That the Báb had signed a recantation at his examination at Shiraz, based on the report of Frenchman A
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al-Bāb
The Báb was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and is also one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. The Báb gradually and progressively revealed his claim in his extensive writings to be a Manifestation of God, of a status as great as Moses, Jesus, and Prophet Muhammad, receiving revelations as profound as the Torah, Gospel, and Quran. This new revelation, he claimed, would rel…
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culture · Iranian prophet (1819–1850) · religious leader · preacher · merchant · orator · poet · writer · founder of religion · also al-Bāb, Báb, Bab, Nuqtah-i Ula, Ali Mukhamed Bab, Ali Muhammad ibn Rida al-Bazzazz
Born 20 October 1819 · Died 9 July 1850 · Q104273
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1912· 1 entry
With these followers becoming known as Azalis or Azali Bábís
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1909· 1 entry
Into the shrine built for them by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá on the slopes of Mount Carmel
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1863· 2 entries
To be the fulfillment of the Báb's prophecy
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Nineteen years after the Báb declared his mission, Baha'u'llah, in the company of his companions in Iraq, and later in 1866 in Edirne, in a more publicized manner, claimed to be this figure promised by the Báb
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1850· 1 entry
Died 1850-07-09.
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1845· 2 entries
Wrote that the Báb "very wisely denied the charge of apostasy laid against him and thus escaped from punishment
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During Ramadan, the Báb had a confrontation with Islamic clergy (the ulema)
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1844· 1 entry
At the age of 25, began the Bábi Faith
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1842· 1 entry
At age 23 and following his mother's wishes, he married 20-year-old Khadíjih-Sultán Bagum (1822–1882), the daughter of a prominent merchant in Shíráz
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1841· 1 entry
The Báb went on pilgrimage to Iraq and stayed for seven months mostly in and around Karbala, where he attended lectures of Kazim Rashti
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1819· 1 entry
Born 1819-10-20.
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