Prophet-Founder of the Bahá'í Faith and the Manifestation of God for this Day. He was born Mirza Husayn-'Ali on 12 November 1817 to a noble family of Núr in Mazindaran, Iran. His mother was Khadijih Khanum and his father Mirza Buzurg-i-Vazir, a courtier. Bahá'u'lláh was a descendant of the last Sassanian king, Yazdigird III. Source: Momen, Wendi (Ed.): A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary. George Ronald, 1989. ISBN 0-85398-230-9