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Exile to Baghdad This terrible imprisonment lasted four months, but Baha'u'llah and His companions remained zealous and enthusiastic, in the greatest of happiness.

Almost every day one or more of them was tortured or put to death and the others reminded that their turn might come next.

When the executioners came to fetch one of the friends, the one whose name was called would literally dance with joy, kiss the hands of Baha'u'llah, embrace the rest of his fellow believers and then hasten with glad eagerness to the place of martyrdom.
It was conclusively proved that Baha'u'llah had no share in the plot against the _Sh_ah, and the Russian Minister testified to the purity of His character.

He was, moreover, so ill that it was thought He would die.
Instead, therefore, of sentencing Him to death, the _Sh_ah ordered that He should be exiled to 'Iraq-i-'Arab, in Mesopotamia; and thither, a fortnight later, Baha'u'llah set out, accompanied by His family and a number of other believers.

They suffered terribly from cold and other hardships on the long winter journey and arrived in Ba_gh_dad in a state of almost utter destitution.
As soon as His health permitted, Baha'u'llah began to teach inquirers and to encourage and exhort the believers, and soon peace and happiness reigned among the Babis.( 12) This, however, was short-lived.