Bahá'í Holy Day

Declaration of the Báb

Commemorates the night in 1844 when the Báb declared His mission to Mullá Ḥusayn in Shíráz.

Stories for Declaration of the Báb

Two Hours and Eleven Minutes After Sunset: The Declaration of the Báb

Nabíl's account, in *The Dawn-Breakers*, of the night of May 22–23, 1844, when Mullá Ḥusayn met the Báb at the gate of Shíráz, accepted His invitation home, and at two hours and eleven minutes after sunset became the first to recognise Him.

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