IMPRISONED AS BABI.
A reed pen of Baha'u'llah On display at British Museum, Nov 2017 When the Bab declared His mission in 1844 , Baha'u'llah, who was then in His twenty-seventh year, boldly espoused (supported) the Cause of the new Faith, of which He soon became recognized as one of the most powerful and fearless exponents. He had already twice suffered imprisonment for the Cause, and on one occasion had undergone the torture of the bastinado (punish or torture by caning the soles of His foot), when in August 1852, an event occurred fraugh t (worried) with terrible consequences for the Babis. One of the Bab's followers, a youth named Sadiq, had been so affected by the martyrdom of his beloved Master, of which he was an eye-witness, that his mind became deranged (abnormal), and, in revenge, he waylaid (attacked) the Shah and fired a pistol at him. Instead of using a bullet, however, he charged his weapon with small shot, and although a few pellets (small, compressed