Bahaipedia:Today's featured individual/August 21
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Táhirih was an influential poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. As a prominent Bábí she is highly regarded by Bahá’ís and, and often mentioned in Bahá’í literature as an example of courage in the struggle for women's rights. In 1848 Bahá’u’lláh made arrangements for Táhirih to leave Tehran and attend a conference of Bábí leaders in Badasht. She is perhaps best remembered for appearing in public without her veil in the course of this conference signalling that the Islamic Sharia law was abrogated and superseded by Bábí law. It was at the Badasht conference that she was given the title Táhirih by Bahá’u’lláh, which means "the Pure One".
