Bahá'u'lláh

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(64 59 55 1)>'These pages will relate the story of Bahá'u'lláh as well as the story of the retrogression of a nation under the yoke of the Qájárs.'</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(64 59 55 1)>With these words Mr Balyuzi introduces this biography of the </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(64 59 55 1)>Founder of the Bahá'í Faith</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(64 59 55 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(64 59 55 1)>The </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(64 59 55 1)>life and times of Bahá'u'lláh</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(64 59 55 1)> are presented in their historical setting both in Iran and in the world at large.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(64 59 55 1)>Much of its story is taken from the unpublished memoirs of His companions who themselves observed the events they describe. Details are given of Bahá'u'lláh's ancestry and family His several journeys when banished from Iran with the names of those who accompanied Him to Constantinople and into the citadel of 'Akká; the horrific martyrdom of Badí' His messenger to the Shah; the background of the marriage of 'Abdu'l-Bahá His eldest son; the machinations of the Azalís in Constantinople which brought Him anxiety and sorrow in His last years; and the closing months of His life at Bahjí. </span></p>