Quddús, with feelings of unshakable determination to carry
out the expressed wishes of his Master, set out from Búshihr. Arriving at
Shíráz, he was affectionately welcomed by Hájí Mírzá Siyyid ‘Alí, [1] who
received him in his own home and eagerly enquired after the health and doings
of his beloved Kinsman [the Báb]. Finding him receptive to the call of the new
Message, Quddús acquainted him with the nature of the Revelation with which
that Youth had already fired his soul. The Báb’s maternal uncle, as a result of
the endeavours exerted by Quddús, was the first, after the Letters of the
Living, to embrace the Cause in Shíráz. - Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated and edited by Shoghi Effendi)
[1] The venerable Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali, the maternal uncle
of the Báb who reared Him when His father passed away.
