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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.
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Reliability Tier3
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. NotesUsed 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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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B%C3%A1b
Source Typereference
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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..."
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."
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..."
Shiraz, Cities This source names Shiraz directly: "on the Bab, born Siyyid Ali-Muhammad Shirazi, community-edited."
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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.
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- 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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