Though its founder was born earlier, a movement in this century challenged clerical authority by claiming that a “Perfect Shī‘a” could commune with the Hidden Imam in the realm of hūrqalyā (“HOOR-kal-yah”). As recounted by Nabīl Zarandī (“nah-BEEL zuh-RAN-dee”), many members of that Shaykhī (“shaky”) movement from this century joined another movement whose key members included a female poet known as Táhirih (“TAH-hee-ruh”). In this century, the Ṣubḥ-i-Azal (“SOOB-hee-uh-ZAWL”) rejected a self-proclaimed successor to that movement’s founder, a merchant who declared the abrogation of prior religious law in the Bayán (“buh-YAHN”) and called his closest followers the “Letters of the Living.” During this century, the fulfillment of that man’s prophecies was declared in the Garden of Ridván. For 10 points, in what century did a follower of the Báb declare himself “He Whom God Shall Make Manifest” to found the Bahá’í (“bah-HAH-ee”) faith? ■END■
ANSWER: 19th century [or 19th century CE or 19th century AD; or 1800s; accept 1st Badí’ century or 1st Bábí century or 1st Bahá’í century until “Bahá’í” is read; accept 13th hijrī century or 1200s hijrī] (Nabīl Zarandī or “Nabíl-i A‘ẓam” wrote The Dawn-Breakers.)
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