Bahá'í Faith

The Creed Archive Dialogues · Sep 4, 2026 · 35m

A city in turmoil. A young merchant steps forward with a declaration that will ignite both devotion and danger. In the year eighteen forty-four, in Shiraz, Persia, a movement begins—one that will ripple across continents and centuries. What compels so many to follow, and so many others to resist?Mid-nineteenth-century Persia was a place of anxiety and change. The old order was being tested by new ideas, foreign influences, and a sense that something momentous was about to unfold. Into this charged atmosphere entered Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi—known as the Báb. In May of eighteen forty-four…