RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Báb

1819 - 1850

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The Báb (born ʻAlí-Muḥammad; ; Persian: علی‌محمد; 20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850) was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and is also one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. The Báb gradually and progressively revealed his claim in his extensive writings to be a Manifestation of God, of a status as great as Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, receiving revelations as profound as the Torah, Gospel, and Quran. This new revelation, he claimed, would release the creative energies and capacities necessary for the establishment of global unity and peace. He referred to himself by the traditional Muslim title "Báb" (meaning the gate) although it was apparent from the context that he intended by this term a spiritual claim very different from any which had previously been associated with it. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Báb is the 508th most popular religious figure (down from 446th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Iran (up from 58th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Báb is a traditional Iranian bread that is usually served for breakfast. It's made from white flour, yeast, salt, and water.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Báb ranks 508 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Victor II, Eric IX of Sweden, Thomas à Kempis, Charbel Makhlouf, Vincent of Saragossa, and Hor-Aha. After him are Genevieve, Pope Marcellinus, Pope Boniface II, Pope Leo V, Haggai, and Guru Gobind Singh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Báb ranks 10. Before him are Gustave Courbet, Clara Schumann, Léon Foucault, Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Walt Whitman, and Herman Melville. After him are Hippolyte Fizeau, Maria II of Portugal, John Couch Adams, John Ruskin, Franz von Suppé, and George Eliot. Among people deceased in 1850, Báb ranks 7. Before him are Honoré de Balzac, Louis Philippe I, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, José de San Martín, Zachary Taylor, and William Wordsworth. After him are Daoguang Emperor, Marie Tussaud, Louise of Orléans, Frédéric Bastiat, Lin Zexu, and José Gervasio Artigas.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Báb ranks 57 out of 631. Before him are Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Mahsa Amini (1999), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), Astyages (-700), and Cambyses I (-600). After him are Öljaitü (1280), Attar of Nishapur (1145), Moshe Katsav (1945), Masoud Barzani (1946), Abbas Kiarostami (1940), and Cyaxares (-700).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Báb ranks 8. Before him are Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Esther (-600), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817). After him are Ibn Majah (824), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Mordecai (null), Sasan (200), Anastasius of Persia (550), and Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985).

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