Royal and Prophetic Ancestry of
Bahá’u’lláh,
Manifestation of God and Founder of the
Bahá’í Faith:
Descent
of Bahá’u’lláh from the Abraham through the
Sásáníyán (Sassinid / Sassanian) Dynasty of
(see David Hughes page, Davidic Dynasty):
ADAM
(Adâma / Adapa / Atab), Founder of the Adamic Cycle (b. c. 4004 BC) = Eve
(Hawah, Avâ, Nin-khâwa)
Seth
(Sat-nâal / Set / Sed / Sheth) = Kalîmath
Enosh
(Anosh) = Neôm
Kenan
(Kainân) = Muâlet
Mahalaleel
(Mahlâlâil) = Sîna
Jared
(Yared) = Barâka
Enoch
(Henoch) = Ednâ
Methuselah
(Matûshlah) = Ednâ, daughter of Ezrâel, son of Yared
Lamech
= Bilânos
NOAH
(Nûr / Nôe / Ziusudra / Utnapishtim / Atrachasis), Prophet of the
LORD = Naamah (of the line of Cain)
Shem;
Ancestor of the Semites
= Sedeqetelebab (Seduka-tel-bab / Zalbeth / Salit / Pandora /
Olla)
Arpachshad
(Arpakhsar / Arphaxad / Arpacsad) = Rasûjah
Shelah
(Shâlah / Saleh) = Mûak
Eber
(Abhâr / Ever / Heber); Ancestor of the Hebrews = Azura
Peleg
(Pâlâg / Phalek) = Lamna of
Reu
(Ragau / Ragev) = Ora, dau. of Ur-Nammu of
Serug
(Sorôgh / Saruch) = Melka, dau. Keher ben Pâlâg
Nahor
(Nâhôr / Nachor) = Iyosaka (Ijosek) of the Chaldees
Terah (Thara / Azar / Athar / Zarah) = Amtheta [or
Yâwnû (Yuna / Edna)]
ABRAHAM,
Manifestation & Prophet of God = (3rd wife) Keturah (Katurah)
Midian
ben Avraham
Henoch
(Nodar) ben Midian
Agaimasuak
Auzobo
Kay
Kavad
Kay
Apiveh
Kay
Arsh
Kay
Uyarsh
Kay
Pisan
Kay
Manush
Kay
Auzav
Aurvataspa
(Lohrasb)
King
Vishtaspa (Gushtasb), 1st Zoroastrian monarch = Pouracista
Spitama, dau. Prophet ZOROASTER
Spendodata
(Isfandiyar)
Vishtaspa
Peshotan
Teispes
Kambujiya
Achaemenes
(Hakhamanish), King of Parsumash
Teispes
I, King of
Ariamnes
(Ariyaramna), King of
Arsames
(Arshama), King of
Hystaspes
(Vishtaspa), Satrap of
Darius
(Darayawush) I, Emperor of Persia (d. 485 BCE) = Princess Atossa (Hutaossa),
dau. Emperor Cyrus the Great
Xerxes
(Khshayarsha) I, Emperor of
Artaxerxes
(Artakhshathra) I, Emperor of
Darius
II (Nothos), Emperor of Persia (d. 404 BCE) = Princess Parysatis of
Prince
Ostanes of
Arsames
of Persia = Princess Sisygambes, daughter of Emperor Artaxerxes II, son of
Darius II
Darius
III (Codomannus), Emperor of
Sássán
Sássán
Sássán
Sássán
Biafrid
Zarzan
Mihrams
Pápag
Sássán
Pápag
Sássán
Pápag
Sásán
of Anahita, Great Priest of the
Pápag
(Bábak) Sásání, Ruler of Kheir = Rodhagh of Peris,
daughter of provincial governor
Ardashíri-i-Pápagán
Sásání, Sháh of
Shápúr II, Sásání, Sháh
of
Narsih
Sásání, Sháh of
Hormizd
II Sásání, Sháh of
Shápúr II, Sásání, Sháh
of
Shápúr III, Sásání, Sháh
of
Yazdigird
I Sásání, Sháh of
Bahram
V Sásání, Sháh of Persia = Princess Sapinud
of
Yazdigird
II Sásání, Sháh of
Peroz
(Firuz) Sásání, Sháh of Persia = Mihrandukht,
an Iberian princess
Kubad
I Sásání, Sháh of
Khusraw I (the Just) Sásání, Sháh
of
Hormizd
IV Sásání, Sháh of Persia = daughter of
Khurad, King of the Hephthalites
Khusraw II (Parvez) Sásání, Sháh
of
Sharíyár Sásání, Sháh
of Persia = dau. Tao-Zu, Emperor of
Yazdigird
III Sásání, last pre-Islamic Sháh of Persia
= Zamaspdukht Sásání, dau. Ardashír III
Sásání (r. 628-630)
Princess
Dara-Izdadwr (Izdundad) of
Shahari (Shariyar) = sister
of Baw (Bau; Bav), founder of the Buwayhids
Isaac Iskoi II (Husayn)
(coverted to Islam)
Qarim (Karen) ibn Husayn (d.
856) = Sukhra of Mázandarán, Badusepanide heiress
Faridun, Prince of Mázandarán
Shirzad
Mázandarání
Diwbend Mázandarání
Shahriyar III Mázandarání, Prince (899-939)
Firamurz Mázandarání
Zarin-Kemer I Mázandarání, Prince (965-996)
Baharb Mázandarání, Prince (996-1023)
Nazir’id-Dawla Mázandarání
Nemawar I Mázandarání
Hazarasp I
Mázandarání, Prince (1078-1116) = sister of Kiya-Buzurg
bin al-Hadi of Daylam
Kai-Ka’us I Mázandarání, Prince (1129-1165)
Namwar II Mázandarání, Prince (1223-)
Rakin Gaubara Mázandarání, Prince (1236-1272)
Kai-Khusraw Mázandarání, Prince (1302-1312)
Ziyar Mázandarání, Prince (1325-1334)
Gustahim Mázandarání
Kayumarth Mázandarání, Prince (1404-1453)
Kai-Ka’us II
Mázandarání, co-ruler (1453-1476)
Jahangir [I]
Mázandarání, Prince (1476-1508)
Bistun [II]
Núrí, Prince of Núr
Bahman II Núrí,
Prince of Núr
Kayomart Núrí
Azíz
Núrí
Janangir II of Takur (d.
