The process of propagation by Bábís in Karbala

Karbala (in Iraq) was the teaching place of Seyyed Kazim Rashti,the second leader of Shaykhiyeh sect .Hence a majority of its followers were living there. Some of the key figures of Shaykhiyeh became Bábí from the beginning of Ali Mohammad Bab’s Claim in 1840.In addition that city was the place for the revolution of Mahdi ,the Awaited Man .Also that city was a center of teaching school of Ameneh Qorrat- ul Ain who was one of the prominent Bábí of that time . Many Bábís in Karbala were living there with an Islamic appearance and clothing after the execution of Bab. Mirza Yahya Sobhe Azal in Baghdad has sent Hadj S. Mohammad Isfahani to Karbala to lead this majority of Bábís. Hadj s. Javad Karbalai and Mulla Rajab Ali Ghahir whom both were the martyrs of Babism were also living in Karbala and they were engaged sometimes in preaching Babism. Mirza Mohammad Bagher Sadrul ulama was one of the famous persons in Karbala whom has been attracted to Babism in result of their preachings and became one of the active Bábís. Baha’i Baha’s Some of the Bábís in Karbala were in doubt of Mirza Hussein Ali Bahaullah who was the mediator between Sobhe Azal and Bábís. He also was afraid of their oppositions and he was trying to remove and solve their doubts. Mulla Rajab Ali Ghahir wrote the first disproof book against the claim of Bahaullah. It seems that the killing of some elders of Bábís or leaving Karbala, hide living, denying their faith, being inactive and the Islamic circumstances of that city caused the decline of the preaching of Babism gradually. Then karbala was the important base for Bábís for 26 yaers and it was declined after the murder of Mulla Rajab Ali Ghahir.