Martyrs of the Second Revolt at Nayriz

Compiled by Ahang Rabbani.

Introduction

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unpublished history of Nabil Zarandi.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