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The martyrdom of Hand of the Cause of God Varqa ('Dove'), Mírzá 'Ali-Muhammad. (b.1856 in Yazd, d. in Tehran) He and his young son,
Ruhu'lláh, were killed by, Hajib'ud-Dawleh, one of the Qajar courtiers, in fact, the Chief Steward, in the aftermath of the assassination of Nasir'd-Din Shah. Varqá was slashed to death before the eyes of his twelve-year-old son who, still refusing to recant, was strangled. [GPB296; BBRXXIX; SUR77; BW18p384; Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project]
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* Persecution, Iran; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, referred to as such by `Abdu'l-Bahá; Iran; Tehran, Iran; Varqa; Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad; Varqa, Ruhullah; Yazd, Iran |
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