1594)
Shahriyar-Hasan (Faridun?)
Áqá Fakhr Big
Áqá
Muhammad-‘Alí
Hájí
Muhammad-Ridá Big
Mírzá ‘Abbás Karbilá’í (b.
c. 1700)
Mírzá Ridá-Qulí Big
Núrí
Mírzá ‘Abbás-i-Núrí
(Mírzá Buzurg), Vazír (d. 1839) = Khadijih Khánum
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (Mírzá
Husayn-‘Alí-yi-Núrí) (1817-1892), Manifestation of
God = Navváb (Asíyih Khánum
Yalrudí)
Sir
‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás Núrí
(1844-1921), Centre of the Covenant = Munírih Khánum
(Fatimih) Nahrí
Diya’iyyih Khánum
Núrí = Mírzá (Sayyid) Hádí Shírází
(1864-1955), relative of the BÁB
Shoghi Effendi
Rabbání (1897-1957), Guardian of the Bahá’í
Faith = Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhíyyih Khánum (Mary
Maxwell)
[NO ISSUE – Hands of
the Cause of God were Custodians of the Faith until the election of the
Universal House of Justice elected in 1963]
Bahá’u’lláh’s
descent from the Prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra):
[In the following pedigree, I
connect Zoroaster’s line to that of Midian, the son of Abraham and
Keturah. The traditional ancestry of the Prophet Zoroaster is given in the Denkard, Book VII, Chapter II,
v. 70, as follows: “Here is an enumeration of the worthy lineage of
Zartosht: - Zartosht was son of Pourushasp, son of Padiragtaraspo, of
Urugadhasp*, of Haekadaspo*, of Kikhshnus*, of Paetrasp*, of Aregadharsn*, of
Hardhar*, of Spitam, of Vaedist*, of Nayazem*, of Airik, of Durasrobo, of
Manuschihar monarch of Iran, of Manus-khurnar, of Manus-khurnak whom Neroksang
implanted in Vizak*, daughter of Airyak*, son of Thritak*, of Bitak*, of
Frazusak*, of Zusak*, of Fraguzak*, of Guzak*, daughter of Airik, son of
Faridoon monarch of Khvaniras, son of Pur-tora the Aspigan, of Nevak-tora the
Aspigan, of Sog-tora the Aspigan, of Bor-tora the Aspigan, of Kardar-tora the
Aspigan, of Siyah-tora the Aspigan, of Speto-tora the Aspigan, of Gefar-tora
the Aspigan, of Ramak-tora the Aspigan, of Vano-fravisn the Aspigan, of Yim
monarch of the seven regions, son of Vivangha, of Ayanghad*, of Ananghad*, son
of Hooshang the Peshdadian monarch of the seven regions, son of Fravak, of
Siyamak, of Mashye, of Gayomard the first man.”]
ADAM (Adâma / Adapa /
Atab), Founder of the Adamic Cycle (b. c. 4004 BC) = Eve (Hawah, Avâ,
Nin-khâwa)
Seth (Sat-nâal / Set /
Sed / Sheth) = Kalîmath
Enosh (Anosh) = Neôm
Kenan (Kainân) =
Muâlet
Mahalaleel
(Mahlâlâil) = Sîna
Jared (Yared) =
Barâka
Enoch (Henoch) = Ednâ
Methuselah (Matûshlah)
= Ednâ, daughter of Ezrâel, son of Yared
Lamech = Bilânos
NOAH (Nûr / Nôe /
Ziusudra / Utnapishtim / Atrachasis), Prophet of the LORD = Naamah (of the line
of Cain)
Shem; Ancestor of the Semites =
Sedeqetelebab (Seduka-tel-bab / Zalbeth / Salit / Pandora / Olla), dau. Gnostis
& Circe
Arpachshad (Arpakhsar /
Arphaxad / Arpacsad) = Rasûjah
Shelah (Shâlah / Saleh)
= Mûak
Eber (Abhâr / Ever /
Heber); Ancestor of the Hebrews = Azura
Peleg (Pâlâg /
Phalek) = Lamna of
Reu (Ragau / Ragev) = Ora,
dau. of Ur-Nammu of
Serug (Sorôgh / Saruch)
= Melka, dau. Keher ben Pâlâg
Nahor (Nâhôr / Nachor)
= Iyosaka (Ijosek) of the Chaldees
Terah (Thara / Azar / Athar /
Zarah) = Amtheta [or Yâwnû (Yuna / Edna), daughter of Avram ben
Heraclim ben Pâlâg]
ABRAHAM (Abram / Avraham /
Ibrahim) (c. 1992-1817 BC) = Katurah (Keturah)
Midian ben Avraham
Eldaah (Êl'dáe)
ben Midian
Airik (Rajan)
Nayazem
Vaedist
Spitám
Hardhar Spitáma
Aregadharsn Spitáma
Paetrasp Spitáma
Kikhshnus Spitáma
Haecadaspa Spitáma
Urugadhasp Spitáma
Padiragtaraspo Spitáma
Pourushasp Spitáma
ZARATHUSTRA (زرتشت/ Ζωροάστρης / Zaraθ-uštra / Zartusht / Zoroaster), Messenger of GOD (c.
