One of his disciples founded the Azali movement and eventually became a client of the British rulers of Cyprus, while after his 1850 execution, another of his disciples, Mirza Husayn, declared himself the returned twelfth Imam and adopted the name Bahaullah.
This man founded the "letters of the living" after delivering impromptu commentary on a Quranic passage about Joseph. His aspirations were encouraged by Mulla Husayn, a leading member of the Shaykis, and he wrote about his ideas in the Bayan. His followers held the Convention of Badasht while he was imprisoned at Chehriq, where one attempt to shoot this man only destroyed his bindings. One of his disciples founded the Azali movement and eventually became a client of the British rulers of Cyprus, while after his 1850 execution, another of his disciples, Mirza Husayn, declared himself the returned twelfth Imam and adopted the name Bahaullah. For 10 points, name this man who adopted a name meaning "gate" and is the first sacred figure of Bahai.
This man founded the "letters of the living" after delivering impromptu commentary on a Quranic passage about Joseph.
the {Bab} [or Mirza Ali Mohammad of Shiraz; or nuqtah; or noqtey-e ula; or hazrat-e a'la; or jamal-e mobarak; or haqq ta'ala]