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list in the Zuhuru'l-Haqq reflects the text of the unpublished history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

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