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Subh-i-Azal

1831 - 1912

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Subh-i-Azal (1831–1912, born Mīrzā Yahyā Nūrī) was an Iranian religious leader of Bābism, appointed as head of the movement by the Bāb just before the latter's execution in 1850. He is known for his later conflict with his half-brother Baháʼu'lláh over leadership of the Bābī community, after which his followers became known as Azalis. At the time of appointment he was just 19 years old. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Subh-i-Azal has received more than 120,491 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Subh-i-Azal is the 3,069th most popular writer (up from 3,084th in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Iran (down from 265th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 20

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  • 3.75

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  • 2.64

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Notable Works

Mutammim-i bayān
Doctrines, Babism
1960

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Subh-i-Azal ranks 3,069 out of 7,302. Before him are Liviu Rebreanu, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Charles-Louis Havas, Charles-Louis Philippe, and Jalil Mammadguluzadeh. After him are Lois Lowry, Wang Bo, Abdulah Sidran, Arno Schmidt, Banjo Paterson, and Robert Fisk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Subh-i-Azal ranks 58. Before him are George Pullman, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Paolo Mantegazza, and Henri Meilhac. After him are Georg Sauerwein, Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, Theodor Aman, Hedwig Dohm, and Wojciech Gerson. Among people deceased in 1912, Subh-i-Azal ranks 70. Before him are Mykola Pymonenko, Takuboku Ishikawa, Pyotr Lebedev, Francisco Lázaro, Tony Robert-Fleury, and Theodor Gomperz. After him are Paul Kummer, Bernardino Caballero, Edward Wilson, Paul Wallot, Björn Jónsson, and Clara Barton.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Subh-i-Azal ranks 285 out of 631. Before him are Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), Ahmad Qavam (1876), Saib Tabrizi (1592), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), and Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779). After him are Imad al-Dawla (892), Shirin Neshat (1957), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Sadeq Khan Zand (1800), Sohrab Sepehri (1928), and Mardavij (890).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Subh-i-Azal ranks 35. Before him are Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Asadi Tusi (999), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), Saib Tabrizi (1592), and Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995). After him are Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Sohrab Sepehri (1928), Kader Abdolah (1954), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), and Azar Nafisi (1955).

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