The Bab's Execution

The Bab was executed by firing squad on July 9th 1850 in Tabriz, Persia. He would have been only 30 years old when this happened. Many reports that the first round of shots didn't kill the Bab, a second round being required. This many Babies and Baha'i see as a kind of miracle and a confirmation of his true identity. The following periods saw an increasing amount of unrest. There were many different conflicts, violent conflicts in which people from both sides,. both Babies and anti-Babies were killed in these conflicts.