# Martyrs of the Second Revolt at Nayriz

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> 
> Martyrs of the Second Revolt at Nayriz
> 
> Ahang Rabbani, compiler
> 
> 1999
> 
> Introduction
> 
> In the Spring-Summer of 1852, the Babis of Nayriz launched a second organized
> and massive revolt against the combined forces of national and provincial
> military. In the process, however, many hundreds of them perished in the
> battles fought with the army, tribal and irregular forces arrayed to suppress
> their uprising or died in the general massacre of the Babi men at conclusion of
> the war.
> 
> The following list of the Babi martyrs during the course of this revolt was
> assembled from the eyewitness narrative of Mulla Muhammad Shafi'
> ("Shafi"), Fadil Mazandarani's Tarikh Zuhuru'l-Haqq[1] ("ZH4"), and Muhammad Shaif'-Ruhani's
> Lam'atu'l-Anvar[2] ("LA2"). As
> elaborated in my forthcoming book on this subject, with near certainty, the
> list in the Zuhuru'l-Haqq reflects the text of the unpublished history
> of Nabil Zarandi. Also, from the specifics information (and errors) in the
> text, it is clear that the Lam'atu'l-Anvar was relying exclusively on
> the information provided by Zuhuru'l-Haqq vol 4 and not on the narrative
> of Mulla Shafi'.
> 
> To facilitate future research, the sequence number in each source is provided
> against each name, (e.g., "'Abdu'llah, son of 'Ali" is the 101th name in the
> narrative of Mulla Shafi', and 109th name in Zuhuru'l-Haqq and
> Lam'atu'l-Anvar). [- Ahang Rabbani]
> 
> Shafi
> 
> ZH4
> 
> LA2
> 
> Martyr
> 
> 101
> 
> 109
> 
> 109
> 
> 'Abdu'llah,
> son of 'Ali
> 
> 134
> 
> 114
> 
> 114
> 
> 'Abdu'llah,
> son of 'Askar
> 
> 71
> 
> 105
> 
> 105
> 
> 'Abdu'llah,
> son of Karbala'i Akbar
> 
> 120
> 
> 113
> 
> 113
> 
> 'Abdu'llah,
> son of Mulla[3]
> Muhammad
> 
> 92
> 
> 108
> 
> 108
> 
> 'Abid,
> son of Mashhadi Muhsin
> 
> 40
> 
> 103
> 
> 103
> 
> 'Abid,
> son of Mulla Barkhurdar
> 
> 31
> 
> 102
> 
> 102
> 
> 'Abid
> Yar-kash[4]
> 
> 125
> 
> 112
> 
> 112
> 
> 'Abidin[5]
> 
> 108
> 
> 111
> 
> 111
> 
> 'Ali
> 
> 60
> 
> 146
> 
> 146
> 
> 'Ali,
> son of Karbila'i Baqir
> 
> 107
> 
> 110
> 
> 110
> 
> 'Ali,
> son of Mashhadi[6]
> Ahmad
> 
> 151
> 
> 161
> 
> 18
> 
> 'Ali,
> son of Mulla Qasim 'Ashura
> 
> 146
> 
> 115
> 
> 115
> 
> 'Ali-Murad[7]
> 
> 74
> 
> 106
> 
> 106
> 
> 'Askar,
> son of 'Ali
> 
> 156
> 
> 116
> 
> 116
> 
> 'Askar,
> son of 'Ali Mulla Abu'l-Qasim
> 
> 56
> 
> 140
> 
> 140
> 
> 'Askar,
> son of Haji ibn Karbala'i Baqir[8]
> 
> 135
> 
> 13
> 
> 13
> 
> Abu-Talib
> 
> 34
> 
> 4
> 
> 4
> 
> Abu-Talib,
> son of Mir Ahmad
