It comprises His nine months’ unbroken confinement in the
fortress of Máh-Kú, and His subsequent incarceration in the fortress of
Chihríq, which was interrupted only by a brief yet memorable visit to Tabríz.
It was overshadowed throughout by the implacable and mounting hostility of the
two most powerful adversaries of the Faith, the Grand Vizir of Muhammad Sháh,
Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, and the Amír-Niẓám, the Grand Vizir of Násiri’d-Dín Sháh. - Shoghi Effendi (Chapter 2, ‘God Passes By’)
