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• 'Idál 18 Núr 27 B.E.
• Yawm al-Arba'ā' 22 Rabī' al-awwal
A.H. 1287
• Wednesday 22 June A.D. 1870
• Yom Reviʻi 23 Sivan A.M. 5630 |
Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch,
falls through the skylight in the roof of the prison in `Akká onto a
crate lying on the floor below. [BKG311–12; GBP188; RB3:205]
- It was a normal practice for prisoners to go onto the roof in the summer evenings for fresh air. [RB3:205]
- He was chanting the verses of Bahá'u'lláh's Qasídiy-i-Varqá'íyyih. [RB3:206]
- He is so badly injured that his clothes have to be torn from him. [RB206]
- Bahá'u'lláh
comes to him at His bedside and asks His son whether he wishes to live;
the Purest Branch begs Bahá'u'lláh to accept his life as a ransom for
the opening of the gates of the prison to pilgrims. Bahá'u'lláh accepts
this sacrifice. [BKG311–12; GPB188; RB3:208]
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• Istijlál 19 Núr 27 B.E.
• Yawm al-Khamīs 23 Rabī' al-awwal
A.H. 1287
• Thursday 23 June A.D. 1870
• Yom Chamishi 24 Sivan A.M. 5630 |
Mírzá Mihdí dies from his injuries 22 hours after his fall. [BKG311–12; GPB188; RB3:208]
- See BKG313, GPB188 and RB3:210 for the prayer of Bahá'u'lláh for His son.
- He is interred in the cemetery next to the shrine of Nabí Sálih in `Akká. [GBP188; RB3:209]
- Also see BBD155, BKG311–14, RB3:204–20.
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• 27 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1870
• A.M. |
The Roman Catholic Vatican Council
under Pope Pius IX formulates the doctrine of papal infallibility.
Shortly afterwards Italian forces under Victor Emmanuel II attack the
Papal States and seize and occupy Rome, virtually extinguishing the
temporal sovereignty of the pope. [GPB227; PDC54] |
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• 27 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 July A.D. 1870 / 10 May A.D. 1871
• A.M. |
Franco-Prussian War was a conflict
between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German states
of the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia. The
conflict was caused by Prussian ambitions to extend German unification
and French fears of the shift in the European balance of power that
would result if the Prussians succeeded.
- See KA90 for Bahá'u'lláh's reference to this and KAN121 for `Abdu'l-Bahá's interpretation.
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• 27 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 / 2 September A.D. 1870
• A.M. |
Battle of Sedan. Napoleon III
suffers defeat at the hands of Kaiser Wilhelm I. It resulted in the
capture of Emperor Napoleon III and large numbers of his troops and for
all intents and purposes decided the war in favour of Prussia and its
allies, though fighting continued under a new French government.
Napoleon goes into exile in England, where he dies in 1873.
- Bahá'u'lláh refers to this in KA86.
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• 27 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 September A.D. 1870
• A.M. |
Mírzá `Abdu'l-G̲h̲affár effects his escape from Cyprus and rejoins Bahá'u'lláh in `Akká. [BBR306] |
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• 27 B.E.
• A.H.
• October A.D. 1870
• A.M. |
Bahá'u'lláh is moved to the house of Malik in the Fák̲h̲úrah quarter, in the western part of `Akká. [BBRXXIX, 209; BKG315; GPB189; RB3:221]
- Movements of troops required use of the barracks. [BKG315; RB3:221]
- Bahá'u'lláh's occupation of this house lasts three months. BBR209–10; BKG315; GPB189]
- This is four months after the death of the Purest Branch. [BKG315; GPB189; RB3:221]
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• 27 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1871
• A.M. |
Muḥammad-Ḥasan K̲h̲án-i-Kás̲h̲í dies in Burújird, Iran, after being bastinadoed. [BW18:383]
Three Bahá'ís are executed in S̲h̲íráz. [BW18:383] |
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• 27 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. A.D. 1871
• A.M. |
Bahá'u'lláh is moved to the house of K̲h̲avvám, across the street from the house of Malik. [BBR209–10; BKG315; GPB189]
- His occupation of this house lasts a few months. [BKG319]
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