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Quddús was tortured and, in the public square, he was struck down with an axe, dismembered and burnt. [Bab176; BBD191; BW18:381; DB409–13; MH283–4] When the
"When the procession reached the public square, where the execution was to take place, Quddús, this youth of only twenty-seven years, cried out, "Would that my mother were with me, and could see with her own eyes the splendour of my nuptials!" As these words were being spoken the wild multitude fell upon him, tearing him limb from limb and throwing the scattered pieces into a fire which they had kindled for that purpose. Another account states that the Sa'ídu'l-'Ulamá had himself cut of Quddús' ears and struck him on the head with an axe." [TtP92]
As he died he begged God's forgiveness for his foes. [DB411; MH284]
His remains were gathered and buried by a friend. [Bab176; DB413]
See GPB49–50 for the rank and titles of Quddús.
See Quddus, Companion of the Bab by Harriet Pettibone. |
Quddus; * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; - Letters of the Living; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran |
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