Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Martyrdom of the Báb Quiz


On each of the Bahá’í Holy Days, I'll post a quiz, with the answers following a few days later.


Easy

1. In what city was the Báb martyred?

2. Who was martyred along with the Báb?

3. Where are the Báb’s remains today?

4. Where was the Báb during the Conference of Badasht in July 1848?

5. What happened in August 1852 as a direct consequence of the Martyrdom of the Báb?


Medium

6. Who dramatically announced the end of the Muhammadan Dispensation at Badasht in 1848?

7. Why was Mullá Husayn not at the Conference of Badasht?

8. Why was the first order to execute the Báb in 1845 in Shíráz not carried out?

9. How many shots were fired toward the Báb on July 9, 1850?

10. What relative of the Báb was the first of the Seven Martyrs of Tehran?


Difficult

11. Who translated the Báb’s Commentary of the Surih of Joseph from Arabic into Persian?

12. Which participant of July 9, 1850 had formerly been Chief of Police in Mashhad?

13. What U. S. President died on July 9, 1850?

14. How long after Mullá Husayn declared his belief in the Báb did the second Letter of the Living do so?

15. Who was the only person to share a jail cell with the Báb and also be incarcerated with Bahá’u’lláh in the Siyyáh-Chál?


Yeah, Good Luck

16. According to Shoghi Effendi, how many Bábís participated in the Conference at Badasht in July 1848?

17. Which two brothers, 9 and 11 years old at the time, served the Báb at a banquet given in His honour by their father in Isfahán in 1846?

18. The niece of the host of the previous question was conceived through the intercession of the Báb. Who became her husband?

19. What do the Shrines of Ibn Bábuyyih and Imámzadih Zayd, the residences of Aqá Husayn ‘Alí Núr and Muhammad Karím ‘Attar in Tehran, and the House of ‘Abdu’lláh Páshá in ‘Akká all have in common?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

1) Tábrízben
2) Anísz
3) A Báb Szentélyében, Haifa Izraelben
4) Mah-Ku börtönében
5) Bahá'u'lláh börtönbe került egy Bábí által elkövetett gyilkossági merénylet következtetésében.
6) Táhíreh
7) Mert a Báb elküldte őt máshova
8) hm, mert bebízonyította valakinek, hogy Ő a Megígért?
9) 750!
10) A Báb anyai nagybátya
11) Nem tudom, de Shoghi Effendire tippelnék
12) nem tudom
13) Zachary Taylor
14) Én úgy tudom, hogy néhány hét eltelhetett.
15) nem tudom. Mulla Husayn?
16) 81
17) nem tudom
18) Abdu'l-Bahá?
19) Mintegyik szentélyek?