The BábChapter 8: The City of `Abbás the GreatReading editionChapter navigation42 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterIntroductory materialForewordA Note on the Construction of Persian NamesPROLOGUECHAPTER 1 ALL HAIL SHÍRÁZCHAPTER 2 HE WHOM THEY SOUGHTCHAPTER 3 ṬIHRÁNCHAPTER 4 THE FIRST MARTYRCHAPTER 5 PILGRIMAGE TO MECCA: THE HOUSE OF KA`BAHCHAPTER 6 FORCES OF OPPOSITION ARRAYEDCHAPTER 7 BELIEF AND DENIALCHAPTER 8 THE CITY OF `ABBÁS THE GREATCHAPTER 9 THE ANTICHRIST OF THE BÁBÍ REVELATIONCHAPTER 10 WHERE THE ARAS FLOWSCHAPTER 11 THE GRIEVOUS MOUNTAINCHAPTER 12 THAT MIDSUMMER NOONCHAPTER 13 THE DAWN-BREAKERSEPILOGUEAPPENDIX I THE SIEGE OF KARBILÁAPPENDIX 2 THE MARTYRDOM OF THE BÁBAPPENDIX 3 PRELUDE TO THE EPISODE OF NAYRÍZAPPENDIX 4 THE SEVEN MARTYRS OF ṬIHRÁNAPPENDIX 5 THE EPISODE OF ZANJÁNAPPENDIX 6 LORD PALMERSTON'S ENQUIRYAPPENDIX 7 MYTH-MAKINGBIBLIOGRAPHYNOTESChapter 1: All Hail ShírázChapter 2: He Whom They SoughtChapter 3: ṬihránChapter 4: The First MartyrChapter 5: Pilgrimage to MeccaChapter 6: Forces of Opposition ArrayedChapter 7: Belief and DenialChapter 8: The City of `Abbás the GreatChapter 9: The Antichrist of the Bábí RevelationChapter 10: Where the Aras FlowsChapter 11: The Grievous MountainChapter 12: That Midsummer NoonChapter 13: The Dawn-breakersINDEXPrevious chapter ←Chapter 7: Belief and DenialNext chapter →Chapter 9: The Antichrist of the Bábí RevelationAll chapters and sections (42)Opening pagesFront matterIntroductory materialOther sectionsForewordA Note on the Construction of Persian NamesPROLOGUEChapters12345678910111213Other sectionsEPILOGUEAPPENDIX I THE SIEGE OF KARBILÁAPPENDIX 2 THE MARTYRDOM OF THE BÁBAPPENDIX 3 PRELUDE TO THE EPISODE OF NAYRÍZAPPENDIX 4 THE SEVEN MARTYRS OF ṬIHRÁNAPPENDIX 5 THE EPISODE OF ZANJÁNAPPENDIX 6 LORD PALMERSTON'S ENQUIRYAPPENDIX 7 MYTH-MAKINGBIBLIOGRAPHYNOTESChapters12345678910111213Other sectionsINDEXOpening quotation: The Contention of Ajax and Ulysses, 1659.◇← Chapter 7: Belief and DenialChapter 9: The Antichrist of the Bábí Revelation →