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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of Báb - 3 B.E. (A.D. 1846-1847)
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< 2 B.E. | 4 B.E. >
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[ 9 Articles ]
• Summer 3 B.E.
• Summer A.H. 1262
• Summer A.D. 1846
• Summer A.M. 5606
The Báb bequeaths all His possessions to His mother and His wife and reveals a special prayer for His wife to help her in times of sorrow He tells his wife of His impending martyrdom. He moves to the house of His uncle Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí. He tells the Bábís in S̲h̲íráz to go to Iṣfahán. [GPB14; KB21-2; TB103-5, LTDT13]
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• Summer 3 B.E.
• Summer A.H. 1262
• Summer A.D. 1846
• Summer A.M. 5606
The Chief Constable, 'Abdu'l-Ḥamíd K̲h̲án, is instructed by order of the governor, Hasayn K̲h̲án, to break into the house of Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí where He [Báb] had been confined and to arrest Him. He and a follower are taken away along with His books and Writings. It is widely rumoured that He would be executed. He was allowed to return some time later. [LTDT14]
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• 'Idál 16 `Izzat 3 B.E.
• Yawm al-Arba'ā' 2 Shawwāl A.H. 1262
• Wednesday 23 September A.D. 1846
• Yom Reviʻi 3 Tishri 5607 A.M. 5605
The governor, Ḥusayn K̲h̲án, threatened by the Báb's rising popularity, orders His arrest. The chief constable, `Abdu'l-Ḥamíd K̲h̲án, takes the Báb into custody and escorts Him to the governor's home but finds it abandoned. He takes the Báb to his own home and learns that a cholera epidemic has swept the city and that his sons have been stricken. At the chief constable's insistence the Báb cures the boys by requesting they drink some of the water with which He has washed His own face. `Abdu'l-Ḥamíd resigns his post and begs the governor to release the Báb. He agrees on condition the Báb leaves S̲h̲íráz. The incident proves to be Ḥusayn K̲h̲án's undoing: the S̲h̲áh dismisses him from office shortly after. [B104-5; BBRSM55; DB194-7; GPB13; TN9]
  • See BBR170-1 and DB197 for the fate of Ḥusayn K̲h̲án.
  • DB196-7 says `Abdu'l-Ḥamíd K̲h̲án had only one ill son.
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• 'Idál 16 / Istijlál 17 `Izzat 3 B.E.
• Yawm al-Arba'ā' 2 / Yawm al-Khamīs 3
   Shawwāl A.H. 1262
• Wednesday 23 / Thursday 24
    September A.D. 1846
• Yom Reviʻi 3 / Yom Chamishi 4 Tishri
    A.M. 5607
The Báb departs for Iṣfahán after a sojourn in S̲h̲íráz of less than 15 months. [B105-6; BBRSM216; BW18:380; TN9, SBBR1pxxviii]
  • TN9 says that the Báb left S̲h̲íráz `the morning after' the night He saved the children from cholera.
  • B105 says he left `in the last days of September'.
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• Asmá' / `Ilm 3 B.E.
• Ramaḍān / Dhū al-Qa'dah    A.H. 1262
• September / October A.D. 1846
• Elul A.M. 5606 / Tishri A.M. 5607
On His approach to the city the Báb writes to Manúc̲h̲ihr K̲h̲án, the governor-general of Iṣfahán, and asks him for shelter. The governor requests that Siyyid Muḥammad, the Imám-Jum`ih of Iṣfahán, accommodate Him. During His stay of 40 days the Báb impresses His host as well as the governor. [B109-10, 13; DB199-202, 208]
  • See B108-9 for information on Manúc̲h̲ihr K̲h̲án.
  • It is during His six-month stay in Iṣfahán that the Báb takes a second wife, Fáṭimih, the sister of a Bábí from that city. [RB1:249]
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• c. `Ilm / Qawl 3 B.E.
• c. Dhū al-Ḥijjah / Dhū al-Qa'dah
        A.H. 1262
• c. November A.D. 1846
• c. Cheshvan / Kislev
       A.M. 5607
Manúc̲h̲ihr K̲h̲án arranges a meeting between the Báb and the clerics to silence their opposition. After the encounter, about 70 of them meet and issue a death-warrant. [B112-13; DB205-9]
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• Qawl / S̲h̲araf 3 B.E.
• Dhū al-Ḥijjah A.H. 1262 / Muḥarram
   A.H. 1263
• December A.D. 1846
• Kislev / Tevet A.M. 5607
Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí dies in Istanbul naval dockyards. He is the first martyr of the Bábí Dispensation.
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• Sulṭán 3 B.E. / Bahá 4 B.E.
• Ṣafar / Rabī' al-awwal A.H. 1263
• February / March A.D. 1847
• Shevat / Nissan A.M. 5607
The passing of Manúc̲h̲ihr K̲h̲án. His death had been predicted by the Báb 87 days earlier. The governor had made the Báb the beneficiary of his vast holdings, estimated to be 40 million francs, but his nephew Gurgín K̲h̲án appropriated everything after his death. [B116; DB213-14]
  • Before the death of Manúc̲h̲ihr K̲h̲án the Báb instructed His followers to disperse. [B115; DB213-14] Gurgín K̲h̲án, in his role as the new governor, informs the S̲h̲áh that the Báb is in Iṣfahán and has been sheltering with Manúc̲h̲ihr K̲h̲án. The S̲h̲áh orders that the Báb be taken to Ṭihrán incognito. The Báb, escorted by Nusayrí horsemen, sets out for Ṭihrán soon after midnight. [B116, 118; DB215-116; TN11]
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• Kamál 16 Mulk 3 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 15 Ṣafar A.H. 1263
• Monday 22 February A.D. 1847
• Yom Sheni 6 Adar A.M. 5607
Birth of Thornton Chase, designated the first American Bahá'í, in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Most of the Gregorian Calendar dates, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753) to 153 B.E (A.D. 1996), are from the original book, A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. From 153 B.E (A.D. 1996) to present the Gregorian Calendar dates are from A Basic Bahá'í Chronology online. The Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates were calculated by the ABG staff and may be subject to error, despite the great care that was taken. When the Gregorian date is "In the year", "c. Mar 1797", etc., we list the nearest approximate Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates.
 
Notes:
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  • Continuous time periods, e.g., Monday thru Friday or June thru August, are annotated as Monday / Friday and June / August rather than Monday-Friday and June-August in all four calendars. This is to avoid confusion with Islamic days and months which contain a hyphen (or dash), e.g. Yawm ath-Thulatha', Jumadá al-akhirah.
  • Date Format = Day of the Week Name, Day of the Month Number, Month Name, Year Number -
  • c. = circa - meaning: "Around, round about, about. The prep. is often used in Eng. with dates, as circa 1400 (c 1400)." (Oxford English Dictionary)
  • Items with a greenish background are publications 
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