May 16. On this date in 1849, Mullá Muḥammad ‘Alí-i-Bárfurúshí (Quddús) was lynched by a mob in his hometown of Barfurúsh in the aftermath of the Bábi defeat at the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi. Quddús was the eighteenth believer in the Báb and had accompanied him to Mecca on the Hajj pilgrimage in 1844.

 

May 16. On this date in 1849, Mullá Muḥammad ‘Alí-i-Bárfurúshí (Quddús) was lynched by a mob in his hometown of Barfurúsh in the aftermath of the Bábi defeat at the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi. Quddús was the eighteenth believer in the Báb and had accompanied him to Mecca on the Hajj pilgrimage in 1844.

 

On March 20, 1848, Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i, who in 1844 had become the first person to become a follower of the Báb, visited the Báb at Maku prison, where the Báb was incarcerated. Subsequent to his visit, Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i became involved in the Bábi uprisings. Under instructions from the Báb, Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i unfurled a Black Standard in Mashhad, fulfilling an Islamic prophecy, and began a march with other Bábis.

 

They were rebuffed at Barfurush and therefore made defensive fortifications at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí. Quddús arrived at the Shrine and became the commander of the Bábís upon his arrival. Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i would die at the battle of Shaykh Tabarsí on February 2, 1849. Quddús himself became a prisoner and was being escorted to Tehran when, in Barfurúsh, the local population lynched him. The Báb was later executed on July 9, 1850.