Khátún Ján

Khátún Ján

Khátún Ján Qazviniyya was an early Bábí and Bahá’í who notably had the Lawḥ-i-Bahá revealed in her honor by Bahá’u’lláh.

Background

Khátún was the eldest daughter of Hájí Asadu'lláh-i-Farhádí of Qazvin who was a Shaykhí who studied under Siyyid Káẓim and she became friends with Ṭáhirih who was also a Shaykhí. Khátún's family were among the earliest to accept the claims of the Báb in Qazvin and she studied under Ṭáhirih when she returned to Qazvin from Shiraz in 1847. At some point she married Muhammad-Hádíy-i-Farhádí who was a cousin through her father.

A short time after Ṭáhirih's arrival in Qazvin the Bábí community suffered persecution with Khátún's father being martyred, her husband fleeing the city to Tihrán for safety, and Ṭáhirih being placed under house arrest. Khátún remained in Qazvin and visited Ṭáhirih almost daily often needing to disguise herself to enter the building and she informed Ṭáhirih of current events and provided her with food to protect her from being poisoned. Khátún's husband was sent back to Qazvin from Tihran by Bahá’u’lláh at some point with instructions to help smuggle Ṭáhirih out of the city and Khátún was instrumental to the rescue attempt delivering a sealed letter from Bahá’u’lláh to Ṭáhirih and accompanying her out of her house and to the gate of Qazvin.

Khátún became depressed after Ṭáhirih was martyred in 1852 and her husband passed a short time afterwards however she remained an active Bábí and later accepted the claims of Bahá’u’lláh becoming a Bahá’í. In early 1866 Bahá’u’lláh revealed the Tablet Lawḥ-i-Bahá for her and she was later able to meet Bahá’u’lláh in 'Akka.