Birth of Baha'u'llah
Bahais commemorate the birth of Baha'u'llah, the Prophet-Founder of the Bahai Faith. In 1817, Baha'u'llah was born in Tehran, Persia (Iran), Birth of Baha'u'llah [Mirza Husayn-Ali] in Tihran, to one of the wealthiest families in Persia. Baha'u'llah, never having attended school, is taught calligraphy, riding, classical poetry and a good reading knowledge of the Qur'an which was customary for a nobleman's son at that time