the Gate

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The Gate is a title of the Báb, the 19th-century Persian religious figure who founded Bábism and prepared the way for the Bahá'í Faith.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
the Gate canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf religious title ⓘ
associatedWithCentury 19th century ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Iran ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Baháʼí Faith ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith

Bábism ⓘ
linked to: Bábí movement
connectedToConcept fulfillment of Shia prophecies ⓘ
progressive revelation ⓘ
connectedToEvent Bábí persecutions in 19th-century Persia ⓘ
contrastedWith Baháʼu'lláh as the one announced ⓘ
hasAttribute charismatic religious authority ⓘ
eschatological significance ⓘ
hasNameInArabic al-Báb ⓘ
linked to: the Báb
hasNameInPersian Báb ⓘ
historicalPeriod Qajar era in Persia ⓘ
linked to: Qajar Iran
honorificCategory Islamic religious title ⓘ
title in Iranian religious history ⓘ
honorificFor Sayyid ʻAlí Muḥammad Shírází ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Arabic ⓘ
linkedToMovement Bábí movement ⓘ
early Baháʼí movement ⓘ
meaning the Gate ⓘ
preparesWayFor Baháʼu'lláh ⓘ
linked to: Bahá'u'lláh

Baháʼí Faith ⓘ
linked to: Baha'i Faith
recognizedAs Manifestation of God in Baháʼí theology ⓘ
Manifestation of God in Bábí theology ⓘ
refersTo the Báb ⓘ
relatedConcept Mahdi in Shia Islam ⓘ
linked to: Mahdi

Qáʼim in Shia Islam ⓘ
roleInBabism central figure ⓘ
roleInBahaiFaith herald of Baháʼu'lláh ⓘ
spiritualStatus founder of independent religion ⓘ
prophet ⓘ
theologicalFunction messianic figure in Shia context ⓘ
spiritual gate between God and humanity ⓘ
titleOf forerunner of Baháʼu'lláh ⓘ
founder of Bábism ⓘ
titleType messianic title ⓘ
prophetic title ⓘ
usedBy followers of the Báb ⓘ
usedIn Baháʼí writings ⓘ
Bábí scriptures ⓘ
veneratedBy Baháʼís ⓘ
Bábís ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Báb → alsoKnownAs → the Gate ⓘ
the Gate → meaning → the Gate ⓘ