Persian Prophet The Báb privately announces his revelation to
Mullá Husayn, just after sunset, founding the
Bábí Faith (later revolving to the
Bahá'í Faith as the Báb
intended) in Shiraz, Persia (now Iran). Contemporaneously, on this day in nearby Tehran, was the birth of
`Abdu\\'l-Bahá the eldest Son of
Bahá\'u\'lláh, Prophet-Founder of the
Bahá'í Faith, the inception of which, the Báb's
proclaimed His own mission was to herald.
`Abdu\\'l-Bahá Himself was later proclaimed by
Bahá\'u\'lláh to be His own successor, thus being the third central figure of the
Bahá'í Faith.
