1841 (In the year) 184- |
Siyyid `Alí Muhammad (the Báb) went Karbalá where He attended the lectures of Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí, Shaykh Ahmad's successor. From Karbalá He went to Najaf before returning to Shíráz. [DB26-30; Bab42–4; MH25; RB3:254; SBBH15]
The followers of Shaykh Ahmad number about 100,000 in Iraq alone. [MH25, HotD25]
BBRSM13 says the Báb went to Najaf and Karbalá in 1839/40. |
* Báb, The (chronology); Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsai; Shaykhism; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Najaf, Iran; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq |
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