Mírzá ʻAbbás-i-Núrí (, d. 1839), more commonly known as Mírzá Buzurg, was the father of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. Mírzá Buzurg was a nobleman from the Persian province of Núr, and worked for a time in the service of Fatḥ-ʻAlí S͟háh. Mírzá Buzurg was the son of Mírzá Riḍá-Qulí Big, son of Mírzá ʻAbbás, son of Ḥájí Muḥammad-Riḍá Big, son of Áqá Muhammad-ʻAli, son of Áqá Fak͟hr, son of S͟hahríyár-Ḥasan. He had four wives and three concubines, and at least 15 children. Service to the state He served as vizier (Minister) to Imám-Virdi Mírzá, the twelfth son of the Persian Qajar King, Fath Ali Shah, who was the Ilkhani' (tribal chief of the clans) of the Qajar tribe. Mírzá Burzurg was later appointed governor of Borujerd and Lorestan. Family Mírzá Buzurg's first marriage was arranged by his father, Riḍa-Quli Big, to a relative of the family, named K͟han-Nanih, before Mírzá Buzurg left the district of Núr in Mazandaran to make his fortune in Tehran. Two sons, Mírzá Áqá, the elder, and Mírzá Muḥammad-Ḥasan, were born of this first wife. Mírzá Buzurg's second wife was K͟hadíjih K͟hánum, who had been married once before and was widowed. She had one son and two daughters by her first marriage, namely, Mírzá Muḥammad-ʻAli, Sakinih K͟hánum and Sug͟hra K͟hánum. Mírzá Buzurg took K͟hadíjih K͟hánum as his wife and wedded her daughter, Sakinih K͟hánum, to his younger brother, Mírzá Muḥammad. The first-born of that marriage was a daughter, Sarih K͟hánum (generally referred to as 'Uk͟ht', Arabic for sister, in Baháʼu'lláh's writings). The next was a son, Mírzá Mihdi, who died in his father's lifetime; and Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí (Baháʼu'lláh) was the third-born. The fourth was another son, Mírzá Músá, entitled Áqáy-i-Kalím later years, and the fifth was another daughter, Nisá' K͟hánum, who was married eventually to Mírzá Majid-i-Ahi, a secretary of the Russian Legation. The third wife of Mírzá Buzurg was Kult͟húm K͟hánum-i-Núrí, by whom he had five children. The first was a daughter, S͟háh-Sultán K͟hánum (also called ʻIzziyih K͟hánum), who became a firm supporter of Mírzá Yahyá. Next came three sons: Mírzá Taqi, a poet with the sobriquet Parishan, who became a Shaykhí much opposed to Baháʼu'lláh; Mírzá Riḍa-Quli, who earned the designation 'Ḥájí' by his pilgrimage to Mecca, and who kept apart from Baháʼu'lláh, even trying to conceal the fact of their relationship, although his wife, Maryam, was greatly devoted to him;