Iran

Who Are the Bahāʾīs? From Shia Imam Mahdi to the Bāb and Bahāʾu’llāh – The Rise of the Bahāʾī Faith (Part-Two)

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Who Are the Bahāʾīs

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

Who Was the Bāb? Origins of Bābism and the Bahāʾī Faith in 19th Century Iran (Part 1)

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Bābism and the Bahāʾī Faith

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