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Understand that Bahai Faith has the underlying unity of the major religions of the world. Where did the Bahai Faith originate from.
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Figurative y in 1844, Siyyid Ali-Muhammad announced in Shiraz, Persia announced that he was the Bab or the Gate, a Messenger of God in his own right but forerunner of Another to come having an even greater Revelation. Among his many works was the writing of al-Bayan the instituting of certain laws, and establishment of a new calendar. this was the beginning of Bhai faith. it can be thus summarised that the Baha i Faith originated in 19th Century Persia, present day Iran.
The Bah Faith was founded in 1863 by Bah u ll h an Arabic title which means The Glory of God , a member of the Persian nobility who suffered a lifetime of exile and imprisonment for His claim to be the bearer of a divine revelation. Bah u ll h was ultimately exiled to the prison city of Akk in Palestine, in the environs of which He passed away in 1892. Through a written testament, direction of the affairs of His Faith passed to His son, Abdu l-Bah 1844-1921 , and then to His great-grandson, Shoghi Effendi 1896-1957 . Today the Bah community is administered by democratically elected, consultative bodies at the local, national and international levels. There are no clergy in the Bah Faith all decision-making power devolves upon the elected assemblies. The early Bah community survived intense persecution in its Iranian homeland which continues to this day to spread worldwide, where, a century and a half after its inception, it claims some six million adherents in 188 countries, and according to the Encyclopedia Britannica is second only in geographic spread to Christianity. Embracing people from more than 2,100 ethnic, racial and tribal groups, it is quite likely the most diverse organized body of people on the planet.
Bahai Faith
