On May 23, 1844, there arose in Shiraz, Persia, a young
man, Ali Mohammed by name, who declared Himself to be
The Bab [the Arabic word for door or gate], or the forerunner of "He whom God would Manifest"---a great teacher, Who was soon to appear with manifest
signs of divine power, through Whose teachings the religious
unity of all peoples would be accomplished.
Remey, Charles Mason, The New Day; the Bahai Revelation, a brief statement of its history and teachings, Chicago: Bahai Publishing Society, 1919, p. 14.
In the year one thousand two hundred and sixty
[A. H.], when he [the Báb] was in his twenty-fifth year [Jamádí-ul-Úlá 5th, 1260 A.H. (May 23rd, 1844 A.D.) is the
date given by the Báb himself in the Persian Beyán as that
whereon his mission commenced.], certain
signs became apparent in his conduct, behaviour,
manners, and demeanour whereby it became evident
in Shíráz that he had some conflict in his mind and
some other flight beneath his wing. He began to
speak and to declare the rank of Báb-hood. Now
what he intended by the term Báb [Gate] was this,
that he was the channel of grace from some great
Person still behind the veil of glory, who was the
possessor of countless and boundless perfections, by
whose will he moved, and to the bond of whose
love he clung.
Browne, Edward G., A Traveller's Narrative written to illustrate the episode of the Báb, Cambridge: The University Press, 1891, p. 3.
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