went to the Shah's summer camp, and the Shah came upon him while hunting in the woods. Badíʻ approached the monarch with respect and calmly said: "O King! I have come to thee from Sheba with a weighty message". Badíʻ was arrested, branded for three successive days, his head beaten to a pulp with the butt of a rifle, after which his body was thrown into a pit and earth and stones heaped upon it. A particularly famous picture of Badíʻ exists, taken at the Shah's request, where he is in chains during his torture, showing no emotion. Notes References 1852 births 1870 deaths Iranian Bahá'ís Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh Bahá'í martyrs Politicians from Nishapur 19th-century Bahá'ís