Chronology: Date 1849-01-11

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1849 11 Jan 184-	Quddús and Mullá Husayn led a night attack on the encamped army. Two hundred and two Bábís dispersed the camp. [BW18:381; BD365; MH254] DB 368 says this occurred on 21 December 1848. Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá fled barefoot. [DB366] Mullá Husayn's sword was broken in the attack and he used that of Quddús. His companions brought him the abandoned sword of Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá. [DB367; MH257] At daybreak the soldiers mounted a counter-attack. [DB367; MH258–9] In this encounter Quddús was wounded in the mouth and was rescued by Mullá Husayn who dispersed the enemy using the sword of Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá in one hand and that of Quddús in the other. [B174; DB367; MH258–9]	Quddus; Mulla Husayn; Armies; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Swords; Iran


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