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• 26 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 May A.D. 1869
• A.M. |
Nabíl meets Bahá'u'lláh. [RB3:57] |
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• 26 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 May A.D. 1869
• A.M. |
Birth of Clara Davis Dunn, Hand of the Cause, in London. |
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• 26 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1869
• A.M. |
Badí` delivers the Tablet of Bahá'u'lláh to the S̲h̲áh. He is tortured and executed. [BBRXXXIX; BKG300; BW18:383; RB3:184–6]
- For details of his torture and martyrdom see BKG300, 304–7 and RB3:186–91.
- For the account of the French Minister in Ṭihrán see BBR254–5.
- He is given the title Fak̲h̲ru's̲h̲-S̲h̲uhadá' (Pride of Martyrs). [BKG300]
- Shoghi Effendi listed him among the Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW3:80–1]
- For the effect on Bahá'u'lláh of the martyrdom of Badí` see BKG300 and GPB199.
- See also BKG293–314; GPB199, RB3:172–203; TN589
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• 26 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 December A.D. 1869
• A.M. |
A mob attacks the Bahá'ís in Fárán, K̲h̲urásán, Iran, and two are severely beaten. [BW18:383] |
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• 26 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1870
• A.M. |
Násiri'd-Dín S̲h̲áh makes a
pilgrimage to the shrines in Iraq. In preparation for his visit the
Bahá'ís are rounded up, arrested and exiled. [BBR267; BBRSM90; BKG441]
- See BKG441–3 for details of the exile.
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• 26 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1870
• A.M. |
In Zanján, Áqá Siyyid As̲h̲raf is arrested, condemned to death as a Bábí and executed. [BWG470]
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is the son of Mír Jalíl, one of the companions of Hujjat who was
martyred in Ṭihrán at the end of the Zanján episode. [BKG470]
- He was born during the siege at Zanján. [BKG470]
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mother was brought to prison to persuade him to recant his faith but
she threatened to disown him if he did so. [BBD25; BKG470; ESW73–4;
GPB199–200]
- See G135–6 for Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet concerning As̲h̲raf and his mother.
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• 26 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1870
• A.M. |
`Údí K̲h̲ammár completes the restoration and expansion of the mansion at Bahjí originally built by `Abdu'lláh Pás̲h̲á in 1821. [BBD42, 128; DH106-107]
- See DH107 for the inscription he places over the door.
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• 26 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 January A.D. 1870
• A.M. |
Birth of May (or Mary) Ellis Bolles, prominent American Bahá'í teacher, in Englewood, New Jersey. |
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