The Báb (1819-1850)
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The Báb (1819-1850) was a person.
- AKA: Sayyed ʿAli Muhammad Shirāzi.
- Context:
- He was the founder of Bábism.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Shrine of The Báb, Qajar Dynasty, Tabriz, Khadíjih-Bagum, Ahmad (Son of The Báb), Sayyid Muhammad Ridá, Fátimih Bagum.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Báb Retrieved:2017-10-23.
- The Báb, whose birth name was Sayyed ʿAli Muhammad Shirāzi (October 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850 and Muharram 1, 1235 - Sha'ban 28, 1266), was the founder of Bábism, and one of the central figures of the Azali and Bahá'í Faiths. He was a merchant from Shiraz in Qajar Iran who, at the age of twenty-four (on the evening of May 22, 1844), claimed to be an inspired interpreter of the Qur'an within the Shaykhi school of Twelver Shi'ism. In a series of several stages, he first introduced himself as the Báb (meaning "Gate" or "Door") to the Promised Twelver Mahdi or al-Qá'im, then the Mahdi himself, then the Prophet of a New Age, and finally, as the essence of God and his being. He composed numerous letters and books in which he stated his messianic claims and defined his teachings, which constituted a new sharia. His movement eventually acquired thousands of supporters, was opposed by Iran's Shi'i clergy, and was suppressed by the Iranian government, leading to the persecution and killing of between two and three thousand of his followers, called Bábís. In 1850, at the age of thirty, the Báb was shot by a firing squad in Tabriz. Bahá'ís claim that the Báb was also the spiritual return of Elijah and John the Baptist, that he was the saoshyant referred to in Zoroastrianism, and that he was the forerunner of their own religion. Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, was a follower of the Báb and claimed to be the fulfillment of his promise that God would send another messenger.