Báb

Founder of Bábism and, according to the Baháʼís, predecessor of Baháʼu'lláh

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Lived 1819–1850, aged 31

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1819–1850
Aged 31

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Updated 2026-05-29

Founded Bábism in 19th-century Iran by claiming divine status equal to Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad. His writings positioned a new revelation as the key to global unity—a claim that became central to the Baháʼí Faith.

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The Báb was an Iranian religious leader who founded Bábism, and is also one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. The Báb gradually and progressively revealed his claim in his extensive writings to be a Manifestation of God, of a status as great as Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad, receiving revelations as profound as the Torah, Gospel, and Quran. This new revelation, he claimed, would release the creative energies and capacities necessary for the establishment of global unity and peace.

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