• See RB2:329–32 for the conduct of the interrogations.
• Among those arrested is Mis̲h̲kín-Qalam, the calligrapher. He is particularly distraught because he is not allowed pen or paper. Eventually these are given to him. [BKG252]

• See BKG265–8 for an account of Nabíl's arrest and imprisonment.
• Fáris Effendi is probably the first Christian to become a Bahá'í. [RB3:10]

• About 70 people are exiled. [GPB178; RB2:334] Estimate given by Ḥájí Mirzá Haydar-;Alí is 80. (DOH12]
• See BKG184 for an illustration of Mosul.
• See BKG183 for a description of the city.
• See RB2:334 for the hardships suffered by the exiles.
• They remained in Mosul for some 20 years until Bahá'u'lláh advised the community to disband (1885-1886). Their hardship was lessened by generous contributions from the King of Martyrs and the Beloved of Martyrs. A charity fund was established, the first fund of that kind in any Bahá'í community. [RB2:334–6]

• See RB2:402 for a list of those included in the edict.
• BKG261, GPB181 and RB2:403 indicate that it was not until the party reached Gallipoli that they were informed that their ultimate destination was `Akká.
• BBD40 says that it was because of the disloyal Mírzá Yaḥyá's plotting against Bahá`u`lláh that the Turkish authorities condemned Him to perpetual imprisonment in `Akká.

• The party was given three days to prepare for the journey. It it had been rumoured that they were to be separated, Bahá'u'lláh to one place, 'Abdu'l-Bahá to another and the friends to still another place. [CH62]
• One of the companions, Karilá'í Ja'far was so grieved by the threatened separation that he attempted to kill himself. He was prevented from do so but was too ill to travel. Bahá'u'lláh refused to leave until the Governor in Adrianople made a promise to care for him until he was well enough to travel. He joined the friends in 'Akká forty days after their arrival. [CH62]
• The Consuls of European powers offer assistance to Bahá'u'lláh and are prepared to ask the intervention of their governments. Bahá'u'lláh refuses these offers. [BKG255, 257–8]
• Western accounts of this incident suggest that Bahá`u`lláh asked for such assistance. [BBR187–91]
• The next day the goods of the Bahá'ís are sold or auctioned for very low prices. [BKG255, 258]
• Group and individual photographs are taken of the Bahá'í and Azalí exiles in Adrianople, including one of Bahá'u'lláh.

• En route they pass through the villages of Uzún-Kuprí and Kás̲h̲ánih. [The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1953 :Information Statistical & Comparative p44]

• GPB180 says it was a four-day journey. CH62 says it took three days of travel by cart and wagon.
• They remain there for three nights. CH62 says they remained there for a week awaiting replies to telegrams that had been sent to Constantinople. [BKG263; GPB181]
• BKG261 says they were there for `a few days'.

• There were 72 exiles, 10 soldiers and 2 officers. The journey took 11 days. [CH63]
• See BKG270 for map of the journey.
• Towards sunset the same day the steamer touches on Madellí and stops for a few hours. It continues on to Smyrna the same night. [BKG264]
• Mírzá Yaḥyá and the four Bahá'ís arrested at Constantinople, including Mis̲h̲kín-Qalam, are sent to Famagusta in Cyprus. [BKG268; GPB179]

• It stays for two days. [BKG264; GPB182]
• The illness of Mírzá Áqáy-i-Kás̲h̲ání (Jináb-i-Muníb) necessitates his removal to the hospital. He dies before 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Mírzá Musá can return to the ship. 'Abdu'l-Bahá makes arrangements with the local funeral director. They hold a simple funeral and burial takes place in Izmír. [CH65, BKG264–5; GPB182]
• This young and vibrant man arrived in Baghdad before the exile and travelled with the party holding the bridle of the horse of Bahá'u'lláh the whole route, often with 'Abdu'l-Bahá on the other side. When the party reached Constantinople he was instructed to go on teaching trip to Persia and to Iraq, a long and an arduous tour. He rejoined the group in Adrianople just prior to the exile and he was in precarious condition but begged Bahá'u'lláh for permission to be included. It is reported in FAA21 that he died two or three days after the departure of the ship.

