Mullá Ḥasan-i-Bajistání
Mullá Ḥasan-i-Bajistání | |
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| Declared | 1844 |
Mullá Ḥasan-i-Bajistání was among the first eighteen Bábí's and a Letter of the Living. He lost faith in the Báb at some point following His martyrdom.
Background[edit]
Ḥasan was a Shaykhí and in 1843 many of the Shaykhí's dispersed in search of the Qa'im in accordance with Siyyid Káẓim's instructions upon his passing. In March 1844 he joined Mullá Ḥusayn at a Mosque near Kufah where Ḥusayn spent forty days fasting in preparation for his search.[1]
In May, 1844, Ḥasan accompanied Mullá 'Alíy-i-Bastámí to Shiráz where Mullá Ḥusayn had established himself and become a Bábí.[2] Ḥusayn did not tell Bastámí's company the identity of the Báb but Bastámí's companions including Ḥasan became Bábís, reportedly recognizing the Báb through a period of prayer and meditation around the start of July, 1844. Mullá Ḥusayn accompanied them to meet with the Báb individually and they were appointed Letters of the Living.[3]
In July, 1844, the Báb instructed the Letters of the Living to depart Shiraz and teach the Bábí Faith in their home provinces across Persia and Ḥasan left Shiraz. In 1848 he joined Mullá Ḥusayn's company when it marched across Mazandaran under the Black Standard however he left the company before it became besieged in the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí in December that year.[1] The majority of the Letters of the Living were martyred at Shaykh Tabarsí and Ḥasan was among the only Letters to survive past the Martyrdom of the Báb in 1850. He settled in the province of Khurasan in later life.[1]
At some point between 1853 and 1863 he visited Baghdad and met with Bahá’u’lláh and expressed to Him that he no longer believed in the Báb. His reason for disillusionment was that the Báb had revealed Tablets expounding on the high spiritual station of the Letters of the Living and he felt that he did not meet that standard due to his personal failings.[4] Bahá’u’lláh explained that the Báb's Writings on the Letters referred to Mullá Ḥusayn with the other Letters possessing the same qualities but to a lesser extent however despite this meeting Ḥasan did not return to being an active member of the community.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Abbas Amanat, Resurrection and Renewal, Kalimat Press: Los Angeles, 2005, p 164
- ↑ Abbas Amanat, Resurrection and Renewal, Kalimat Press: Los Angeles, 2005, p 176
- ↑ Nabil, The Dawn-Breakers, US Publishing Trust, 1932, p 69
- ↑ Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah: Volume 2, George Ronald: Oxford, 1977, p 145
- ↑ Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah: Volume 2, George Ronald: Oxford, 1977, p 146
