Note 182

182. Call ye to mind &Karim # 170 &Haji &Mirza &Muhammad &Karim &Khan-i-Kirmani (1810- circa 1873) was the self-appointed leader of the &Shaykhi community after the death of Siyyid &Kazim, who was the appointed successor to &Shaykh &Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i (see notes 171 and 172). He dedicated himself to the promotion of the teachings of &Shaykh &Ahmad. The opinions he expressed became the subject of controversy among his supporters and opponents alike.

Regarded as one of the leading savants and prolific authors of his age, he composed numerous books and epistles in the various fields of learning that were cultivated +P245 in those times. He actively opposed both the &Bab and &Baha'u'llah, and used his treatises to attack the &Bab and His Teachings. In the &Kitab-i-Iqan, &Baha'u'llah condemns the tone and content of his writings and singles out for criticism one of his works which contains negative allusions to the &Bab. Shoghi Effendi describes him as "inordinately ambitious and hypocritical" and describes how he "at the special request of the &Shah had in a treatise viciously attacked the new Faith and its doctrines".