• The exiles change ships, again onto an Austrian-Lloyd ship. [BKG265]
• Several exiles go ashore to make purchases. One passes by the prison house where Nabíl is detained. Nabíl, watching from the roof of his prison cell, recognizes him. [CH65, BKG265, 267; RB3:6]
• Nabíl and Fáris Effendi write letters to Bahá'u'lláh which are delivered by a Christian youth. The youth returns with a Tablet from Bahá'u'lláh and gifts from `Abdu'l-Bahá and Mírzá Mihdí. [BKG267–8; RB3:6–7]
• The ship bearing Bahá'u'lláh and the exiles leaves Alexandria for Port Said. [BKG268]

• Bahá'u'lláh and His companions — 70 in all — disembark and are taken ashore in sailing boats. [RB3:11]
• One of the Bahá'ís, Áqá `Abdu'l-G̲h̲affár, one of the four companions condemned to share the exile of Mírzá Yaḥyá, throws himself into the sea when he learns he is to be separated from Bahá'u'lláh. [BKG269; GPB182]

• See CH66 for Bahíyyih K̲h̲ánum's account of the journey.

• See BKG277–9 for a list of the exiles. Two others joined them immediately after arrival. [BBR205]
• See BR205–6 for `Abdu'l-Bahá's account of the journey of exile.
• See RB32:2 and RB3:21 for prophecies regarding Bahá'u'lláh's exile to `Akká.
• DH17–24 for a history of `Akká before the arrival of Bahá'u'lláh.
• See DH26–8 and GPB186–7 for a description of the exiles' walk to the prison.
• See GPB186–7 for Bahá'u'lláh's description of the citadel and the conditions there on His arrival.
• See BKG275–7 for Áqá Ridá's description of the citadel and the conditions there.
• See DH30–1 for a description of the citadel building and the accommodation used by Bahá'u'lláh.
• The first night the exiles are refused both food and drink. [GPB187]
• Afterwards each prisoner is allocated three loaves of stale black bread as a daily food ration plus filthy water. [GBP187]
• Within two days all fell ill with typhoid but for two, 'Abdu'l-Bahá and another man who was able to help Him nurse and care for the others. [CH234]
• Three of the exiles die soon after arrival. Soon after their death Bahá'u'lláh reveals the Lawḥ-i-Ra'ís, the second Tablet to `Alí Páshá. [BKG283; GPB187; RB3:20, 34]
• See BKG317–21 and CH250–1 for the story of the Azalís who were confined to `Akká with the exiles.
• See BBRSM69–70 for details on the system of communications used between the Holy Land and the Bahá'í communities.
• At first the Governor was disinclined to relax the strict rules of the exiles but eventually allowed Mírzá Ja'far to go into town, accompanied by a soldier, to purchase food. 'Abdu'l-Bahá had sent Mírzá 'bdu'l-Ahad ahead some time before with instructions to open a shop. It was six months before the exiles could make contact with him. During this time a Greek, Dr. Petro, became a friend and, after having made investigations, assured the Governor that the exiles were not criminals. [CH67]
• The King of Martyrs and his brother The Beloved of Martyrs were the first to make contact with the exiles by telegraph. They were able to provide much need assistance. [CH67]
• After the restrictions had been relaxed somewhat S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Salmán was able to function as a courier carrying Tablets and letter to and from Persia. When he was arrested in Aleppo, carrying a most important supplication from a friend in Persia to Bahá'u'lláh, he swallowed the letter to avoid detection. [CH67-68]

