Baháʼu'lláh was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to an aristocratic family in Iran and was exiled due to his adherence to the messianic Bábism. In 1863, in Ottoman
Baháʼu'lláh in 1868
A depiction of Mírzá ʻAbbás Núrí, the father of Baháʼu'lláh
Baháʼu'lláh's passport, dated January 1853
The house where Baháʼu'lláh stayed in Adrianople
The Baháʼí Faith has its background in two earlier movements in the nineteenth century, Shaykhism and Bábism. Shaykhism centred on theosophical doctrines and many Shaykhis expected the return of the h
Shrine of the Báb in Haifa, Israel
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá in Adrianople with his brothers and companions of Baháʼu'lláh.