Varqá
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For the village in Iran, see Varqa, Iran.
Varqá (Arabic: ورقا, born Mírzá ʻAlí-Muhammad (Persian: ميرزا علي محمد); died 1896) was an eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith. Varqá was referred to by ʻAbdu'l-Bahá as a Hand of the Cause of God and was identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh.
Baháʼu'lláh wrote a tablet addressed to Varqá, praising the high station of the King and Beloved of Martyrs.