Ch.XXII, p.519, f.2
"M. de Gobineau, in agreement with the authors of the Nasikhu't-Tavarikh,
of Rawdatu's-Safa, of Mir'atu'l-Buldan, in a word with all the official
historians, relates that after the execution the body of the Bab was
thrown in a moat of the city and devoured by dogs. In reality it was not
so, and we shall see why this news had been spread by the authorities of
Tabriz (little eager to draw upon themselves a rebuke of the government
for a favor dearly sold) and by the Babi's, desirous to prevent any
further investigation by the police. The most reliable testimony of the
actual witnesses of the drama or of its actors do not leave me any doubt
that the body of Siyyid Ali-Muhammad was carried away by pious hands and,
at last, after various incidents which I shall narrate, received a burial
worthy of him." (Ibid., p. 377.)