Chronology: Chronology: Date 1849-05-10

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1849 10 May 184-	The end of the siege of the fort at Shaykh Tabarsí. Two hundred and two Bábís were tricked into leaving the shrine. [BW18:381] DB400 says they accompanied Quddús. They were not conducted to their homes as promised but were set upon by the Prince's soldiers. Some are killed, others sold into slavery. The fortifications around the shrine were razed to the ground. [DB403–4; MH283] See DB414–29 for a list of the martyrs of Tabarsí. Among those who gave their lives at Fort Tabarsi was Mullá Ja'far, the sifter of wheat and the first to embrace the Faith in Isfahan. [AY58]	* Persecution, Iran; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Iran; Martyrs; Mulla Jafar (sifter of wheat); Quddus; Shaykh Tabarsí siege


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