His [the Prime Minister’s] orders to ‘Alí Khán, the warden
of the fortress of Máh-Kú, were stringent and explicit. On His way to that
fortress the Báb passed a number of days in Tabríz, days that were marked by
such an intense excitement on the part of the populace that, except for a few
persons, neither the public nor His followers were allowed to meet Him. As He
was escorted through the streets of the city the shout of “Alláh-u-Akbar”
resounded on every side. So great, indeed, became the clamor that the town
crier was ordered to warn the inhabitants that any one who ventured to seek the
Báb’s presence would forfeit all his possessions and be imprisoned. - Shoghi
Effendi (Chapter 2, ‘God Passes By’)
