Question
Prince Dmitri Dolgukurov appealed to Nasr al-Din Shah to have this person released from the infamous “Black Pit.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this man, who was imprisoned there after two of his followers attempted to assassinate Shah with birdshot. This man’s follower Mirza Yahya grew to dislike him as they wandered the Middle East while in exile.
ANSWER: Baháʼu'lláh (“bah-hah-OO-lah”) [or Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí]
[10e] This Russian author became enamored with Bahá’í after watching Isabella Grinevskaya’s play about the Bab. This author’s tracts on non-violent resistance were said to have inspired Mahatma Gandhi, who named a farming commune in South Africa after him.
ANSWER: Leo Tolstoy [or Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy; accept Tolstoy Farm]
[10m] In the 1920s, the Baha’i set up its first temple in this present-day country, though it would be destroyed in a catastrophic 1948 earthquake. The Karakum Canal irrigated huge swaths of cotton grown in this country.
ANSWER: Turkmenistan [or Turkmenia]
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