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Born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Nurí, Bahá'u'lláh was the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'u'lláh taught that humanity is one single race and that the age has come for its unification in a global society. His recognition of the claims of the Báb and His own claim to divine revelation resulted in His persecution, torture, exile and imprisonment by the Persian and Ottoman governments. In addition, members of His own family rose up against Him, determined to elevate themselves, usurp His authority and fragment His community of followers. These sufferings He endured for the majority of His adult life. After being exiled to Baghdád, Istanbul and then Edirne (Adrianople), He was finally banished to the prison city of 'Akká (in present day Israel) in 1868. Bahá'u'lláh was eventually released in 1877 and, thereafter, lived in the area surrounding the city until His death in 1892. In His lifetime He authored many religious works including: The Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys, The Hidden Words, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Kitáb-i-Íqán, and the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, as well as an estimated fifteen thousand Tablets addressed to individuals.