The Báb: The Herald of the Day of Days

The Báb: The Herald of the Day of Days

On February 12th 1850, Lt.-Col. Sheil, back at his post in ihrn after a long leave of absence, reported to Lord Palmerston: '... a serious outbreak lately took place at Yezd, which however the Governor of that city with the assistance of the priesthood succeeded in quelling 'The exciters of the insurrection were the partizans of the new Sect called Babee, who assembled in such numbers as to force the Governor to take refuge in the citadel, to which they laid siegeThe Moollas conscious that the progress of Babeeism is the decay of their own supremacy determined to rescue the Governor, and summoning the populace in the name of religion to attack this new Sect of infidels, the Babees were overthrown and forced to take flight to the adjoining province of Kerman.... 'The tenets of this new religion seem to be spreading in PersiaBab the founder, a native of Sheeraz, who has assumed this fictitious name, is imprisoned in Azerbijan, but in every large town he has disciples, who with the fanaticism or fortitude so often seen among the adherents of new doctrines, are ready to meet death.... Bab declares himself to be Imam Mehdee, the last Imam, who disappeared from human sight but is to reappear on earthHis decrees supersede the Koran among his disciples, who not only revere him as the head of their faith, but also obey him as the temporal Sovereign of the world, to whom all other monarchs must submitBesides this inconvenient doctrine, they have adopted other tenets pernicious to society.... ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 49257
Author: Balyuzi, H. M.
Release Date: Jun 22, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English