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| Mírzá Yaḥyá |
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| Pronunciation: mere-zaw yah-yaw |
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| Ṣubh-i-Azal (Morning of Eternity). The younger half-brother of Bahá'u'lláh who turned against Him. He had been named by the Báb as the nominal head of the Bábí community but after his exile of Bahá'u'lláh, Mírzá Yaḥyá fled Iran in disguise and joined the exiles in Bag̲h̲dád. At the instigation of Siyyid Muḥammad-i-Isfanání, Mírzá Yaḥyá claimed to be the successor of the Báb and broke with his brother Bahá'u'lláh, even attempting to have Him murdered. When Bahá'u'lláh openly declared Himself to be the Promised One, Mírzá Yaḥyá refused to support Him and put forward his own claim to prophethood as Subh-i-Azal. He was rejected by all but a handful of followers, who became known as Azalís. He and his band, in spite of their small numbers, continued to cause trouble and suffering to Bahá'u'lláh through their plots and intrigues. In Adrianople Mírzá Yaḥyá accused Bahá'u'lláh of plotting against the Trukish government, which led to Bahá'u'lláh's banishment and imprisonment in 'Akká. Yaḥyá was exiled to Cyprus, where he died in 1912. |
| [BD 243] |
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| Treacherous half-brother of Bahá'u'lláh and "Arch-Breaker of the Covenant of the Báb." The Báb never named a successor, vicegerent or interpreter; He nominated Mírzá Yaḥyá (Ṣubh-i-Azal) merely "as a figure-head pending the imminent manifestation of the "Promised One." (GBP 28; 233). Mírzá Yaḥyá is stigmatized as "This vain and flaccid man" "befooled and manipulated" by Siyyid Muḥammad. (GPB 112). |
| [BG 34] |
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