His execution by firing squad in Tabriz, 1850, remembered at noon. Work is suspended. On the morning of 9 July 1850 in Tabriz, a Persian merchant known as the Báb was charged with apostasy and shot by order of the Prime Minister of the Persian Empire. The events surrounding his execution have been the subject of controversy among researchers, and are regarded as miraculous by followers of the Baháʼí Faith, who consider him to be a Manifestation of God. The Báb and one of his companions were suspended on a wall and a large firing squad prepared to shoot. When the smoke cleared after the first volleys of bullets, the Báb was missing; reports continue by stating that the Báb was found back in his prison cell finishing dictation to his secretary. Sources, which include Persian and European reports, give a variety of accounts of varying degrees of miraculousness. All agree that he survived the first firing squad, and was killed by the second. For many years after his death, the remains of the Báb were secretly transferred from place to place until they were brought to their final resting place at the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa on the middle terrace of the Baháʼí Gardens. The anniversary of the Báb's martyrdom is commemorated by members of the Baháʼí Faith at noon on Rahmat 16 (Sharaf) of the Baháʼí calendar, corresponding to 9 or 10 July. It is one of nine Holy Days when work is suspended. Wiki link Dates computed on the Badí' calendar from Tehran's equinox, sunsets and new moons (before 2015, the West's fixed dates). Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).