'Mullá Husayn-i-Bushru'i' (1813–1849) (), entitled 'Janáb-i-Bábu'l-Báb' (gate of the gate), was the first
Letter of the Living in the
Bábí movement.
Born in 1813, he was for nine years a student of
Siyyid Kázim and for five a follower of the Báb. He died at the
Battle of fort Shaykh Tabarsi, on
February 2,
1849.
Ruhollah Mehrabkhani's account of the life of Mulla Husayn in Spanish (Mulla Husayn: el primero que creyó en el Báb) and English (Mulla Husayn: Disciple at Dawn) is a famous popular narrative.
His title of Bábu'l-Báb was given him by the
Báb
References
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Resurrection and Renewal, , Abbas, Amanat, Cornell University Press, New York, USA, 1989, ISBN 0801420989
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The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative, Nabíl-i-Zarandí, , , Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1932, ISBN 0900125225
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A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith, , Peter, Smith, Oneworld Publications, 1999, ISBN 1851681841
External links
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Glossary of the Kitáb-i-Íqán - includes a small biography of Mullá Husayn
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Religious Systems of the World: A Contribution to the Study of Comparative Religion (London: Swann Sonnenschein), "The Bab", by
Browne, E.G,pp. 335.