Mullá Hasan Bajistání
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When in Bahá'í history
Baghdád (today: Baghdad, Iraq)
Mullá Hasan Bajistání was the sixth Letter of the Living.
** Mullá Hasan Bajistání, Letter of the Living**
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Place of Birth: Unknown
Location of Death: Unknown
**Burial Location: **No Cemetery details
Mullá Hasan Bajistání was the sixth Letter of the Living. He was active at first in propagating the Bábí Cause and later retired to Karbala and considered himself unworthy of the station conferred on him by the Báb as one of the Letters of the Living. He visited Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad between 1853 and 1863.
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Source:
***“Mullá Hasan Bajistání” *Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project. baha’i-encyclopedia-project.org
**Image:
**Baha’i World Centre Archives – Door to the House of the Báb
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