Barforusi, Mohammad Ali

  By  Denis MacEoin            BĀRFORŪŠĪ, MOLLĀ MOḤAMMAD ALĪ (1239-65/1823-­49) was animportant figure in early Babism. He is generally referred to in Babi sources as Qoddūs or Esm-Allāh al-Āḵbar; and in Bahá'í works as Noqṭa-ye Oḵhrā…

Bagdadi Family

 By Kamran Eqbal            BAḠDĀDI FAMILY, designation of an Arab family of a Bābi, Shaikh Moḥammad Šebli, and his Bahá'í progeny, his son Moḥammad-Moṣṭafā Baḡdādi, and the latter’s sons, Żiāʾ Mabsuṭ Baḡdādi and Ḥosayn Eqbāl.…