October 12. On this date in 1848, Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i and no fewer than 72 fellow Bábis made defensive fortifications at the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí.

 

October 12. On this date in 1848, Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i and no fewer than 72 fellow Bábis made defensive fortifications at the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí.

On May 22, 1844, the Báb declared to Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i his perceived fulfillment of Shaykhi expectations. Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i accepted the Báb's claims and became the first Bábi.

On March 20, 1848, Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i visited the Báb at Maku prison, where the Báb was incarcerated. Under instructions from the Báb, Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i unfurled a Black Standard in Mashhad, fulfilling an Islamic prophecy, and began a march with other Bábis.

The Bábis were rebuffed at Barfurush and therefore made defensive fortifications on October 12, 1848, at the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí. Mullá Ḥusayn-i-Bushru'i would die at the battle of Shaykh Tabarsí on February 2, 1849, but the siege itself would last until May 10, 1849.

The Báb was later executed on July 9, 1850.

Bábi uprisings would continue elsewhere, notably in Zanjan and Nayriz.