ʻIshqábád

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

1 story took place here — most often featuring Ḥájí Muḥammad-Riḍáy-i-Iṣfahání, Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl and Bahá'u'lláh.

ʻIshqábád (today: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan)

Stories at this place

Bahá'u'lláh's ministry (1853–1892) · 1 story

Mercy for the Killers in ʻIshqábád

In 1889 Ḥájí Muḥammad-Riḍáy-i-Iṣfahání was stabbed to death in the bazaar of ʻIshqábád. A Russian military court condemned his killers, and the Bahá'ís interceded for their lives, a deed Bahá'u'lláh praised.

4 min

Figures associated with this place

Ḥájí Muḥammad-Riḍáy-i-Iṣfahání1 Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl1 Bahá'u'lláh1