Declaration of the Bab's Mission on May 22

Category
Religion
Place
Iran
Date
1844
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The Babi Dispensation began on May 22, 1844 in Shiraz, Iran. The Bab means "The Gate." He was the Prophet-Herald of Baha'u'llah. Mulla Husayn was the first to believe in the Bab. [Baha'I Glossary, p. 10, 36] "Two hours and eleven minutes after sunset Siyyid 'Ali-Muhammad makes His declaration to Mulla Husayn-i-Bushru'i." [Baha'I Chronology, p. 16] "The Báb was a merchant from Shiraz in Qajar Iran who in 1844, at the age of twenty-four, claimed to be a messenger of God. He took on the title of the Báb (...), meaning "Gate" or "Door", a reference associated with the promised Twelver Mahdi or al-Qá'im. He faced opposition from the Persian government, which eventually executed him and thousands of his followers, who were known as Bábís. . . . To Bahá'ís, the Báb fills a similar role as Elijah or John the Baptist; a predecessor or forerunner who paved the way for their own religion. Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, was a follower of the Báb and claimed in 1863 to be the fulfillment of the Báb's prophecy, 13 years after the former's death." [Wikipedia]

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The Bab
1819
1850
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