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The Bab (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the Bab, born Siyyid Ali-Muhammad Shirazi, community-edited. Reliable for the declaration of his mission on the night of 22 to 23 May 1844 in Shiraz, then part of Persia and in present day Iran: when the young cleric Mulla Husayn came seeking a teacher, the Bab declared himself the bearer of new divine revelation, and Mulla Husayn became his first follower. Within five months seventeen more disciples of the late Kazim Rashti recognized him the same way; together the eighteen became known as the Letters of the Living. The movement the Bab founded, the Babi Faith, is the direct forerunner from which the Baha'i Faith later emerged under Baha'u'llah. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
3
Community-edited reference page, tier 3, on a foundational religious event whose date, location and circumstances are settled across Baha'i and Babi scholarship and not contested.
Notes
Used for the Bab's 1844 declaration in Shiraz, the true origin point of the Baha'i Faith's own map and nineteen years earlier than the 1863 Baghdad proclamation already recorded there.
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Author
Wikipedia contributors
Publisher
Wikipedia
Publication Year
2026
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B%C3%A1b
Source Type
reference
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Babism, Religions

This source names Babi directly: "ving. The movement the Bab founded, the Babi Faith, is the direct forerunner from wh..."

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Bahá’í Faith, Religions

This source names Bahai directly: "Wikipedia's article on the Bab, born Siyyid Ali-Muhammad Shirazi, community-edited. R..."

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Baha'u'llah, Figures

This source names Bahaullah directly: "Wikipedia's article on the Bab, born Siyyid Ali-Muhammad Shirazi, community-edited. Relia..."

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Iran, Countries

This source names Iran directly: "then part of Persia and in present day Iran: when the young cleric Mulla Husayn came seeking a teacher, the Bab declared himself the bearer of new divine revelation, and Mulla Husayn became his..."

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Mulla Husayn, Historical Figures

This source names Mulla Husayn directly: "day Iran: when the young cleric Mulla Husayn came seeking a teacher, the Bab declared himself the bearer of new divine revelation, and Mulla Husayn became his first follower."

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Persia, Regions

This source names Persia directly: "to 23 May 1844 in Shiraz, then part of Persia and in present day Iran: when the young cleric Mulla Husayn came seeking a teacher, the Bab declared himself the bearer of new divine revelation, and..."

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Shiraz, Cities

This source names Shiraz directly: "on the Bab, born Siyyid Ali-Muhammad Shirazi, community-edited."

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The Bab, Figures

This source names Ali Muhammad directly: "Wikipedia's article on the Bab, born Siyyid Ali-Muhammad Shirazi, community-edited. Reliable..."

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Claims Backed By This Source (38 claims)

This source backs 38 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 19 holds, 1 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Sources, 16 claims: 8 well-attested, 8 holds.
  • Spread Events, 16 claims: 4 well-attested, 11 holds, 1 general references.
  • Articles, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
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