his grammar was the grammar of the tha koran and asked them if it was not better to bo be wrong with the prophet prop liet than right with the rest of the world whenever he be became too troublesome they beat him with rods at last they had him shot A company of infantry was as drawn up and the bab and one of his followers were placed before it as targets the first discharge killed the follower but only broke the cords that bound the prophet ho he might have converted his executioners execution ers then it if he lie had had time to make the most of the situation but before he could speak the second volley was fired and the bab died of many wounds hu his followers were terribly incensed at the outrage and tried to assassinate the shah shall it is said that he fainted with terror at the sight of the conspirators ad ud was only saved by the timely arri ral rd of hii his escort for a time he lie made persia very unsafe for the followers of e bab he ile killed their leaders and to toshu this day those who escaped from their native land have never dared to return among the victims was the one salvation lass lam of the movement the beautiful 1 1 layn A n who it is said was a miracle of learning and of every feml femi I 1 tone charm she was killed by slow torture and to the very last she declared her supreme faith in the teachings of the bab tho the mollahan who vile blew her cania cattle near rebelling a few mouths months ago hen their lord and master threatened to interfere with the tobacco question in i P aa they made liim him tremble for hia his life and throne until the obnoxious measures he proposed were rescinded meanwhile beha bella is waiting patiently in exile confident 1111 ent that the tile day will come v henkis n teachings will triumph in pera and the leaders of his faith can re I 1 torn ru to 10 their und laud now york sun |