Bahá'u'lláh facts for kids

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Bahá'u'lláh, also spelled Bahaullah, which means "Glory of God", was a Persian nobleman who founded the religion known as the Bahá'í Faith.

He was born in the city of Tehran, in Persia, in 1817.

His followers consider him a messenger of God.

Images for kids

A depiction of Mírzá Buzurg, the father of Baháʼu'lláh
Baháʼu'lláh's passport, dated January 1853
The house where Baháʼu'lláh stayed in Adrianople
Map tracing Baháʼu'lláh's banishments
Prison in ‘Akká in which Bahá'u’lláh was incarcerated
ʻAbbás Effendi, known as ʻAbdu'l-Bahá after Baháʼu'lláh's passing
'Revelation writing': A shorthand script developed by an amanuensis to record first drafts as revelation flowed rapidly from Baháʼu'lláh
Queen Victoria in 1860, shown here a few years prior to receiving Baháʼu'lláh's Tablet addressed to her
Text from a Tablet of Baháʼu'lláh, rendered calligraphically by Mishkín-Qalam
Photo of Baháʼu'lláh taken in Adrianople in 1868.