Author:The Báb

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The Báb (1819 - 1850)

See also biography, media. The Báb was a Manifestation of God and founder of the Bábí religion and forerunner to Bahá’u’lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith. He composed hundreds of letters and books in which He stated His mission and defined his teachings, which constituted a new religious law. The Bábí Faith acquired tens of thousands of supporters, was virulently opposed by Iran's Shí'í clergy, and was bloodily suppressed by the Iranian government. Thousands of His followers were killed, and in 1850 the Báb was Himself shot by a firing squad in Tabríz, Iran.

Works

• Qayyúmu'l-Asmá

Compilations

• Selections from the Writings of the Báb

Tablets

• Tablet to the First Letter of the Living
• Tablet to Him Who will be made manifest
• Second Tablet to Him Who will be made manifest
• Epistle to Muhammad Shah
• Second Epistle to Muhammad Shah
• Third Epistle to Muhammad Shah
• Tablet addressed to Sulaymán
• Tablet addressed to the Sherif of Mecca
• Tablet addressed to 'Abdu's-Sahib