June 29. On this date in 1850, during the Bábi uprisings in various parts of Iran, the leader of the uprising in Neyriz, Yahya Vahid Darabi, was killed.

June 29. On this date in 1850, during the Bábi uprisings in various parts of Iran, the leader of the uprising in Neyriz, Yahya Vahid Darabi, was killed.

In June of 1846, Siyyid Yahyá Dárábí, later known as Vahíd, was sent by the Shah of Iran to Shiraz to investigate the Báb's claims. Vahíd stayed in Shiraz through July met with the Báb several times, eventually become a Bábi. During this stay in Shiraz, the Báb wrote his Tafsír-i-Súrih-i-Kawthar ("Tafsir on the Surah al-Kawthar") for Yahyá Dárábí. Considered the Báb's most important work during the Shiraz period, the Tafsír-i-Súrih-i-Kawthar is a commentary of over two hundred pages on the Surah al-Kawthar which, being only three verses in length, is the shortest in the Qur'an.

On May 27, 1950, Vahíd arrived in Nayríz and proclaimed the Báb's mission in a mosque, which resulted in the governor taking action against him. In the subsequent fighting, Vahíd and a group of Bábís were besieged at thenearby fort of Khájih.

On June 17, 1950, the governor of Nayríz called a truce with Vahíd, and Vahíd left the fort of Khájih to meet the governor in his siege camp. On June 21, Vahíd signed a document informing the Bábís that an agreement had been reached, and that they could leave the fort. The Bábís were killed after leaving the fort.

Vahíd was beheaded in Nayríz on June 29, 1950, and his body was dragged through the streets.
Later, in March 1853, the governor of the city was killed by Bábís, leading to a second armed conflict near the city where the Bábís once again resisted troop attacks until November 1853, when a massacre of Bábís happened.