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Show 42 The majority of Babis became Baha'is and recognized Bahaullah the "Promised One". He ment. both in his native His followers, passed away in 1892 after his message attracted many; the Baha'i power and When the vast with its spirit of peace, new , Movement country and abroad, increased and religion has continued to grow in love, unity and colonialism, with the disagreement economic and revolution, (Pan-Islamic) majority of Babis became Baha'is, the Babi revolution <me and for all mankind. oneness was and to religious, political systems, changed concerned with This revolution of lead politics, to a a lesser degree, movement of It was at this time that came a to the forefront. by Sayyid Jamalud-Din Afghani, particulary England (Browne, 1910a:8). followers tried to unite the various sects of Islam and weapon imprison strength. Religious-Political the-social years of forty as use opponent an He and his this unity as a against colonialism and feudalism. He was an important factor in the Pan-Islamic Movement not Iran but in other Moslem countries. Egyptian' Movement with which example, "in 1882, the in 'Young Sayyid Jamalud-Din had identified himself, and which aimed primarily cratic power and checking foreign at For only limiting the Khedive's extravagance and auto intervention and control, culminated in the revolt of Arab Pasha, the bombardment of Alexandria, the battle of Tel-el-Kebir and the British occupation" (Cottam, 1964:138). |
