Bahá'u'lláh married Asiyih Khanum in Tihran in 1251 AH
(1835) when He was over 18 years of age. Asiyih Khanum, later surnamed Navvab
by Bahá'u'lláh, was a daughter of a nobleman, Mirza Isma'il-i-Vazir. Her date
of birth is not known. She was a most noble and faithful follower of
Bahá'u'lláh who served her Lord until the end of her life in 1886. There were
seven children of the marriage, four of whom died in childhood. The other three
were 'Abbas, entitled the 'Most Great Branch', 'Abdu'l-Bahá; Fatimih, entitled
Bahiyyih Khanum, the Greatest Holy Leaf; and Mihdi, entitled 'the Purest
Branch'. - Adib Taherzadeh (‘The Child of the Covenant’)
