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Siyyid ‘Alà Muḥammad (October 20, 1819 – July 9, 1850) was a Manifestation of God[1] and founder of the Bábà religion. He was a merchant from ShÃráz, who at the age of twenty-five revealed Himself to be the promised Qá'im (or MihdÃ). After His declaration He took the title of Báb, meaning "Gate." He composed hundreds of letters and books (often termed tablets) in which He stated His mission and defined his teachings, which constituted a new sharÃ'ah or religious law. His movement eventually acquired tens of thousands of supporters, was virulently opposed by Iran's ShÃ'à clergy, and was bloodily suppressed by the Iranian government. Thousands of His followers, termed BábÃs, died. In 1850 the Báb was shot by a firing squad in TabrÃz. His titles include, among others, the "Primal Point" and the "Point of the Bayán."