In what year did the Báb claim to be a messenger of God?
1863
1819
1850
1844
Answer
In 1844, a merchant named Siyyid Ali-Muhammad, from Shiraz in Persia, declared himself to be the messenger of God and the first of a series of divine manifestations. He adopted the title of the Báb ("The Gate") and claimed that he had been sent by God to prepare the way for the return of Jesus.
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