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1896 24 Jul
189-		 Four Bahá'ís were executed in Turbat-i-Haydarí on the order of the mujtahid. [BW18:384; BBR405]
  • BBRXXIX says the four Bahá'ís were martyred in August.
  • These four together with Hájí Muhammad Sádiq are known as the Shuhadáy-i-Khamsih (Five Martyrs). [GPB296]
  • Their martyrdom was the result of the assassination of the Sháh, for which the Bahá'ís were erroneously blamed. [GPB296]
  • For Western accounts of the episode see BBR405–6.
    		•  * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Assassinations; Hájí Muhammad Sadiq; Iran; Nasirid-Din Sháh; Turbat-i-Haydari, Iran
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