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and justice. At the time when His Majesty the Sháh,
may God, his Lord, the Most Merciful, aid him
through His strengthening grace, was planning a
journey to Isfahán, this Wronged One, having obtained
his permission, visited the holy and luminous
resting-places of the Imáms, may the blessings of God
be upon them! Upon Our return, We proceeded to
Lavásan on account of the excessive heat prevailing
in the capital. Following Our departure, there occurred
the attempt upon the life of His Majesty, may
God, exalted and glorified be He, assist him. Those
days were troublous days, and the fires of hatred
burned high. Many were arrested, among them this
Wronged One. By the righteousness of God! We
were in no wise connected with that evil deed, and
Our innocence was indisputably established by the
tribunals. Nevertheless, they apprehended Us, and
from Níyávarán, which was then the residence of
His Majesty, conducted Us, on foot and in chains,
with bared head and bare feet, to the dungeon of
Tihrán. A brutal man, accompanying Us on horseback,
snatched off Our hat, whilst We were being
hurried along by a troop of executioners and officials.
We were consigned for four months to a place foul
beyond comparison. As to the dungeon in which this
Wronged One and others similarly wronged were
confined, a dark and narrow pit were preferable.
Upon Our arrival We were first conducted along a
pitch-black corridor, from whence We descended
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