January 22. On this date in 1984, the Universal House of Justice reiterated that the figure of 20,000 for the number of early Babi/Bahá'í martyrs is "clearly recorded" in "the official government historical record of events in Iran" and as 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi mentioned numerous times. Some historians estimate the number of early Babi/Bahá'í martyrs was not 20,000, but 2,000 to 3,000.

January 22. On this date in 1984, the Universal House of Justice reiterated that the figure of 20,000 for the number of early Babi/Bahá'í martyrs is "clearly recorded" in "the official government historical record of events in Iran" and as 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi mentioned numerous times. Some historians estimate the number of early Babi/Bahá'í martyrs was not 20,000, but 2,000 to 3,000.

published in Bahá'í Studies Bulletin, 3.4 (Dec. 1995), p. 99