• See CH64, BKG283–4, 286; GBP186, RB2:402 and RB3:18 for the terms of the edict. They were labelled as malefactors, sowers of sedition, hardened criminals, enemies of the pure religion of God and of man. The faithful were commanded to shun these outcasts. All of those that did a disservice to the captives might flatter themselves that they "did service to God".
• See RB3:18–19 for `Abdu'l-Bahá's response.
• See BKG283–8, RB3:19-20 for conditions of life in the barracks.
• The local authorities and the clerics did their part to stir up the populus against the exiles. See DH197 and CH239-242 for the story of a man who made an attempt on the life of Bahá'u'lláh.
• From this time forward Bahá'u'lláh met only with His

• Also exiled to Cyprus were four loyal Bahá'ís and they were:
  Mishkín-Qalam (Áqá Hussain Isfahání)
  Mirzá ‘Alíy-i-Sayyáh-i-Maraghih'í (Mullá Ádí-Guzal)
  Áqá ‘Abdu'l-Ghaffár
  Áqá Muḥammad-Báqir (Qahvih-chiy-i Mahallátí) (coffee-maker)
• With their arrival Cyprus becomes the first island in the Mediterranean to receive the Faith.
• See also GPB 182 and AB285, 523.

• He visits Cyprus on the way. [BKG291]

• DH139 and GPB277 say this was 1863.
• See BBR215–18 for the relationship between Bahá'u'lláh and the Templers.
• Bahá'u'lláh several times stayed in the houses of the colony. [BBR234]
• See BBR236–9 for articles written about the Bahá'ís by Templers.

• He spends the next four months wandering about Haifa, Mount Carmel and the Galilee waiting for another opportunity to enter `Akká. He lived for a time in the cave of Elijah on Mount Carmel. He would walk the 10 miles to the vantage point outside of the citadel where he might, on rare occasion, see the hand of Bahá'u'lláh waving from the small middle window.[BKG290–1; RB3:57, CH68]

• He is 'only able to do so in the public bath, where it had been arranged that he should see Bahá'u'lláh without approaching Him or giving any sign of recognition'. This is the bath of Al-Jazzár. [DH33; GBP817]

• He is still wearing the simple clothes of a water bearer. [BKG297]
• For the story of his life, see BKG294–297 and RB3:176–179.
• For his transformation see RB3:179–182.

• Badí` asks Bahá'u'lláh for the honour of delivering the Tablet to the S̲h̲áh and Bahá'u'lláh bestows it on him. [BKG297; RB3:182]
• The journey takes four months; he travels alone. [BKG298]
• For the story of the journey see BKG297–300 and RB3:184.
• For the Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to Badí` see BKG299 and RB3:175–176.

"Bahá'u'lláh's lengthiest epistle to any single sovereign" -- Lawḥ-i-Sulṭán, (the Tablet to Náṣiri'd-Dín Sháh) Of the various writings that make up the Súriy-i-Haykal, one requires particular mention. The Lawḥ-i-Sulṭán, the Tablet to Náṣiri'd-Dín Sháh, Bahá'u'lláh's lengthiest epistle to any single sovereign, was revealed in the weeks immediately preceding His final banishment to ‘Akká. It was eventually delivered to the monarch by Badí‘, a youth of seventeen, who had entreated Bahá'u'lláh for the honour of rendering some service. His efforts won him the crown of martyrdom and immortalized his name. The Tablet contains the celebrated passage describing the circumstances in which the divine call was communicated to Bahá'u'lláh and the effect it produced. Here, too, we find His unequivocal offer to meet with the Muslim clergy, in the presence of the Sháh, and to provide whatever proofs of the new Revelation they might consider to be definitive, a test of spiritual integrity significantly failed by those who claimed to be the authoritative trustees of the message of the Qur'án. - The Universal House of Justice (Introduction to ‘The Summons of the Lord of Hosts')

• DH35 says Nabíl spent 81 days in the citadel from 21 March to 9 June 1870.