Bahá’í Founders and Leaders

By AnnaBear

  • Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad (called “the Báb,” or “gate”)

    Sayyid 'Ali Muhammad (called “the Báb,” or “gate”)
    Sayyid ‘Ali Muhammad (called “the Báb,” or “gate”)
    Those of you who are Christian, imagine him as a John the Baptist figure, with his own type of religious revivalism (“Babism”) from 1844 to 1850, pointing to someone even greater to come after him.
    Image: The Báb stood on this pulpit,

  • Death of Mirza Husayn ‘Ali (“Bahá’u’lláh,” or “Glory of God”)

    Death of Mirza Husayn ‘Ali (“Bahá’u’lláh,” or “Glory of God”)
    Image of shrine.

  • Death of ‘Abbas Effendi (“Abdu’l-Baha,” or “Servant of the Glory”),

    Death of ‘Abbas Effendi (“Abdu’l-Baha,” or “Servant of the Glory”),
    spread the new religion to North America and Europe, died in 1921. Image is of ‘Abbas Effendi and his brothers.

  • Death of Shoghi Effendi

    Death of Shoghi Effendi
    Shoghi Effendi, married a Canadian (Mary Maxwell), died in 1957

  • Custodians

    The “Custodians” managed the religion for a few years (1957-63)

  • Universal House of Justice

    Universal House of Justice
    the Universal House of Justice, headquartered in Haifa (1963–)