The names of the paternal and maternal ancestors of the Báb
are as follows: The blessed name of the Báb was Aqa Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, son of
Mirza Muhammad-Rida, the son of Aqa Mirza Nasru'llah, the son of Aqa Mirza
Fathullah, the son of Aqa Mirza Ibrahim [Abraham]. He was born into a highly
regarded family of Husayni Siyyids [1] to whose nobility, integrity,
trustworthiness, piety, devotion, and detachment everyone in the province of
Fars would testify. Merchants by profession, they were all considered exemplary
in integrity and purity in the entire region of Fars. The mother of the Báb was
Fatimih Bagum, the daughter of Haji Mirza Muhammad-Husayn, who was the son of
Aqa Mirza 'Abid, [2] the son of Aqa Mirza Siyyid Muhammad. This family also
ranked among the renowned and trustworthy merchants of Fars.
- ‘Mirza Habibu’llah Afnan
(‘Tarikh Amr-i-Fars va Shiraz’, translated and annotated as ‘The Genesis
of the Bábi-Baha’i Faiths in Shiraz and Fars’, by Ahang Rabbani)
[1] That is, this family traced its ancestry to Imam Husayn.
[2] Fayzi gives his name as Zaynu'l-'Abidin in ‘Hadrat
Nuqtih Ula’).
