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• c. Bahá / `Aẓamat 9 B.E.
• c. Jumādá al-ākhirah / Sha'bān
A.H. 1268
• c. April / May A.D. 1852
• c. Nissan / Sivan A.M. 5612 |
Bahá'u'lláh returns to Iran from Karbalá. [DB598]
- He is the guest of the Grand Vizier for one month. [BKG74; DB598-9]
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• Summer 9 B.E.
• Summer A.H. 1268
• Summer A.D. 1852
• Summer A.M. 5612 |
Bahá'u'lláh stays at the summer residence of Ja'far-Qulí K̲h̲án, the brother of the Grand Vizier, in Afchih, Lavásán, near Ṭihrán. [BKG77; DB599] |
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• Jamál 15 Kamál 9 B.E.
• Yawm al-Aḥad 28 Shawwāl A.H. 1268
• Sunday 15 August A.D. 1852
• Yom Rishon 30 Av A.M. 5612 |
Attempt on the life of the S̲h̲áh. [BBR128; BBRSM:30; BKG74-5; DB599; ESW20; GPB62; TN2930]
- See BKG74-5 for circumstances of the event.
- See BKG76 for the fate of the perpetrators.
- See BBR128-46 for reporting of the event in the West.
- Ja'far-Qulí K̲h̲án writes immediately to Bahá'u'lláh telling Him of the event and that the mother of the S̲h̲áh is denouncing Bahá'u'lláh as the 'would-be murderer'. Ja'far-Qulí K̲h̲án offers to hide Bahá'u'lláh. [BKG77; DB602]
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• 9 / 10 B.E.
• A.H. 1268 / 1270
• A.D. 1852 / 1853
• A.M. 5612 / 5614 |
"In the hecatomb of 1852-1853 the ranks of the Bábís were drastically thinned.
Most of the leading disciples were killed, only a few surviving in distant exile.
The next ten years were hopelessly dark. Within the Bábí community there was
much confusion and fear. It seemed at times that all the heroism, all the sacrifices,
had been in vain. Enemies gloated over the virtual extermination of what they
saw as a pernicious heretical sect. Sympathetic outsiders concluded that the movement
that had shown so much promise cracked under persecution and collapsed,
leaving behind only a glorious memory." [Varqá and Rúhu'lláh: Deathless in Martyrdom by Kazem Kazemzadeh, World Order, Winter 1974-75 p.29] |
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• Kamál 16 Kamál 9 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 29 Shawwāl A.H.1268
• Monday 16 August A.D. 1852
• Yom Sheni 1 Elul A.M. 5612 |
Bahá'u'lláh rides out towards the headquarters of the imperial army. He stops at Zargandih at the home of Mírzá Majíd K̲h̲án-i-áhí, secretary to the Russian legation. [BKG77; DB603]
- Bahá'u'lláh is invited to remain in this home. [DB603]
- The S̲h̲áh is informed of Bahá'u'lláh's arrival and sends an officer to the
legation to demand the delivery of Bahá'u'lláh into his hands. The
Russian minister, Prince Dolgorukov, refuses and suggests that
Bahá'u'lláh be sent to the home of the Grand Vizier. [BKG77; DB603]
- Bahá'u'lláh is arrested. [BKG77; DB603]
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• days following Kamál 16 Kamál 9 B.E.
• days following Yawm al-Ithnayn 29
Shawwāl A.H. 1268
• days following 16 August A.D. 1852
• days following Yom Sheni 1 Elul
A.M. 5612 |
For a few days after His arrest, Bahá'u'lláh is interrogated. [TN31]
He is then taken 'on foot and in chains, with bared head and bare feet'
to Ṭihrán where He is cast into the Síyáh-Chál. [BKG77; DB606-7; ESW20;
GPB71; TN31]
- See BKG77-8 and DB606-8 for a description of Bahá'u'lláh's journey.
- See CH40-1 for the effect on Bahá'u'lláh's family.