1000 BC) = Hvóvi
Pouracista Spitáma = King Vishtaspa (Gushtásb)
Spendodata (Isfandiyar)
Vishtaspa
Peshotan
Teispes
Kambujiya
Achaemenes (Hakhamanish) of
Parsumash
Teispes I, King of
Cyrus (Kurash), King of
Cambyses (Kambujiya) I, King
of
Cyrus (Kurush / Kores) II
“the Great”, Emperor of
Atossa (Hutaosa), Princess of
Xerxes (Khshayarsha) I,
Emperor of Persia (d. 465 BC) = Amestris, daughter of Otanes (Utâna)
Artaxerxes (Artakhshathra /
Ardashir) I, Emperor of
Darius II “the
Bastard” of
Prince
Ostanes of
Arsames
of Persia = Princess Sisygambes, daughter of Emperor Artaxerxes II, son of
Darius II
Darius
III (Codomannus), Emperor of
Sássán
Sássán
Sássán
Sássán
Biafrid
Zarzan
Mihrams
Pápag
Sássán
Pápag
Sássán
Pápag
Sásán
of Anahita, Great Priest of the
Pápag
(Bábak) Sásání, Ruler of Kheir = Rodhagh of Peris,
daughter of provincial governor
Ardashíri-i-Pápagán
Sásání, Sháh of
Shápúr II, Sásání, Sháh
of
Narsih
Sásání, Sháh of
Hormizd
II Sásání, Sháh of
Shápúr II, Sásání, Sháh
of
Shápúr III, Sásání, Sháh
of
Yazdigird
I Sásání, Sháh of
Bahram
V Sásání, Sháh of Persia = Princess Sapinud
of
Yazdigird
II Sásání, Sháh of
Peroz
(Firuz) Sásání, Sháh of Persia = Mihrandukht,
an Iberian princess
Kubad
I Sásání, Sháh of
Khusraw I (the Just) Sásání, Sháh
of
Hormizd
IV Sásání, Sháh of Persia = daughter of
Khurad, King of the Hephthalites
Khusraw II (Parvez) Sásání, Sháh
of
Sharíyár Sásání, Sháh
of Persia = dau. Tao-Zu, Emperor of
Yazdigird
III Sásání, last pre-Islamic Sháh of Persia
= Zamaspdukht Sásání, dau. Ardashír III
Sásání (r. 628-630)
Princess
Dara-Izdadwr (Izdundad) of
Shahari (Shariyar) = sister
of Baw (Bau; Bav), founder of the Buwayhids
Isaac Iskoi II (Husayn)
(coverted to Islam)
Qarim (Karen) ibn Husayn (d.
856) = Sukhra of Mázandarán, Badusepanide heiress
Faridun, Prince of Mázandarán
Shirzad
Mázandarání
Diwbend Mázandarání
Shahriyar III Mázandarání, Prince (899-939)
Firamurz Mázandarání
Zarin-Kemer I Mázandarání, Prince (965-996)
Baharb Mázandarání, Prince (996-1023)
Nazir’id-Dawla Mázandarání
Nemawar I Mázandarání
Hazarasp I
Mázandarání, Prince (1078-1116) = sister of Kiya-Buzurg
bin al-Hadi of Daylam
Kai-Ka’us I Mázandarání, Prince (1129-1165)
Namwar II Mázandarání, Prince (1223-)
Rakin Gaubara Mázandarání, Prince (1236-1272)
Kai-Khusraw Mázandarání, Prince (1302-1312)
Ziyar Mázandarání, Prince (1325-1334)
Gustahim Mázandarání
Kayumarth Mázandarání, Prince (1404-1453)
Kai-Ka’us II Mázandarání,
co-ruler (1453-1476)
Jahangir [I]
Mázandarání, Prince (1476-1508)
Bistun [II]
Núrí, Prince of Núr
Bahman II Núrí,
Prince of Núr
Kayomart Núrí
Azíz
Núrí
Janangir II of Takur (d.
1594)
Shahriyar-Hasan (Faridun?)
Áqá Fakhr Big
Áqá
Muhammad-‘Alí
Hájí
Muhammad-Ridá Big
Mírzá ‘Abbás Karbilá’í (b.
c. 1700)
Mírzá Ridá-Qulí Big
Núrí
Mírzá ‘Abbás-i-Núrí
(Mírzá Buzurg), Vazír (d. 1839) = Khadijih Khánum
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (Mírzá
Husayn-‘Alí-yi-Núrí) (1817-1892), Manifestation of
God = Navváb (Asíyih Khánum
Yalrudí)
Sir
‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás Núrí
(1844-1921), Centre of the Covenant = Munírih Khánum
(Fatimih) Nahrí
Diya’iyyih Khánum
Núrí = Mírzá (Sayyid) Hádí Shírází
(1864-1955), relative of the BÁB
Shoghi Effendi
Rabbání (1897-1957), Guardian of the Bahá’í
Faith
Descent
of Bahá’u’lláh from the Royal House of
ADAM
(Adâma / Adapa / Atab), Founder of the Adamic Cycle (b. c. 4004 BC) = Eve
(Hawah, Avâ, Nin-khâwa)
Seth
(Sat-nâal / Set / Sed / Sheth) = Kalîmath
Enosh
(Anosh) = Neôm
Kenan
(Kainân) = Muâlet
Mahalaleel
(Mahlâlâil) = Sîna
Jared
(Yared) = Barâka
Enoch
(Henoch) = Ednâ
Methuselah
(Matûshlah) = Ednâ, daughter of Ezrâel, son of Yared
Lamech
= Bilânos
NOAH
(Nûr / Nôe / Ziusudra / Utnapishtim / Atrachasis), Prophet of the
LORD = Naamah (of the line of Cain)
Shem;
Ancestor of the Semites
= Sedeqetelebab (Seduka-tel-bab / Zalbeth / Salit / Pandora /
