Baha'u'llah & the New Era
by
J. Esslemont
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In those days belief in the imminent appearance of a Divine Messenger was especially prevalent among a sect known as the Shaykhis, and it was to a distinguished divine belonging to this sect, called Mulla Husayn Bushru'i, that the Bab first announced His mission. The exact date of this announcement is given in the Bayan.. as two hours and eleven minutes after sunset on the eve preceding the fifth day of the month of Jamadiyu'l-Avval 1260 A.H. 'Abdul-Baha was born in the course of the same night, but the exact hour of His birth has not been ascertained.. Before long the majority of the Shaykhis accepted the Bab.. (14:2)

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