Nisá’ Khánum
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Nisá’ Khánum (d. c. 1853) was a full sister of Bahá’u’lláh.
Background[edit]
Nisá’ was the daughter of Mírzá Buzurg and Khadíjih Khánum.[1] In approximately 1850 or 1851 she married Mírzá Majíd-i Áhi who worked for the Russian legation in Iran, serving as secretary for the Russian minister Dolgorouki, and they settled in the village of Zarkandih.[2]
In 1852 two Bábí's acting alone attempted to assassinate the Shah of Iran prompting a wave of persecution of the Bábí community. Bahá’u’lláh was travelling through Zarkandih around the time the attempt took place and was a guest of Nisá’ and her husband before being arrested when leaving the village.[3] In approximately 1853 Nisá’ passed away during childbirth after her first pregnancy and she had no surviving children.[4]
After her passing Nisá’'s body was transported to Baghdad with it arriving in 1854 after Bahá’u’lláh had been exiled to the city and He oversaw her burial in Baghdad.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ H.M. Balyuzi, Baha'u'llah: The King of Glory, George Ronald: Oxford, 1980, p 13
- ↑ Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani, Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees, George Ronald: Oxford, 2008, pp 273-74
- ↑ Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani, Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees, George Ronald: Oxford, 2008, p 274
- ↑ Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani, Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees, George Ronald: Oxford, 2008, pp 273
- ↑ Baharieh Rouhani Ma’ani, Leaves of the Twin Divine Trees, George Ronald: Oxford, 2008, pp 275
