…there occurred the attempt upon the life of His Majesty,
may God, exalted and glorified be He, assist him. Those days were troublous
days, and the fires of hatred burned high. Many were arrested, among them this
Wronged One. By the righteousness of God! We were in no wise connected with
that evil deed, and Our innocence was indisputably established by the
tribunals. Nevertheless, they apprehended Us, and from Níyávarán, which was
then the residence of His Majesty, conducted Us, on foot and in chains, with bared
head and bare feet, to the dungeon of Tihrán. A brutal man, accompanying Us on
horseback, snatched off Our hat, whilst We were being hurried along by a troop
of executioners and officials. (Baha’u’llah, ‘Epistle to the Son of the Wolf’)
