Shrine of The Bab	The Bab
HOME	Born: October 20, 1819  Shiraz, Persia/Iran
TIMELINE	Died:  July 9, 1850  Tabriz, Persia/Iran
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Scriptures that The Bab fulfilled in the Bible:

Genesis 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. (He descended from Ishmael's son, Kedur.) 28:4 And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham.   Deuteronomy 33:2 And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. 33:3 Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. 33:4 Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. 33:5 And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together.   Isaiah 29:11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 29:12 And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 62:2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. 65:15 And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:   Jeremiah 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: 49:38 And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.   Ezekiel 11:1 Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 43:1 Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: 43:4 And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. (The Bab is also known as The Gate.)   Daniel 7:10 A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. 7:13 I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 7:14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. 8:2 And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 8:13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? 8:14 And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. (2300 Days ended in 1844)   Zechariah 4:14 Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth.   Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:   John 10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.   Revelation 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. 3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. 4:4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. 4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 6:1-17 8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 10:2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, 10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: 10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 11:11 And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. 11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.   Some Answered Questions - Abdu'l-Baha - Pg. 55 This earthquake occurred in Shíráz after the martyrdom of the Báb. The city was in a turmoil, and many people were destroyed. Great agitation also took place through diseases, cholera, dearth, scarcity, famine and afflictions, the like of which had never been known.   11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.

Tracing The Footsteps of THE BAB

Shrine of The Bab The room that The Bab declared his mission in his home in Shiraz, Persia/Iran. Persia/Iran

Born October 20, 1819 in Shiraz, Persia/Iran whose given name was Siyyid Ali-Muhammad. He was raised by his uncle after his father died.  He joined the family business as a merchant. On May 23, 1844, He declared His mission as being the Promised One in the Islamic scripture and Bible scripture found in the Book of Daniel, in His home in Shiraz to Mulla Husayn who became his first disciple.  Upon His announcement, He became known as The Bab which means The Gate/Door to the One who was to follow Him.  He had eighteen disciples who He called The Letters of the Living. He sent out His disciples to spread His message.  He had one disciple, Quddus, accompany Him to Mecca and Medina to declare that He was Promised One. After His pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina, he stayed in Bushihr(Bushehr). On His way to Shiraz, He was met by the governor's guards to put Him under arrest.  He placed under house arrest in His uncle's house in Shiraz.  His uncle was Haji Mirza Siyyid Ali. The Bab left Shiraz in the summer of 1846 for Isfahan. The Bab stayed with a local priest in Isfahan until His safety was in jeopardy when the local governor asked him to come and stay in his home.  The Bab stayed in the governor's apartment for four months. The Bab was invited by Muhammad Shah, the king of Persia to Tehran after the death of Manuchir Khan, governor of Isfahan. The Bab was escorted by the king's guards to Tehran but He stayed outside of Tehran in the outskirts of the village of Kulayn on the orders of the Prime Minister. While staying in this village, there is a possibility that The Bab may have met Baha'u'llah but there was letters exchanged between them. Instead of meeting the king, The Bab was taken to the mountain prison fortess of Mahku by the way of Tabriz.  The Bab knew who was responsible for Him to taken to the prison fortess in the person of the Prime Minister.  The money provided by the government for His trip to Tabriz, He gave to the poor. Upon reaching Tabriz, The Bab was turned over to the soldiers of the governor of Tabriz.  He was in Tabriz for ten days before being transferred to Mahku. The Bab was in Mahku from July, 1847 to April, 1848. From Mahku, The Bab was taken to another prison in Chihriq. From Chihriq, The Bab was taken back to Tabriz where He was martyred with a companion on July 9, 1850.