On 12 November 1817 a child named Mirzá Husayn-'Ali was born
in Tihrán, the capital of Persia. His father was a nobleman and a favored
minister of Fath-'Ali Sháh; his mother was Khadijih Khánum. His family's
ancestral home was in the village of Tákur in the district of Núr (Light) in
the northern province of Mázindarán, which lies along the shore of the Caspian
Sea. Though Mirzá Husayn-'Ali received little formal education, He showed signs
in childhood of innate knowledge and unusual nobility of character -- signs
that foreshadowed the divinely ordained role He would later assume as
Bahá'u’lláh, the Glory of God. His revelation would shake Persia to its depths,
revolutionize the fortunes of the world, and usher in a new and glorious age in
human history.
- Geoffry Marks
(‘Call to Remembrance’)
