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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of Bahá'u'lláh - 35 B.E. (A.D. 1878-1879)

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• 35 B.E. • A.H. • 12 July A.D. 1878 • A.M.	The British government takes over the administration of Cyprus. BBR306]
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• 35 / 36 B.E. • A.H. • c. A.D. 1879 • A.M.	Sárih K̲h̲ánum, the faithful sister of Bahá'u'lláh, passes away in Ṭihrán. She is buried a short distance from the city. [RB1:49–50]
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• 35 / 36 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1879 • A.M.	`Abdu'l-Bahá travels to Beirut at the invitation of Midhat Pás̲h̲á, the Válí of Syria. [BKG378] `Abdu'l-Bahá is still officially a prisoner of the Ottoman Empire. BKG379] Bahá'u'lláh reveals a Tablet marking the occasion. [BKG378–9; GPB243; TB227–8] Among the important figures `Abdu'l-Bahá meets in Beirut are Midhat Pás̲h̲á himself and S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Muḥammad `Abduh, the future Grand Muftí of Egypt. [BKG379]
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• 35 B.E. • A.H. • 12 March A.D. 1879 • A.M.	The arrest of Ḥájí Siyyid Muḥammad-Ḥasan, the `King of Martyrs', and Ḥájí Siyyid Muḥammad-Ḥusayn, the `Beloved of Martyrs'. [BBD 130]
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• 35 B.E. • A.H. • 17 March A.D. 1879 • A.M.	The martyrdom of Ḥájí Siyyid Muḥammad-Ḥasan, the `King of Martyrs', and Ḥájí Siyyid Muḥammad-Ḥusayn, the `Beloved of Martyrs'. [BW18:383] Their martyrdom is instigated by Mír Muḥammad-Ḥusayn, the Imám-Jum`ih, stigmatized by Bahá'u'lláh as the `she-serpent', who owes the brothers a large sum of money. [GPB200–1, ARG172, SDH104] S̲h̲ayk̲h̲ Muḥammad-Báqir, the `Wolf', pronounces the death sentence on the two brothers and the Zillu's-Sultán ratifies the decision. [GPB201] The brothers are put in chains, decapitated and dragged to the Maydán-i-S̲h̲áh for public viewing. [GPB201] For Western accounts of their martyrdom see BBR274–6. See SDH112 for the story of the pilgrimage of their families to the Holy Land. See BW11:594 for a picture of the memorial to the King and the Beloved of Martyrs.
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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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A.D. = Anno Domini - Latin: "In the year of our Lord" - Christian / Julian Calendar.
A.M. = Anno Mundi - Latin: "In the year of the world"; Hebrew: "To the creation of the world" - Hebrew Calendar.

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