The Dawn-Breakers Script – (contributed originally by Ravi Starr)

Chapter 1

• Prayers in Mosque
• City of Karbila at dusk
• Slowly zoom in through window of a madrisih where Shaykh Ahmad speaks to his disciples.
• Shaykh Ahmad speaks about advent of Promised One
• Yazd – Shaykh Ahmad speaks with ‘Abdu’l-Vahhab, whose face lights up as a result of receiving joyful message
• Haji Hasan-I-Nayini telling Mirza Mahmud-I-Qamsari about the dawn of divine guidance breaking on that day (November 12, 1817)
• Siyyid Kazim arrives in Yazd from Rasht and attends lecture of Shaykh Ahmad
• Shaykh Ahmad welcomes him personally – “I welcome you, O my friend! How long and how eagerly have I waited for you to come…” (p.10)
• Narration regarding the relationship of the two as we see S. Kazim and others enthralled with S. Ahmad
• S. Ahmad advises S. Kazim to instruct his disciples and alludes to his successorship: “Remain in your house and cease attending my lectures…(pp. 10-11)
• S. Ahmad arrives at Tehran and his spirit is moved, bows his head in prayer
• S. Ahamd leaves Karbila for Mecca and Medina. His departing words to S. Kazim narrate in the background (p. 16).

Chapter 2

• Siyyid Kazim addresses his followers to arise: “Would that one amongst you…” (p. 19)
• Mulla Husayn joyously springs to feet. End scene.
• M. Husayn enters Madrisih of Siyyid Muhammad-I-Baqir-I-Rashti in Isfahan
• Mulla Husayn presses the urgency of his mission to the Siyyid and impresses him, wins his support: “I cannot but deplore such silence…” (p. 21)
• Back to Karibila where the Bab attends lectures of S. Kazim who makes allusion to Him but no one realizes (p. 27). We see three disciples’ ambitious nature exposed.
• M. Husayn determinedly journeys to Mashad as Siyyid Kazim narrates the features and characteristics of the Promised One (p. 25)
• Return to Karbila where droves are slaughtered, even in the Shrines, by the government. People flee for safety to house of S. Kazim.
• S. Kazim addresses His disciples to scatter abroad, etc. Mention of 1st and 2nd trumpet blast.
• S. Kazim Leaves for pilgramage, meets Shepard who describes a dream he has which S. Kazim interprets as signifiying end of his time is near. End scene….