Who is Man Yazharollah (He whom God shall make manifest)?
In his writings, Bob had heralded the advent of the Promised One, known as “I am the Manifestation of God,” which he said would appear about 1511 years later (in the number of the word Ghias or Aghaith) until 2001 years later (in the number of the word Mustaghas). (The book “Persian Bayan” pages 61, 71 & 100)
Claimants of position of Man Yazharollah
After the death of Bab, except Mirza Hussein Ali, twenty-five other Babs interpreted and justified it and called themselves the Promised Book of Bayan; Such as Mirza Asadullah Dayan and Mirza Mohammad Nabil Zarandi who later came to terms with Mirza Hussein Ali and became the partner of his apparatus, and Mirza Ghoghay-e Darkish and Seyyed Baseer Hindi and others (the book of Baha’u’llah, page 103), which of course, Mirza Hussein Ali among them benefited from the claim due more than others due to special privileges, such as the material and spiritual support of the Russian government.
In any case, in the second month of the spring of 1280 AH, in Baghdad’s Najib Pasha Garden, Mirza Hossein Ali began to whisper, and when he arrived in Istanbul from Baghdad, little by little there was a commotion. Four months later, the convoy of the Babis was sent from the Ottoman capital to Edirne (one of the Ottoman cities (modern-day Turkey) known among the Baha’is as the Land of the Secret), and it was in Edirne that the Babis were divided.
A group of Babi elders considered Subh-i-Azal as the guardian of Bab and considered it necessary to follow him and took the name Azali.
A group of others accepted the claim of Mirza Hussein Ali, calling themselves as Baha’i.
A group followed Mirza Asadollah Dayan and was called as Dayyani (History of Appearance of Right, page 66).
A group that still had sweet memories of Zarrin Taj renewed their former affection, took her to the leadership even though she was not alive, and took the title of Qurrat al-‘Ayni (Rahiq-e Makhtum, page 1149).
Some others considered Mulla Mohammad Ali Barforoushi as superior to others and called him Qoddoussi (Rahiq-e Makhtum, page 1149).
Some Babis left those headmen and accepted the Book of Bayan who were known as Bayani (Rahiq-e Makhtum, page 1149).
Eventually, other neo-capricious people, in the example of “the facts speak for themslves”, turned their backs on all these pretexts and considered themselves subject to the inner desire and conscience will and were known as Ayani (Rahiq-e Makhtum”, page 1149).
Denial of Azal’s will
These differences severely damaged Babism, and in the meantime, HAD the greatest impact on separation of Baha and Azal. Mirza Hossein Ali declared that the will of Azal was unfounded, because he himself with the complicity of Mirza Abdolkarim Qazvini, the scribe, had prepared it and that it has been for the sake of the interests that do not exist now, and since his imprisonment in Tehran in 1269 AH, he has promoted to be a prophet.
According to Abbas Effendi in pages 67 and 68 of the article “Sayyah” or excursionist, “They along with Mulla Abdulkarim thought it advisable in this regard … that the thoughts should be directed to an absentee person, thereby protecting Baha’u’llah from being attacked by the people, and because, for some reasons, they did not recommend an outsider, the lottery was drawn in the name of Baha’u’llah’s brother, Mirza Yahya. Thus, they made him famous and known in the language of familiar and foreign people with the approval and teaching of Baha’u’llah.”
Subh-i-Azal claimed that I was the Bob’s successor based on his works and that my brother yearned to be the chief and wanted to take my place in this way, because at such a short distance, no Shari’a becomes obsolete and the dates of the book of Bayan have not yet been fulfilled so that the next manifestation appears.
This separation caused insult, blasphemy, slander, war, strife, and murder to spread among the Baha and Azal and their followers in Edirne, and in this conflict the truths that had been hidden for years were revealed. The parties revealed each other’s hidden secrets and shared all the ugliness, iniquities, perversions and inaccuracies among themselves brotherly.
Mirza Yahya was honored by the Baha and the Baha’is with the titles of donkey, bull, calf, snake, fly, beetle, etc. (the details of this speech will come in the future) and everything found in a zoo And Mirza Hussein Ali brazenly announced his brother’s illegitimacy. (the first part of The Heavenly Table, page 40)
He then revealed that in Baghdad, Bab’s second wife, the heritage of Manouchehr Mo’tamed al-Dawla, had been raped by Azal, and because Mirza Yahya disliked him, dedicated him to his followers (New Book written by Baha’u’llah page 379 and the fourth part of Heavenly Table page 337) and again Subh-i-Azal was accused of being the hireling of the Turkish and British governments and under the protection of those governments. (New Century, second volume, page 335 and Rahiq-e Makhtum page 201)
Eventually, the plan of Zaeem Azlieh’s life was evaluated by his brother as follows, “It is certain that La Zal has been engaged in drinking and raping the girls of the people, and he has committed the acts that I am ashamed to mention. (He refers to the ugly act of sodomy) (The New Book page 312)
As the divisions escalated and slaughter spread, the Ottoman government was forced to separate them, placing several other members in each group to prevent conspiracies, and then sending the Azalis to Maghosa or Magustia to the land of Cyprus and the Baha’is to the fortress of Acre in Palestine.
Fate of Subh-i-Azal
Subh-i-Azal was in Cyprus till the end of his life and was satisfied with the same titles of Hazrat Samareh, Vahid and Mer’aat, and when he died, Mirza Hadi Dowlatabadi and his brother Mirza Yahya led the Azalis, and today his few followers, without a guardian, live in some parts of Iran.
Mirza Yahya has left behind several books, some of which have been published by Azalis. His most important works are:
- Supplement of Book of Bayan (printed)
- Mostighaz or vigilant (printed)
- Innovative Summary (handwritten)
- Epistle of Light