Olla), dau. Gnostis & Circe
Arpachshad
(Arpakhsar / Arphaxad / Arpacsad) = Rasûjah
Shelah
(Shâlah / Saleh) = Mûak
Eber
(Abhâr / Ever / Heber); Ancestor of the Hebrews = Azura
Peleg
(Pâlâg / Phalek) = Lamna of
Reu
(Ragau / Ragev) = Ora, dau. of Ur-Nammu of
Serug
(Sorôgh / Saruch) = Melka, dau. Keher ben Pâlâg
Nahor
(Nâhôr / Nachor) = Iyosaka (Ijosek) of the Chaldees
Terah
(Thara / Azar / Athar / Zarah) = Amtheta [or Yâwnû (Yuna / Edna),
daughter of Avram ben Heraclim ben Pâlâg]
ABRAHAM
(Abram / Avraham / Ibrahim) (c. 1992-1817 BC) = Sarah (Sârâ /
Sarai), His half-sister
Isaac
(Yitzhak) = Rebekah (Rivqa / Rabkâ), dau. Bethuel; Isaac’s first
cousin once removed
Jacob
(Ya’kov / Yaqub /
Judah
(Judas / Yehuda) ‡ Tamar of Kadesh, daughter-in-law of
Phares
(Pharez / Perez), illegitimate son of the above = Barayah
Esrom
(Hezrôn / Hezrom) = Kanita, dau. Zebulun & Niiman
Amminadab = Thehara (Tara)
Nahshon (Nashôn / Naasson / Putiel) = Simar,
dau. Yuhannas
Salmon
(Salma) = Rachab (Rahab / Saphila), dau. Bezaleel
Boaz
= Ruth the Moabite (descendant of
Obed
= Abalit, daughter of Sonas
Jesse
(Yishay) = Habliar, daughter of Abrias
David
(Dawud), King of
Solomon
(Shlomo), “the Wise”, King of
Rehoboam,
King of
Abijam,
King of
Asa,
King of Juda = Azubah, daughter of Shilhi
Jehoshaphat,
King of
Jehoram,
King of Judah = Princess Athaliah (Atalyahu) of
Ahaziah,
King of
Joash,
King of
Amaziah,
King of
Uzziah,
King of Judah = Jerusha, daughter of Zadok
Jotham
(Yotam), King of
Ahaz,
King of
Hezekiah
(Hazaqiyahu), King of
Manasseh
(Menashe), King of
Amon,
King of Judah = Jedidah of Bozkath, daughter of Adaiah
Josiah
(Yoshiyahu), King of Judah = Zebidah of Rumah, daughter of Pedaiah
Jeconiah
(Jehoiachin / Joachin), King of
Shealtiel
of
Zerubabbel
(Sheshbazzar) of
Hananiah,
5th Exilarch
Yeshaya,
8th Exilarch
Rephaiah,
10th Exilarch
Arnan,
Exilarch
Obadiah
(Ovadaya), 11th Exilarch
Shecaniah
I (Shakhna), 12th Exilarch
Shemaiah
(Shemaya)
Neariah
(Naariya), 18th Exilarch
Elioenai,
20th Exilarch
Akkub,
27th Babylonian-Jewish Exilarch
David
of
Shemaiah
(Shemaya) of
David
of
Shechaniah
(Schania) of
Hizkiah
of
Shalom
of
Nathan
“De-Zuzita” of
Hurya
of
Shlomo
of
Jacob
(Yakov) of
Ahijah,
1st Exilarch of 2nd branch of Exilarchate / 44th
Exilarch
Nakhum
II, 2nd Exilarch
Mar-Ukba
I (Nathan), 7th Exilarch
Huna
II, 8th Exilarch
Nathan
I, 11th Exilarch
Nehemiah
I, 14th Exilarch
Mar-Ukba
III, 17th Exilarch
Abba,
20th Exilarch
Kahana
I, 23rd Exilarch
Prince
Nathan of
Khanai
of
Zutra
of
Maremar
of
Haninai
of
Mar-Zutra
II, 30th Exilarch = sister of Pahida
Ahunai
[Huna-Mar II], 31st Exilarch
Hofnai
(Qafni), 32nd Exilarch
Haninai,
33rd Exilarch
Bostanai
(Bostonai), Jewish Exilarch, heir of the Royal House of Judah = Princess
Dara-Izdadwr (Izdundad) of
Shahari
(Shariyar) = sister of Baw (Bau; Bav), founder of the Buwayhids
Isaac Iskoi II (Husayn)
(coverted to Islam)
Qarim (Karen) ibn Husayn (d.
856) = Sukhra of Mázandarán, Badusepanide heiress
Faridun, Prince of Mázandarán
Shirzad
Mázandarání
Diwbend Mázandarání
Shahriyar III Mázandarání, Prince (899-939)
Firamurz Mázandarání
Zarin-Kemer I Mázandarání, Prince (965-996)
Baharb Mázandarání, Prince (996-1023)
Nazir’id-Dawla Mázandarání
Nemawar I Mázandarání
Hazarasp I
Mázandarání, Prince (1078-1116) = sister of Kiya-Buzurg
bin al-Hadi of Daylam
Kai-Ka’us I Mázandarání, Prince (1129-1165)
Namwar II Mázandarání, Prince (1223-)
Rakin Gaubara Mázandarání, Prince (1236-1272)
Kai-Khusraw Mázandarání, Prince (1302-1312)
Ziyar Mázandarání, Prince (1325-1334)
Gustahim Mázandarání
Kayumarth Mázandarání, Prince (1404-1453)
Kai-Ka’us II
Mázandarání, co-ruler (1453-1476)
Jahangir [I]
Mázandarání, Prince (1476-1508)
Bistun [II]
Núrí, Prince of Núr
Bahman II Núrí,
Prince of Núr
Kayomart Núrí
Azíz
Núrí
Janangir II of Takur (d.
1594)
Shahriyar-Hasan (Faridun?)
