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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of Bahá'u'lláh - 12 B.E. (A.D. 1855-1856)

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• Kamál 19 Mashíyyat 12 B.E. • Yawm al-Ithnayn 3 Ṣafar A.H. 1272 • Monday 15 October A.D. 1855 • Yom Sheni 3 Cheshvan A.M. 5616	Birth of Robert Turner, first black American Bahá'í. See also: Devil in the Details; Angel in the Patterns by Christopher Buck Robert Turner, Slave by Birth, Freed by Lincoln, Enlightened by Faith by Christopher Buck
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• c. 12 B.E. / 'Alá' 13 B.E. • c. A.H. 1272 / Rajab A.H. 1273 • c. A.D. 1855 / March A.D. 1856 • c. A.M. 5616 / Adar A.M. 5617 November 1, 1856 and April 4, 1857	The Anglo-Persian War. [BBR165, 263]
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• 12 B.E. / 14 B.E. • A.H. 1272 / A.H. 1274 • A.D. 1855 / A.D. 1856 • A.M. 5616 / A.M. 5618	Birth of Samadíyyih K̲h̲ánum, first daughter of Bahá'u'lláh and His second wife, Mahd-i-‘Ulyá.
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• 12 B.E. / 15 B.E. • A.H. 1272 / A.H. 1275 • A.D. 1855 / A.D. 1856 • A.M. 5616 / A.M. 5619	Bahá'u'lláh's writings during this period are so prolific that in one hour He would reveal a thousand verses and in the course of one day the equivalent of the Qur'án. He reveals a vast number of works and then commands that hundreds of thousands of verses be destroyed. [BBRSM62–3; BKG167; GPB137–8]
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• c. 12 B.E. / 20 B.E. • c. A.H. 1272 / A.H. 1280 • c. A.D. 1855 / A.D. 1856 • c. A.M. 5616 / A.M. 5624	It is in this period that Bahá'u'lláh reveals the Seven Valleys in response to a request from a Súfí, Shaykh Muhyi'd-Dín, the Qádí of K̲h̲ániqayn, whom He may have met in Kurdistán. In it Bahá'u'lláh describes the stages of the mystical life. [BBD206 BBRSM:64; SA150] For details of the composition and content of the Seven Valleys see SA1507.
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• 'Idál 18 `Alá' 12 B.E. • Yawm al-Arba'ā' 12 Rajab A.H. 1272 • Wednesday 19 March A.D. 1856 • Yom Reviʻi 12 Adar II A.M. 5616	Bahá'u'lláh returns from Sulaymáníyyih, Kurdistán. "He Himself has described the situation which then confronted Him: We found no more than a handful of souls, faint and dispirited, nay utterly lost and dead. The Cause of God had ceased to be on any one's lips, nor was any heart receptive to its message. [GPB125] From this time Bahá'u'lláh started to educate the believers in the principles of the Faith. [GPB127–8; TN39]
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• `Alá' 12 B.E. / Bahá 13 B.E. • Jumādá al-ākhirah / Rajab A.H. 1272 • March A.D. 1856 • Adar Beit / Adar I IA.M. 5616	During His absence Mírzá Musá rents a house in the Karkh district in the west of the city. The house is large, two or three stories, and is made of simple mud brick with a surrounding central courtyard. At some point before His departure on the 13th Jalál 20 B.E. (22nd of April, 1863), the house is purchased. He later names it "The Most Great House" and designates it a place of pilgrimage. It is also referred to as the "Throne of His Glory", and the "Lamp of Salvation between earth and heaven". [CEBF66] After His departure the House was held in the names of various custodians and allowed to fall into disrepair. [CEBF66]
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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.

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A.D. = Anno Domini - Latin: "In the year of our Lord" - Christian / Julian Calendar.
A.M. = Anno Mundi - Latin: "In the year of the world"; Hebrew: "To the creation of the world" - Hebrew Calendar.

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