May 23, 2016

Bahá'u'lláh and His siblings

  • Mirza Aqa -- a half-brother. Baha’u’llah mentions an occasion in His childhood when during the wedding of this brother His attention was drawn to a puppet show.
  • Mirza Muhammad -- a half-brother
  • Mirza Muhammad-'Ali -- a half-brother
  • Sakinih Khanum -- a half-sister
  • Sughra Khanum -- a half-sister
  • Sarih Khanum -- she is generally known as 'Ukht', Arabic for sister, because Baha'u'llah has thus referred to her.
  • Mirza Mihdi -- he died in his father's lifetime
  • Bahá'u'lláh (Mirza, Husayn-'Ali)
  • Mirza Musa – faithful to Baha’u’llah. He was entitled Aqay-i-Kalim in later years.
  • Nisa Khanum -- she married Mirza Majid-i-Ahi, a secretary of the Russian Legation.
  • Shah-Sultan Khanum -- a half-sister. She was also called 'Izziyih Khanum. She later became a firm supporter of Mirza Yahya (Subhi-i-Azal).
  • Mirza Taqi – a half-brother. He was a poet and became a Shaykhi much opposed to Baha’u’llah.
  • Mirza Rida-Quli -- a half-brother. He earned the designation Haji' by his pilgrimage to Mecca, and kept apart from Baha'u'llah even trying to conceal the fact of their relationship. His wife, Maryam, however, became greatly devoted to Baha’u’llah.
  • Mirza Ibrahim -- a half-brother. He died in his father's lifetime.
  • Fatimih Sultan Khanum -- a half-sister. She also chose later to follow Mirza Yahya.
  • Mirza Yahya -- a half-brother
  • Husniyyih Khanum -- a half-sister
  • Mirza Muhammad-Quli -- a half-brother. He was greatly devoted to Baha’u’llah. 
(Adapted from ‘Baha’u’llah the King of Glory’, by H.M. Balyuzi)