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Báb and responded
Although the unveiling led to accusations of immorality the Báb responded by supporting her position and naming her the Pure ( Táhirih ).
Although the unveiling led to accusations of immorality by a Christian missionary and Muslim clerics of the time, the Báb responded by supporting her position and endorsing the name Bahá ' u ' lláh gave her at the conference: the Pure ( Táhirih ).

Báb and by
In 1863 in what became known as the Garden of Ridván Bahá ' u ' lláh announced to a few that he was the manifestation of God and He whom God shall make manifest whose coming had been foretold by the Báb.
* 1844 – Declaration of the Báb: a merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement that would later be brutally crushed by the Persian government.
Followers of the Bahá ' í Faith believe that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the second coming of Jesus, as well as the prophecies of the Maitreya and many other religious prophecies, were begun by the Báb in 1844 and then by Bahá ' u ' lláh.
* Bahá ' u ' lláh declares his station as " the One whom God shall make Manifest ", in the Garden of Ridván, as foretold by the Báb.
** Mírzá ' Alí-Muhammad, known as the Báb, is executed by a firing squad in Tabriz, Persia for claiming to be a prophet.
** The Báb, Persian founder of the Bábí Faith ( b. 1819 ) ( executed by a firing squad )
While the Bábí movement was violently opposed and crushed by the clerical and government establishments in the country in the mid 1850s, the Bábí movement led to the founding of the Bahá ' í Faith which sees the religion brought by the Báb as a predecessor to their own religion, and gives a renewed significance to the Bábí movement.
On the night of 22 May 1844 Mullá Husayn was invited by the Báb to his home ; on that night Mullá Husayn told him that he was searching for the possible successor to Siyyid Kázim, the Promised One, and the Báb told Mullá Husayn privately that he was Siyyid Kázim's successor and the bearer of divine knowledge.
In mid 1850 a new prime-minister, Amir Kabir, was convinced that the Bábí movement was a threat and ordered the execution of the Báb which was followed by the killings of many Bábís.
Sometimes the Báb revealed works very rapidly by chanting them in the presence of a secretary and eye-witnesses.
In the books written by the Báb he constantly entreats his believers to follow He whom God shall make manifest when he arrives and not behave like the Muslims who have not accepted his own revelation.
The Qiblih was originally identified by the Báb with " the One Whom God will make manifest ", a messianic figure predicted by the Báb.
As a prominent Bábí ( she was the seventeenth disciple or " Letter of the Living " of the Báb ) she is highly regarded by Bahá ' ís and Azalis, and often mentioned in Bahá ' í literature as an example of courage in the struggle for women's rights.
* Bábísm, a mid-19th century monotheistic religion founded by the Báb that was a predecessor of the Bahá ' í Faith.
The 20-year-old Khadíjih Bagum married the Báb on August 25, 1842 in Shiraz the ceremony being conducted by the imam of the city Shaykh Abú-Turáb.
At the age of 28 Khadíjih was widowed after the Báb was killed by firing squad.
* The Bayán, meaning exposition, was a set of two books written by the Báb

Báb and her
The unveiling caused a great deal of controversy and the Báb named her Táhirih ( meaning " the Pure One ") to show his support for her.
Táhirih asked the husband of her sister to send the Báb a message saying: " The effulgence of Thy face flashed forth, and the rays of Thy visage arose on high.
Picture what it must mean for a young woman like this, still in her twenties, to arise as the first woman disciple of Báb ".
In most she talks about her longing to meet the Báb.
She agreed to return with her brothers after making a public statement in Hamedan regarding the Báb.
Her father may have remained unconvinced about the rumours but her uncle Mulla Muhammad Taqi Baraghani was horrified and resentful to the Báb, whom he blamed for having bought his family to ill repute.
The Shah then wrote her a letter in which he explained that she should deny the teachings of the Báb, and that if she did so then she would be given an exalted position in his harem.
The clergy and members of the court, however, feared that she had grown too influential, and they organized seven conferences with Táhirih to convince her to recant her faith in the Báb.
From her mother ’ s first marriage Khadíjih had one half brother named Muhammad-Mihdí a noted poet and a half sister known as ` Ammih Ḥájí who when grown up married Hájí Mírzá Siyyid ` Alí the guardian of the Báb in his childhood.
This distressing his mother caused her to search for something to keep the 23-year-old Báb in Shiraz – a wife.
The death of her only child was very hard for her to bear and the Báb consoled her assuring their son was in heaven.
Following the sojourn of her husband to Isfahan for his safety she lived a lonely life with the mother of the Báb and her closest companion an African servant named Fiddih.
News concerning the Báb reached her and Fátimih Bagum only sporadically.
Family members were often resentful and embarrassed about connection to the Báb and distanced themselves from Khadíjih with only one sister Zahrá dressing herself as a peasant came to tell her sister news of the Báb.
Fearing for her health, the men of the household thought it prudent to keep the Báb ’ s passing a secret from her and his mother for almost a year.
According to her own later account, she had recognized the Báb's religious station before the Báb had declared his mission to Mulla Husayn.

