Muhammad Suleman 
The Rise of Bahāʾu’llāh in Baghdad In 1863, in the Iraqi city of Baghdad, an Iranian man named Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri declared that he was the final prophet sent by God and the promised Messiah, whose coming had been foretold in both Christianity and Islam. On this occasion, he adopted the title Bahāʾuʾllāh, meaning … Read more
Introduction: The Birth of Bābism in 19th Century Iran On 22 May 1844, in the Iranian city of Shiraz, a 24-year-old young merchant, Sayyid ʿAlī Muḥammad Shīrāzī, declared that he was the Bāb—the gateway or intermediary to the Hidden Imam, that is, the Twelfth Imam (Imam al-Mahdi) of Twelver Shiʿa Islam. Following this claim, people … Read more
Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem Five days before the Crucifixion—on March 30, 33 CE—Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem in Palestine along with His disciples. The last days of Jesus were spent in Jerusalem. He had come to the holy city to celebrate the Feast of Passover. As He entered, the people of the city welcomed … Read more
Ganga Plane Takeoff 1971 On 30 January 1971, at about 11:30 in the morning, when a Fokker aircraft named Ganga took off from Srinagar, Kashmir for Jammu, there were a total of 30 people on board, including the crew. However, some of them were actually agents of India’s intelligence agency, RAW, travelling in the guise … Read more
Better One Day as a Tiger than a Hundred as a Jackal Raja Khan, overwhelmed with fear, pleaded with his wounded master, “Sultan, you are gravely injured. It is better to tell the British that you are Tipu Sultan, the fearless ruler whose last battle at Srirangapatnam has become legendary. They might spare your life.” … Read more
Early Doctrines and the Division of the Ahmadiyya Movement (1908–1914) In 1914, following the death of the first caliph of the Qadiani community, Hakeem Noor-ud-Din, the Ahmadiyya movement split into two factions: the Qadian group and the Lahore group. The Qadian group came under the leadership of Mirza Bashir-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, the 25-year-old son of … Read more