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• Kamál 16 Kamál / Istiqlál 1 Asmá'
9 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 29 Shawwāl /
Yawm al-Jum'ah 4 Dhū al-Qa'dah
A.H. 1268
• Monday 16 / Friday 20 August A.D. 1852
• Yom Sheni 1 / Yom Shishi 5 Elul
A.M. 5612 |
A large number of Bábís are arrested in Ṭihrán and its environs following the attempt on the life of the S̲h̲áh. A number are executed. [BBR134-5; BW18:382]
Eighty-one, of whom 38 are leading members of the Bábí community, are thrown into the Síyáh-Chál. [BKG77] |
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• Kamál 16 Kamál / Istiqlál 8 Asmá'
9 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 29 Shawwāl /
Yawm al-Jum'ah 11 Dhū al-Qa'dah
A.H. 1268
• Monday 16 / Friday 27 August A.D. 1852
• Yom Sheni 1 / Yom Shishi 12 Elul
A.M. 5612 |
The martyrdom of Ṭáhirih in Ṭihrán. [BBR172-3; BBRSM:30; BW18:382; BKG87; MF203]
- She is martyred in the ílk̲h̲ání garden, strangled with
her own silk handkerchief which she has provided for the purpose. Her
body is lowered into a well which is then filled with stones. [BBD220;
DB622-8; GPB75]
- See GPB73-5 for a history of her life.
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• Jamál 3 / Istiqlál 8 Asmá' 9 B.E.
• Yawm al-Aḥad 6 / Yawm al-Jum'ah 11
Dhū al-Qa'dah A.H. 1268
• Sunday 22 / Friday 27 August A.D. 1852
• Yom Rishon 7 / Yom Shishi 12 Elul
A.M. 5612 |
After the initial executions, about
20 or more Bábís are distributed among the various courtiers and
government departments to be tortured and put to death. [BBR135-6 BW18:382] |
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• Kamál / Asmá' 9 B.E.
• Shawwāl / Dhū al-Qa'dah A.H. 1268
• August A.D. 1852
• Av / Elul A.M.5612 |
In Mílán, Iran, 15 Bábís are arrested and imprisoned. [BW18:382]
Many Bábís are tortured and killed in the weeks following the attempt on the life of the S̲h̲áh. [BKG84]
- See BBR171 for the story of Mahmud K̲h̲án, the Kalántar of Ṭihrán, and his role in the arrest and execution of the Bábís.
- See BKG84-93 for a description of the tortures and executions of Bábís. Thirty-eight Bábís are martyred.
- See BKG86-7 and DB616-21 for the torture and martyrdom of Sulaymán K̲h̲án.
Holes are gouged in his body and nine lighted candles are inserted. He
joyfully dances to the place of his execution. His body is hacked in
two, each half is then suspended on either side of the gate.
- The persecutions are so severe that the community is nearly annihilated.
The Bábí remnant virtually disappears from view until the 1870s.
[BBRSM:30; EB269]
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• Kamál / Masá'il 9 B.E.
• Shawwāl A.H. 1268 / Rabī' al-awwal
A.H. 1269
• August / December A.D. 1852
• Av A.M. 5612 / Tevet A.M. 5613 |
Bahá'u'lláh's imprisonment in the Síyáh-Chál.
- See AB10-11, BBD211-12, BKG79-83, CH41-2, DB631-3, GPB109 and RB1:9 for
a description of the prison and the conditions suffered by the
prisoners.
- No food or drink is given to Bahá'u'lláh for three days and nights. [DB608]
- Bahá'u'lláh remained in the prison for four months. [CH41; ESW20, 77; GPB104; TN31]
- See CH42-3 for the effect of Bahá'u'lláh's imprisonment on
His wife and children. Friends and and even family were afraid to be
associated with His immediate family. During this period Mírzá Músá helped the family surreptitiously and Mírzá Yúsif, who was married to
Bahá'u'lláh's cousin, a Russian citizen and a friend of the Russian
Consul, was less afraid of repercussions for his support of them.
- 'Abdu'l-Bahá, as a child of eight, is attacked in the street of Ṭihrán. [DB616]
- See AB11-12, RB1:9 for 'Abdu'l-Bahá's account of His visit to His father.
- Bahá'u'lláh's properties are plundered. [CH41; RB1:11]
- See BBD4-5 and BKG94-8 for the story of 'Abdu'l-Vahháb-i-S̲h̲írází who was martyred while being held in the Síyáh-Chál.
- See BBD190, 200 and ESW77 about the two chains with which
Bahá'u'lláh was burdened while in the Síyáh-Chál. Five other Bábís were
chained to Him day and night. [CH41]
- Bahá'u'lláh had some 30 or 40 companions. [BBIC:6, CH41]
- An attempt was made to poison Him. The attempt failed but His
health was impaired for years following. [BBIC:6; BKG99-100, GPB72]
Bahá'u'lláh's half-brother Mírzá Yaḥyá flees to Tákur and goes into hiding. He eventually goes to Bag̲h̲dád. [BKG90, 107, CH41] |
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