biography
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Baha'u'llah
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(Arabic ‘glory of God’), also spelled Baha Allah, originally Mirza Husayn-Ali
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pronunciation:
[bahhahula]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1817–92)
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| biography:
| Religious leader, born in Tehran, Iran, the founder of the Baha'i faith. He became a follower of Bab-ed-Din, the founder of the Babi movement. Persecuted and imprisoned in 1852, Baha'u'llah was exiled to Baghdad, Constantinople, and Acre. In 1863 he proclaimed himself as the prophet that Bab-ed-Din had foretold, and became the leader of the new Baha'i religion. |
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