Founder of the Bahá'í religion.
(ba ha UL ah) The founder of the Baha'i Faith. Mirza Husayn Ali Nuri, a Muslim and one of the Bab's followers, became known as Baha'u'llah (The Glory of God). He is revered by Baha'is as the Promised One of whom the Bab had spoken.
(Arabic, "Glory of God"). (1817-92) Title adopted by Mírzá Husayn-'Alí, founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
Title assumed by Mírzá Husayn-`Alí, Founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Born on 12 November 1817, He declared His mission as the Promised One of all Ages in April 1863 and passed away in `Akká , Palestine, on 29 May 1892 after forty years of imprisonment, banishment, and house arrest. Bahá'u'lláh's writings are considered by Bahá'ís to be direct revelation from God.
(ba-haw-oo-LAW) (1817-1892) The Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Born into a wealthy family in Iran, His father worked in a high-ranking position in the Iranian government. Bahá'u'lláh never showed interest in the wealth and power of his family, and when he advocated the cause of the Báb, he was stripped of his property. For forty years, while teaching the Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'u'lláh was kept in prison and exile until his eventual death in 1892 outside of the prison city of Akka in Israel. He declared himself the Promised One of the world's religions in 1863 and, in spite of imprisonment and persecution, wrote thousands of letters and other documents, about 15,000 of which are extant.
The "Glory of God", title of Mírzá Husayn-'Alí (1817-1892), the Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
The founder of the Baha'i Faith, the title being recorded in the Persian Bayan of the Bab and meaning the Glory, the Light, and the Splendor of God. (Birth of Baha'u'llah: November 12, 1817; His death: May 29, 1892).