there have also been claims that the bábí movement was started by the british, and that the baháʼí faith has ties to british imperialism; the connection to the british, however, has also been supported by false evidence. firaydun adamiyyat, in a biography on nasser-al-din shah's first prime minister amir kabir, stated that mulla husayn, the báb's first disciple, was really a british agent who was recruited by arthur conolly, a british intelligence officer, explorer and writer. adamiyyat states that the evidence of such an accusation appears in conolly's book "journey to the north of india overland from england through russia, persia, and affghaunistaun", but no mention of mulla husayn or the báb appears in the book. in later editions of adamiyyat's biography on amir kabir, the fabrication has been removed.