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• 31 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1874
• A.M. |
S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Muḥammad-Báqir, the Wolf, has 20 or more Bahá'ís arrested in Isfahán. [BW18:383] |
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• 31 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 May A.D. 1874
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The arrival of the eldest son of Násiri'd-Dín S̲h̲áh, Sultán-Mas'úd Mírzá, Zillu's-Sultán, arrives in Isfahán as governor. [BBR269]
Within a few days of the arrival of Zillu's-Sultán in Isfahán, a general persecution of Bahá'ís begins. [BBRXXXIX, 269–70]
- This can be traced to S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Muḥammad Báqir, the `Wolf'. [BBR270]
- See SDH104 for comment by Bahá'u'lláh on a challenge made by S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Muḥammad-Báqir.
- For Western reports of this outburst see BBR270–3.
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• 31 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 May A.D. 1874
• A.M. |
Birth of John Ebenezer Esslemont, Hand of the Cause of God, in Aberdeen, Scotland. |
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• 31 B.E.
• A.H.
• 6 June A.D. 1874
• A.M. |
Birth of Louis George Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God at Charleston, South Carolina. |
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• 31 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 November A.D. 1874
• A.M. |
Birth of William Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, in Montreal. |
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• 31 / 32 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1875
• A.M. |
The `ulamá arouse the rabble
against the Bahá'ís in Sidih, Isfahán. Several Bahá'ís are imprisoned,
including Nayyir and Síná. [BW18:383] |
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• 31 / 32 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1875
• A.M. |
Bahá'u'lláh sends Sulaymán K̲h̲án Ilyás, Jamál Effendi, to India. [BW4:285; GPB195; MC155]
- See EB120–1, 122–8 and MF134–8.
- BBRSM90, 193 say he was sent in 1871 and left in 1878. EB122
says he reached Bombay in 1878 and stayed 11 years on the subcontinent.
- His work helps establish Bahá'í communities in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras as well as in Burma. [BBRSM91; GPB225]
- Among those he teaches is Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí, who later founds the Bahá'í community of Burma. [BW10:517]
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• 31 / 32 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1875
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`Abdu'l-Bahá rents a small garden near `Akká for Bahá'u'lláh's use. [BBD196–7; DH95]
- See DH95 for its situation.
- This garden on the river Na`mayn is later named Ridván by Bahá'u'lláh. [DH95]
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• 31 / 32 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1875
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`Abdu'l-Bahá writes The Mysterious Forces of Civilization, a treatise on the establishment of a just, progressive and divinely-based government. [SDCV]
- It was lithographed in Bombay in 1882. It was first published in English under the title The Mysterious Forces of Civilization in London in 1910. [SDCV] It was re-issued in 1918 and later translated as The Secret of Divine Civilization by Marzieh Gail and published by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Wilmette in 1957.
- Shoghi Effendi calls it `Abdu'l-Bahá's outstanding contribution to the future reorganization of the world'. [WOB37]
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