> 
> 133
> 
> 12
> 
> 12
> 
> Abu-Talib,
> son of Mulla Zaynu'l-'Abidin
> 
> 46
> 
> 5
> 
> 5
> 
> Ahmad
> Haji Abu'l-Qasim
> 
> 102
> 
> 10
> 
> 10
> 
> Akbar,
> son of 'Abdu'llah (son of 'Ali)
> 
> 88
> 
> 7
> 
> 7
> 
> Akbar
> Muhammad-Qasim
> 
> 116
> 
> 11
> 
> 11
> 
> Akbar
> Muhammad-Shah
> 
> 91
> 
> 9
> 
> 9
> 
> Akhund
> Mulla 'Isa
> 
> 25
> 
> 1
> 
> 1
> 
> Akhund
> Mulla Ahmad, son of Mulla Muhsin
> 
> 26
> 
> 2
> 
> 2
> 
> Akhund
> Mulla 'Ali Katib, son of Mulla 'Abdu'llah
> 
> 67
> 
> 6
> 
> 6
> 
> Aqa
> Shaykh Muhammad
> 
> 29
> 
> 3
> 
> 3
> 
> Asadu'llah,
> son of Mirza 'Ali
> 
> 45
> 
> 138
> 
> 138
> 
> Asadu'llah,
> son of Mirza Mihdi
> 
> 33
> 
> 92
> 
> 90
> 
> Baqir,
> son of Mir Ahmad
> 
> 93
> 
> 118
> 
> 118
> 
> Ghulam-Rida
> Yazdi
> 
> 69
> 
> 101
> 
> 101
> 
> Hadi,
> son of Khayri[9]
> 
> 103
> 
> 82
> 
> 81
> 
> Haji
> Muhammad, son of Mulla 'Ashura
> 
> 104
> 
> 83
> 
> 82
> 
> Haji
> Naqi
> 
> 66
> 
> 91
> 
> 91
> 
> Haji
> Shaykh 'Abdu'l-'Ali[10]
> 
> 55
> 
> 145
> 
> 145
> 
> Haji,
> son of Karbala'i Baqir
> 
> 165
> 
> Haji,
> son of Karbala'i Baqir
> 
> 145
> 
> 79
> 
> 78
> 
> Hasan,
> son of Haydar Mulk
> 
> 62
> 
> 90
> 
> 89
> 
> Hasan,
> son of Mashhadi[11]
> Muhammad
> 
> 49
> 
> 88
> 
> 87
> 
> Hasan,
> son of Mirza
> 
> 150
> 
> 77
> 
> 157
> 
> Hasan,
> son of Mulla Qasim 'Ashura[12]
> 
> 38
> 
> 86
> 
> 85
> 
> Hasan[13],
> son of Mulla Yaqub
> 
> 152
> 
> 75
> 
> 75
> 
> Hasan-'Ali[14],
> son of Nuri
> 
> 155
> 
> 74
> 
> 74
> 
> Hasan
> Mashhadi Safr
> 
> 109
> 
> 43
> 
> 43
> 
> Husayn[15]
> 
> 149
> 
> 78
> 
> 77
> 
> Husayn,
> brother of Karbala'i Rida
> 
> 68
> 
> 136
> 
> 136
> 
> Husayn,
> son of Aqa Shaykh Muhammad
> 
> 70
> 
> 80
> 
> 79
> 
> Husayn,
> son of Mashhadi Isma'il
> 
> 84
> 
> 83
> 
> Husayn,
> son of Qasim-Sifr
> 
> 48
> 
> 87
> 
> 86
> 
> Husayn,
> son of Rajab
> 
> 113
> 
> 85
> 
> 84
> 
> Husayn,
> son of Ustad Ahmad
> 
> 157
> 
> 73
> 
> 73
> 
> Husayn,
> son of Ustad 'Ali
> 
> 78
> 
> 81
> 
> 80
> 
> Husayn,
> son of Zaman
> 
> 59
> 
> 89
> 
> 88
> 
> Husayn-'Ali[16],
> son of Mirza Aqa 'Ali
> 
> 83
> 
> 125
> 
> 125
> 
> Karam,
> son of Ustad[17]
> 'Askar
> 
> 105
> 
> 104
> 
> 104
> 
> Karbala'i
> 'Askar Birq-Dar
> 
> 20
> 
> 129
> 
> 129
> 
> Karbala'i
> Baqir
> 
> 122
> 
> 128
> 
> 128
> 
> Karbala'i
> Baqir[18],
> son of Ustad Taqi
> 
> 143
> 
> 123
> 
> 123
> 
> Karbala'i
> Hadi
> 
> 84
> 
> 126
> 
> 126
> 
> Karbala'i
> Hasan, son of Mashhadi Sifr
> 
> 50
> 
> 132
> 
> 132
> 
> Karbala'i
> Husayn, son of Haji
> 
> 51
> 
> 133
> 
> 133
> 
> Karbala'i
> Isma'il, son of Mashhadi 'Abidin[19]
> 
> 43
> 
