Mullá Ḥusayn
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Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i (1813 – 1849) (Arabic: ملا حسين البشرؤي), entitled Jináb-i-Bábu'l-Báb (gate of the gate), was the first Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement.
He was for nine years a student of Siyyid Kázim; upon his teacher's death, he set out for Shiráz to find the Promised One. There he met the Báb, who, welcoming him at the city gates, invited him to His home, where He declared to Mullá Ḥusayn that He was that Promised One he sought. This event is celebrated yearly by Baha'is as the Declaration of the Báb. On this occasion, the Báb gave Mullá Ḥusayn his title of Bábu'l-Báb, as he was the first to believe in Him.
Mullá Husayn was a devoted follower of the Báb until his death at the battle of Shaykh Tabarsi, on February 2, 1849.
[edit] References
- Amanat, Abbas (1989). Resurrection and Renewal. Cornell University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 0801420989.
- Nabíl-i-Zarandí (1932). in Shoghi Effendi (Translator): The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative, Hardcover, Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá’í Publishing Trust. ISBN 0900125225.
- Smith, Peter (1999). A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá’í Faith. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 1851681841.
[edit] External links
- Glossary of the Kitáb-i-Íqán - includes a small biography of Mullá Husayn
- Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative Religion (London: Swann Sonnenschein), "The Bab", by Browne, E.G,pp. 335.
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