Heroes of the second Nayriz Revolt

Compiled by Ahang Rabbani


      In the Spring-Summer of 1852, the Babis of Nayriz launched a second organized and massive revolt against the combined forces of national and provincial military. In the process, however, many hundreds of them perished in the battles fought with the army, tribal and irregular forces arrayed to suppress their uprising or died in the general massacre of the Babi men at conclusion of the war.

      The following list of the Babi martyrs during the course of this revolt was assembled from the eyewitness narrative of Mulla Muhammad Shafi' ("Shafi"), Fadil Mazandarani's Tarikh Zuhuru'l-Haqq[1] ("ZH4"), and Muhammad Shaif'-Ruhani's Lam'atu'l-Anvar[2] ("LA2"). As elaborated in my forthcoming book on this subject, with near certainty, the list in the Zuhuru'l-Haqq reflects the text of the unpublished history of Nabil Zarandi. Also, from the specifics information (and errors) in the text, it is clear that the Lam'atu'l-Anvar was relying exclusively on the information provided by Zuhuru'l-Haqq vol 4 and not on the narrative of Mulla Shafi'.

      To facilitate future research, the sequence number in each source is provided against each name, (e.g., "'Abdu'llah, son of 'Ali" is the 101th name in the narrative of Mulla Shafi', and 109th name in Zuhuru'l-Haqq and Lam'atu'l-Anvar).


Shafi ZH4 LA2 Martyr
101 109 109 'Abdu'llah, son of 'Ali
134 114 114 'Abdu'llah, son of 'Askar
71 105 105 'Abdu'llah, son of Karbala'i Akbar
120 113 113 'Abdu'llah, son of Mulla[3] Muhammad
92 108 108 'Abid, son of Mashhadi Muhsin
40 103 103 'Abid, son of Mulla Barkhurdar
31 102 102 'Abid Yar-kash[4]
125 112 112 'Abidin[5]
108 111 111 'Ali
60 146 146 'Ali, son of Karbila'i Baqir
107 110 110 'Ali, son of Mashhadi[6] Ahmad
151 161 18 'Ali, son of Mulla Qasim 'Ashura
146 115 115 'Ali-Murad[7]
74 106 106 'Askar, son of 'Ali
156 116 116 'Askar, son of 'Ali Mulla Abu'l-Qasim
56 140 140 'Askar, son of Haji ibn Karbala'i Baqir[8]
135 13 13 Abu-Talib
34 4 4 Abu-Talib, son of Mir Ahmad
133 12 12 Abu-Talib, son of Mulla Zaynu'l-'Abidin
46 5 5 Ahmad Haji Abu'l-Qasim
102 10 10 Akbar, son of 'Abdu'llah (son of 'Ali)
88 7 7 Akbar Muhammad-Qasim
116 11 11 Akbar Muhammad-Shah
91 9 9 Akhund Mulla 'Isa
25 1 1 Akhund Mulla Ahmad, son of Mulla Muhsin
26 2 2 Akhund Mulla 'Ali Katib, son of Mulla 'Abdu'llah
67 6 6 Aqa Shaykh Muhammad
29 3 3 Asadu'llah, son of Mirza 'Ali
45 138 138 Asadu'llah, son of Mirza Mihdi
33 92 90 Baqir, son of Mir Ahmad
93 118 118 Ghulam-Rida Yazdi
69 101 101 Hadi, son of Khayri[9]
103 82 81 Haji Muhammad, son of Mulla 'Ashura
104 83 82 Haji Naqi
66 91 91 Haji Shaykh 'Abdu'l-'Ali[10]
55 145 145 Haji, son of Karbala'i Baqir

165
Haji, son of Karbala'i Baqir
145 79 78 Hasan, son of Haydar Mulk
62 90 89 Hasan, son of Mashhadi[11] Muhammad
49 88 87 Hasan, son of Mirza
150 77 157 Hasan, son of Mulla Qasim 'Ashura[12]
38 86 85 Hasan[13], son of Mulla Yaqub
152 75 75 Hasan-'Ali[14], son of Nuri
155 74 74 Hasan Mashhadi Safr
109 43 43 Husayn[15]
149 78 77 Husayn, brother of Karbala'i Rida
68 136 136 Husayn, son of Aqa Shaykh Muhammad
70 80 79 Husayn, son of Mashhadi Isma'il

