nobility
4 stories on this theme.
The Father of the Poor: The Young Nobleman of Ṭihrán
Long before exile and prison, the young Bahá'u'lláh was already beloved in Persia for the open hand He stretched out to the destitute and the fearless voice He raised for the wronged. Taherzadeh gathers the witness of the early years — how a Nobleman of rank turned away from the comforts of His station to become, in the people's own phrase, the Father of the Poor.
The Office He Would Not Take
When His father the Vazír died, the young Bahá'u'lláh was offered the ministerial post the family had long held — an honour the court pressed upon Him. He declined it. God Passes By preserves the moment, and the words of the Prime Minister who, baffled and impressed, sensed that this young Nobleman was destined for something the world could not yet name.
Beloved of Núr: The Young Nobleman Among His People
In the green province of Mázindarán, in the ancestral district of Núr, the young Bahá'u'lláh was known and loved long before His ministry began. The Dawn-Breakers remembers a Nobleman of singular wisdom and kindness whom the people of His homeland honoured and cherished — a love that prepared the way for the day He would bring them the greatest of all gifts.
Wisdom Untaught: The Young Nobleman Who Embraced the Cause
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's own narrative remembers the young Bahá'u'lláh as a Nobleman who was never trained in the schools of the learned, yet whose wisdom astonished all who came near Him — and who, the moment the Báb's Cause arose, embraced it with His whole heart and became its devoted champion. A reflection on the early life that A Traveler's Narrative preserves.