"His life is one of the most magnificent examples of courage which it has been the privilege of mankind to behold..." The object of this tribute by the prominent French writer A.L.M. Nicolas was the nineteenth century prophetic figure known to history as the Báb. Millenial fervor gripped many peoples throughout the world during the first half of the nineteenth century; while Christians expected the return of Christ, a wave of expectation swept through Islam that the "Lord of the Age" would appear. Both Christians and Muslims envisioned that, with fulfillment of the prophecies in their scriptures, a new spiritual age was about to begin. In Persia, this messianic ferment reached a dramatic climax on May 23, 1844, when a young merchant--the Báb--announced that He was the Bearer of a long- promised Divine Revelation destined to transform the spiritual life of the human race. "O peoples of the earth," the Báb declared, "Give ear unto God's holy Voice...Verily the resplendent Light of God hath appeared in your midst, invested with this unerring Book, that ye may be guided aright to the ways of peace..." Against a backdrop of widescale moral breakdown in Persian society, the Báb's declaration that spiritual renewal and social advancement rested on "love and compassion" rather "than force and coercion," aroused hope and excitement among all classes, and He quickly attracted thousands of followers. read more: http://info.bahai.org/the-bab-forerunner.html http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0089/156027797_AGviE-Ti.jpg http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/gallery/2900232_mVUG4/ 2007-05-24T13:18:22Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />Anisa and I.</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027797_AGviE" title="Anisa and I."><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0089/156027797_AGviE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Anisa and I." title="Anisa and I." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T02:48:25Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0089/156027797_AGviE-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:18:24 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027807_SWi5B" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0091/156027807_SWi5B-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:28:44Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0091/156027807_SWi5B-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:19:44 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />The family.</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027818_cGmD3" title="The family."><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0092/156027818_cGmD3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The family." title="The family." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T02:48:32Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0092/156027818_cGmD3-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:20:07 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027864_4V9N8" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0093/156027864_4V9N8-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:39:20Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0093/156027864_4V9N8-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:24:25 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027874_65kat" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0094/156027874_65kat-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:36:57Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0094/156027874_65kat-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:24:33 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027883_DspiT" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0096/156027883_DspiT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:27:57Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0096/156027883_DspiT-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:24:42 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027896_dpeMM" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0097/156027896_dpeMM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:36:24Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0097/156027896_dpeMM-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:43:16 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />These two are great!</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027908_bACKJ" title="These two are great!"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0098/156027908_bACKJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="These two are great!" title="These two are great!" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T02:47:01Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0098/156027908_bACKJ-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:43:23 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027925_iAPJ7" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0100/156027925_iAPJ7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:30:44Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0100/156027925_iAPJ7-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:53:22 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027687_V9zUw" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0101/156027687_V9zUw-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:34:27Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0101/156027687_V9zUw-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 20:53:32 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />Vaf was a few seconds slow with the ears.</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027698_UznDJ" title="Vaf was a few seconds slow with the ears."><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0102/156027698_UznDJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Vaf was a few seconds slow with the ears." title="Vaf was a few seconds slow with the ears." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T02:47:18Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0102/156027698_UznDJ-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 21:06:02 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />Shayda and Kion.</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027713_Ddnek" title="Shayda and Kion."><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0103/156027713_Ddnek-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Shayda and Kion." title="Shayda and Kion." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T02:45:59Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0103/156027713_Ddnek-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 22:08:31 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />Shidan, always listening to sagacious counsel :)</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027721_bBq5J" title="Shidan, always listening to sagacious counsel :)"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0104/156027721_bBq5J-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Shidan, always listening to sagacious counsel :)" title="Shidan, always listening to sagacious counsel :)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:25:53Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0104/156027721_bBq5J-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 22:09:22 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />The Rohani/Stephens family.</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027733_TPjQE" title="The Rohani/Stephens family."><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0106/156027733_TPjQE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The Rohani/Stephens family." title="The Rohani/Stephens family." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:31:26Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0106/156027733_TPjQE-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 22:09:49 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027742_rgsr4" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0107/156027742_rgsr4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T02:48:53Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0107/156027742_rgsr4-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 22:20:13 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />Proud to display her new G1. If you look closely... :)</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027783_pKedE" title="Proud to display her new G1. If you look closely... :)"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0108ps/156027783_pKedE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Proud to display her new G1. If you look closely... :)" title="Proud to display her new G1. If you look closely... :)" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-12T02:45:58Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0108ps/156027783_pKedE-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 22:20:16 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />Aya, aka Unc, aka Hunk.</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027751_RYiPc" title="Aya, aka Unc, aka Hunk."><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0110/156027751_RYiPc-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Aya, aka Unc, aka Hunk." title="Aya, aka Unc, aka Hunk." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:36:32Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0110/156027751_RYiPc-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 22:24:20 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a> </p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027763_o5r29" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo"><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0112/156027763_o5r29-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" title="Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)'s photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:28:21Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0112/156027763_o5r29-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 22:26:52 <p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com">Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest)</a><br />It was a great celebration and afterward, per custom, the youth all hung out late into the night. See you all there next year! For more pictures from this event be sure to see Louis's pic ...</p><p><a href="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/2900232_mVUG4#156027768_4mAK9" title="It was a great celebration and afterward, per custom, the youth all hung out late into the night. See you all there next year! For more pictures from this event be sure to see Louis's pic ..."><img src="http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0113/156027768_4mAK9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="It was a great celebration and afterward, per custom, the youth all hung out late into the night. See you all there next year! For more pictures from this event be sure to see Louis's pic ..." title="It was a great celebration and afterward, per custom, the youth all hung out late into the night. See you all there next year! For more pictures from this event be sure to see Louis's pic ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-26T09:35:32Z Martin Braithwaite (martinsquest) http://martinsquest.smugmug.com http://martinsquest.smugmug.com/Other/2007-05-23-Declaration-of-the/DSCF0113/156027768_4mAK9-Th.jpg 2007-05-22 22:29:40