The Conference of Badasht was an instrumental meeting of the leading Bábís in June-July 1848 that set in motion the radicalisation of the movement. It was attended by 81 people in total.

Leading figures

The three key individuals had a garden each and were:

• Bahá'u'lláh
  Bahá'u'lláh
  Bahá'u'lláh , born ' , was the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. He claimed to be the prophetic fulfilment of Bábism, a 19th-century outgrowth of Shí‘ism, but in a broader sense claimed to be a messenger from God referring to the fulfilment of the eschatological expectations of Islam, Christianity, and...
  
   (who paid for the conference)
• Quddús
  Quddús
  Jináb-i-Quddús , is the title of Mullá Muḥammad ‘Alí-i-Bárfurúshi, who was the most prominent disciple of the Báb, a nineteenth century Prophet of the Bahá'í Faith. He was the eighteenth and final Letter of the Living....
  
  
• Táhirih
  Táhirih
  Táhirih or Qurratu'l-`Ayn are both titles of Fátimih Baraghání , an influential poet and theologian of the Bábí Faith in Iran. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion...
  
  

Bahá'u'lláh

The involvement of Bahá'u'lláh varies between sources with Bahá'ís claiming he was instrumental in resolving the difficulties between the two other figures and providing many of the names adopted by the Bábís. He is also said to have revealed a tablet for each of those attending the conference.

Quddús

Quddús came to the conference with the intention of Bábísm being more moderate movement, in effect merely a sect of Islam

Islam

Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

. His personality clashed with Táhirih who tried to convince him of Bábísm being a religion in itself thus abrogating the Qur'an

Qur'an

The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...

. She succeeded and he went on to join the Shaykh Tabarsi

Shaykh Tabarsi

', or more correctly the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí, was the location of a battle between the forces of the Shah of Persia and the Bábís, followers of the Báb over the period October 10, 1848 to May 10, 1849 when the prince resorted to a plan of betrayal to capture the remaining Bábís...

 fortress and die as a martyr.

Táhirih

Táhirih was convinced that the Báb

Báb

Siyyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází was the founder of Bábism, and one of three central figures of the Bahá'í Faith. He was a merchant from Shíráz, Persia, who at the age of twenty-four claimed to be the promised Qá'im . After his declaration he took the title of Báb meaning "Gate"...

's message abrogated all others and managed to persuade many of the others at the conference. During the conference, at least once, she appeared in public without a veil, heresy within the Islamic world of that day. Several Bábís abandoned the movement and one attempted to take his life by slitting his throat after seeing this.

During the conference

One Islamic law was abrogated during each day of the conference. Plans for securing the Báb's release from captivity may have been discussed.

End of the conference

The conference ended shortly after it was attacked by Muslim villagers from the surrounding regions.