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==Partial list of slaves== ==Partial list of slaves==


*Hájí Mubárak- purchased at the age of 5 years old by Hájí Mírzá Abú'l-Qásím, the great-grandfather of Shoghi Effendi and brother-in-law of the Báb, Hájí Mubárak was sold to the Báb in 1842 at the age of 19 for fourteen ].<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.5">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 5| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref> Hájí Mubárak died at about the age of 40 and is buried in the grounds of the ] in Karbala, Iraq. *Hájí Mubárak- purchased at the age of 5 years old by Hájí Mírzá Abú'l-Qásím, the great-grandfather of Shoghi Effendi and brother-in-law of the Báb, Hájí Mubárak was sold to the Báb in 1842 at the age of 19 for fourteen ].<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.5">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 5| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref> Hájí Mubárak died at about the age of 40 and is buried in the grounds of the ] in Karbala, Iraq.<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.18">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 18| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref>


*Fiddih- acquired by the Báb when she was no older than 7 years of age, Fiddih served the Báb's wife ].<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.21">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 21| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref> Fiddih would die the same night as her master.<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.26">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 26| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref> *Fiddih- acquired by the Báb when she was no older than 7 years of age, Fiddih served the Báb's wife ].<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.21">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 21| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref> Fiddih would die the same night as her master.<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.26">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 26| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref>
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*Isfandíyár- a servant in Bahá'u'lláh's house in Tehran <ref name="Afnan 2009, p.27">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 27| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref>, Isfandíyár passed away in Mazandaran <ref name="Afnan 2009, p.30">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 30| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last='Abdu'l-Baha |first= |date=1982 |title=Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by Abdu'l Baha during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912 |url= |location= |publisher=Bahai Publishing Trust, 2nd Edition |page=426 |isbn=978-0877431725}}</ref> *Isfandíyár- a servant in Bahá'u'lláh's house in Tehran <ref name="Afnan 2009, p.27">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 27| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref>, Isfandíyár passed away in Mazandaran <ref name="Afnan 2009, p.30">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 30| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last='Abdu'l-Baha |first= |date=1982 |title=Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by Abdu'l Baha during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912 |url= |location= |publisher=Bahai Publishing Trust, 2nd Edition |page=426 |isbn=978-0877431725}}</ref>


*Masúd- initially purchased as a youth by Khál-i Akbar, an uncle of the Báb, Masúd would serve Bahá'u'lláh in ].<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.35">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 35| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref> *Masúd- initially purchased as a youth by Khál-i Akbar, an uncle of the Báb, Masúd would serve Bahá'u'lláh in ].<ref name="Afnan 2009, p.35">{{Citation |first=Abul-Qasim |last=Afnan |year=1999 |title= Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah |publisher= Kalimat Press |location = |page= 35| isbn=1-890688-03-7}}</ref>


==Notes== ==Notes==

Revision as of 19:01, 5 September 2016

Both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh owned slaves of African descent. While the Báb purchased several slaves, Bahá'u'lláh acquired his through inheritance. Bahá'u'lláh officially condemned slavery in 1874, by which time he had actually sold a slave to pay debts. The details of some their African servants are chronicled in Black Pearls, a book that, despite efforts at censorship by the Bahá'í Administrative Order, was published by the independent Bahá'í publishing company Kalimát Press.

Partial list of slaves

  • Hájí Mubárak- purchased at the age of 5 years old by Hájí Mírzá Abú'l-Qásím, the great-grandfather of Shoghi Effendi and brother-in-law of the Báb, Hájí Mubárak was sold to the Báb in 1842 at the age of 19 for fourteen tomans. Hájí Mubárak died at about the age of 40 and is buried in the grounds of the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala, Iraq.
  • Fiddih- acquired by the Báb when she was no older than 7 years of age, Fiddih served the Báb's wife Khadíjih-Bagum. Fiddih would die the same night as her master.
  • Isfandíyár- a servant in Bahá'u'lláh's house in Tehran , Isfandíyár passed away in Mazandaran
  • Masúd- initially purchased as a youth by Khál-i Akbar, an uncle of the Báb, Masúd would serve Bahá'u'lláh in Acre.

Notes

  1. Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, ISBN 1-890688-03-7
  2. Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, p. 5, ISBN 1-890688-03-7
  3. Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, p. 18, ISBN 1-890688-03-7
  4. Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, p. 21, ISBN 1-890688-03-7
  5. Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, p. 26, ISBN 1-890688-03-7
  6. Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, p. 27, ISBN 1-890688-03-7
  7. Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, p. 30, ISBN 1-890688-03-7
  8. 'Abdu'l-Baha (1982). Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by Abdu'l Baha during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912. Bahai Publishing Trust, 2nd Edition. p. 426. ISBN 978-0877431725.
  9. Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, p. 35, ISBN 1-890688-03-7

References

  • Afnan, Abul-Qasim (1999), Black Pearls: Servants in the Household of the Bab and Baha'u'llah, Kalimat Press, ISBN 1-890688-03-7
  • 'Abdu'l-Baha (1982). Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by Abdu'l Baha during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912. Bahai Publishing Trust, 2nd Edition. p. 426. ISBN 978-0877431725.