The first forty days of His sojourn in Isfahán were spent as
the guest of Mírzá Siyyid Muhammad, the Sulṭanu’l-‘Ulamá, the Imám-Jum‘ih, one
of the principal ecclesiastical dignitaries of the realm, in accordance with
the instructions of the governor of the city, Manuchihr Khán, the Mu
‘Tamidu’d-Dawlih, who had received from the Báb a letter requesting him to
appoint the place where He should dwell. He was ceremoniously received…
- Shoghi
Effendi (Chapter 1, ‘God Passes By’)
