Khadíjih Bagum
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| Khadíjih Bagum خديجه بیگم)) | |
| Born | 1820 Shíráz, Persia |
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| Died | September, 1882 (aged 62) Shíráz, Persia |
| Nationality | Persian |
| Title(s) | Khayru’n-Nisa (The Best of Women) |
| Religion | Bábí later becoming a Bahá’í |
| Spouse(s) | The Báb (1842-1850) |
| Children | Ahmad (b.1843-d.1843) |
| Parents | Father: Áqá Mírzá `Alí Mother: Hájíyyih Bíbí Fátimih |
Khadíjih Bagum (1820-1882) was the wife of the Báb. Throughout Bahá'í literature she is sometimes referred to as Khadíjih-Sultán Bagum, Khadíjih Bigum or Khadíjih Khánum[1][2]. Her father was named Siyyid Mírzá `Alí a merchant.[3] She was the Báb's second cousin — she was the niece of the Báb's mother's father [4] — and playmate during their childhood.[2] She had two brothers, Hají Mírzá Abu'l-Qasim and Hají Mírzá Siyyid Hasan, and one sister.[4] The descendants of these two brothers-in-law of the Báb, along with the descendants of his maternal uncles are known as the Afnán.[4] In August 1842 the Báb and Khadíjih Bagum married, and had one son, Ahmad, who died in infancy in 1843.[2]
According to her own later account, she had recognized the Báb's religious station before the Báb had declared his mission to Mulla Husayn. At the age of 30, after the Báb's execution to a firing squad, she went to live with her sister's family. She later recognized Bahá'u'lláh's claim,[5] and she later became a Bahá'í.[2] She kept in correspondence with Bahá'u'lláh while she had returned to Shiraz and lived in her her previous home. Later she was to make a journey to 'Akká to visit Bahá'u'lláh in 1882 with her nephew who was to come from Tabriz. However when her nephew went straight to Palestine, she was not being able to go, as women could not travel alone.[6] She died on September 15, 1882, and was buried in Shiraz in the Shah Chiragh.[2][7] In the Kitáb-i-Badí, Bahá'u'lláh gives her the title of Khayru'n Nisa (The Most Virtuous of Women)[8].
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Lady Blomfield, The Chosen Highway, p. 13
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Smith, Peter (2000). "Khadíjih Bagum". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 217. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
- ↑ Balyuzi 1981
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Smith, Peter (2000). "Báb, family of". A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 59. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
- ↑ Taherzadeh 1977, p. 382
- ↑ Balyuzi 1981, p. 34
- ↑ Balyuzi 1981, p. 35
- ↑ Adib Taherzadeh, The Revelation of Baha'u'llah v 2, p. 381
[edit] References
- Balyuzi, Hasan (1981). Khadijih Bagum, the Wife of the Báb. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-100-0.
- Taherzadeh, Adib (1977). The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 2: Adrianople 1863-68. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853980713.
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