Báb and position
In a letter sent to Subh-i-Azal, then aged around nineteen, the Báb appears to have indicated a high station or leadership position.

Báb and name
Azali, or Azali Bábí is a monotheistic religion and the name of a follower of Subh-i-Azal and the Báb.
Many Bahá ' í holy places in Haifa and around Acre, including the terraces and the Shrine of the Báb on the north slope on Mount Carmel, and the Shrine of Bahá ' u ' lláh, the Mansion of Bahji, and the Mansion at Mazra ' ih were inscribed on the World Heritage List in July 2008 .< ref name =" unesco1 ">
He generally absented himself from the Bábí community spending his time in Baghdad in hiding and disguise ; and even went so far as to publicly disavow allegiance to the Báb on several occasions .< ref name =" cole_bio ">

Báb and Bahá
He then organized the purchase of land on Mount Carmel that Bahá ' u ' lláh had instructed should be used to lay the remains of the Báb, and organized for the construction of the Shrine of the Báb.
From 1902 to 1904, in addition to the building of the Shrine of the Báb that ` Abdu ' l-Bahá was directing, he started to put into execution two different projects ; the restoration of the House of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran and the construction of the first Bahá ' í House of Worship in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.
For Baha ' is, the most recent messengers are the Báb and Bahá ' u ' lláh.
* Martyrdom of the Báb ( Bahá ' í Faith )
* Declaration of the Báb ( Bahá ' í Faith )
* Birth of the Báb ( Bahá ' í Faith )
Bahá ' u ' lláh decreed pilgrimage to two places in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas: the House of Bahá ' u ' lláh in Baghdad, Iraq, and the House of the Báb in Shiraz, Iran.
Born in ` Akká in March 1897, Shoghi Effendi was related to the Báb through his father, Mírzá Hádí Shírází, and to Bahá ' u ' lláh through his mother, Ḍíyá ' íyyih Khánum, the eldest daughter of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.
Starting in the late 1940s, after the independence of Israel, he also started to develop the Bahá ' í World Centre in Haifa, including the construction of the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb and the building of the International Archives as well as beautifying the gardens at Bahji, where the Shrine of Bahá ' u ' lláh is located ; these plans continued through the 1950s.
In his lifetime, Shoghi Effendi translated into English many of the writings of the Báb, Bahá ' u ' lláh and ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, including the Hidden Words in 1929, the Kitáb-i-Íqán in 1931, Gleanings in 1935 and Epistle to the Son of the Wolf in 1941.
The institution has also collected and published extracts from the writings of the Báb, Bahá ' u ' lláh and ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.
The institution has also collected and published extracts from the writings of the Báb, Bahá ' u ' lláh and ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.
* May 23 – Persian Prophet The Báb privately announces his revelation to Mullá Husayn, just after sunset, founding the Bábí Faith ( later revolving to the Bahá ' í Faith as the Báb intended ) in Shiraz, Persia ( now Iran ).
Shiraz is the birthplace of the co-founder of the Bahá ' í Faith, the Báb ( Siyyid ` Ali-Muhammad, 1819 – 1850 ).
For this reason Shiraz is a holy city for Bahá ’ ís, and the city, particularly the house of the Báb, was identified as a place of pilgrimage.
The situation of the Bahá ' ís improved under the Pahlavi shahs when the government actively sought to secularize public life however there were still organizations actively persecuting the Bahá ' ís in addition to there being curses children would learn decrying the Báb, a central figure of the religion, and Bahá ' ís.

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