RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bahá'u'lláh

1817 - 1892

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Baháʼu'lláh (Persian: [bæhɒːʔolːɒːh], born Ḥusayn-ʻAlí; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892) was an Iranian religious leader who founded the Baháʼí Faith. He was born to an aristocratic family in Iran and was exiled due to his adherence to the messianic Bábism. In 1863, in Iraq, he first announced his claim to a revelation from God and spent the rest of his life in further imprisonment in the Ottoman Empire. His teachings revolved around the principles of unity and religious renewal, ranging from moral and spiritual progress to world governance. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bahá'u'lláh is the 151st most popular religious figure (up from 366th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Iran (up from 48th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Bahá'u'lláh is most famous for being the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bahá'u'lláh ranks 151 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Clement X, Maimonides, Pope Clement IX, Martin of Tours, Pope Boniface VIII, and Huldrych Zwingli. After him are Pope Innocent IX, Pope Innocent VI, Philip the Apostle, Pope-elect Stephen, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, and Ambrose.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Bahá'u'lláh ranks 1. After him are Theodor Mommsen, Henry David Thoreau, Ivan Aivazovsky, William III of the Netherlands, Syed Ahmad Khan, Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Charles-François Daubigny, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, Carl Nägeli, and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen. Among people deceased in 1892, Bahá'u'lláh ranks 1. After him are Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Walt Whitman, Werner von Siemens, Ernest Renan, John Couch Adams, Alexander Mackenzie, Édouard Lalo, Richard Owen, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Rudolf von Jhering, and Annibale de Gasparis.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Bahá'u'lláh ranks 13 out of 631. Before him are Abu Nuwas (762), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Darius III (-380), and Ali Khamenei (1939). After him are Esther (-600), Hafez (1325), Ismail I (1487), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Ulugh Beg (1394), and Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Bahá'u'lláh ranks 3. Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), and Ruhollah Khomeini (1902). After him are Esther (-600), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).

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