‘Ishqábád

Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

2 stories took place here — most often featuring Bahá'u'lláh, Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, the Afnán and 'Abdu'l-Bahá.

‘Ishqábád (today: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan)

Stories at this place

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

The Martyrdom in Ashkhabad

In 1889 Ḥájí Muḥammad-Riḍá Iṣfahání was murdered in the bazaar of Ashkhabad; the Russian authorities tried and convicted the killers, the Bahá’ís interceded for their lives, and the community went on to build its own institutions.

2 min

'Abdu'l-Bahá's ministry (1892–1921) · 1 story

The Afnán of All Delights

‘Abdu’l-Bahá remembers Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, the Afnán, who believed after one reading of the Kitáb-i-Íqán, gave nearly all he owned to build the first Bahá’í House of Worship in ‘Ishqábád, and died near the Shrine of the Báb.

5 min

Figures associated with this place

Bahá'u'lláh2 Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, the Afnán1 'Abdu'l-Bahá1 Ḥájí Muḥammad-Riḍá Iṣfahání1 Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí Afnán1