84 83 Husayn, son of Qasim-Sifr
48 87 86 Husayn, son of Rajab
113 85 84 Husayn, son of Ustad Ahmad
157 73 73 Husayn, son of Ustad 'Ali
78 81 80 Husayn, son of Zaman
59 89 88 Husayn-'Ali[16], son of Mirza Aqa 'Ali
83 125 125 Karam, son of Ustad[17] 'Askar
105 104 104 Karbala'i 'Askar Birq-Dar
20 129 129 Karbala'i Baqir
122 128 128 Karbala'i Baqir[18], son of Ustad Taqi
143 123 123 Karbala'i Hadi
84 126 126 Karbala'i Hasan, son of Mashhadi Sifr
50 132 132 Karbala'i Husayn, son of Haji
51 133 133 Karbala'i Isma'il, son of Mashhadi 'Abidin[19]
43 130 130 Karbala'i Muhammad
141 124 124 Karbala'i Muhammad-Ja'far,
son-in-law of Haji Muhammad-Taqi Ayyub
119 127 127 Karbala'i Qurban Sha'ban[20], son of `Abidin
148 122 122 Karbala'i Sadiq, son of Mashhadi Rajab[21]
44 131 131 Karbala'i Shamu'd-Din[22]
2 134 134 Karbala'i Yusuf Najjar
130 160 156 Karim, son of 'Ali
64 135 135 Kazim, son of Muhib-'Ali[23]
82 100 100 Khajih 'Ali
73 98 98 Khajih Burhan
81 99 99 Khajih Isma'il
4 97 96 Khajih Zaynu'l-'Abidin
94 151 150 Khajih, son of Ustad Nabi
42 137 137 Lutfu'llah Shumal
32 32 32 Malik, son of Mulla `Ali
19 25 25 Mashhadi 'Ali, son of Najaf
61 40 40 Mashhadi 'Ali, son of Sulayman
7 15 15 Mashhadi 'Askar, son of Mashhadi Baqir
6 14 14 Mashhadi Baqir Sabbagh
15 23 23 Mashhadi Mir Muhammad[24]
136 64 64 Mashhadi Mirza Husayn, surnamed Qutb
132 63 63 Mashhadi Muhammad-'Ali, son of[25] Naw-Ruz
22 27 27 Mashhadi Taqi Baqqal, son of `Abid
77 46 46 Mir Akbar
76 45 45 Mir Husayn
138 38 38 Mirza Ahmad
53 28 28 Mirza Ahmad[26], son of Mulla Sadiq
23 66 66 Mirza Ahmad[27], uncle of `Aliy-i Sardar
28 30 30 Mirza 'Ali, son of Mulla Sadiq

117 117 Mirza Ali Sardar
52 37 37 Mirza Baba
36 34 34 Mirza Hasan, son of Yikkih
137 65 65 Mirza Husayn, son of Mirza Musa
144 70
Mirza Mihdi
128 62 61 Mirza Muhammad-Husayn[28], son of Mirza Taqi
140 68 68 Mirza Muhsin, son of Aqa Mirza Nasru'llah

72 71 Mirza Mulla Qasim, son of 'Ashura
30 31 31 Mirza Yusuf, son of Mirza Akbar
139 67 67 Mirza Zaynu'l-'Abdidin,
nephew of Mashhadi Mirza Husayn
153 76 76 mother of Hasan-'Ali Nuri
24
44 Muhammad Sadiq, uncle of `Ali Sardar
35 33 33 Muhammad, known as Yikkih
27 29 29 Muhammad, son of 'Abdu'l-Karim
79 47 47 Muhammad, son of Akbar Farkhi
112 55 55 Muhammad, son of Baqir
115 56 56 Muhammad, son of Karbala'i Taqi
85 49 49 Muhammad, son of Mulla 'Ali
47 36 36 Muhammad, son of Mulla Musa
95 52 52 Muhammad, son of Rida
57 39 39 Muhammad-'Ali
123 60 60 Muhammad-'Ali
87 50 50 Muhammad-'Ali Naw-Ruz
90 51 51 Muhammad-'Ali Haji 'Ali-Shah
121 59 59 Muhammad-'Ali Mir-shikar, son of Mulla 'Ashura
117 57 57 Muhammad Karbala'i Mahmud
14 22 22 Muhammad Kuchak, son of Mashhadi Rajab
72 44
Muhammad-Sadiq Husayn[29]
63 41 41 Muhib-'Ali
127 61
Mulla 'Abidin
13 21 21 Mulla Ahmad, son of Akhund Mulla Musa
142 69 69 Mulla Akbar, brother of Karbala'i Ja'far
10 18 19 Mulla 'Ali, son of Akhund Mulla Musa
96 50 53 Mulla 'Ali-Muhammad, son of Mulla Aqa Baba[30]
9 17 17 Mulla 'Ali-Naqi[31],
son of Akhund Mulla 'Abdu'l-Husayn
41 139 139 Mulla Barkhurdar, son of Mulla Husayn
16 24 24 Mulla Darvish
65 42 42 Mulla Haji Muhammad
11 19 20 Mulla Hasan, son of Akhund Mulla Musa
118 58 58 Mulla Husayn, son of 'Abdu'llah
39 35 35 Mulla Husayn, son of Mulla Barkhurdar


