The noble families of the Nur district, including Baha’u’llah’s family,
had for generations provided the kings of Iran with well-educated government
officials: civil servants who would collect taxes, keep accounts, pay the army
and generally administer the government. Bahalu’llah’s father, Mirza Buzurg
Nuri, rose in the ranks of these civil servants to become the minister to a
royal prince who was the commander of the royal guards. He was later a vizier
(minister), an official responsible for the collection of taxes, in a province.
He was given the village of Takur in the Nur region in lieu of salary and he
built a fine mansion there by the side of the Nur river as a family home. …
Baha’u’llah’s father was also renowned as a calligrapher. Indeed, his real name
was ‘Abbas and he had been given the designation Buzurg (meaning “great”) by
the king because of his calligraphic prowess. Read
more…
- Moojan Momen ('Baha’u’llah: A
Short Biography')
