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• 34 B.E.
• A.H.
• Spring A.D. 1877
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá holds a banquet for the notables of `Akká in a pine grove near Bahjí. [BKG358; DH54, 87]
- Permission is given him by its Christian owner, Jirjis al-Jamál. [DH54]
- The acceptance of the invitation by the notables signals the
fact that the firmán of `Abdu'l-`Azíz, though still in force, is a dead
letter. [DH54; GPB193]
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• 34 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1877
• A.M. |
Possibly the first visit of Bahá'u'lláh to the Ridván Garden outside `Akká. [BBD196–7; DH95; GPB193]
- See DH95–101 for a description of the garden and Bahá'u'lláh's use of it.
- See CH96–8 for Túbá K̲h̲ánum's description of the garden.
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• 34 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 / 10 June A.D. 1877
• A.M. |
Bahá'u'lláh takes up residence at Mazra`ih. [BBD154]
- It takes the repeated pleadings of S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ `Alíy-i-Mírí, the Muftí of `Akká, to persuade Him to go. [BBD 154; BKG358–9; GPB192–3]
- See BKG359 and DH89 for a description.
- Bahá'u'lláh resides here for two years with some members of His
family while `Abdu'l-Bahá, the Greatest Holy Leaf and Navváb continue
to live in the House of `Abbúd. [BBD13, 106; DH89–90]
- See CH136 for the reason why `Abdu'l-Bahá did not live at Mazra`ih.
- Also see DH8994.
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• 34 B.E.
• A.H.
• September A.D. 1877
• A.M. |
Ḥájí `Abdu'l-Majíd-i-Nís̲h̲ápúrí is executed in Mas̲h̲had. [BW18:383] |
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• 34 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 September A.D. 1877
• A.M. |
Birth of Siegfried Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, in Germany. |
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• 34 B.E.
• A.H.
• December A.D. 1877
• A.M. |
Mullá Kázim-i-Tálk̲h̲unc̲h̲i'í is executed in Isfahán. [BBR273–4; BW18:383] |
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• 34 B.E.
• A.H.
• Near the end of the year A.D. 1877
• A.M. |
Conversion of Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí in Calcutta, while he is travelling with Jamál Effendi. [RSLG] |
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• 34 / 38 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1878 / 1881
• A.M. |
The first Trustee of the
Huqúqu'lláh was Ḥájí Sháh-Muḥammad-i-Manshádí, or Jináb-i-Sháh Muḥammad
from Manshád, Yazd who had become a believer in Baghdad. [Message from
the Universal House of Justice dated 25 March, 1985]
- His title was Amínu'l-Bayán (Trustee of the Bayán).
- He made many journeys between Iran and the Holy Land carrying
donations and petitions from the friends and returning with Tablets and
news.
- He was tasked with receiving the casket of the Báb and transferring
it to the Mosque of Imámzádih Zayd in Tehran where it stayed until
'Abdu'l-Bahá sent for it for the internment.
- Ḥájí Sháh-Muḥammad was in 'Akká when Áqá Buzurg, entitled Badí',
came to confer with Bahá'u'lláh. He and Badí met on Mount Carmel as
directed by Bahá'u'lláh.
- He was killed as a result of wounds incurred during an attack during a Kurdish revolt. [RoB3p73]
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• 34 / 35 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1878
• A.M. |
Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí arrives in Burma with Jamál Effendi.
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marries into a well-to-do Indo-Burman family of traders and settles in
Rangoon, remaining in Burma to build up the Burmese community.
[BW10:517; PH23]
- See BW10:517–18 and MC155 for his conversion of Daidanaw, the first all-Bahá'í village in the world outside Iran.
- See BW10:517–20 for an account of his life.
- His is named a Hand of the Cause of God by the Guardian after his
passing. In the village of Daidanaw, Burma (Rangoon) there is a building
they call "the Shrine of Siyyid Mustafa Rumí" in his honour.
[CBN253Aug-Sep1971p5]
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• 34 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 February A.D. 1878
• A.M. |
Birth of George Adam Benke,
German-Russian Bahá'í, who after his death was named by Shoghi Effendi
as the first European Bahá'í martyr, in the Ukraine. [BW5:416–18] |
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