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Birth of Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad-i-Khurásání, (b. 1850-1851 Mashad, d. 2 April 1928 in Tehran) later known as Ibn-i-Asdaq, Hand of the Cause.
  • His father, Mullá Sádiq-i-Muqaddas had left his native Khurasan and travelled to the city of Karbila where he saw the Báb. Subsequently he went to Isfahan where he encountered Mullá Husayn Bushrui who led him to the recognition of the Promised One. He and Quddús were later dragged through the streets of Shiraz and expelled from the city. [PG108; Bahá'í Encylopedia Project]
  • Ibn-i-Asdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad); * Hands of the Cause; Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Khurásán, Iran; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq; Mashhad, Iran; Iran
    1850 (Early in the year)
    185-
    Vahíd clashed with the authorities in Yazd. He escaped and made a missionary journey through Fárs. [B178–9; DB466–71; BBRSM28, 216]
  • B204–5 says Lt-Col Sheil reported it to London in February; BBRSM28, 216 says it was January or February; DB466 sets it at Naw-Rúz 1850 and DB468 says that the siege carried on for 40 days.
  • See BBR106–9 for the various dates assigned to this event and for the difficulties in dating it.
  • Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi); Yazd, Iran; Fars, Iran; Iran
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