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Birth of the Báb

Celebration of the Birth of the Báb is on 5 'Ilm or 20 October.† [ABG] • Yawm al-Arba'ā' 1 Muḥarram A.H. 1235 • Wednesday 20 October A.D. 1819 • Yom Reviʻi 1 Heshvan A.M. 5580 Birth of Siyyid 'Alí-Muḥammad (The Báb), before dawn, in S̲h̲íráz. [B32; GH13; DB72] The Primal Point (Nuqtiy-i-úlá). [BBD185] The Promised One of Islam, the Qá'im. [BBD188] Siyyid-i-d̲h̲ikr (Lord of Remembrance). [BBD212] His mother is Fáṭimih-Bagum (Zajra Bagum). [B33, 46; KB20; RB2:382] His father is Mírzá Muḥammad Riḍá. [BW4:234-5; LOG351; SE206; TN4] He is a direct heir of the House of Hás̲h̲im and descended thus from Muḥammad and through Him from Abraham. [BW8:874] Designations of the Báb include 'Abdu'd̲h̲-d̲h̲ikr (Servant of the Remembrance), Bábu'lláh (the Gate of God) and Ḥaḍrat-i-A'lá (His Holiness the Most Exalted One). [BBD1, 30, 93] For biblical reference see LOG378. See RB1:304 for extracts from Shoghi Effendi re: His station. See BBD39, GPB157-8 for a condensed history. See B32 and TN4 for discussion of the date of His father's death. See DB28-30. See DB75 for the extent of His schooling. See DB75 n1 for his education. [ABBC Online] [ABBC 5-5] See also: † Bahá'í Dates 172 to 221 B.E. † Disengagement of the Badí' Calendar from the Gregorian Calendar

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