27 Mirza Buzurg Khan, the Persian Consul-General in Baghdad.

   28 The Mu’taminu’l-Mulk, Mirza Sa’id Khan-i-Ansari, Minister of Foreign
      Affairs.

   29 Baha’u’llah here refers to His and His companions’ application for
      Ottoman citizenship.

   30 Aqa Siyyid Muhammad-i-Tabataba’iy-i-Isfahani, known as “Mujahid”.

   31 The second Russo-Persian War of 1825-28.

   32 Qur’an 2:94; 62:6.

   33 cf.  Persian Hidden Words, nos. 24, 25, 28 and 30.

   34 Qur’an 49:6.

   35 Qur’an 5:59.

   36 A Tradition ascribed to the eleventh Imam, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan
      al-’Askari.

   37 Traditions ascribed to the sixth Imam, Abu ’Abdu’llah Ja’far
      as-Sadiq.

   38 Traditions ascribed to the sixth Imam, Abu ’Abdu’llah Ja’far
      as-Sadiq.

   39 Qur’an 2:179.

   40 Qur’an 6:164; 17:15; 35:18; 39:7; 53:38.

   41 cf.  Qur’an 3:40; 14:27; 22:18.

   42 cf.  Qur’an 5:1.

   43 cf.  Qur’an 5:64.

   44 Qur’an 40:5.

   45 Qur’an 36:30.

   46 Qur’an 8:30.

   47 Qur’an 6:35.

   48 cf.  Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33.

   49 John 14:28.

   50 cf.  John 14:16; 14:26; 15:26; 16:7.

   51 See, for example, Qur’an 4:46; 5:13; 5:41; and 2:75, and the
      discussion in the Kitab-i-Iqan, p. 84 ff.

   53 ’Ali Ibn Husayn, known as “Zaynu’l-’Abidin”, the second of the Imam
      Husayn’s sons, who became the fourth Imam.

   54 The Kharijites, a faction opposed to both the Imams and the Umayyad
      state.

   56 Allusions to the ’Abbasid and Umayyad dynasties, respectively.

   57 Qur’an 57:16.

   58 cf.  Luke 19:21.

   59 cf.  Qur’an 55:26.

   60 cf.  Qur’an 12:31.

   61 This Tablet was revealed in Arabic in honour of Haji Muhammad
      Isma’il-i-Kashani, entitled Dhabih (Sacrifice) and Anis (Companion)
      by Baha’u’llah, and addresses ’Ali Pasha, the Ottoman Prime
      Minister, referred to here as Ra’is (Chief or Ruler).

   63 Sultan ’Abdu’l-’Aziz lost both his throne and his life in 1876. 
      During the subsequent war with Russia (1877-1878), Adrianople was
      occupied by the enemy and the Turks experienced a violent bloodbath.

   64 Literally, “the Mount of Figs” and “the Mount of Olives”, cf.  Qur’an
      95:1.

   65 Chosroes II, the Sasanian monarch who reigned in Persia during the
      lifetime of Muhammad.

   67 Haji Ja’far-i-Tabrizi; he was prevented in time from ending his
      life.

   68 Siyyid Isma’il of Zavarih.

   72 This second Tablet of Baha’u’llah addressing ’Ali Pasha was revealed
      in Persian shortly after Baha’u’llah’s arrival and confinement in
      ’Akka.