Áqá Fakhr Big
Áqá
Muhammad-‘Alí
Hájí
Muhammad-Ridá Big
Mírzá ‘Abbás Karbilá’í (b.
c. 1700)
Mírzá Ridá-Qulí Big
Núrí
Mírzá ‘Abbás-i-Núrí
(Mírzá Buzurg), Vazír (d. 1839) = Khadijih Khánum
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (Mírzá
Husayn-‘Alí-yi-Núrí) (1817-1892), Manifestation of
God = Navváb (Asíyih Khánum
Yalrudí)
Sir
‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás Núrí
(1844-1921), Centre of the Covenant = Munírih Khánum
(Fatimih) Nahrí
Diya’iyyih Khánum
Núrí = Mírzá (Sayyid) Hádí Shírází
(1864-1955), relative of the BÁB
Shoghi Effendi
Rabbání (1897-1957), Guardian of the Bahá’í
Faith
Descent
of Bahá’u’lláh from Lord Śrī
Rāmacandra (Rāma) (श्रीराम), 7th Avatar of Vishnu, Manifestation of
God:
(Showing
ancestry of Lord Śrī Rāmacandra (Rāma)
(श्रीराम) according to the Ramayana):
Lord
Garbhodakasayi (Sahasra-sira Purusa) VISHNU, from whose navel sprang a lotus,
from which came Lord Brahmā
Lord
Brahmā (ब्रह्मा)
Marici
(generated from the mind of Lord Brahmā) = Kala
Kasyapa
(कश्यप) = Aditi (अदिती), daughter of Prajapati Daksha (son of Lord
Brahmā) & Prasuti
Vaivasvata
Manu
Mahārāja
Ikshvaku (इक्ष्वाकु), 1st King of Kosala
Kikshi
Vikukshi
Baana
Anaranya
Pruthu
Trishanku
Dhundumaara
Yuvanaashva
Mandhaata
Susandhi
Dhruvasandhi
Bharata
Asita
Sagara,
whose mother was poisoned
Asamanja
Amshuman
Diliipa
Bhageeratha
Kakutstha
Raghu
Pravriddha
(Kalmashapaada)
Shankana
Sudarshana
Agnivarsna
Shiigraga
Maru
Prashushruka
Ambariisha
Nahusha,
the emperor
Yayaati
Naabhaaga
Aja
Daśaratha
(दशरथ)
Lord
Śrī Rāmacandra (Rāma) (श्रीराम) = Sita, daughter of Bhumidevi; adopted by King
Janaka
Kusa
(Kusha), King of Kosala
Atithia,
King of Kosala
Nisadha,
King of Kosala
Nala,
King of Kosala
Nabhas,
King of Kosala
Pundarika,
King of Kosala
Ksemadhrtvan,
King of Kosala
Devanika,
King of Kosala
Ahinaga,
King of Kosala
Pariyatra,
King of Kosala
Danu,
King of Kosala
Nalavajranabha,
King of Kosala
Urnanabha,
King of Kosala
Srnkhala,
King of Kosala
Vyusitasva,
King of Kosala = Princess Bhadra, dau. King Kaksivant
Visvasaha,
King of Kosala
Hiranyanabha,
King of Kosala
Pusya,
King of Kosala
Dhruvasandhi,
King of Kosala
Sudrasena,
King of Kosala
Agnivarna,
King of Kosala
Sighrasva,
King of Kosala
Maru,
King of Kosala
Prasusruta,
King of Kosala
Susandhi,
King of Kosala
Amarsa,
King of Kosala
Shasvant,
King of Kosala = Vasundhara Paurava
Visrutavant,
King of Kosala
Prince
of Kosala
Brhatksaya,
King of Kosala
Uruksaya,
King of Kosala
Prince
of Kosala
Prativyoma,
King of Kosala
Divakara,
King of Kosala
Brhadasva,
King of Kosala
Bhanuratha,
King of Kosala
Pratitasva,
King of Kosala
Supratita,
King of Kosala
Marudeva,
King of Kosala
Kinnarasva,
King of Kosala
Suparna,
King of Kosala
Sumitra
[I] Amitrajit, King of Kosala
Bharadvaja,
King of Kosala
Dharma,
King of Kosala
Krtanjaya,
King of Kosala
Rananjaya,
King of Kosala
Jaya-Sena,
King of Kosala
Prince
Haryanka
Bhattiya,
King of Magadha (the usurper) = dau. King Vishvajati of
Bimbisara,
King of
Ajatasatru
Kunika, King of Magadha = Princess Vajra of Kosala, dau. King Prasenajit
Nandivardha
Anuruddha, King of Magadha = Bhadda, dau. King of
Nagadashoka,
King of
Sisunaga,
King of
Kalasoka
Kakavara, King of
Ksemadharma
[Kse-Madharman], King of Magadha = dau. Gopaditya Gonandiya of
Dhananada
[Xandrames], King of Magadha = sister of Dhana [Argames] Nanda of Magadha
Princess
Nandini of
Princess
Subhadrangi Dharmi of
Ashoka
“the Great” (अशोकः), Devanampiya Piyadassi (304-232 BCE) = Tissarakkha
Karuvaki
Kunala,
King of Kashmir = dau. King Devapala of
Brihadratha
[II], Mahārāja of
Princess
Sundari of
Princess
Alexandra of
Princess
Agathoclea of
Strato
I, King of Bactria = sister of Vasumitra, Mahārāja of India
Apollodotus
II, King of
Hipposatos,
King of
Telephus,
King of
Princess
Calliope of
Princess
of
Vima
Kadphises [II] (Yen-Kao-Chen), King of the Kushans = granddaughter of
Susaramana, Mahārāja of India
Kanishka
I (Devaputra), King of the Kushans
Huvishka
I, King of the Kushans (130-150 CE) = dau. of Nahapa,
King of the Sakyae
Vasudeva
I, King of the Kushans (150-160 CE)
Kanishka
III, King of the Kushans
Vasudeva
II [
Vasudeva
III, King of the Kushans
Vasudeva,
King of
Princess
Ifra Hormiz of the Kushan = Hormizd II Sásání, Sháh
of
Shápúr II, Sásání, Sháh
of
Shápúr III, Sásání, Sháh
of
Yazdigird
I Sásání, Sháh of
Bahram
V Sásání, Sháh of Persia = Princess Sapinud
of
Yazdigird
II Sásání, Sháh of
Peroz
(Firuz) Sásání, Sháh of Persia = Mihrandukht,
an Iberian princess
Kubad
I Sásání, Sháh of
Khusraw I (the Just) Sásání, Sháh
of
Hormizd
IV Sásání, Sháh of Persia = daughter of
Khurad, King of the Hephthalites
Khusraw II (Parvez) Sásání, Sháh
of
Sharíyár Sásání, Sháh
of Persia = dau. Tao-Zu, Emperor of
Yazdigird
III Sásání, last pre-Islamic Sháh of Persia
= Zamaspdukht Sásání, dau. Ardashír III Sásání
(r. 628-630)
Princess
Dara-Izdadwr (Izdundad) of
Shahari
(Shariyar) = sister of Baw (Bau; Bav), founder of the Buwayhids
Isaac Iskoi II (Husayn)
(coverted to Islam)
Qarim (Karen) ibn Husayn (d.
