Yet another of the emigrants and settlers was the valiant Jam
shíd-i-Gurjí, who came from Georgia, but grew up in the city of Ká
shán. He was a fine youth, faithful, trustworthy, with a high sense of honor. When he heard of a new
Faith dawning, and awoke to the tidings that on
Persia’s horizons the Sun of Truth had risen, he was filled with holy ecstasy, and he longed and loved. The new fire burned away those veils of uncertainty and doubt that had closed him round; the light of Truth shed down its rays, the lamp of guidance burned before him.
He remained in Persia for a time, then left for Rumelia, which was
Ottoman territory, and in the Land of Mystery,
Adrianople, won the honor of entering the presence of
Bahá’u’lláh; it was there that his meeting took place. His joy and fervor were boundless. Later, at Bahá’u’lláh’s command he made a journey to
Constantinople, with
Áqá Muḥammad-Báqir and
Áqá ‘Abdu’l-Ghaffár. In that city, the tyrannous imprisoned him and put him in chains.