Sakínih Khánum
Sakínih Khánum, also known as Tallan Khanum, was a half-sister of Bahá’u’lláh. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá honored her as a faithful Bahá’í in a visitation prayer after her passing.[1]
Biography[edit]
Sakínih was the daughter of Khadíjih Khánum and her first husband whose identity is not known. When her mother married Mírzá Buzurg she married Mírzá Buzurg's younger brother Mírzá Muhammad. They had three daughters, Havva, Fatimih, and Ruqiyya. They also had a son named Mírzá Abu’l-Qasim.[1]
Sakinih's daughter Fatimih, also known as Hajiyih, married Mírzá Yaḥyá in approximately 1848 and was his first wife.[2] They resided in Takur and had one child, a son named Muhammad Hadi. In the aftermath of a failed assassination attempt on the Shah in 1852 several Bábí's in Takur were arrested including Fatimih and her son and they were taken to Tehran and imprisoned, however Yaḥyá who was in hiding escaped arrest. They were later released and returned to Takur and did not accompany Yaḥyá when he left Iran. Ruqiyya also married Yaḥyá and they had five children, and she accompanied him on his exiles ultimately passing away in Cyprus.[1]
Sakínih's other daughter, Havva, married Mirza Muhammad-i-Vazir who was a brother-in-law of Bahá’u’lláh. The Tablet Ḥurúfát-i-‘Állín was revealed for her and her husband and they were devoted Bahá’ís.[3]
While two of her daughters married Mírzá Yaḥyá Sakínih supported Bahá’u’lláh, accepted His claims, and became a Bahá’í. She passed away in Takur at some point after 1892, during the Ministry of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá revealed a Tablet in her honor after her passing honoring her as a devoted Bahá’í. She was buried alongside her husband and daughter Havva.[3]
