Navváb-i-Radaví
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Navváb-i-Radaví was a Shaykhí scholar from Yazd who played a role in escalating tensions between the Bábís and authorities of Yazd in early 1850.
Background[edit]
Navváb was a prominent Shaykhí scholar based in Yazd which had a large Shaykhí community due to Shaykh Ahmad residing in the city for an extended period during which he composed a large amount of his works. Navváb distrusted anyone who was not a member of the Shaykhí sect.[1]
In late 1846 Vahíd visited Yazd shortly after becoming a Bábí and taught the new religion and Navváb became a Bábí and encouraged Vahíd to spread the Bábí Faith however he personally strongly disliked Vahíd. At some point after becoming a Bábí he had a son who he named ‘Alí Muhammad after the Báb.[1]
In 1850 Vahíd returned to Yazd and hosted a large gathering for Naw-Ruz which was attended by the prominent religious and government authorities of the city. Navváb attended and criticized its extravagance with Vahíd replying by quoting a poem saying "For the lover each moment is two feasts, but for the spider, a fly sufficeth." This resulted in the majority of the gathering laughing and applauding Vahíd and Navváb departed immediately and lodged a complaint against Vahíd with the authorities.[2] During Vahíd's time in Yazd he experienced a high degree of success teaching, with large amounts of Bábí converts gathering in his home and Navváb used the fact a large amount of people had gathered to convince the governor of the city to deploy a regiment to besiege Vahíd's home.[3]
Muḥammad-‘Abdu’lláh, a revolutionary who had gone into hiding in Yazd, defeated the government siege and sieged the regiment in the fort of Narin,[4] and Navváb then raised a militia to assault the house of Vahíd.[5] Siyyid Abdu’l-’Azim-i-Khu’i successfully convinced Navváb's men not to attack the house,[6] so Navváb redirected the militia to break Muḥammad-‘Abdu’lláh's siege of Narin. ‘Abdu’lláh fled to the house of Vahíd from Narin and Navváb's mob and the government regiment combined forces to siege Vahíd's house. The siege was broken when Vahíd sent six Bábí's to charge the force outside his house and the Bábí's then dispersed with Vahíd fleeing to Nayriz.[7]
Navváb reverted to being a Shaykhí after his conflict with Vahíd and at some point he translated Arabic work by Hájí Mírzá Karím Khán into Persian.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ahang Rabbani, The Babis of Nayriz: History and Documents, self-published, 1999, p 70
- ↑ Ahang Rabbani, The Babis of Nayriz: History and Documents, self-published, 1999, p 71
- ↑ Nabil, The Dawn-Breakers, US Publishing Trust, 1932, pp 468
- ↑ Nabil, The Dawn-Breakers, US Publishing Trust, 1932, pp 469-70
- ↑ Nabil, The Dawn-Breakers, US Publishing Trust, 1932, pp 472
- ↑ Nabil, The Dawn-Breakers, US Publishing Trust, 1932, pp 472
- ↑ Nabil, The Dawn-Breakers, US Publishing Trust, 1932, pp 473
- ↑ https://hurqalya.ucmerced.edu/node/295
