They are to be found in every walk of life, from the ministers and nobles of the Court to the scavenger or the groom, not the least arena of their activity being the Mussulman priesthood itself....
"If Babism continues to grow at its present rate of progression, a time may conceivably come when it will oust Mohammedanism from the field in Persia.

This, I think, it would be unlikely to do, did it appear upon the ground under the flag of a hostile faith.

But since its recruits are won from the best soldiers of the garrison whom it is attacking, there is greater reason to believe that it may ultimately prevail." (Vol.

i, pp.

449-502).
43 The number of Baha'is is increasing every year and by 1979 the number of localities throughout the world where Baha'is reside has risen to over 103,000.