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Date 1879-03-17, sorted by date, ascending

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1879 17 Mar
187-		 The martyrdom of Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Hasan, the `King of Martyrs' (Sultánu'sh-Shuhadá), and Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Husayn, the `Beloved of Martyrs'. [BW18:383]
  • Their martyrdom was instigated by Mír Muhammad-Husayn, the Imám-Jum'ih, stigmatized by Bahá'u'lláh as the `she-serpent', who owed the brothers a large sum of money. [GPB200–1, ARG172, SDH104]
  • Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir, the `Wolf', pronounced the death sentence on the two brothers and the Zillu's-Sultán ratified the decision. [GPB201]
  • The brothers were put in chains, decapitated and dragged to the Maydán-i-Sháh for public viewing. [GPB201]
  • For Western accounts of their martyrdom see BBR274–6.
  • See SDH112 for the story of the pilgrimage of their families to the Holy Land.
  • See BW11:594 for a picture of the memorial to the King and the Beloved of Martyrs.
  • See ARG171-173.
  • Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Hasan, the `King of Martyrs' (Sultánu'sh-Shuhadá) was appointed as one of the Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.
    		•  - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Iran; Isfahan, Iran; King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Mir Muhammad-Husayn Khatunabadi (She-Serpent); Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan Nahrí (Sultanu’sh-Shuhadá’); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir Isfahani (the Wolf); Zillus-Sultan
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