Some “Princes of the royal blood” were also drawn to Bahá’u’lláh’s “circle of…associates and acquaintances”

Princes of the royal blood, amongst whom were such personages as the Ná’ibu’l-Íyálih, the Shujá‘u’d-Dawlih, the Sayfu’d-Dawlih, and Zaynu’l-‘Ábidín Khán, the Fakhru’d-Dawlih, were, likewise, irresistibly drawn into the ever-widening circle of His associates and acquaintances. 

- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’, chapter 8)

Certain “distinguished Persians, who either lived in Baghdád and its environs” also became attracted to Bahá’u’lláh

Nor could those distinguished Persians, who either lived in Baghdád and its environs or visited as pilgrims the holy places, remain impervious to the spell of His charm.

- Shoghi Effendi (‘God Passes By’, chapter 8)