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| Seven Martyrs of Tirhán |
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| Seven followers of the Báb, prominent and distinguished men, who were arrested in 1850 on the false charges of plotting against the life of the Grand Vizier. Despite offers to spare their lives if they recanted their faith, they refused to do so. They were beheaded and their corpses left three days in the public square to endure the desecration of the S̲h̲í'íh mobs. The Seven Martyrs were Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí, maternal uncle of the Báb; Mírzá Qurbán-'Alí, a leading figure of a dervish order; Ḥájí Mullá Ismá'íl-i-Qumí, a former disciple of Siyyid Kázim; Siyyid Ḥusayn-i-Turs̲h̲ízí, an esteemed mujtahid; Ḥájí Muḥammad-Taqíy-i-Kirmání, a leading merchant; Siyyid Murtadá, a noted merchant of Zanján; and Muḥammad-Ḥusayn-i-Marág̲h̲i'í. The last three were so eager to be martyrs that each pleaded with the executioner to be allowed to die first. The executioner's answer was to behead them together. |
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| The martyrs are the 'Seven Goats' referred to in Islamic traditions that were to 'walk in front' of the promised Qá'im. |
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