Note 179

179. a sifter of wheat and barley # 166

This is an allusion to &Mulla &Muhammad &Ja'far &Gandum-Pak-Kun, the first person in &Isfahan to accept the Faith of the &Bab. He is mentioned in the Persian &Bayan and praised as one who "donned the robe of discipleship". In The Dawn-Breakers, &Nabil describes the unreserved acceptance of the Message by the "sifter of wheat" and his zealous advocacy of the new Revelation. He joined the company of the defenders of the Fort of &Shaykh &Tabarsi and perished during that siege.