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| Bahaullah |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ba·ha·ul·lah |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bä-hä  -lä |
| DATES: | 1817–1892 |
| VARIANTS: | Originally Mirza Huseyn Ali. |
| Persian religious leader who was a follower of the Bab and founded the Baha'i religion (1863). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Arabic bah ’u llh, splendor of God : bah’, splendor (from bah, to become empty, become beautiful; see bhw in Appendix II) + allh, God; see Allah.
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