Introduction

Bobism is most often talked about as a kind of precursor to the Baha'i faith. When the Bob died in 1850 he said to have appointed the young Mirza Yachir Nuhri as the person who would lead the Bobbies going forward. However his older brother a man by the name of Mirza Hussein Ali Nuhri would increasingly play the role of main administrator and organizer of the faith. He was given the Bobbie name Baha which means glory but would later become known as Baha'u'llah which means the glory of God. In any case the Bobbies suffered a devastating blow with the death of the Bob, their prophet and the movement basically fell