856) = Sukhra of Mázandarán, Badusepanide heiress
Faridun, Prince of Mázandarán
Shirzad
Mázandarání
Diwbend Mázandarání
Shahriyar III Mázandarání, Prince (899-939)
Firamurz Mázandarání
Zarin-Kemer I Mázandarání, Prince (965-996)
Baharb Mázandarání, Prince (996-1023)
Nazir’id-Dawla Mázandarání
Nemawar I Mázandarání
Hazarasp I
Mázandarání, Prince (1078-1116) = sister of Kiya-Buzurg
bin al-Hadi of Daylam
Kai-Ka’us I Mázandarání, Prince (1129-1165)
Namwar II Mázandarání, Prince (1223-)
Rakin Gaubara Mázandarání, Prince (1236-1272)
Kai-Khusraw Mázandarání, Prince (1302-1312)
Ziyar Mázandarání, Prince (1325-1334)
Gustahim Mázandarání
Kayumarth Mázandarání, Prince (1404-1453)
Kai-Ka’us II
Mázandarání, co-ruler (1453-1476)
Jahangir [I]
Mázandarání, Prince (1476-1508)
Bistun [II]
Núrí, Prince of Núr
Bahman II Núrí,
Prince of Núr
Kayomart Núrí
Azíz Núrí
Janangir II of Takur (d.
1594)
Shahriyar-Hasan (Faridun?)
Áqá Fakhr Big
Áqá
Muhammad-‘Alí
Hájí
Muhammad-Ridá Big
Mírzá ‘Abbás Karbilá’í (b.
c. 1700)
Mírzá Ridá-Qulí Big
Núrí
Mírzá ‘Abbás-i-Núrí
(Mírzá Buzurg), Vazír (d. 1839) = Khadijih Khánum
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (Mírzá
Husayn-‘Alí-yi-Núrí) (1817-1892), Manifestation of
God = Navváb (Asíyih Khánum
Yalrudí)
Sir
‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás Núrí
(1844-1921), Centre of the Covenant = Munírih Khánum
(Fatimih) Nahrí
Diya’iyyih Khánum
Núrí = Mírzá (Sayyid) Hádí Shírází
(1864-1955), relative of the BÁB
Shoghi Effendi
Rabbání (1897-1957), Guardian of the Bahá’í
Faith
Descent
from the Emperors of China & Turkish Ancestry:
Dao
Wu Di (道武帝),
Emperor of China (409-423)
T’opa Si of Xi-Wei
T’o-pa Yuan
Wen
Cheng Di (文成帝),
Emperor of China (452-465)
Xian
Wen Di (獻文帝),
Emperor of China (466-471)
Xiao
Wen Di (孝文帝),
Emperor of China (471-499)
Prince
of
Emperor
Xi-Wei Wen-Ti
Princess
Ch’ang-lo of
Khan
Mokan of the Turks
Princess
Kayen of the Turks =
Khusraw I (the Just) Sásání, Sháh
of
Hormizd
IV Sásání, Sháh of Persia = daughter of
Khurad, King of the Hephthalites
Khusraw II (Parvez) Sásání, Sháh
of
Sharíyár Sásání, Sháh
of Persia = dau. Tao-Zu, Emperor of
Yazdigird
III Sásání, last pre-Islamic Sháh of Persia
= Zamaspdukht Sásání, dau. Ardashír III Sásání
(r. 628-630)
Princess
Dara-Izdadwr (Izdundad) of
Shahari
(Shariyar) = sister of Baw (Bau; Bav), founder of the Buwayhids
Isaac Iskoi II (Husayn)
(coverted to Islam)
Qarim (Karen) ibn Husayn (d.
856) = Sukhra of Mázandarán, Badusepanide heiress
Faridun, Prince of Mázandarán
Shirzad
Mázandarání
Diwbend Mázandarání
Shahriyar III Mázandarání, Prince (899-939)
Firamurz Mázandarání
Zarin-Kemer I Mázandarání, Prince (965-996)
Baharb Mázandarání, Prince (996-1023)
Nazir’id-Dawla Mázandarání
Nemawar I Mázandarání
Hazarasp I
Mázandarání, Prince (1078-1116) = sister of Kiya-Buzurg
bin al-Hadi of Daylam
Kai-Ka’us I Mázandarání, Prince (1129-1165)
Namwar II Mázandarání, Prince (1223-)
Rakin Gaubara Mázandarání, Prince (1236-1272)
Kai-Khusraw Mázandarání, Prince (1302-1312)
Ziyar Mázandarání, Prince (1325-1334)
Gustahim Mázandarání
Kayumarth Mázandarání, Prince (1404-1453)
Kai-Ka’us II
Mázandarání, co-ruler (1453-1476)
Jahangir [I]
Mázandarání, Prince (1476-1508)
Bistun [II]
Núrí, Prince of Núr
Bahman II Núrí,
Prince of Núr
Kayomart Núrí
Azíz
Núrí
Janangir II of Takur (d.
