In December 1848, to fulfill His promise to visit Shaykh Tabarsi for a second time, Baha'u'llah set out with a number of the Bábis intending to visit the besieged fortress. Those who went with Him included
Haji Mirza Janiy-i-Kashani, [The merchant who had acted as host to the Báb in Kashan, and the first chronicler of His Faith, who was martyred in August 1852]
Mulla Baqir-i-Tabrizi (one of the Bab's Letters of the Living),
Shaykh Abu-Turab-i-Ishtahardi,
Aqa Siyyid Hasan-i-Khu'i,
Aqa Siyyid Husayn-i-Turshizi (one of the Seven Martyrs of Tihran),
'Abdu'l-Vahhab Big,
Muhammad-Taqi Khan-i-Nuri and
Mirza Yahya, Subh-i-Azal.
But Baha'u'llah did not succeed in fulfilling His intention, for He and His companions were arrested and detained when they reached a village some nine miles from Shaykh Tabarsi.
- Balyuzi (‘Baha’u’llah the King of Glory’)