There was born a Child in an ancient and noble family of
Núr, whose father was Mirzá Abbás, better known as Mirzá Buzurg, a favoured
minister of the Crown. That Child was Bahá'u'lláh. At the hour of dawn, on the
second day of Muharram, in the year 1233 A.H. [12 November 1817 A.D.] the
world, unaware of its significance, witnessed the birth of Him who was destined
to confer upon it such incalculable blessings. - Nabil (‘The Dawn-Breakers’, translated. and edited
by Shoghi Effendi)
