Báb

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The Báb was a 19th-century Persian religious figure who founded Bábism and is regarded by Baháʼís as the herald of Bahá'u'lláh and the Baháʼí Faith.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian person
founder of a religion
prophet (Bábí and Baháʼí belief)
religious leader
alsoKnownAs Sayyid ʻAlí Muḥammad NERFINISHED
Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad Shírází NERFINISHED
The Báb NERFINISHED
associatedCity Bushehr NERFINISHED
Shiraz NERFINISHED
Tabriz NERFINISHED
associatedWith Baháʼu'lláh NERFINISHED
Baháʼí Faith NERFINISHED
birthName Siyyid ʻAlí Muḥammad NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath execution
citizenship Qajar Iran NERFINISHED
claimedRole Mahdi (in Islamic eschatology, per his followers) NERFINISHED
Qá'im (in Shia Islam, per his followers) NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Qajar Iran NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1819-10-20
dateOfDeath 1850-07-09
declaredTo Mullá Ḥusayn NERFINISHED
dynastyContext Qajar dynasty NERFINISHED
era 19th century
ethnicity Persian NERFINISHED
familyBackground merchant family
founded Bábism NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Siyyid NERFINISHED
languageOfWritings Arabic
Persian
mannerOfDeath execution by firing squad
meaningOfName Gate
movement Bábí movement NERFINISHED
name Báb NERFINISHED
notableWork Bayán (Arabic Bayán) NERFINISHED
Bayán (Persian Bayán) NERFINISHED
Qayyúmu'l-Asmáʼ NERFINISHED
persecutedBy Qajar authorities NERFINISHED
Shia clerical establishment in Iran NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Shiraz, Persia NERFINISHED
placeOfBurial Shrine of the Báb, Mount Carmel, Haifa NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Tabriz, Persia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeclaration Shiraz, Persia NERFINISHED
professionBeforeReligiousMission merchant
regardedAs forerunner of the Baháʼí Faith
herald of Baháʼu'lláh
regardedBy Baháʼís NERFINISHED
religion Bábism NERFINISHED
title Báb NERFINISHED
veneratedIn Baháʼí Faith NERFINISHED
Bábism
yearOfDeclaration 1844

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