From jrcole@umich.eduFri Sep 8 19:16:28 1995
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 16:26:22 -0400 (EDT)
From: Juan R Cole
To: Ahang Rabbani
Cc: talisman@indiana.edu
Subject: Re: The Station of Quddus and Tahirih
It may be interesting to note that after the Bab's and Quddus's deaths a
group of Babis grew up known as Qurratis, who believed that Tahirih was
the Manifestation after the BAB
CHEERS JUAN COLE, UNIV OF MICHIGAN
*Note: Tahirih’s followers before and during Her time in Babism were known as Qurratiya or Qurratis. However, after the Bab’s martyrdom Her followers, particularly in Her home town of Qazvin were more properly known as: Ayanis:
“…some called themselves Bayánís; while another group called themselves A`yánís (statement of Nabíl Zarandí in ZH6:525 - presumably the Bayánís did not follow any particular leader while the A`yánís are the ones mentioned above who followed Qurratu'l-`Ayn's - i.e. Táhirih.