Shíráz
The capital of the Province of Fárs in Persia (now known as Írán); the place of the Báb’s birth and the scene of His Declaration in 1844.

Shoeb
Priest of Midian (Exod. 2:16-21). Moses married his daughter; Exod. 18 gives his name as Jethro.

Sinai
The mountain where God gave the Law to Moses. (Qur’án, súrih 7:143-5 and Exod. 19).

Ṣiráṭ
Literally path, way; The Way of God; The Religion of God; The Bridge Leading to Heaven. Denotes the True Faith of God. According to Muslim tradition, a bridge will be extended over Hell in the Last Days, and men will have to cross over it to reach Paradise.

Sixth Imám
See Abú-‘Abdi’lláh.

Siyyid
Literally chief, lord, prince: descendents of the Prophet Muḥammad.

Siyyid Ḥusayn-i-Turshízí
A mujtahid, or doctor of Muḥammadan law, one of the Seven Martyrs of Ṭihrán.

Siyyid Káẓim
Chief disciple of Shaykh Aḥmad and his successor. Mullá Ḥusayn and other distinguished Bábís were among his students. Died December 31, 1843.

Siyyid Yaḥyá, surnamed Vaḥíd
A distinguished divine of great learning who became a Bábí and was martyred after the siege of Nayríz on June 29 1850, ten days before the death of the Báb.

Sufis
An order of Muslim mystics.

Súrih
A row or course, as of bricks in a wall. A term used exclusively for the chapters of the Qur’án, of which there are 114

Súrih of Húd
The eleventh chapter of the Qur’án, which tells of the successive calls of God’s Prophets and of the terrible consequences resulting to those who rejected them.