1594)
Shahriyar-Hasan (Faridun?)
Áqá Fakhr Big
Áqá
Muhammad-‘Alí
Hájí
Muhammad-Ridá Big
Mírzá ‘Abbás Karbilá’í (b.
c. 1700)
Mírzá Ridá-Qulí Big
Núrí
Mírzá ‘Abbás-i-Núrí
(Mírzá Buzurg), Vazír (d. 1839) = Khadijih Khánum
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (Mírzá
Husayn-‘Alí-yi-Núrí) (1817-1892), Manifestation of
God = Navváb (Asíyih Khánum
Yalrudí)
Sir
‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás Núrí
(1844-1921), Centre of the Covenant = Munírih Khánum
(Fatimih) Nahrí
Diya’iyyih Khánum
Núrí = Mírzá (Sayyid) Hádí Shírází
(1864-1955), relative of the BÁB
Shoghi Effendi
Rabbání (1897-1957), Guardian of the Bahá’í
Faith
Descent of
Bahá’u’lláh from the ancient Hellenic Prophet-King,
Hercules, through the Ptolemids:
[As well as detailing the
Hamitic-Adamic ancestry of Hercules. Hercules may have been an ancient Hellenic
Prophet who was deified by descendants of his followers in later times. He may
have been born of a virgin birth, leading to speculation that he was the
“Son of God”. He was worshipped by the Etruscans, Greeks and
Romans, and was occasionally associated with
ADAM
(Adâma / Adapa / Atab), Founder of the Adamic Cycle (b. c. 4004 BC) = Eve
(Hawah, Avâ, Nin-khâwa)
Seth
(Sat-nâal / Set / Sed / Sheth) = Kalîmath
Enosh
(Anosh) = Neôm
Kenan
(Kainân) = Muâlet
Mahalaleel
(Mahlâlâil) = Sîna
Jared
(Yared) = Barâka
Enoch
(Henoch) = Ednâ
Methuselah
(Matûshlah) = Ednâ, daughter of Ezrâel, son of Yared
Lamech
= Bilânos
NOAH
(Nûr / Nôe / Ziusudra / Utnapishtim / Atrachasis), Prophet of the
LORD = Naamah (of the line of Cain)
Ham = Ne’elatama’
Kush (
King Nimrod of
King Hotepsekhemwi (Boethos \
Belus) of
King Aegyptus of
Prince Lynceus of Aigyptos =
Hypermnestra the Danaid, dau. King Danaus (Danaos) of
Abas, King of
Acrisius, King of
Princess Danaë of
Perseus of Mycenea = Princess
Andromeda of Æthiopia
King Elektryon of Mycenea = Eurydice
Princess Alcmene
(Alkmênê: “Might of the Moon”) of Mycenea (claimed that
her son was the Son of God)
HERACLES (Ἡρακλῆς)
(Hercules) of
Hyllus
Cleodemus
Aristomakhos
Temenus
Ceisus
Maron
Thestrus
Acous
Aristomidas
King Karanos of
King Koinos of
King Tirimmos of
King Perdikkas of
King Argaios of
King Philippos I of
King Aeropos of
King Alketas of
King Amyntas I of
Bocrus of
Meleager of
Arisonoe the Argead = Lagus
(Lamachos) of Eordaea
Ptolemy I Soter, King of
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, King
of Egypt = Princess Arisone I of
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Tryphon, King of Egypt = Berenice II, dau. King Magas of Cyrene & Apama the
Seleucid
Ptolemy IV Philopator, King
of Egypt = Queen Arsinoe III, full-sister of Ptolemy IV
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
Eucharistos, King of
Ptolemy VIII Eurgetes II
Tryphon (‘the Younger’) (d. 116 BCE) = Queen Cleopatra III
Euergetis, dau. Ptolemy VI
Ptolemy IX Soter II
(Lathyrus) (d. 81 BCE) = Queen Cleopatra IV, full-sister of Ptolemy IX
Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysus
Philopator Philadelphus (117-51 BCE) = Queen Cleopatra V Tryphaena, dau.
Ptolemy X
Queen Cleopatra VII
Philopator (69-30 BCE) = Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) (83-30 BCE)
Cleopatra Selene = King Juba
II of
Ptolemy of
Drusilla, divorced wife of
Felix, Governor of Judaea = Sohaemus, Priest-King of Emesa
(54-73)
Gaius Julius Alexio,
Priest-King of Emesa (d. 78) = Princess Claudia of
Gaius Julius Sampsigeramus
[III] Silas, Priest-King of Emesa
Gaius Julius Longinus
Soaemus, Priest-King of Emesa
Iamblicus of Emesa
Gaius Julius Sulpicius,
Priest-King of Emesa
Uranius Antoninus,
Priest-King of Emesa
Lucius Julius Aurelius Sulpicius
Severus Uranius Antoninus, Priest-King of Emesa
Iamblius the Philosopher (d.
