Letters of the Living
3 stories in the library.
A life in stories
Bábí period (1844–1853)
The Eighteen Letters of the Living
After Mullá Ḥusayn recognised the Báb in Shíráz in May 1844, seventeen more seekers found Him, each by his own search. The last was Quddús, whose arrival the Báb foretold the night before.
2 min
The First Eighteen Believers
One by one, eighteen seekers found the Báb, each by his own search, and became His first followers, the Letters of the Living.
3 min
The Báb's Charge to the Letters of the Living
In 1844 eighteen disciples came, each by their own search, to believe in the Báb. Before they dispersed He called them together, spoke of the greatness of the new Day, and gave each of them a task.
5 min