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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• 31 May A.D. 1872
• A.M. |
Birth of Thomas Breakwell, considered the first English Bahá'í, in Woking, Surrey, England. |
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 August A.D. 1872
• A.M. |
Birth of Martha Root, Hand of the Cause and itinerant Bahá'í teacher, in Richmond, Ohio. |
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 November A.D. 1872
• A.M. |
Muḥammad-Báqir-i-Mahallátí, one of the Bahá'ís imprisoned in Cyprus, dies. [BBR306]
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had begun his service to Bahá'u'llá'h in Baghdad and was a member of
the entourage that accompanied Him to Constantinople in 1963 and further
served in His household in Adrianople. See Four on an Island 9-12 for a brief description of his service.
- This leaves Mis̲h̲kín-Qalam as the only Bahá'í in Cyprus. [BBR306]
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• Last months A.D. 1872
• A.M. |
Munírih K̲h̲ánum arrives in `Akká. She stays in the house of Mírzá Músá for several months. [MKBM]
- Note: BKG347 suggests she arrived some time after February 1873.
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1873
• A.M. |
Ibn-i-Abhar is arrested in Ṭihrán and imprisoned for 14 months and 15 days. [BW18:383] |
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1873
• A.M. |
Ahmad Big Tawfíq (Ahmad Bey) becomes Mutasarrif of `Akká. [BBD12, 20; BBR487; DH126–9; GPB192]
- His governorship lasts two years. [BKG337]
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`sagacious and humane governor' meets `Abdu'l-Bahá and is greatly
impressed by Him. The governor peruses some of the writings, which also
impress him. [BKG334; GPB191]
- In response to a request for
permission to render Bahá'u'lláh some service, the suggestion is made to
him to restore the disused aqueduct built to bring water into `Akká, a
suggestion which he immediately arose to carry out'. [DH52; GBP192]
- See DH126–9 for history of the aqueduct.
- See BKG333–4 for information on Ahmad Big Tawfíq.
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• Early part A.D. 1873
• A.M. |
Bahá'u'lláh completes the revelation of The Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the southeast corner room of the house of `Údí K̲h̲ammár. [BBD132; BKG351; DH46; GPB213; RB3:275; SA248]
- There is evidence to suggest that at least some of the work was
written earlier as confirmed by the book's reference to the fall of
Napoleon III in 1870 and there is further evidence to suggest that parts
of The Kitáb-i-Aqdas were revealed as early as 1868. [SA16–17, 248]
- For the significance of The Kitáb-i-Aqdas see BKG351–3, BW15:87–91, GPB213–15 and RB3:275–399.
- For analyses of its significance, content and application, see RB3:275–399 and SA248–52.
- The Law of the Huqúqu'lláh that had first been ordained by the Báb in the Persian Bayán, chapter 19 of unit 5, was reiterated in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, verses 227-233 and in the Questions and Answers.
- At first Bahá'u'lláh declined to accept the Huqúq from the believers stating that the funds were not needed. [Huqúqu'lláh: The Right of God p9]
- "After the Kitáb-i-Aqdas had been revealed in response to the
pleas of the friends, Bahá'u'lláh withheld it from publication for some
time and even then, when a number of devoted Bahá'ís, having learned of
the law, endeavored to offer the Ḥuqúqu'lláh, the payment was not
accepted. The Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh show His acute consciousness of the
way in which material wealth has been permitted to degrade religion in
the past, and He preferred the Faith to sacrifice all material benefits
rather than to soil to the slightest degree its dignity and purity.
Herein is a lesson for all Bahá'í institutions for all time." [Message
from the Universal House of Justice dated 25 March, 1987]
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. March A.D. 1873
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Ilyás `Abbúd offers to provide a room in his house for `Abdu'l-Bahá and Munírih K̲h̲ánum
after their marriage. He furnishes a room, opens a doorway into it
through the dividing wall and presents it to Bahá'u'lláh for
`Abdu'l-Bahá's use. [BKG348; DH45] |
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 March A.D. 1873
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Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Tablet of the Vision, "Lawḥ-i-Rú'yá" in Arabic. See the Provisional Translation by Stephan Lambden. |
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• 29 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 March A.D. 1873
• A.M. |
Marriage of `Abdu'l-Bahá to Munírih K̲h̲ánum in the House of `Abbúd.
- DH45 says the marriage took place in late August or September 1872.
- See CH87–90, SES25-26, DH45–6 and RB2:208–9 for details of the wedding.
- For the story of Munírih K̲h̲ánum's life see RB2:204–9.
- She was the daughter of Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alíy-i-Nahrí by his second wife. [BBD165; GPB130; RB2:204]
- See BBD 166, BKG340–1, DB208–9 and RB2:203–4 for the story of her conception.
- See BKG344, MA112–13 and RB2:206–7 for the story of her first marriage.
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marriage resulted in nine children, five of whom died in childhood:
Ḥusayn Effendi (died 1887, aged two), Mihdí (died aged two-and-a-half),
Túbá, Fu'ádiyyih and Rúhangíz. Four daughters grew to adulthood. The
oldest of these was Díyá'iyyih, who married Mírzá Hádí S̲h̲írází in 1895. Shoghi Effendi was their eldest child. The second daughter, Túbá K̲h̲ánum,
married Mírzá Muhsin Afnán. The third daughter of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Rúhá,
married Mírzá Jalál, the son of Mírzá Muḥammad-Ḥasan, the King of
Martyrs. The fourth daughter, Munavvar, married Mírzá Ahmad. [ABMM]
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