trial for heresy on the basis of a copy of the Qayyúmu'l-Asmáʼ in his possession on 13 January 1845 by a combined jury of Shiʻa and Sunni clerics. The trial spun into a political event pitting Ottoman/Sunni interests against Shiʻa/Persian interests – the Sunni clergy wanted Bastamí to be immediately executed while the Shiʻa clergy insisted only on banishment and Persian politicians requested his removal to Persia. Instead, in April, he was transferred to Istanbul where he was further sentenced to hard labour in Istanbul's docks. Persian politicians continued insisting but when the Ottoman's finally agreed, 4 December 1846, it was found he had died a few days later and was accounted to be the first Bábi martyr by Bábis and Baháʼís. After his death a visitation prayer was revealed by the Báb in his honor. Citations References Letters of the Living Iranian people imprisoned abroad Bábís Iranian people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Ottoman detention 1846 deaths Year of birth missing