Ch.XXIV, p.532, f.1
"Hujjat came and, by his courtesy and his captivating personality, soon
won over all those who came in contact with him, even His Majesty. One
day, so the story goes, he was in the palace of the Shah with several of
his colleagues, when one of them, an Ulama of Kashan, brought out a
document and besought the king to sign it. It was a royal decree granting
certain stipends. Hujjat rose up and bitterly denounced a clergy who
begged pensions from the government. He had recourse to the hadiths and
to the Qur'an to show how shameful was such a practice which had
originated with the Bani-Umayyih. His colleagues were beside themselves
with anger, but the Shah, pleased with such frankness, presented our hero
with a staff and a ring and authorized him to return to Zanjan." (A. L.
M. Nicolas' "Siyyid Ali-Muhammad dit le Bab," pp. 373-374.)