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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of Bahá'u'lláh - 18 B.E. (A.D. 1861-1862)

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• Fidál 2 Ráḥmat 18 B.E. • Yawm ath-Thulāthā' 16 Dhū al-Ḥijjah A.H. 1277 • Tuesday 25 June A.D. 1861 • Yom Shlishi 17 Tammuz A.M. 5621	Death of Sultán ‘Abdu'l-Majíd and accession of Sultán ‘Abdu'l-‘Azíz to the Ottoman throne. He ruled until 1876. [BBR485] Note: BKG139 says this was 14 August.
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• 18 / 19 B.E. • A.H. 1277 / A.H. 1278 • A.D. 1862 • A.M. 5621 / A.M. 5622	Bahá'u'lláh reveals The Kitáb-i-Íqán, ‘a comprehensive exposition of the nature and purpose of religion'. [BBD134, 162; BKG159; BBD134; BBRSM64–5; GPB138–9; RB1:158] The Tablet is revealed in answer to four questions put to Bahá'u'lláh by Ḥájí Mírzá Siyyid Muḥammad, a maternal uncle of the Báb. [BBD134, 162; BKG163–5; RB1:158] It is revealed in the course of two days and two nights. [BBD 134; BKG165; GPB238; RB1:158] The original manuscript, in the handwriting of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, is in the Bahá'í International Archives. [BKG165; RB1:159] It is probably the first of Bahá'u'lláh's writings to appear in print. [BKG165; EB121] For a discussion of the circumstances of its revelation, its content and major themes see RB1:153–97.
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• 18 / 19 B.E. • A.H. 1277 / A.H. 1278 • A.D. 1862 • A.M. 5621 / A.M. 5622	Bahá'u'lláh sends a ring and cashmere shawl to His niece, Shahr-Bánú, the daughter of Mírzá Muḥammad-Ḥasan, in Ṭihrán to ask for her hand in marriage to ‘Abdu'l-Bahá. Shahr-Bánú's uncle, acting in place of her dead father, refuses to let her go to Iraq. [BKG342–3]
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• 18 / 24 B.E. • A.H. 1277 / A.H. 1284 • A.D. 1862 / 1868 • A.M. 5621 / A.M. 5622	Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-‘Alí, a cousin of the Báb, lives in Shanghai during this period. This is the first record of a Bábí or Bahá'í living in China. [PH24] From 1870 he lived in Hong Kong dealing as a merchant and was joined by his brother, Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad Ḥusayn. [PH24]
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• 18 / 20 B.E. • A.H. 1277 / A.H. 1279 • A.D. 1862 / 1863 • A.M. 5621 / A.M. 5628	Ḥájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí and six other prominent Bahá'ís are arrested in Cairo for being Bahá'ís at the instigation of the corrupt Persian consul, Mírzá Ḥusayn K̲h̲án. They are banished to Khartoum, where Haydar-`Alí will spend the next 9 years in confinement. [BBR257; BKG250; GBP178, Delight of Hearts 32-66]
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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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