> 130
> 
> 130
> 
> Karbala'i
> Muhammad
> 
> 141
> 
> 124
> 
> 124
> 
> Karbala'i
> Muhammad-Ja'far,
> son-in-law of Haji Muhammad-Taqi Ayyub
> 
> 119
> 
> 127
> 
> 127
> 
> Karbala'i
> Qurban Sha'ban[20],
> son of `Abidin
> 
> 148
> 
> 122
> 
> 122
> 
> Karbala'i
> Sadiq, son of Mashhadi Rajab[21]
> 
> 44
> 
> 131
> 
> 131
> 
> Karbala'i
> Shamu'd-Din[22]
> 
> 2
> 
> 134
> 
> 134
> 
> Karbala'i
> Yusuf Najjar
> 
> 130
> 
> 160
> 
> 156
> 
> Karim,
> son of 'Ali
> 
> 64
> 
> 135
> 
> 135
> 
> Kazim,
> son of Muhib-'Ali[23]
> 
> 82
> 
> 100
> 
> 100
> 
> Khajih
> 'Ali
> 
> 73
> 
> 98
> 
> 98
> 
> Khajih
> Burhan
> 
> 81
> 
> 99
> 
> 99
> 
> Khajih
> Isma'il
> 
> 4
> 
> 97
> 
> 96
> 
> Khajih
> Zaynu'l-'Abidin
> 
> 94
> 
> 151
> 
> 150
> 
> Khajih,
> son of Ustad Nabi
> 
> 42
> 
> 137
> 
> 137
> 
> Lutfu'llah
> Shumal
> 
> 32
> 
> 32
> 
> 32
> 
> Malik,
> son of Mulla `Ali
> 
> 19
> 
> 25
> 
> 25
> 
> Mashhadi
> 'Ali, son of Najaf
> 
> 61
> 
> 40
> 
> 40
> 
> Mashhadi
> 'Ali, son of Sulayman
> 
> 7
> 
> 15
> 
> 15
> 
> Mashhadi
> 'Askar, son of Mashhadi Baqir
> 
> 6
> 
> 14
> 
> 14
> 
> Mashhadi
> Baqir Sabbagh
> 
> 15
> 
> 23
> 
> 23
> 
> Mashhadi
> Mir Muhammad[24]
> 
> 136
> 
> 64
> 
> 64
> 
> Mashhadi
> Mirza Husayn, surnamed Qutb
> 
> 132
> 
> 63
> 
> 63
> 
> Mashhadi
> Muhammad-'Ali, son of[25]
> Naw-Ruz
> 
> 22
> 
> 27
> 
> 27
> 
> Mashhadi
> Taqi Baqqal, son of `Abid
> 
> 77
> 
> 46
> 
> 46
> 
> Mir
> Akbar
> 
> 76
> 
> 45
> 
> 45
> 
> Mir
> Husayn
> 
> 138
> 
> 38
> 
> 38
> 
> Mirza
> Ahmad
> 
> 53
> 
> 28
> 
> 28
> 
> Mirza
> Ahmad[26],
> son of Mulla Sadiq
> 
> 23
> 
> 66
> 
> 66
> 
> Mirza
> Ahmad[27],
> uncle of `Aliy-i Sardar
> 
> 28
> 
> 30
> 
> 30
> 
> Mirza
> 'Ali, son of Mulla Sadiq
> 
> 117
> 
> 117
> 
> Mirza
> Ali Sardar
> 
> 52
> 
> 37
> 
> 37
> 
> Mirza
> Baba
> 
> 36
> 
> 34
> 
> 34
> 
> Mirza
> Hasan, son of Yikkih
> 
> 137
> 
> 65
> 
> 65
> 
> Mirza
> Husayn, son of Mirza Musa
> 
> 144
> 
> 70
> 
> Mirza
> Mihdi
> 
> 128
> 
> 62
> 
> 61
> 
> Mirza
> Muhammad-Husayn[28],
> son of Mirza Taqi
> 
> 140
> 
> 68
> 
> 68
> 
> Mirza
> Muhsin, son of Aqa Mirza Nasru'llah
> 
> 72
> 
> 71
> 
> Mirza
> Mulla Qasim, son of 'Ashura
> 
> 30
> 
> 31
> 
> 31
> 
> Mirza
> Yusuf, son of Mirza Akbar
> 
> 139
> 
> 67
> 
> 67
> 
> Mirza
> Zaynu'l-'Abdidin,
> nephew of Mashhadi Mirza Husayn
> 
> 153
> 
> 76
> 
> 76
> 
> mother
> of Hasan-'Ali Nuri
> 
> 24
> 
> 44
> 
> Muhammad
> Sadiq, uncle of `Ali Sardar
> 
> 35
> 
> 33
> 
> 33
> 
> Muhammad,
> known as Yikkih
> 
> 27
> 
> 29
> 
> 29
> 
> Muhammad,
> son of 'Abdu'l-Karim
> 
> 79
> 
> 47
> 
> 47
> 
> Muhammad,
> son of Akbar Farkhi
