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Siyyid Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad (میرزا علی‌محمد in Persian) (October 20, 1819 - July 9, 1850), was a merchant from Shiraz, Persia, who at the age of 25, claimed to be a new and independent Manifestation of God, and the promised Q?'im, or Mihdi. After his declaration he took on the title of the B?b (باب), meaning "Gate" in Arabic, and 6 years later was shot by a firing squad in Tabriz.

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His titles include, among others, the "Herald of the Faith" and the "Point of the Bayan".

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His claim was at first misunderstood, by some of the public at the time, to be merely a reference to the Gate of the Hidden Im?m of Muhammad, which he publicly disclaimed. He later boldly proclaimed himself, in the presence of the Heir to the Throne of Persia and other notables, to be the Promised One.

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Bah?'?s claim that the B?b was the forerunner of their own religion. Bah?'u'll?h, the Prophet-Founder of the Bah?'? Faith, was a follower of the B?b and claimed to be the fulfillment of His prophecy.

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