Mirza Yahya Nuri ( 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events February- March - Revolts in Modena, Parma and the Papal States are put down by Austrian troops February 20 - Battle of Grochow. Polish rebel forces divide a Russian army. March 1 - Democrat Samuel Smith becomes President Pro Tempore... 1831 - April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). There are 246 days remaining. April 29th 1992 (Miami) is also the title of a song by Sublime on their self-titled album. Events 1429 - Hundred Years War: Joan of Arc relieves Orl... 29 April 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. Events January-March January 1 - Establishment of Republic of China. January 6 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state. January 17 - British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the second expedition to reach the... 1912) or often called Subh-i Azal (Morn of Eternity) was a Persian art is conscious of a great past, and monumental in many respects. Richard Frye. Example of a modern Persian Miniature by a contemporary artist. Persia is the historical and alternative name for the state of Iran in the European languages. The name was used in the West due to... Persian religious leader.

He was a disciple of the Báb's, and before the Báb's martyrdom in Events January 4 - The first American ice-skating club is formed (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). January 29 - Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress February 28 - University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah March 7 - United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his Seventh of March... 1850, Mirza Yahya was named as his successor in the leadership of the The room where The B b declared His mission on May 23, 1844 in His house in Shiraz. The B s (in Persian بابی ها B ) are members of a religious movement that flourished in Persia from 1844. Its founder was Ali Muhammad of Shiraz (1817... Babis, and according to him was also appointed by the Báb to finish his work the The Persian Bayan (بیان in Persian) is one of the principal scriptural writings of the Báb. Although he started it, it was left unfinished at his death. Continuation of the writing of the scripture was entrusted to his successor Mirza Yahya Nuri also known as Subh... Persian Bayan - this is however disputed by Bahá'ís. His title of Subh-i-Azal or the "Morning of Eternity" was conferred on him by the Bab after Yahya became the return of Quddus as Mirza Jani tells us. On these points it is instructive to read what the Bab stated in his will regarding Mirza Yahya:

"....This is a letter from God, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting, to God, the Guardian, the Self-Subsisting.... This is a letter from Ali before Nabil, the Reminder of God for the worlds, to him whose name is equivalent to the name of the One, the Reminder of God for the worlds.... That, O thou, name of the One, guard what has been revealed in the Bayan and enjoin the same, for thou art surely the way, the great truth." (Quoted from the "History and Doctrines of the Babi Movement" who quotes Browne's "Introduction to Nuqtatul Qaf".)

Mirza Yahya was the son of Mirza Buzurg of Nur, and a younger-half-brother of Mirza Husain Ali, better known as Bahá'u'lláh.

Since he was in prison at the time of the Báb's death, he escaped to A street map of Baghdad Average temperature (red) and precipitations (blue) in Baghdad Baghdad (بغداد) is the capital of Iraq and the Baghdad Province. It is the second largest city in Southwest Asia after Tehran, with the 2003 population estimated at 5,772,000. Situated on... Baghdad in the The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October... Ottoman Empire, and under the title of Subh-i Azal (the Dawn of Eternity), became the pontiff of the Bábís.

In 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 - Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 - Ground is broken in Sacramento... 1863, Bahá'u'lláh claimed that he was the one whom the Báb prophesized about and asked the Bábís to follow him, this began a period of murderous infighting between the two rival claimants. The group that followed Mirza Yayha became known as the Azali sect of Bábism.

In 1863 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 - Abraham Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation during the second year of the American Civil War. January 1 - The first claim under the Homestead Act is made for a farm in Nebraska January 8 - Ground is broken in Sacramento... 1863 both half-brothers and their retinue were exiled to Adrianople.

In 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January 3 - Meiji Emperor declares Meiji Restoration, his own restoration to full power, against the supporters of the Tokugawa Shogunate. January 10 - Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu declares emperors declaration illegal and attacks Kyoto. Pro-Emperor forces drive... 1868 Mirza Yahya was exiled to Cyprus (in Greek Kypros Κύπρος and in Turkish Kıbrıs) is an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, 113 kilometres (70 miles) south of Turkey and around 120 km west of the Syrian coast. National motto: None National anthem: Ύμν... Cyprus and died in Famagusta or Gazimağusa is a city on the east coast of Cyprus. Lala Mustapha Paşa Mosque The town was known as Arsinoe (after Arsinoe of Egypt) in antiquity, then Ammochostos (meaning hidden in sand) which is how it is today referred to in Greek. The same... Famagusta, Cyprus (in Greek Kypros Κύπρος and in Turkish Kıbrıs) is an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, 113 kilometres (70 miles) south of Turkey and around 120 km west of the Syrian coast. National motto: None National anthem: Ύμν... Cyprus in 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. Events January-March January 1 - Establishment of Republic of China. January 6 - New Mexico is admitted as the 47th U.S. state. January 17 - British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott and a team of four begin the second expedition to reach the... 1912. His followers are usually called Azalis or Azali Bábis.

Mirza Yahya had two wives, Fatima and Ruqayya; nine sons; and five daughters. His sons included: Nurullah, Hadi, Ahmad, Abdul Ali, and Rizwan Ali and four others whose names I do not know. Other reports claim he had up to eleven, twelve, fourteen, or seventeen wives including four in Iran and at least five in Baghdad, although it is not clear how many, if any, were simultaneous.

His legacy, contrary to common Bahá'í belief did continue, however with diminishing success. A distinguished Bábí, Hádí Dawlatábádí (d 1908), then his son were appointed as Azal's successors. In the 1970s there were believed to be 500-5000 Azalis.

References

• Smith, Peter (2000). A Concise Encyclopedia of the Baha'i Faith. Oneworld Publications, (Sales and Editorial), 185 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 7AR. ISBN 1185168-184-1.
• Browne, E.G. (1891). A Traveller’s Narrative. Cambridge. (http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/diglib/books/A-E/B/browne/tn/tnfrnt.htm)
• Britannica (Eds.) (1911). Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Chicago.
• Browne, E.G. (1918) Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion. Cambridge. (http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/A-E/B/browne/material/msbrtoc.htm)
• "History and Doctrines of The Babi Movement", by Maulana Muhammad Ali; Lahore, India. 1933 (http://aaiil.org/text/books/mali/historydoctrinesbabimovement/historydoctrinesbabimovement.shtml)
• Taherzadeh, Adib (2000). The Child of the Covenant. George Ronald, Publisher 46 High Street, Kidlington, Oxford, UK OX5 2DN. ISBN 0-85398439-5.

External Links

• The Primal Point's Will and Testiment (http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~bahai/notes/vol7/BABWILL.htm) - Commentry on the Báb's will
• The Religion of Bayan (http://www.bayanic.com) A website dedicated to the followers of Subh-i Azal