... can compare the modern history of the three leaders of the 13abi movement, the Bab. Baha'u'llah and Abdul- Baha. It was in 1844 in Shiraz, his native I plaoe, that the Bab. a young man of 25, first i proclaimed his message, and by the beauty of I his ...

... ISLAUISM. New Uahohetar Sect.—A new sect has been founded in Persia by a man named Bab, who has written new book to take the place of the Koran, lie is said to lirvo already made several thousand proselytes■ and eighteen Itabees. his follower* are called ...

... there as acknowledgment for his royal favour. PERSIA. A letter from Constantinople (says the CotuUlationtul) gives fresh details of the attempted assassination of the of Persia. There has existed in Persia for the last three or four years a religious sect ...

... great injury on European commerce, and is a violation of existing treaties. PERSIA. The Sheik ul Islam, of Azerbaidjan, one of the highest digni- taries of the Church of Persia, has been arrested, and forcibly conveyed to Teheran, on a charge of intri ...

... published a year ago. In the second part—as in the are four Babs, or “ Gate- ways.” each of them opening vistas of wisdom and learning, and knowlege of his world, for all of which the ancient Shaikh of Persia is so justly famous. Cer- tainly I myself owe to him ...

... SPEARMAN. Controller General. National Debt-ofSce, Oct. 7, >952. How they Punish Treason Persia.— mentioned few days since the attempt against the Shah of Persia. now learn that Hajee Suleiman Khan, accused the instigator of the crime, was seized, his ...

... Utcs from tbv 11112 ??MCbidas BAB AND BABIS THE assassination of the Shah of Persia has aroused in England a curiosity which two articles in the ANineteenth Century will do much to satisfy. Mr. J. D. Rees writes on the Bab and Babism, and explains who ...

... ‘allowing ge were M. E ( oneal tor Bab Colome! Don Pedro Suares (Consul-Geaeral Bolivia), Mr. J. Sakata (Consul-General for Japan), Mr. P. Cremicu-Javal (Vice-Consl for Monaco), Mr. Harry 8 Foster (Consul-Genera] for Persia), Mr. J J Btavridi (Comsul-Gemeral ...

... markable of histories. The John the Baptist of 13ehaisin was born at Shunts in Persia, 1•19 A.D. At the age of twenty-four he proclaimed his divine %lesion, calling himself the Bab, or Door. In 18:10 he was shot in prison at Tabriz. after announcing that he ...

... remained faithful. This event was the signal for a frightful persecution against the Babs. Their executions in masses took place, by order of the King, in all Persia, accompanied by ingenious refinements of cruelty. The victims of this massacre were counted ...

... effects in Persia, claimed to be a universal religion. Embodying the beet of all religions it was specially fitted to help the evolution of the race at its present stage. Bahaism had originated in Persia, in a great personality. I In Me the Bab, an inspired ...

... to sir Wen. Herschel, whe fins hymna aad chant tanes for the use of Nasr-ed-Din, K.G., Shah of Persia, has just his year, ha ving been born on Sept. 4, Bab His Majesty is the eldest son of the late Shah of his father, which took on omed, succeeded to ...