> 
> 112
> 
> 55
> 
> 55
> 
> Muhammad,
> son of Baqir
> 
> 115
> 
> 56
> 
> 56
> 
> Muhammad,
> son of Karbala'i Taqi
> 
> 85
> 
> 49
> 
> 49
> 
> Muhammad,
> son of Mulla 'Ali
> 
> 47
> 
> 36
> 
> 36
> 
> Muhammad,
> son of Mulla Musa
> 
> 95
> 
> 52
> 
> 52
> 
> Muhammad,
> son of Rida
> 
> 57
> 
> 39
> 
> 39
> 
> Muhammad-'Ali
> 
> 123
> 
> 60
> 
> 60
> 
> Muhammad-'Ali
> 
> 87
> 
> 50
> 
> 50
> 
> Muhammad-'Ali
> Naw-Ruz
> 
> 90
> 
> 51
> 
> 51
> 
> Muhammad-'Ali
> Haji 'Ali-Shah
> 
> 121
> 
> 59
> 
> 59
> 
> Muhammad-'Ali
> Mir-shikar, son of Mulla 'Ashura
> 
> 117
> 
> 57
> 
> 57
> 
> Muhammad
> Karbala'i Mahmud
> 
> 14
> 
> 22
> 
> 22
> 
> Muhammad
> Kuchak, son of Mashhadi Rajab
> 
> 72
> 
> 44
> 
> Muhammad-Sadiq
> Husayn[29]
> 
> 63
> 
> 41
> 
> 41
> 
> Muhib-'Ali
> 
> 127
> 
> 61
> 
> Mulla
> 'Abidin
> 
> 13
> 
> 21
> 
> 21
> 
> Mulla
> Ahmad, son of Akhund Mulla Musa
> 
> 142
> 
> 69
> 
> 69
> 
> Mulla
> Akbar, brother of Karbala'i Ja'far
> 
> 10
> 
> 18
> 
> 19
> 
> Mulla
> 'Ali, son of Akhund Mulla Musa
> 
> 96
> 
> 50
> 
> 53
> 
> Mulla
> 'Ali-Muhammad, son of Mulla Aqa Baba[30]
> 
> 9
> 
> 17
> 
> 17
> 
> Mulla
> 'Ali-Naqi[31],
> 
> son of Akhund Mulla 'Abdu'l-Husayn
> 
> 41
> 
> 139
> 
> 139
> 
> Mulla
> Barkhurdar, son of Mulla Husayn
> 
> 16
> 
> 24
> 
> 24
> 
> Mulla
> Darvish
> 
> 65
> 
> 42
> 
> 42
> 
> Mulla
> Haji Muhammad
> 
> 11
> 
> 19
> 
> 20
> 
> Mulla
> Hasan, son of Akhund Mulla Musa
> 
> 118
> 
> 58
> 
> 58
> 
> Mulla
> Husayn, son of 'Abdu'llah
> 
> 39
> 
> 35
> 
> 35
> 
> Mulla
> Husayn, son of Mulla Barkhurdar
> 
> 26
> 
> Mulla
> Muhammad, son of Karbala'i
> 
> 8
> 
> 16
> 
> Mulla
> Muhammad-Taqi, son of Mulla 'Abdu'l-Husayn
> 
> 21
> 
> 26
> 
> 16
> 
> Mulla
> Muhammad-Taqi[32],
> son of Karbala'i Baqir
> 
> 12
> 
> 20
> 
> Mulla
> Mu'min, son of Akhund Mulla Musa
> 
> 80
> 
> 48
> 
> 48
> 
> Mulla
> Shah-'Ali
> 
> 111
> 
> 54
> 
> 54
> 
> Mu'min,
> son of Ustad Ahmad
> 
> 147
> 
> 71
> 
> 70
> 
> Murad-i
> Lurr
> 
> 129
> 
> 158
> 
> 154
> 
> Naqi[33],
> son of 'Ali
> 
> 106
> 
> 144
> 
> 144
> 
> Rahim,
> son of Ustad 'Ali-Naqi
> 
> 75
> 
> 155
> 
> 152
> 
> Sadiq
> 
> 124
> 
> Sadiq
> 
> 154
> 
> 121
> 
> 121
> 
> Safr,
> son of[34]
> Karbala'i Zaman
> 
> 114
> 
> 120
> 
> 120
> 
> Shamsu'd-Din,
> son of `Askar
> 
> 86
> 
> 107
> 
> 107
> 
> Sharif[35],
> son of Karbala'i Rajab
> 
> 158
> 
> Shaykh
> Hadi, son of Haji Shaykh 'Abdu'l-'Ali
> 
> 58
> 
> 141
> 
> 141
> 
> Shaykh
> Hasan
> 
> 159
> 
> Shaykh
> Muhammad, son of Haji Shaykh 'Abdu'l-'Ali
> 
> 98
> 
> 119
> 
> 119
> 
> Siyyid
> Hasan[36],
> son of Siyyid Nazar
> 
> 100
> 
> 143
> 
> 143
