When is the Bahá'i Faith

When it began

In 1844 a young merchant of Shíráz named Siyyid 'Alí Muhammad suddenly began to teach a new faith in Persia. he assumed the title of the Bâb, which literally means "the Gate."

Bahá'u'lláh was born in 1817 and died in 1892. In 1852, he was imprisoned for four months in the Siyáh Chál, a dreadful underground prison in Tihrán. Bahá'u'lláh's innocence was clearly proven in the courts. But this incidents is of great historic significance because, during the imprisonment, Bahá'u'lláh became aware that He was the Promised One fortold by the Báb.

The beginings of the Faith