Martyrdom of the Báb

Culture of origin: Bahá’í · Cultural

Holiday sources: Bahá'í Faith · Iran

On the morning of 9 July 1850 Ali-Muhammad of Shiraz, the Báb, was charged with apostasy and shot by a firing squad in Tabriz on the order of the prime minister, Amir Kabir, before a crowd of nearly ten thousand. All accounts agree the first volley left him alive and a second squad killed him, with his companion Anís. Bahá'ís mark the day at noon, with work suspended; his remains now lie in the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa.