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• Jamál 7 Bahá 21 B.E.
• Yawm al-Aḥad 18 Shawwāl A.H. 1280
• Sunday 27 March A.D. 1864
• Yom Rishon 19 Adar II A.M. 5624 |
Birth of A. L. M. Nicolas, who
later becomes an important European scholar on the life and teachings of
the Báb, in Rasht. [BBR516] |
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• Bahá 21 / Jamál B.E.
• Shawwāl / Dhū al-Qa'dah A.H. 1280
• April A.D. 1864
• Adar II / Nissan A.M. 5624 |
Sulaymán Páshá, a Súfí, succeeds
Muḥammad Pásháy-i-Qibrisí as Governor of Adrianople. Both are admirers
of Bahá'u'lláh. [CH59, BBR487; BKG254] |
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• Bahá 21 / Jamál B.E.
• Shawwāl / Dhū al-Qa'dah A.H. 1280
• April A.D. 1864
• Adar II / Nissan A.M. 5624 |
Upheaval at Najafábád
- Several hundred Bahá'ís are arrested by Shaykh Muḥammad-Báqir (later
stigmatized as ‘the Wolf' by Bahá'u'lláh) and taken to Isfahán to be put
to death. He is dissuaded from this plan by other ‘ulamá of Isfahán.
Two of the prisoners are executed, 18 are sent to Ṭihrán and the
remainder are sent back to Najafábád where they are severely beaten.
Those sent to Ṭihrán are put in a dungeon but released after three
months by the Sháh. Two of these are beaten then executed upon their
return from Ṭihrán on the order of Shaykh Muḥammad-Báqir. [BBD213;
BBR268–9; BW18:382]
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• Kamál 15 Kamál 21 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 12 Rabī' al-awwal
A.H. 1281
• Monday 15 August A.D. 1864
• Yom Sheni 13 Av A.M. 5624 |
Birth of Mírzá Díyá'u'lláh, the third son of Bahá'u'lláh and Mahdi-‘Ulyá. [BKG222] |
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• Qawl / Sharaf 21 B.E.
• Rajab / Sha'bān A.H. 1281
• December A.D. 1864
• Kislev / Tevet A.M. 5625 |
Death of Governor Sulaymán Páshá of
Adrianople. He is succeeded by ‘Árif Páshá, who is not well-disposed to
Bahá'u'lláh and His followers. [BBR487] |
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• Qawl / Sharaf 21 B.E.
• Rajab / Sha'bān A.H. 1281
• December A.D. 1864
• Kislev / Tevet A.M. 5625 |
Mírzá Yaḥyá invites Bahá'u'lláh to a
feast and shares a dish, half of which was laced with poison.
Bahá'u'lláh is ill for 21 days following this attempt and is left with a
shaking hand for the rest of His life. [CH60, BKG225; GPB165]
- Bahá'u'lláh is attended by a foreign doctor named Shíshmán who
dies shortly after seeing Him. Bahá'u'lláh intimates that the doctor has
sacrificed his life for Him. [BKG225; GPB166]
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During time in Adrianople
• c. 21 B.E.
• c. A.H. 1280 / 1281
• c. A.D. 1864
• c. A.M. 5624 / 5625 |
At some point near the end of His
life The Báb consigned His remaining papers, His seal, His qalam-dán
(pencil-box) and HIs last Tablets to Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím Qazvíní with
instructions to deliver them to Mírzá Ḥusayn-'Alí Núrí should something
happen to Himself. In HIs last Tablets, Mírzá Ḥusayn-'Aií Núrí was
referred to again and again as "Him Whom God shall make Manifest" also,
He was referred to as "Bahá'u'lláh". Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím Qazvíní
fulfilled this trust and these article remained in the possession of
Bahá'u'lláh until the days of Adrianople. When Mírzá Yáhyá asked
permission to see these article Bahá'u'lláh consented but they were
never returned. Yaḥyá kept these items as a support of his claim to
leadership asserting that the Báb had given them to him. [CH49] |
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During time in Adrianople
• c. 21 B.E.
• c. A.H. 1280 / 1281
• c. A.D. 1864
• c. A.M. 5624 / 5625 |
In their efforts to discredit
Bahá'u'lláh and His companions, the followers of Azál made complaint to
the authorities. They complained that they had insufficient means of
livelihood, blaming Bahá'u'lláh for depriving them of their share of the
allowances. Àqá Ján Kajkuláh, instigated by Siyyid Muḥammad, wrote to
dignitaries and government representatives with the false accusation
that Bahá'u'lláh had made an alliance with Bulgaria with the purpose of
conquering Constantinople.
- The Persian ambassador in Constantinople took advantage of the
disturbance in Turkey to inform Persian Consuls in Iraq and in Egypt
that the Turkish government had withdrawn protection for the Bábí sect.
This news precipitated malice and mischief in both countries. [FAA7]
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At some point during this period
• c. 21 B.E.
• c. A.H. 1280 / 1281
• c. A.D. 1864
• c. A.M. 5624 / 5625 |
After years of imprisonment in
Tehran, Àbdu'r '-Rasúl-Qumí visited Bahá'u'lláh in Adrianople then took
up residence in Baghdad, caring for the garden of the House of
Bahá'u'lláh. He was well-known to the Muslims and a target of their
attacks. One morning as he was carrying skins of water from the Tigris
River he was ambushed by a number of attackers and was mortally wounded.
He managed to disperse the assailants, drag himself to the garden where
he watered the flowers for the last time.
His name is mentioned in many Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, consoling his
family. His son was appointed caretaker of the pilgrims in 'Akká and he
served in this capacity until the days of Shoghi Effendi. [FAA8] |
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• c. 21 B.E.
• c. A.H. 1280 / 1281
• c. A.D. 1865
• c. A.M. 5624 / 5625 |
French diplomat Joseph Comte de Gobineau publishes Religions et les Philosophies dans l'Asie Centrale, over half of which is devoted to a study of the Bábí movement. [BBR17]
Mírzá Kazem-Beg of St Petersburg University publishes Bab Babidy, the first Western book written entirely on the subject of the Bábí religion. [BBR26] |
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• c. 21 B.E.
• c. A.H. 1280 / 1281
• c. A.D. 1865
• c. A.M. 5624 / 5625 |
Bahá'u'lláh reveals the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad (Lawḥ-i-Ahmad) for Ahmad, a believer from Yazd. [RB2:107]
- See RB2:107–66 for the story of Ahmad.
- See Bahá'í News pg 541 (March 1967) for A Flame of Fire: The Story of the Tablet of Ahmad by A.Q. Faizi. Part 2 of the story is found in the April 1967 edition. It is also found at Bahá'í Library.
- See RB2:119–26 for an analysis of the Tablet.
- Shoghi Effendi states that the Tablet has a special potency and significance. [DG60]
- See "Ahmad, The Flame of Fire" by Darius Shahrokh.
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• `Alá' 21 B.E.
• Shawwāl A.H. 1281
• March A.D. 1865
• Adar A.M. 5625 |
Death of former Prime Minister Mírzá Áqá K̲h̲án, in Qum. He is buried at Karbalá. [BBR165] |
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