Mírzá Muḥammad-Ḥasan

Mírzá Muḥammad-Ḥasan

Mírzá Muḥammad-Ḥasan (d. 1867) was a half-brother of Bahá’u’lláh who became a Bábí.

Background

Ḥasan was the second son of Mírzá Buzurg and his mother was Buzurg's first wife Khan-Nanih. When his elder brother, Mírzá Aqa, passed away Mírzá Buzurg had Ḥasan married to his widow who was from a prominent noble family being the cousin of Mirza Aqa Khan-i-Nuri who later became the second Grand Vizier of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh. In approximately 1845 Ḥasan became a Bábí being introduced to the new religion by his younger half-brother Bahá’u’lláh.

When Bahá’u’lláh was imprisoned in the Siyah-Chal in 1852 Ḥasan made efforts to protect His family in Nur from persecution however he was unsuccessful with Bahá’u’lláh's house in Nur being destroyed and His properties and assets being seized. At some point Ḥasan had settled in Takur however in the early 1850's he was forced to leave the area due to persecution of the Bábís. Hasan's brother-in-law Mírzá Abu-Talib Khan was responsible for the arrests of several Bábís in the region and refused to meet with Hasan but despite this when Abu-Talib later fell ill with cholera Ḥasan took him in and cared for him up until his passing.

In the 1850's Ḥasan visited Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad and they agreed that his daughter Shahr-Bánú Khanum would be married to Bahá’u’lláh's son ‘Abdu’l-Bahá when they were old enough to be married. In 1867 Hasan passed away, and Shahr-Bánú came under the care of Hají Mírzá Riḍa-Quli with the marriage ultimately not taking place. Ḥasan also had a son, Mírzá Fadlu'llah also known as the Nizamu'l-Mamalik, who was a devout Bahá’í and married Hamidih daughter of Fatimih-Sultan Khanum.