Episode I
Episode I: Nabíl's Narrative
Before memory could fail, Nabíl gathered the first witnesses and took up the burden of a history too holy to vanish.
Episodes
Episode II
Episode II: Opulence and Oppression
Qajar Persia glittered on the surface, but beneath it lay a world of corruption, fear, and power waiting for a reckoning.
Episode III
Episode III: Awakening the Dawn
Across Persia and 'Iráq, Shaykh Ahmad stirred a waiting remnant and taught them to watch for a dawn not yet seen.
Episode IV
Episode IV: In Pursuit of the Promised
After Shaykh Ahmad's death, the trust passed into urgent hands, and the search for the Promised One drew near.
Episode V
Episode V: From Dusk to Divinity
In a quiet house in Shíráz, a long search reached its appointed hour, and the history of a new age began to turn.
Episode VI
Episode VI: Secrets of Tihrán
Mullá Husayn carried a message north to Tihrán under cover of night, where one guarded meeting opened onto a destiny still hidden.
Episode VII
Episode VII: The Prince of Núr
As Bahá'u'lláh set out for Mázindarán, quiet signs gathered around a mission few yet understood.
Episode VIII
Episode VIII: The Eastern Summons
Before the pilgrimage, word from Khurásán drew the Cause eastward into a hard proving ground of faith and resolve.
Episode IX
Episode IX: Pilgrimage of the Gate
The Báb journeyed to Mecca and Medina, carrying His claim into the heart of Islam beneath the shadow of sacrifice.
Episode X
Episode X: The Fire Returns to Shíráz
When the Báb returned to Shíráz, the space for silence narrowed and the cost of the Cause came closer into view.
Episode XI
Episode XI: The City Turns Hostile
As pressure closed around the believers in Shíráz, every attempt to contain the Cause only deepened the trial.
Episode XII
Episode XII: Splendor and Siege in Isfahán
In Isfahán, welcome and danger met in the same streets as the Báb entered a city alive with rumor, power, and expectation.
Episode XIII
Episode XIII: Three Nights in Káshán
A dream prepared Káshán for a brief visit whose spiritual weight far exceeded its few passing nights.
Episode XIV
Episode XIV: Road to a Darker Prison
On the road from Káshán to Tabríz, signs of devotion appeared in unexpected hearts even as the way darkened ahead.
Episode XV
Episode XV: The Prison on the Mountain
At the remote fortress of Máh-Kú, the prison meant to isolate the Báb became charged with a presence no walls could quiet.
Episode XVI
Episode XVI: Mullá Husayn to Mázindarán
Mullá Husayn left comfort behind and rode toward Mázindarán, drawn onward by a promise not yet understood.
Episode XVII
Episode XVII: Táhirih Unbound
Pressed by enemies and hemmed in on every side, Táhirih moved toward Khurásán beneath gathering peril and unseen protection.
Episode XVIII
Episode XVIII: Badasht, Where the Veil Was Torn
At Badasht, the Cause reached a threshold where old forms could no longer contain what had begun.
Episode XIX
Episode XIX: The Grievous Mountain
In the harsher prison of Chihríq, confinement tightened, yet the warning carried by the Báb only grew harder to ignore.
Episode XX
Episode XX: Judgment Before the Throne
At Tabríz, the Báb was summoned before princes and divines, and a public reckoning laid bare far more than His judges intended.
Episode XXI
Episode XXI: Under the Black Standard
In Mázindarán, the Black Standard was raised, and a gathering of believers moved toward a trial that would test everything.
Episode XXII
Episode XXII: Blood at Shaykh Tabarsí
At Shaykh Tabarsí, the siege closed tighter, and the cost of steadfastness rose toward one of the darkest passages of the Bábí struggle.
Episode XXIII
Episode XXIII: Seven Who Would Not Bend
In Tihrán, seven believers were led into a final public test, and their witness gave the city something it could not forget.
Episode XXIV
Episode XXIV: Flames Over Nayríz
When Vahíd reached Nayríz, a city already under strain moved toward a reckoning charged with fervor, fear, and betrayal.
Episode XXV
Episode XXV: The Martyr of Tabríz
In Tabríz, the state prepared its gravest blow against the Cause, yet the hour that followed passed into sacred memory.
Episode XXVI
Episode XXVI: The Long Siege of Zanján
In Zanján, devotion and power met in a siege of uncommon length and terrible cost.
Episode XXVII
Episode XXVII: After the Blood, Karbilá
After years of upheaval, Bahá'u'lláh stepped quietly onto a road that would gather the scattered Cause toward its future.
Episode XXVIII
Episode XXVIII: The Black Pit Opens
A desperate act against the Sháh opened the way to one of the fiercest persecutions the believers had yet faced.