325)
Urania = Sopater, Imperial
Counsellor to Emperor Constantine the Great
Himerius
Iamblichus
Tretradius of
Arthemia of
Rusticus = Tullia of Lyons,
dau. Bishop Eucherius of
Hesychius, Bishop of Vienne =
Princess Audentia of
Fuscina of Vienne =
Aquilinius, Bishop of
Rusticus, Bishop of
Leontius of
Anicia of Lyons = Magnus of
Byzantium, son of Probus & Princess Anastasia, dau. Emperor Anastasius I
(Dhikoros)
Anastasia of
Princess Constantina of
Princess Maria (Mariam) of
Princess Azarmidukht
Sásání = Ardashír III
Sásání, Sháh of
Princess Zamaspdukth Sásání
= Yazdigird III Sásání, last pre-Islamic Sháh
of Persia
Princess
Dara-Izdadwr (Izdundad) of
Shahari (Shariyar) = sister
of Baw (Bau; Bav), founder of the Buwayhids
Isaac Iskoi II (Husayn)
(coverted to Islam)
Qarim (Karen) ibn Husayn (d.
856) = Sukhra of Mázandarán, Badusepanide heiress
Faridun, Prince of Mázandarán
Shirzad
Mázandarání
Diwbend Mázandarání
Shahriyar III Mázandarání, Prince (899-939)
Firamurz Mázandarání
Zarin-Kemer I Mázandarání, Prince (965-996)
Baharb Mázandarání, Prince (996-1023)
Nazir’id-Dawla Mázandarání
Nemawar I Mázandarání
Hazarasp I
Mázandarání, Prince (1078-1116) = sister of Kiya-Buzurg
bin al-Hadi of Daylam
Kai-Ka’us I Mázandarání, Prince (1129-1165)
Namwar II Mázandarání, Prince (1223-)
Rakin Gaubara Mázandarání, Prince (1236-1272)
Kai-Khusraw Mázandarání, Prince (1302-1312)
Ziyar Mázandarání, Prince (1325-1334)
Gustahim Mázandarání
Kayumarth Mázandarání, Prince (1404-1453)
Kai-Ka’us II
Mázandarání, co-ruler (1453-1476)
Jahangir [I]
Mázandarání, Prince (1476-1508)
Bistun [II]
Núrí, Prince of Núr
Bahman II Núrí,
Prince of Núr
Kayomart Núrí
Azíz
Núrí
Janangir II of Takur (d.
1594)
Shahriyar-Hasan (Faridun?)
Áqá Fakhr Big
Áqá
Muhammad-‘Alí
Hájí Muhammad-Ridá
Big
Mírzá ‘Abbás Karbilá’í (b.
c. 1700)
Mírzá Ridá-Qulí Big
Núrí
Mírzá ‘Abbás-i-Núrí
(Mírzá Buzurg), Vazír (d. 1839) = Khadijih Khánum
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH (Mírzá
Husayn-‘Alí-yi-Núrí) (1817-1892), Manifestation of
God = Navváb (Asíyih Khánum
Yalrudí)
Sir ‘Abdu’l-Bahá
‘Abbás Núrí (1844-1921), Centre of the Covenant =
Munírih Khánum (Fatimih) Nahrí
Diya’iyyih Khánum
Núrí = Mírzá (Sayyid) Hádí Shírází
(1864-1955), relative of the BÁB
Shoghi Effendi
Rabbání (1897-1957), Guardian of the Bahá’í
Faith
Alternative Line of
descent from Shahari, son of Bostonai:
[This claim differs in
certain details from the line above, but is mostly the same]:
Yazdigird
III Sásání, last pre-Islamic Sháh of Persia
= Zamaspdukht Sásání, dau. Ardashír
III Sásání (r. 628-630)
Princess
Dara-Izdadwr (Izdundad) of
Shahari (Shariyar) = sister
of Baw (Bau; Bav), founder of the Buwayhids
Mihr Mardan
Surhab
Sharwin
Isaac Karin I
Shahayar
Isaac Karin II
‘Abdu’l-Muluk
Surhab
Rustam
Sharwin
Shahriyar
Rustam II
Dara
Shahriyan
Surhab
Karin
Dara
Rustam
Kinhwan
Ardashir
Shahriyar
Yazdegird
Kay Khusraw
Hasan
Kays I
Kayomart I
Kays II
Jahavgin
Kayomart
Malik Bayinder Khan
Shahriyar-Hasan (Faridun?)
Áqá Fakhr Big
Áqá
Muhammad-‘Alí
Hájí
Muhammad-Ridá Big
Mírzá
‘Abbás Karbilá’í (b. c. 1700)
Mírzá
Ridá-Qulí Big Núrí
Mírzá
‘Abbás-i-Núrí (Mírzá Buzurg),
Vazír (d. 1839) = Khadijih Khánum
BAHÁ’U’LLÁH
(Mírzá Husayn-‘Alí-yi-Núrí)
(1817-1892), Manifestation of God = Navváb (Asíyih Khánum
Yalrudí)
Sir
‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás Núrí
(1844-1921), Centre of the Covenant = Munírih Khánum
(Fatimih) Nahrí
Diya’iyyih Khánum
Núrí = Mírzá (Sayyid) Hádí Shírází
(1864-1955), relative of the BÁB
Shoghi Effendi
Rabbání (1897-1957), Guardian of the Bahá’í
Faith
The Bahá’í
Family Line from Mírzá ‘Abbás-i-Núrí
(Mírzá Buzurg), Father of Bahá’u’lláh:
[The descendants of
Mírzá Muhammad-Qulí, half-brother of
Bahá’u’lláh, remained faithful members of the
Bahá’í Faith and were granted the surname
“Bahá’í” by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
There are many members of this family today. One line is shown below]:
Mírzá
‘Abbás-i-Núrí (Mírzá Buzurg),
Vazír (d. 1839), father of Bahá’u’lláh =
Turkamaniyyih (concubine)
Mírzá
Muhammad-Qulí Núrí (c. 1837-1910) = (1st wife) Khánum
Ján
Munír
Bahá’í = ?
Muhammad
Bahá’í = Husníyyih Bahá’í
(daughter of Dhikru’lláh Bahá’í, son of
Mírzá Muhammad-Qulí Núrí)
[Descendants
who live in
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