Her father, Hájí Mullá Sálih Baraghání, emigrated from the small town of Baraghán near Qazvín and made his fortune in the city.The Baraghání family were known in Persia for their great influence, her uncle Hájí Mullá Taqí Baraghání was an adviser to the Sháh of Persia.. Aminih … On hearing that the Bab had been taken captive Quaratyl-Ain, with the aid of her other uncle, Mullah Ali, escaped house arrest in the home of her father to meet with all the principal Babi teachers at the Iranian city of Badasht. The Independent spoke to Tahirih Senior Counsel for Policy and Strategy, Jeanne Smoot, on how girls and young women continue to be at-risk for child marriage due to weak state laws. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Throughout both modern and contemporary periods of Persian poetry, the figure of Ṭāhere Qorrat al-'Ayn (1814/17 – 1852) as a poet has been largely ignored, while some focus has been placed upon her historical role as a revolutionary woman and a key figure in the Bābi religion. One of these is found in the Bab’s exegesis of the Surah of Joseph in 1844, another in the apocalyptic gesture of Tahirih’s public removal of her veil in the hamlet of Badasht in 1848, and yet another in Baha’u’llah’s vision in the prison of Tihran in 1852, as recorded in his Surah al-Haykal. When her Uncle Taqui was murdered by a Babi zealot who had not fully comprehended the Babi doctrine of compassion and understanding, it gave the government officials an excuse to arrest her, accusing her of plotting the act.
The Story of Tahirih.
The scholar, poet, preacher, teacher, prisoner, mother and martyr known as Qurratu’l-‘Ayn Tahirih (c. 1818-1852) is widely considered one of the most remarkable women in Iranian history. All rights reserved. The Bab’s successor, Baha’u’llah, who would later found the Baha’i Faith, was present at the conference and also supported Tahirih. A systematic campaign against the new Faith had been launched in Persia by the civil and ecclesiastical authorities combined. Whether in dress or action or opinion, promoting and safeguarding human rights will necessarily result in a range of self-expression. In the Islamic world, however, reaction was not always so sympathetic. Sheila Flood lives with her husband Jim in Victoria, British Columbia, where she’s active in Baha’I activities, the Victoria Multifaith Society, the 905 Walking Group, and the Spiritually Speaking blog of the local newspaper. All rights reserved. For easier identification, each poem here has been given an arbitrary title taken from the text of a translation. From Behind All the Veils: The Story of Tahirih is a book for children. Whether in dress or action or opinion, promoting and safeguarding human rights will necessarily result in a range of self-expression. The Bab’s successor, Baha’u’llah, who would later found the, Baha’u’llah proclaimed equality of the sexes – that both man and woman are servants of God before Whom there is no distinction.