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Baha'i
Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi, the Bab was executed at noon by firing squads in July 1850 in the barracks square of Tabriz, Iran
"Sam Khan ordered his men to drive a nail into the pillar that lay between the door of the room that Siyyid Husayn occupied and the entrance to the adjoining one, and to make fast two ropes to that nail, from which the Bab and His companion were to be separately suspended.(1) Mirza Muhammad-'Ali begged Sam Khan to be placed in such a manner that his own body would shield that of the Bab.(2) He was eventually suspended in such a position that his head reposed on the breast of his Master. As soon as they were fastened, a regiment of soldiers ranged itself in three files, each of two hundred and fifty men, each of which was ordered to open fire in its turn until the whole detachment had discharged the volleys of its bullets.(3) The smoke of the firing of the seven hundred and fifty rifles was such as to turn the light of the noonday sun into darkness. There had crowded onto the roof of the barracks, as well as the tops of the adjoining houses, about ten thousand people, all of whom were witnesses to that sad and moving scene."
Read more at
http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/23.html
On Tuesday July 10th around noon Baha'is gather to commemorate the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Bab. Work is suspended as well as school attendance.
The following is also a summary of the Martyrdom of the Bab:
http://www.paintdrawer.co.uk/david/folders/spirituality/bahai/Martyrdom of the Bab.pdf
"Sam Khan ordered his men to drive a nail into the pillar that lay between the door of the room that Siyyid Husayn occupied and the entrance to the adjoining one, and to make fast two ropes to that nail, from which the Bab and His companion were to be separately suspended.(1) Mirza Muhammad-'Ali begged Sam Khan to be placed in such a manner that his own body would shield that of the Bab.(2) He was eventually suspended in such a position that his head reposed on the breast of his Master. As soon as they were fastened, a regiment of soldiers ranged itself in three files, each of two hundred and fifty men, each of which was ordered to open fire in its turn until the whole detachment had discharged the volleys of its bullets.(3) The smoke of the firing of the seven hundred and fifty rifles was such as to turn the light of the noonday sun into darkness. There had crowded onto the roof of the barracks, as well as the tops of the adjoining houses, about ten thousand people, all of whom were witnesses to that sad and moving scene."
Read more at
http://bahai-library.com/books/dawnbreakers/chapters/23.html
On Tuesday July 10th around noon Baha'is gather to commemorate the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Bab. Work is suspended as well as school attendance.
The following is also a summary of the Martyrdom of the Bab:
http://www.paintdrawer.co.uk/david/folders/spirituality/bahai/Martyrdom of the Bab.pdf