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• Fidál 7 Bahá 6 B.E.
• Yawm ath-Thulāthā' 3 Jumādá al-ūlá
A.H. 1265
• Tuesday 27 March A.D. 1849
• Yom Shlishi 4 Nissan A.M. 5609 |
Renewed forces under Mihdí-Qulí
Mírzá encamp in the neighbourhood of the fort, build fortifications and
begin to bombard the shrine. [BW18:381; DB390-3]
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• c. Bahá 6 B.E.
• c. Jumādá al-ūlá A.H. 1265
• c. end March A.D. 1849
• c. Nissan A.M. 5609 |
The army continues to fire on the
shrine for a few days. Mírzá Muḥammad-Báqir and 18 others attack the new
fortifications and destroy some of them. [DB393-4] |
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• Bahá 6 B.E.
• Jumādá al-ūlá A.H. 1265
• early April A.D. 1849
• Nissan A.M. 5609 |
Sulaymán K̲h̲án-i-Afs̲h̲ar arrives with more troops. [BW18:381] |
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• Istijlál 18 Jalál 6 B.E.
• Yawm al-Khamīs 3 Jumādá al-ākhirah
A.H. 1265
• Thursday 26 April A.D. 1849
• Yom Chamishi 4 Iyar A.M. 5609 |
A charge by the forces of Sulaymán K̲h̲án is repulsed by 37 Bábís led by Mírzá Muḥammad-Báqir. [BW18:381; DB3956]
- A few days later some of the Bábís leave the fort on the promise of
Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá that they will be returned to their homes. As soon as
they are outside the fort they are put to death. [DB396-9]
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• 'Idál 12 Jamál 6 B.E.
• Yawm al-Arba'ā' 16 Jumādá al-ākhirah
A.H. 1265
• Wednesday 9 May A.D. 1849
• Yom Reviʻi 17 Iyar A.M. 5609 |
Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá sends an emissary
to the fort to invite two representatives to his camp to conduct
negotiations. On the strength of assurances written on a Qur'án, Quddús leaves the fort and enters the Prince's camp. [B175; BW18:381;
DB399-400] |
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• Istijlál 13 Jamál 6 B.E.
• Yawm al-Khamīs 17 Jumādá al-ākhirah
A.H. 1265
• Thursday 10 May A.D. 1849
• Yom Chamishi 18 Iyar A.M. 5609 |
The end of the siege of the fort at S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Ṭabarsí. Two hundred and two Bábís are tricked into leaving the shrine. [BW18:381]
- DB400 says they accompanied Quddús.
- They are not conducted to their homes as promised but are set upon by
the Prince's soldiers. Some are killed, others sold into slavery. The
fortifications around the shrine are razed to the ground. [DB403-4;
MH283]
- See DB414-29 for a list of the martyrs of Ṭabarsí.
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• Istiqlál 14 Jamál 6 B.E.
• Yawm al-Jum'ah 18 Jumādá al-ākhirah
A.H. 1265
• Friday 11 May A.D. 1849
• Yom Shishi 19 Iyar A.M. 5609 |
Quddús is taken to Bárfurús̲h̲ and handed over to the priests. [DB408] |
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• 'Idál 19 Jamál 6 B.E.
• Yawm al-Arba'ā' 23 Jumādá al-ākhirah
A.H. 1265
• Wednesday 16 May A.D. 1849
• Yom Reviʻi 24 Iyar A.M. 5609 |
Quddús is tortured and, in the
public square, he is struck down with an axe, dismembered and burnt.
[B176; BBD191; BW18:381; DB409-13; MH283-4]
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• `Aẓamat / Kalimát 6 B.E.
• Rajab / Sha'bān A.H. 1265
• June / July A.D. 1849
• Sivan / Tammuz A.M. 5609 |
The Báb, in prison in the castle of Chihríq, learns of the massacre at S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Ṭabarsí and the martyrdom of Quddús. He is so overcome with grief that
He is unable to write or dictate for a period of six months. [DB411,
430]
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• 'Idál 1 Kamál 6 B.E.
• Yawm al-Arba'ā' 12 Ramaḍān A.H. 1265
• Wednesday 1 August A.D. 1849
• Yom Reviʻi 13 Av A.M. 5609 |
Death of Ḥájí Mírzá Áqásí at Karbalá. [B147; BBD19; BBR156] |
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• Kamál 4 Qawl6 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 10 Muḥarram A.H. 1266
• Monday 26 November A.D. 1849
• Yom Sheni 11 Kislev A.M. 5610 |
The Báb sends Mullá ádí-Guzal to the graves of Quddús and Mullá Ḥusayn to make a pilgrimage on His behalf [DB431] |
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• S̲h̲araf 6 B.E.
• late Ṣafar A.H. 1266
• early weeks A.D. 1850
• Tevet A.M. 5610 |
Vaḥíd clashes with the authorities
in Yazd. He escapes and makes a missionary journey through Fárs.
[B178-9; DB466-71; BBRSM28, 216]
- B178 says this took place in the
early weeks of 1850; B204-5 says Lt-Col Sheil reported it to London in
February; BBRSM28, 216 says it was January or February; DB466 sets it at
Naw-Rúz 1850 and DB468 says that the siege carried on for 40 days.
- See BBR106-9 for the various dates assigned to this event and for the difficulties in dating it.
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• Fidál 16 S̲h̲araf 6 B.E.
• Yawm ath-Thulāthā' 27 Ṣafar A.H. 1266
• Tuesday 15 January A.D. 1850
• Yom Shlishi 2 Shevat A.M. 5610 |
Mullá ádí-Guzal arrives in Mázindarán and carries out the Báb's request. [DB432] |
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• Istijlál 8 Mulk 6 B.E.
• Yawm al-Khamīs 1 Rabī' ath-thānī
A.H. 1266
• Thursday 14 February A.D. 1850
• Yom Chamishi 2 Adar A.M. 5610 |
Fourteen Bábís are arrested as a result of the actions of an informer. [BBRSM28; BW18:381] |
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• Fidál 13 or 'Idál 14 Mulk 6 B.E.
• Yawm ath-Thulāthā' 6 or
Yawm al-Arba'ā' 7 Rabī' ath-thānī
A.H. 1266
• Tuesday 19 or Wednesday 20 February
A.D. 1850
• Yom Shlishi 7 or Yom Reviʻi 8 Adar
A.M. 5610 |
Martyrdom of the Seven Martyrs of
Ṭihrán. Seven of the Bábís are executed in Ṭihrán on the false charge of
having plotted to kill the Grand Vizier. [B182-5; BBD225; BBR100-5;
BBRSM28, 216; BKG71; BW18:381; DB462; GPB47-8]
- See BBD225, BBR100 and BW18:381 for a list of their names.
- Three of the victims are so eager to be martyrs that they ask the
executioner if they can be the first to die. [B183; BBD225; GPB47]
- Their bodies are left in the public square for three days. [BBD225; GPB47]
- See GPB478 for the chief features of the episode.
- The martyrs are the 'Seven Goats' referred to in Islamic traditions
that were to 'walk in front' of the promised Qá'im. [GPB47-8]
- See B206-7 and BBR100-5 for the accounts of the event and responses of Prince Dolgorukov and Lt-Col Sheil.
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