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Also Known As Mīrzā ʿAlī Moḥammad of Shīrāz
Born October 20, 1819 or October 9, 1820 • Shīrāz • Iran
Died July 9, 1850 • Tabrīz • Iran
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Ahura Mazdā
Zarathushtra
Iranian prophet
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Medina, Saudi Arabia: Prophet's Mosque
Muhammad
prophet of Islam
Isaiah
Isaiah
Hebrew prophet
Rembrandt: Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem
Jeremiah
Hebrew prophet
Guru Gobind Singh, 18th century, Punjab
Guru Gobind Singh
Sikh Guru
Mary Baker Eddy
Mary Baker Eddy
American religious leader
Joseph Smith
Joseph Smith
American religious leader [1805–1844]
Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
Muslim scholar
St. Luke
St. Luke
biblical author
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna
Buddhist philosopher
A sculpture of Laozi
Laozi
Chinese Daoist philosopher
Xuanzang
Xuanzang
Buddhist monk
Thomas Ball: Saint John the Evangelist
St. John the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Ram Mohan Roy
Ram Mohan Roy
Indian religious leader
Faxian
Chinese Buddhist monk
Hillel
Jewish scholar
Ezekiel
Ezekiel
Hebrew prophet
James the Greater
St. James
apostle, son of Zebedee