Dayyán

Not to be confused with Dayan.

Mirza Asadullah-i-Khuy (Arabic: مرزا أسد الله‎), often referred to as Dayyán, was a Babi follower, a religion founded by the Báb in Persia in the mid 1850s. The Báb wrote numerous tablets of praise to Dayyán recognising his devotion to the new religion. In the days before his execution, the Báb asked that Dayyán be the custodian of his work, keeping his writings safe.

Among one of the Bábí teachings, was the appearance of a messianic figure, termed He whom God shall make manifest. After the Báb's death, Dayyán was the third person to recognize "He whom God shall make manifest", in the person of Bahá'u'lláh. Dayyán was murdered for refuting the claims of successor-ship made by Mirza Yahya.

Miller, an American missionary to Persia, wrote that he believed that Mirza Yahya was behind the murder, and pointed to Mirza Muhammad of Mazanderan as having actually killing Dayyán, probably by drowning him in the Tigris.

The Báb gave Mírza Asadu'lláh the surname "Dayyán ('One Who Rewards', or 'Judge')".^[1] The Báb predicted Dayyán would be the third person to believe in Bahá'u'lláh. When Bahá'u'lláh was in Kurdistan, Dayyán wrote to and received responses from Mírza Yahyá that he considered inadequate and devoid of spiritual knowledge. Bahá'u'lláh wrote in the Kitáb-i-Badí that after reading prayers by Dayyán which showed a loyalty to God's Messengers and emphasized humility and servitude, Mírza Yahyá became very jealous and "determined to harm him".^[2] Tensions were further raised when Dayyán wrote a letter refuting Mírza Yahyá's claim to be the Báb's successor even quoting the Báb to make his point. Mírza Yahyá responded by writing a book Mustayqiz (Sleeper Awakened) which reprimanded Dayyán, called him the 'Father of Calamities', and called on Bábís to kill him.^[3] At the same time Mírza Yahyá was writing this book, he dispatched Mírza Muhammad-i-Mázindarání to Azerbaijan "with explicit orders to kill Dayyán".^[4]

References

1. ^ The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdád 1853-63, Adib Taherzadeh, Oxford,: George Ronald, 1974, p. 249
2. ^ The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdád 1853-63, Adib Taherzadeh, Oxford,: George Ronald, 1974, p. 250
3. ^ The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdád 1853-63, Adib Taherzadeh, Oxford,: George Ronald, 1974,
4. ^ The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, Volume 1: Baghdád 1853-63, Adib Taherzadeh, Oxford,: George Ronald, 1974,

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