Bicentenary Poems and Prose

One: Mullá Husayn Bushrú’í2
Bábu’l-Báb--
The Gate of the Gate--
he was the first to find and to believe.

Two: Muhammad Hasan Bushrú’í3
was Mullá Husayn's younger brother
and one of his companions
on his journey to Shiraz.

Three: Mírzá Muhammad Báqir Bushrú’í4
Mullá Husayn's nephew
and one of his companions
on the road to Shiraz.

Four: Mullá ‘Alíy-i-Bastamí5
was led to the Bab in a vision,
and given the title Thání Man Ámana--
"the Second Who Believed"--
before being sent on a special mission.

Five: Mullá Khudá-Bakhsh Qúchání6,
also known as Mullá ‘Alí Rází,
returned to Karbala.

Six: Mullá Hasan Bajistání7
taught the Babi faith
before returning to Karabala;
later met Baha'u'llah.

Seven: Siyyid Husayn Yazdí8,
also known as Kátib--
the Amanuensis--
was the Bab's secretary
in the fortress prisons of Mákú and Chihríq.

Eight: Mírzá Muhammad Rawdih-Khán Yazdí9
returned to Yazd
where he taught the Babi Faith
quietly until the day he died

Nine: Sa’íd Hindí10
taught the Babi Faith
in India.

Ten: Mullá Mahmúd-i-Khú’í11
one of the martyrs
of Shaykh Tabarsí
in 1849.

Eleven: Mullá Jalíl-i-Urúmí12
he spread the Babi Faith
in Azerbaijan and Qazvin.

Twelve: Mullá Ahmad-i-Ibdál-i-Marághi’í13
he attended
the Conference of Badasht
in 1848.

Thirteen: Mullá Báqir-i-Tabrízí14
the last surviving member
of the Letters of the Living
attained the presence
of Baha'u'llah.

Fourteen: Mullá Yúsuf-i-Ardibílí15
eloquent,
active,
and prominent Babi.

Fifteen: Mírzá Hádí-i-Qazvíní16
brother of Mírzá Muhammad-‘Alíy-i-Qazvíní,
and received a letter
from Baha'u'llah.

Sixteen: Mírzá Muhammad-‘Alíy-i-Qazvíní17
Táhirih's brother-in-law,
he delivered a letter fro Táhirih
to The Promised One
(the Bab).

Seventeen: Táhirih18
at the Conference of Badasht,
she removed her veil
emphasizing the independence
of the Bab's revelation
from Islam.

Eighteen: Quddús19--
the Most Holy--
accompanied the Bab
on His pilgrimage to Mecca.