Chronology: Date 1849-05-1

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1849 16 May 184-	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
1849 11 May 184-	Quddús was taken to Bárfurúsh (now called Babol) and handed over to the priests. [DB408]	Quddus; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran
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]	Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Martyrs; Quddus; Mulla Jafar (sifter of wheat); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Iran


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