The Bahai Faith As Mirrored By Documents

The Empire of the Tsar Russia which did not consider it difficult to fight the Iranian nation and annex its territory to its vast realm, found out during its two long wars against Iran that Shiite Muslims are an obstacle in the way of domination of colonialism over Iran. During the two wars the Shiite leadership and theologians issued Jihad (holy war) orders in firm support for the independence and territorial integrity of Iran, thus provoking resistance enthusiasm in the Iranian nation against the hegemonic foreigner. Therefore, the Russians came to understand that the Iranian Muslim nation had followed the Shiite leadership as the representative of Imam Asr (the twelfth Imam of the Prophet Mohammad's Household), therefore they tried to create sects, sow discord in the integrated ranks of the nations and dry the roots of the belief in the vitalizing principle of "Mahdaviat" and hope in the future and expectation of a savior in the nation so that they could proceed with their vicious intentions better and easier, a sinister policy which Britain, the Russia's rival, too adopted because of its hostility against Islam and Shiites. Therefore, the core of the Bahai sect was formed and founder of the creed (Husayn Ali Baha) was saved from prison and execution by the Iranian government

Husayn Ali Baha ( Bahaollah )

under the official support of the Russian ambassador in Iran and left the country under the protection of the servants of the embassy.

Map showing route of Bahaollah's exile

After the collapse of the Tsar Empire and coming to power of Bolshevists in Russia, this country cut its support for the misled sect and the Old Colonialist (Britain) brought them under its wing and in recognition of the services of Abdolbaha, the then leader of Bahais , and his relatives to the British Empire in Iraq and Palestine decorated him with the title of Sir and conferred a knighthood on him. During the Pahlavi rule in Iran too, the most extensive cooperation and interaction existed between the despotic regime and the Bahai organization. These rascal ties and efforts could not be hidden from the watchful eyes of the leader of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini , who in different junctures disclosed the hidden conspiracies and the joint plots of Israel, America and other hegemonic centers in Iran.

Abdolbaha as a young man