circa 1900: Some persecuted Baha'is

(Source: 'Persia - The Awakening East' by W.P. Cresson)

Scene of numerous martyrdom and persecutions

An early 20th-century scene of daily life in an open square in front of the bazaar in central Tehran. This square was the scene of numerous public martyrdom and other persecutions of Bábís and Bahá'ís. 
(The American Bahá'í, August 20, 2002)