Question
When his followers complained that this woman attended an otherwise all-male gathering without a veil, the Báb replied that she was named the “Pure One,” silencing her critics. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this member of the eighteen Letters of the Living, a fearless Bábí poetess who purportedly told the Shah before her death that “You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women.”
ANSWER: Táhirih [or Ṭāhira; or Qurrat al-ʿAyn; or Fatimah Baraghani]
[10m] Stories of Táhirih and other early followers of the Báb are collected in this book by Nabíl-i-A’zam, which was later translated by Shoghi Effendi with a dedication to his aunt Bahíyyih Khánum, “the Greatest Holy Leaf.”
ANSWER: The Dawn-Breakers [or Maṭāleʿ al-anwār]
[10e] Bahíyyih Khánum and Táhirih are among the Baha’i “immortal heroines” for each religious dispensation, a group which also includes this wife of Abraham who laughed when told she would bear a son.
ANSWER: Sarah [or Sarai]
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Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 RMP Fest Online Mirror | 05/31/25 | Y | 5 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 RMP Fest Carleton Mirror | 07/13/25 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| 2025 RMP Fest CO Mirror | 08/10/25 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |