In this way, Mullá Husayn is seen not only as the first Bábí, but in some sense the cause of the abrogation of Islam and its replacement with Bábism. The Baháʼí Writings refer to this role of Mulla Husayn: Baháʼu'lláh also wrote a tablet of visitation for Mullá Husayn, which was included in an epistle written to Mullá Husayn's sister Varaqatu'l-Firdaws. In this tablet he plays on the common name of Husayn held by himself, Mullá Husayn, and the Imam Husayn, symbolically intermingling their identities and invoking their shared loneliness and suffering in the "path of God". Notes and citations References Further reading Books External links Glossary of the Kitáb-i-Íqán – includes a small biography of Mullá Husayn Mullá Husayn, by Lowell Johnson Letters of the Living 1813 births 1849 deaths Shaykhis People from Boshruyeh 19th-century Iranian people People of Qajar Iran