First Jewish gentleman who met the Bab.

By Mehrdad Badiian Eghrari (Jewish Baha'i Pioneer, originally from Isfahan, Iran)

My beloved great- grandfather Mr. Eliahu was of Jewish origin, yet he was a grand-child of the first Jewish gentleman : Hakim Haroon who met His Holiness The beloved Báb in 1846 in Esfahan immediately becoming a believer and a follower of the Báb. Later when The Blessed Beauty of Abhá: Bahá'u'lláh declared His Faith & Mission in the garden of Ridvan Baghdad in 1863 on the 9th day of Ridván, my ancestor Hakim Haroon was present as a believer & a follower of Him Whom God made Manifest. That makes me a 7th generation Báb'i & Bahá'i.