Execution of the Báb
DEATH OF IRANIAN PROPHET THE BÁB BY THE QAJAR DYNASTY IN JULY 1850; REGARDED BY BAHÁ'ÍS AS MIRACULOUS
Execution of the Bab; Execution of the bab; Martyrdom of the bab; Martyrdom of the Báb
On the morning of July 9, 1850 in Tabriz, a 30-year-old Persian merchant known as the Báb was charged with apostasy and shot by order of the Prime Minister of the Persian Empire. The events surrounding his execution have been the subject of controversy among researchers, and are regarded as miraculous by followers of the Baháʼí Faith, who consider him to be a Manifestation of God.