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Bahá’u’lláh’s Life and House in Tihrán
Tihrán was the capital and where the Sháh resided together with his court. Although Bahá’u’lláh was uninterested in the court of the Sháh and getting a position of power, because of His father’s previous position and connections, He was well known amongst the ministers of the court of the king. In fact, Bahá’u’lláh had direct communication with the Grand Vazír, Hájí Mírzá Áqásí , who in spite of his ill-will to Bahá’u’lláh’s father, showed great respect to Bahá’u’lláh.
At one-point, Mírzá Buzurg moved with his third wife to a house in Tihrán, close to the Masjid-i-Sháh [Mosque of the Sháh], which this wife had inherited from her father. When this happened, Bahá’u’lláh rented a large house near the Gate of Shimrán, and took His wife, His mother and siblings, and His father’s other wives and their children [His half-siblings] to live there with Him. This house now became Bahá’u’lláh’s residence until His exile from Persia [January 1853].
All three of Bahá’u’lláh and Ásíyih Khánum’s children were born in this house in Tihrán, near the Gate of Shimrán. 78ACT3 The eldest child, named ‘Abbás [‘Abdu’l-Bahá] was born on 23rd May 1844, the day of the Declaration of the Báb in Shíráz. Only a few months later, Mullá Husayn will come to Tihrán bearing the Message of the Báb for Bahá’u’lláh. He will stay in the Madrisih of Mírzá Sálih, which was very close to the house of Bahá’u’lláh. At that time, Bahá’u’lláh had just become twenty-eight years old.
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