| The colonel who commanded the Armenian regiment Urúmíyyih which was ordered to execute the Báb in the barracks square of Tabríz in July 1850. Sám K̲h̲án was so impressed with the Báb and affected by the treatment He had received that he feared the wrath of God if he shed the Báb's blood. He told the Báb that he was a Christian and held no ill will against Him, and asked to be freed from the obligation to execute Him. The Báb instructed him to follow his orders, and if his intentions were sincere, God would relieve his perplexity. When the bullets of the regiment's 750 rifles failed to harm the Báb or His companion, Sám K̲h̲án ordered his regiment to leave the barracks and vowed not to proceed with executions, even if it cost him his life. |
| [BD 200-201] |
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| Christian colonel of Armenian regiment ordered to execute the Báb.
When his regiment's seven hundred and fifty bullets did not touch the Báb, Sám K̲h̲án refused to fire on the Manifestation of God again. |
| [BG 44] |
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| See also: Martyrdom
of the Báb |
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