the Gate

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The Gate is a title of the Báb, the 19th-century Persian religious figure who founded Bábism and prepared the way for the Bahá'í Faith.

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the Gate canonical 2

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf religious title
associatedWithCentury 19th century
associatedWithRegion Iran
Persia
associatedWithReligion Baháʼí Faith
linked to: Baha'i Faith

Bábism
linked to: Bábí movement
connectedToConcept fulfillment of Shia prophecies
progressive revelation
connectedToEvent Bábí persecutions in 19th-century Persia
contrastedWith Baháʼu'lláh as the one announced
hasAttribute charismatic religious authority
eschatological significance
hasNameInArabic al-Báb
linked to: the Báb
hasNameInPersian Báb
historicalPeriod Qajar era in Persia
linked to: Qajar Iran
honorificCategory Islamic religious title
title in Iranian religious history
honorificFor Sayyid ʻAlí Muḥammad Shírází
languageOfOrigin Arabic
linkedToMovement Bábí movement
early Baháʼí movement
meaning the Gate
preparesWayFor Baháʼu'lláh
linked to: Bahá'u'lláh

Baháʼí Faith
linked to: Baha'i Faith
recognizedAs Manifestation of God in Baháʼí theology
Manifestation of God in Bábí theology
refersTo the Báb
relatedConcept Mahdi in Shia Islam
linked to: Mahdi

Qáʼim in Shia Islam
roleInBabism central figure
roleInBahaiFaith herald of Baháʼu'lláh
spiritualStatus founder of independent religion
prophet
theologicalFunction messianic figure in Shia context
spiritual gate between God and humanity
titleOf forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh
founder of Bábism
titleType messianic title
prophetic title
usedBy followers of the Báb
usedIn Baháʼí writings
Bábí scriptures
veneratedBy Baháʼís
Bábís

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the Báb alsoKnownAs the Gate
the Gate meaning the Gate