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=== Baháʼu'lláh ===
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[[File:Bahá'u'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí) in 1868.jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[Baháʼu'lláh]], the founder of the Baháʼí Faith]] <!-- Baháʼu'lláh is the founder of this religion, so this image is relevant. Do not remove it from this article. -->
Mírzá Husayn ʻAlí Núrí was one of the early followers of the Báb,{{sfn|MacEoin|2009|p=498}} and later took the title of Baháʼu'lláh.{{sfn|Warburg|2006|p=145}} In August 1852, a few Bábís made a failed attempt to assassinate the [[Shah]], [[Naser al-Din Shah Qajar]].<ref name="Religio 12-1">{{Cite journal |last=Momen |first=Moojan |author-link=Moojan Momen |title=Millennialism and Violence: The Attempted Assassination of Nasir al-Din Shah of Iran by the Babis in 1852 |journal=Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=57–82 |date=August 2008 |jstor=10.1525/nr.2008.12.1.57 |doi=10.1525/nr.2008.12.1.57|quote=The actual attempt on the shah’s life was made by three individuals who appear to have been very ill-prepared for their task, having only pistols loaded with grape-shot unlikely to kill anyone. }}<!-- access-date = Sep 6, 2022 --></ref>{{sfn|Warburg|2006|p=146}} The Shah responded by ordering the killing and in some cases torturing of about 50 Bábís in Tehran.{{sfn|Warburg|2006|p=146}} Further bloodshed spread throughout the country and hundreds were reported in period newspapers by October, and tens of thousands by the end of December.<ref>{{*}}{{Cite news| title=Persia – The Journal de Constantinople| newspaper=The Guardian| location=London, UK| page=2| date=3 Nov 1852| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10893156/hundreds_of_babis_executed_babibahai/| access-date=Sep 6, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}
<br/>{{*}}{{Cite news| title=Persia| newspaper=The Sun| location=Baltimore, MD| page=1| date=17 November 1852| url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/871886/hundreds_of_babis_killed_following/| access-date=Sep 6, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}
<br/>{{*}}{{Cite news| title=Turkey| newspaper=London Standard|location=London, UK|page=3|date=20 December 1852| url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?basicsearch=%22babs%20was%20awful%2C%20and%20that%2020%2C000%20or%2030%2C000%22&phrasesearch=%22babs%20was%20awful%2C%20and%20that%2020%2C000%20or%2030%2C000%22&sortorder=score&o=date&d=asc| access-date=Sep 6, 2022 |via=BritishNewspaperArchive.co.uk}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Baháʼu'lláh was not involved in the assassination attempt but was imprisoned in Tehran until his release was arranged four months later by the [[Russia]]n ambassador, after which he joined other Bábís in exile in Baghdad.{{sfn|Warburg|2006|pp=146–147}}

Shortly thereafter he was expelled from Iran and traveled to [[Baghdad]], in the Ottoman Empire.{{sfn|Hutter|2005|pp=737–740}} In Baghdad, his leadership revived the persecuted followers of the Báb in Iran, so Iranian authorities requested his removal, which instigated a summons to Constantinople (now [[Istanbul]]) from the Ottoman Sultan. In 1863, at the time of his removal from Baghdad, Baháʼu'lláh first announced his claim of prophethood to his family and followers, which he said came to him years earlier while in a [[Síyáh-Chál|dungeon of Tehran]].{{sfn|Hutter|2005|pp=737–740}} From the time of the initial exile from Iran, tensions grew between him and [[Subh-i-Azal]], the appointed leader of the Bábís, who did not recognize Baháʼu'lláh's claim. Throughout the rest of his life Baháʼu'lláh gained the allegiance of almost all of the Bábís, who came to be known as Baháʼís, while a remnant of Bábís became known as [[Azalis]], and are regarded by Bahá'ís as equivalent to apostates.{{sfn|Hartz|2009|pp=48, 51}}

He spent less than four months in Constantinople. After receiving chastising letters from Baháʼu'lláh, Ottoman authorities turned against him and put him under house arrest in Adrianople (now [[Edirne]]), where he remained for four years, until a royal decree of 1868 banished all Bábís to either [[Cyprus]] or [[Acre, Palestine|ʻAkká]].

It was in or near the Ottoman penal colony of ʻAkká, in Palestine, that Baháʼu'lláh spent the remainder of his life. After initially strict and harsh confinement, he was allowed to live in a home near ʻAkká, while still officially a prisoner of that city.{{sfn|Iranica-Baha'-Allah|1988}} He died there in 1892. Baháʼís regard his resting place at [[Mansion of Bahjí|Bahjí]] as the [[Qiblih]] to which they turn in prayer each day.{{sfn|Smith|2008|pp=20–21, 28}}

He produced over 18,000 works in his lifetime, in both Arabic and Persian, of which only 8% have been translated into English.{{sfn|Stockman|2013|p=2}} During the period in Adrianople, he began declaring his mission as a Messenger of God in letters to the world's religious and secular rulers, including [[Pope Pius IX]], [[Napoleon III]], and [[Queen Victoria]].{{sfn|Berry|2004}}