26 Mulla Muhammad, son of Karbala'i
8 16
Mulla Muhammad-Taqi, son of Mulla 'Abdu'l-Husayn
21 26 16 Mulla Muhammad-Taqi[32], son of Karbala'i Baqir
12 20
Mulla Mu'min, son of Akhund Mulla Musa
80 48 48 Mulla Shah-'Ali
111 54 54 Mu'min, son of Ustad Ahmad
147 71 70 Murad-i Lurr
129 158 154 Naqi[33], son of 'Ali
106 144 144 Rahim, son of Ustad 'Ali-Naqi
75 155 152 Sadiq
124

Sadiq
154 121 121 Safr, son of[34] Karbala'i Zaman
114 120 120 Shamsu'd-Din, son of `Askar
86 107 107 Sharif[35], son of Karbala'i Rajab


158 Shaykh Hadi, son of Haji Shaykh 'Abdu'l-'Ali
58 141 141 Shaykh Hasan


159 Shaykh Muhammad, son of Haji Shaykh 'Abdu'l-'Ali
98 119 119 Siyyid Hasan[36], son of Siyyid Nazar
100 143 143 son of 'Ali Murad
5 166 97 son of Khajih Ghani
3 147 147 son of Mashhadi Muhammad
37 148 148 son of Mirza Hasan
99 142 142 son of Mulla 'Ali-Naqi
131 159 155 son of Ustad Naqi
126 156-7 153 sons of Karbila'i Isma'il Hammami
54 149-50 149 sons of Khajih Hasan
110 154 151 sons of Qasim-Sifr[37]

] 94 93 Taqi, son of 'Ali
97 93 92 Taqi[38], son of Sifr
89 8 8 Ustab Ja'far
1

Zaynal, brother of Karim

95 94 Zaynu'l-'Abidin, son of Mulk
17 164
Zaynu'l-'Abidin, son of Mulla Muhammad
18 96 95 Zaynu'l-'Abidin, son of Ustab Muhammad

Notes

[1]    Tarikh Zuhuru'l-Haqq, 4:48-50, henceforth ZH4.
[2]    Lam'atu'l-Anvar, 2:448-51, henceforth LA2.
[3]    ZH4 missing Mulla
[4]    ZH4 missing Yar-Kash
[5]    ZH4 has added: Karbala'i Isma'il Hammami
[6]    ZH4 missing Mashhadi
[7]    brother of the slayer of Vahid Darabi
[8]    ZH4 missing ibn Karbala'i Baqir
[9]    martyred in Shiraz
[10]    Vahid's father-in-law
[11]    LA2 has Mulla in place of Mashhadi; ZH4 has neither
[12]    ZH4 missing 'Ashura
[13]    LA2 refers to him as Husayn
[14]    LA2 has him as Husayn-'Ali
[15]    ZH4 and LA2 have Mulla before his name
[16]    ZH4 has Hasan in place of Husayn
[17]    ZH4 missing Ustad
[18]    ZH4 notes his slayer was Mir-Shikar Rajab
[19]    ZH4 missing "son of Mashhadi 'Abidin"
[20]    ZH4 refers to him as Karbala'i Qurban, son of Sha'ban
[21]    ZH4 missing "son of Mashhadi Rajab"
[22]    Martyred in Nayriz by Aqa Rida Aqa 'Ali-Naqi
[23]    ZH4 and LA2 identify his father as Haji Muhammad
[24]    ZH4 and LA2 have Ahmad in place of Muhammad
[25]    ZH4 missing "son of"
[26]    ZH4 identifies him as "uncle of 'Ali Sardar"
[27]    ZH4 identifies him as "nephew of Qutb"
[28]    ZH4 and LA2 have Mulla in place of Muhammad. He was martyred en route to Tihran.
[29]    ZH4 missing Husayn
[30]    ZH4 missing "son of Mulla Aqa Baba"
[31]    LA1 suggest he was martyred during Nayriz-I upheaval
[32]    ZH4 missing Taqi
[33]    LA2 has read him Taqi
[34]    ZH4 missing "son of"
[35]    LA1 refers to him as Shari'at
[36]    LA2 has Husayn in place of Hasan
[37]    ZH4 has "son of Sifr"
[38]    LA2 refers to him as Naqi

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