The Bab had assured his followers that he could not be put to death - bullets could have no power over him.

At length some of the more restless spirits, contrary, it is said, to the counsel of the Bab, raised the standard of rebellion against the Persian Government. The suppression of this rebellion severely taxed the powers of the Government; but in the end it was suppressed, and its leaders put to death. The Bab also, though he had taken no part in the insurrection, was arrested, tried, and executed. He had, it is again said, assured his followers that he could not be put to death - bullets could have no power over him. The failure of these assurances did not, however, shake the faith of his adherents.

Twenty years have now passed since this death of the founder of the sect, but in the mean time, the number of its adherents, as they claim, is continually increasing.

(Bliss, Rev. Edwin. E. "Bab and Babism" Missionary Herald (Cambridge, Mass.), vol. 65, May, 1869 146-148)

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