Many others were seized and put into prisons, among them being Baha'u'llah.

He afterwards wrote:-- 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 Niyavaran, 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 Tihran.

A brutal man, accompanying Us on horseback, snatched off Our hat, whilst We were being hurried along by a troop of executioners and officials.

We were consigned for four months to a place foul beyond comparison.