Subh-i-Azal
Subh-i-Azal (1831–1912, born Mīrzā Yahyā Nūrī) was an Iranian religious leader and writer who was the second head of the Bābī movement after the execution of the Báb, its founder, in 1850. The Báb named Subh-i-Azal leader of the movement after being the Báb's chief deputy shortly before the execution, and became a generally-acknowledged head of the community after their expulsion to Baghdad in 1852.
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- Born
- 1831-01-01
- Died
- 1912
- Works
- 1
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- Mutammim-i bayān
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Key facts
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- Subh-i-Azal at the age of 80, Famagusta, circa 1911
- Religious biography.birth_name
- Mīrzā Yahyā Nūrī
- Religious biography.birth_place
- Tehran, Iran
- Religious biography.death_place
- Famagusta, British Cyprus
- Religious biography.known_for
- Second leader of Bābism
- Religious biography.predecessor
- Bāb (as Primal Point)
Article
28 sectionsContents
- Name and title
- Background
- Early activities in the Bābī community
- Marriages and children
- Appointment
- Controversy
- Subh-i-Azal in contemporary sources of early Bābī history
- Leadership
- Takur uprising
- Baghdad
- Edirne
- Cyprus
- Death
- Succession
- Shrine
- Impact and legacy
- Distinguishing characteristics
- Involvement in Persian reform movements
- Practice of taqiyya
- Decline of Azalism
- Notable Azalī figures
- Legacy of Subh-i-Azal
- Works
- Political views
- Notes
- Citations
- References
- Further reading
Subh-i-Azal (1831–1912, born Mīrzā Yahyā Nūrī) was an Iranian religious leader and writer who was the second head of the Bābī movement after the execution of the Báb, its founder, in 1850. The Báb named Subh-i-Azal leader of the movement after being the Báb's chief deputy shortly before the execution, and became a generally-acknowledged head of the community after their expulsion to Baghdad in 1852.
The Bāb believed Subh-i-Azal had an ability to write divinely-inspired verses and saw him as a mirror, providing the ability to explain the unexplained, in the time before the appearance of the messiah, known in the Bābī religion as He whom God shall make manifest (). However, not all Bābīs followed his authority, and some of them also made claims of their own, including those to the position of the messiah. After his later conflict with his half-brother Baháʼu'lláh, who became Subh-i-Azal's leading intermediary and later claimed the messianic status, over leadership of the Bābī community, his followers became known as Azalis.