Táhirih is the religious title of Fatima Baraghani ( 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events January 14 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden in exchange for west Pomerania, as part of the Treaty of Kiel January 29 - French army of Emperor Napoleon I wins the Battle of Brienne January 31 - Gervasio Antonio de... 1814- 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events January 1 - Constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to summoning of Spanish parliament ( March 7) and restoration of 1812 Constitution ( March 8) by king Ferdinand VII. January 28 - Russian expedition lead by Fabian Gottlieb von... 1820, died 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events January 14 - President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. January 17 - United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal Devils Island penal colony opens February 11 - First British public toilet for... 1852 - birth date uncertain, as birth records were destroyed at her execution), an influential poet and theologian of the The room where The Báb declared His mission on May 23, 1844 in His house in Shiraz. The Bábís (in Persian بابی ها Bâbihâ) are members of a religious movement that flourished in Persia from 1844. Its... Bábí faith and a revered example of courage in the struggle for women's rights.

Prior to becoming a Bábí

The daughter of a mulla, Táhirih grew up in Qazvin (near Tehran (also spelled Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 8,000,000 (metropolitan: 10,000,000), is the capital of Iran and one of the major world cities. Tehran is a metropolis of 10 million situated at the foot of the towering Alborz range. More than half... Tehran), where she married her cousin Muhammad ibn Muhammad Taqi at the age of thirteen (?). Having acquired a religious education from her father, she began a correspondence with leaders of the Shaykhi movement which flourished in the Shi'i shrine cities in Iraq. Ultimately she traveled there herself.

She is equally well-known under an alternate religious title "Qurrat al-Ayn," (translated as "Comfort of the Eyes" or "Solace of the Eyes"), given to her by the second Shaykhi leader, Siyyid Kázim of Categories: Iran geography stubs | Cities in Iran ... Rasht. After his death in Events January 15 - University of Notre Dame receives its charter from Indiana. February 27 - The Haiti. February 28 - A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing two United States Cabinet members and several others. May 23 - Persian Prophet The Báb announces... 1844, she, through correspondence, found and accepted Ali Muhammad of Shiraz (called the Shrine of the Báb at night from above in Haifa Israel Siyyid Mírzá Alí-Muhammad (میرزا علی‌محمد in Persian) ( October 20, 1819 - July 9, 1850), later to become known as the Bá... Báb or "gateway" after a Shi'i theological concept), the founder of the Bábi Faith, as the The Mahdi (or Mehdi), in Islamic eschatology, is a man who will come at the end of the times. The exact nature of the Mahdi differs between Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims. The Mahdi in Sunni traditions The exact nature of the Mahdi is not completely clear, but according to... Mahdi. She was the seventeenth disciple or " The Letters of the Living was a title provided by the Báb to the first eighteen disciples of the Bábí movement. In some understandings the Báb places himself at the head of this list (as the first letter). In Wikipedia the former notation... Letter of the Living" of the Báb, and the only woman in that group.

As a Bábí

Upon returning to Iran at her family's order, she separated informally (Enc. of Islam says "divorced") from her husband, whose family was hostile to the Báb and His mission, as well as her four children.

Conference of Badasht

After the Báb's arrest in 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events Monument for the leaders of the 1848 Matale rebellion, Sri Lanka The Revolution of 1848 (qv.), a series of widespread but failed struggles for more liberal governments, from Brazil to Hungary. January 24 - California gold... 1848, Táhirih attended a conference of Bábi leaders in Badasht, largely persuading its participants of her radical view (relative to the Bábi movement) that the Báb's Revelation superseded previous provisions of Islamic law. She is perhaps best remembered for appearing in public without her veil in the course of this conference. Besides the obvious feminist interpretation, her act also suggests the abrogation of Islamic law for which she argued (and which its enemies thus came to describe as antinomian in character); her courageous act may also allude to a mystical "unveiling" of the godhead.

It was at the Badasht conference that she was given the title Táhirih (Bahá'í sources indicate by This article or section is currently being developed or reviewed. Some statements may be disputed or dubious. Please read talk page discussion before making substantial changes. Baháulláh ( 1817– 1892) ( Persian: Mírzá Husayn-Alí (میرزا حس... Bahá'u'lláh) which means "the Pure One"; possibly as a rebuke to her critics. The Báb later endorsed her use of it.

Death of Táhirih

One of her most notable quotes is her deathbed utterance, "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women." This is widely described as apocryphal; a thorough study of the sources for her life has yet to appear. Also she has been used by many feminist groups for their cause and in that process, a lot of modern feminist thoughts seem to have been attributed to her in the form of myths and quotes.

With the virtual extermination of the Bábi movement in the early 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's, Táhirih was martyred in her early to mid 30's in 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). Events January 14 - President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. January 17 - United Kingdom recognizes independence of the Transvaal Devils Island penal colony opens February 11 - First British public toilet for... 1852 in the garden of Ilkhani in Tehran (also spelled Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 8,000,000 (metropolitan: 10,000,000), is the capital of Iran and one of the major world cities. Tehran is a metropolis of 10 million situated at the foot of the towering Alborz range. More than half... Tehran. (A prominent Bábí, and subsequently Bahá'í, historian cites the wife of an officer who had the chance to know her that she was strangled by a drunken officer of the government with her own veil which she had chosen for her anticipated martyrdom.)

Problems with sources

With the exception of an entry in the Encyclopedia of Islam (under "Kurrat al-'Ayn"), English-language sources are almost exclusively Known in India as the Lotus Temple, the Bahai House of Worship attracts an average of three and a half million visitors a year. The Baháí Faith is a monotheistic religion whose members follow the teachings of Baháulláh, founder and prophet of... Bahá'í, or reliant on Bahá'í material. These consist of narrative accounts of her life (typically devotional in character) and, in a few cases, translations of poetry selections. None of her prose theological writings have yet been translated.

External links

• Translation of Táhirih's poetry to English by Martha Root (http://www.rozanehmagazine.com/julyaugust02/Mayjune02new/wotahirih.html)
• Directory of Táhirih's Arabic and Persian writings at h-net  (http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/areprint/tahirih/tahirih.htm)
• Táhirih's biographical entry from Memorials of the Faithful (http://www.ibiblio.org/Bahai/Texts/English/MF/MF-64.html) by Abdul Baha `Abdul-Bahá Abbas ( May 23, 1844 - November 28, 1921) also known as Abbas Effendi, was the son of Baháulláh, the Prophet and Founder of the Baháí Faith. `Abdul-Bahá was appointed by his Father to succeed... `Abdu'l-Bahá
• A translation by Juan Cole of one of Táhirih's prayers (http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/trans/tahir1.htm)