The Babi and Baha'i Religion — Page 27
THE B Ā B Ī AND BAH Ā ’ Ī RELIGION 27 their time being the time of fatrat 26 the former religious laws had become null and void. ( N a si Khul Taw a r i kh , vol. III). She was executed in 1852 for complicity in an attempt to raise a rebellion following the failure of a B a b i attempt on the life of Sh a h Nas i r- ud-D i n. S ub h -e-Azal When B a b’s apprehensions increased in regard to his own life, in 1265 Hijra he appointed Mirz a Ya h y a , at that time only 19, as his successor. This Mirz a Ya h y a among the B a b i s is known by the title of S ub h - e-Azal. Following the execution of the B a b, S ub h -e- Azal was accepted as the Executor of the last will and testament of the B a b, and the head of the B a b i movement. Evidence on this point is so full and so convincing that no Bah a ’ i can afford to reject it. Political nature and aims of the B a b i movement. It was noted earlier that from the very outset there was an air of great secrecy about the movement, which increased following the claim of the B a b that he was the long awaited Mahdi. Suspicion in Government circles in regard to the aims of the movement was a natural result of secrecy, and this suspicion increased with the development from day to 26 Transitional period. [Publisher]