Irish Bahá'í community Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb - Video 16: The Martyrdom of the Báb
To mark the Bicentenary of the Birth of the Báb and to celebrate the Life, Mission and Heroism of the Báb and His followers, the Irish Bahá'í community has produced 19 short videos.
Bicentenary 2019: 16/19 The Martyrdom of the Báb
By 1850, thousands of people from every walk of life across Persia had become Bábís and the authorities decided that the only way to stop this new religion was to execute the Báb.
And so, it was decreed that on July 9th,1850, the Báb was to be executed by firing squad in Tabríz.