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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of Bahá'u'lláh - 33 B.E. (A.D. 1876-1877)

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• 33 B.E. • A.H. • 30 May A.D. 1876 • A.M.	Sultán `Abdu'l-`Azíz is deposed. He had ruled from 1861. [BBR485]
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• 33 B.E. • A.H. • 4 June A.D. 1876 • A.M.	`Abdu'l-`Azíz either commits suicide or is assassinated. [BBD2; BBR485; GPB225] Bahá'u'lláh predicted his downfall in the Lawḥ-i-Fu'ád. RB3:87] Bahá'u'lláh stated that the tyranny of Sultán `Abdu'l-`Azíz exceeded that of Násiri'd-Dín S̲h̲áh because the Sultán exiled Bahá'u'lláh to the Most Great Prison without any reason whereas the S̲h̲áh had reason to be fearful of the Bahá'ís because of the attempt on his life. [BKG412] Bahá'u'lláh addressed two Tablets to the Sultán including the Súriy-i-Mulúk (Tablet to the Kings) but he did not respond. [BBD2] See The Summons of the Lord of Hosts p177-181 for the Lawḥ-i-Fu'ád and p185-235 for the Súriy-i-Mulúk. Accession of Murád V to the throne. [BBR485]
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• 33 B.E. • A.H. • 14 June A.D. 1876 • A.M.	Birth of George Townshend, Hand of the Cause of God, in Dublin.
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• 33 B.E. • A.H. • 31 August A.D. 1876 • A.M.	Deposition of Murád V followed by the accession of `Abdu'l-Ḥamíd II to the Sultanate of the Ottoman Empire, upon which the banishment decree of Sulṭán 'Abdu'l-Aziz for Bahá'u'lláh is relaxed.
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• 33 / 34 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1877 • A.M.	`Abdu'l-Bahá rents the house of Mazra`ih for Bahá'u'lláh's use. [BKG357; DH87; RB3:416]
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• 33 / 35 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1877 / 1878 • A.M.	War between Russia and Turkey, freeing some 11 million people from the Turkish yoke. Adrianople is occupied. [BKG262; GPB225] See BKG460 for the Siege of Plevna.
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Most of the Gregorian Calendar dates, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753) to 153 B.E (A.D. 1996), are from the original book, A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. From 153 B.E (A.D. 1996) to present the Gregorian Calendar dates are from A Basic Bahá'í Chronology online. The Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates were calculated by the ABG staff and may be subject to error, despite the great care that was taken. When the Gregorian date is "In the year", "c. Mar 1797", etc., we list the nearest approximate Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates.

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