> 
> son
> of 'Ali Murad
> 
> 5
> 
> 166
> 
> 97
> 
> son
> of Khajih Ghani
> 
> 3
> 
> 147
> 
> 147
> 
> son
> of Mashhadi Muhammad
> 
> 37
> 
> 148
> 
> 148
> 
> son
> of Mirza Hasan
> 
> 99
> 
> 142
> 
> 142
> 
> son
> of Mulla 'Ali-Naqi
> 
> 131
> 
> 159
> 
> 155
> 
> son
> of Ustad Naqi
> 
> 126
> 
> 156-7
> 
> 153
> 
> sons
> of Karbila'i Isma'il Hammami
> 
> 54
> 
> 149-50
> 
> 149
> 
> sons
> of Khajih Hasan
> 
> 110
> 
> 154
> 
> 151
> 
> sons
> of Qasim-Sifr[37]
> 
> ]
> 94
> 
> 93
> 
> Taqi,
> son of 'Ali
> 
> 97
> 
> 93
> 
> 92
> 
> Taqi[38],
> son of Sifr
> 
> 89
> 
> 8
> 
> 8
> 
> Ustab
> Ja'far
> 
> 1
> 
> Zaynal,
> brother of Karim
> 
> 95
> 
> 94
> 
> Zaynu'l-'Abidin,
> son of Mulk
> 
> 17
> 
> 164
> 
> Zaynu'l-'Abidin,
> son of Mulla Muhammad
> 
> 18
> 
> 96
> 
> 95
> 
> Zaynu'l-'Abidin,
> son of Ustab Muhammad
> 
> Notes
> 
> [1] Tarikh Zuhuru'l-Haqq, 4:48-50,
> henceforth ZH4.
> 
> [2] Lam'atu'l-Anvar, 2:448-51, henceforth
> LA2.
> 
> [3] ZH4 missing Mulla
> 
> [4] ZH4 missing Yar-Kash
> 
> [5] ZH4 has added: Karbala'i Isma'il
> Hammami
> 
> [6] ZH4 missing Mashhadi
> 
> [7] brother of the slayer of Vahid
> Darabi
> 
> [8] ZH4 missing ibn Karbala'i
> Baqir
> 
> [9] martyred in Shiraz
> 
> [10] Vahid's father-in-law
> 
> [11] LA2 has Mulla in place of
> Mashhadi; ZH4 has neither
> 
> [12] ZH4 missing 'Ashura
> 
> [13] LA2 refers to him as
> Husayn
> 
> [14] LA2 has him as Husayn-'Ali
> 
> [15] ZH4 and LA2 have Mulla before his
> name
> 
> [16] ZH4 has Hasan in place of
> Husayn
> 
> [17] ZH4 missing Ustad
> 
> [18] ZH4 notes his slayer was
> Mir-Shikar Rajab
> 
> [19] ZH4 missing "son of Mashhadi
> 'Abidin"
> 
> [20] ZH4 refers to him as Karbala'i
> Qurban, son of Sha'ban
> 
> [21] ZH4 missing "son of Mashhadi
> Rajab"
> 
> [22] Martyred in Nayriz by Aqa Rida Aqa
> 'Ali-Naqi
> 
> [23] ZH4 and LA2 identify his father as
> Haji Muhammad
> 
> [24] ZH4 and LA2 have Ahmad in place of
> Muhammad
> 
> [25] ZH4 missing "son of"
> 
> [26] ZH4 identifies him as "uncle of
> 'Ali Sardar"
> 
> [27] ZH4 identifies him as "nephew of
> Qutb"
> 
> [28] ZH4 and LA2 have Mulla in place of
> Muhammad. He was martyred en route to Tihran.
> 
> [29] ZH4 missing Husayn
> 
> [30] ZH4 missing "son of Mulla Aqa
> Baba"
> 
> [31] LA1 suggest he was martyred during
> Nayriz-I upheaval
> 
> [32] ZH4 missing Taqi
> 
> [33] LA2 has read him Taqi
> 
> [34] ZH4 missing "son of"
> 
> [35] LA1 refers to him as
> Shari'at
> 
> [36] LA2 has Husayn in place of
> Hasan
> 
> [37] ZH4 has "son of Sifr"
> 
> [38] LA2 refers to him as Naqi
> 
> METADATA
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