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Nabíl-i-Zarandí and The Dawn-Breakers Chronicle
Nabíl [whose given name at birth was Muhammad] was born in the village of Zarand in Iran in 1831, which is why he was commonly known as Muhammad-i-Zarandí [meaning Muhammad from Zarand]. He describes his own background, how he learnt about the Báb and became a Bábí in The Dawn-Breakers. 1RES
Briefly, Nabíl was a shepherd and in his own words “was given in my early days a most rudimentary education”. In 1847, Nabíl was visiting a neighboring village when he overheard two men talking in the village about the Báb and his claims, which lit the seeker’s flame in his heart. Shortly after that, when he was back in his own village of Zarand, he chanced to meet a Bábí and through him, met Siyyid Ismá’íl-i-Zavári’í ,who was later known by the title of Dhabíh 2RES. Through Dhabíh, Nabíl was led to recognise the new Revelation. This was in 1848. Nabíl became an active Bábí and taught other members of his family including his brother, sister and mother. In time he met Bahá’u’lláh and eventually recognised Him as the One promised by the Báb.
Muhammad-i-Zarandí, surnamed Nabíl-i-A’zam. Archival photo. 3RES
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