Mulla Zaynu’l-‘Abidin
Mulla Zaynu’l-‘Abidin was a Persian Bahá’í who was a paternal Uncle of Bahá’u’lláh.
Background[edit]
Zaynu’l-‘Abidin was the son of Mirza Rida-Quli Big of the Nuri family of nobility and a brother of Mírzá Buzurg. He was introduced to the Bábí religion by his nephew Bahá’u’lláh in 1844 when Bahá’u’lláh proclaimed the new Faith to His extended family in Mazindaran.[1] He tutored Shaykh Káẓim-i-Samandar, a youth from a Bábí family, in Qazvin in the 1840's.[2]
Zaynu’l-‘Abidin accompanied Bahá’u’lláh to Amul at some point and Bahá’u’lláh was to be bastinadoed, Abidin shielded Bahá’u’lláh and was beaten unconscious as a result. At some point Abidin accepted Bahá’u’lláh's claim to be the figure Prophesized by the Báb, becoming a Bahá’í, and he had a son, Mirza Hasan-i-Mazindarani, who also became a devoted Bahá’í.[1]
