Historedia
Person

Báb

Events
1
Episodes
2
Years
1844

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Báb, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Baháʼí calendar begins in Tehran

    1844

    Role: Religious Leader

    1. 1844, with first experience about 3 April 1844 · Shiraz, Qajar Iran (not among allowed places; no allowed place is supported for these events)Báb Begins Teaching

      The Báb, a merchant from Shiraz, began the Bábi Faith in 1844 at age 25; his first religiously inspired experience is dated to about the evening of 3 April 1844.

    2. 20–21 March 1844 · Unresolved; legacy row asserts Tehran, but no supplied passage places the calendar's start thereStart of Year 1 BE

      The Baháʼí calendar's first year began at sundown on 20 March 1844, with years counted from Thursday 21 March 1844, the start of the Badíʿ Era.

Sources

  1. Báb Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-24