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After the ascension of Bahá'u'lláh
• 49 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1892
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá asks Nabíl to choose a
number of passages from the writings of Bahá'u'lláh to be used as a
Tablet of Visitation. This Tablet is also used at observances
commemorating the Martyrdom of the Báb. [BBD234; BKG427; GPB222;
RB4:419]
- For an analysis of this Tablet, see SA121–2.
`Abdu'l-Bahá
rents the house now known as the Pilgrim House at Bahjí from its
Christian owner Iskandar Hawwá', the husband of `Údí K̲h̲ammár's daughter Haní. [DH114, 226] |
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• 49 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1892
• A.M. |
Nabíl, inconsolable at the death of
Bahá'u'lláh, commits suicide by drowning himself in the sea. [AB56;
BBD167; BKG427–8; DH81; EB270; GPB222]
- He leaves a note paying homage to `Abdu'l-Bahá, writing the date of his death in the single Arabic word `G̲h̲aríq' (drowned), the numerical value of which is AH 1310 (AD 1892–3). [MF35; RB1:205]
- See DH81 for his own epitaph.
- He is buried in the Muslim Cemetery near `Akká. [DH81]
- He is one of 19 Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.
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• 49 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 June A.D. 1892
• A.M. |
On the ninth day after
Bahá'u'lláh's passing the Will and Testament of Bahá'u'lláh, the
Kitáb-i-`Ahd, is read at Bahjí before a large assembly in His Most Holy
Tomb. [AB51–2; BBD132; CB150; DH113; GPB238; RB4:419–20]
- See CB150, 164 for the effect this has on the believers.
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• 49 B.E.
• A.H.
• 16 June A.D. 1892
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá sends a message to the Bahá'ís of the world calling for steadfastness. [AB48–9; DH113]
- This is `Abdu'l-Bahá's first message. [AB48–9; CH110]
- For the text of the message see AB48–9, CH110–11, DH113 and SWAB17–18.
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• 49 B.E.
• A.H.
• Summer A.D. 1892
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá goes to Haifa and
Mount Carmel and isolates Himself in a small apartment in the stone
building west of the lower cave of Elijah. [DH59, 188]
Áqá Murtadá of Sarvistán, who has been in prison for five years, is executed in S̲h̲íráz. [BW18:384]
Anton Haddad arrives in the United States. [BFA1:26]
- He is probably the first Bahá'í to reach American soil. [BFA1:26]
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• 49 B.E.
• A.H.
• 6 July A.D. 1892
• A.M. |
The passing of Hand of the Cause of
God Nabil-i-Akbar Áqá Muhammed-i-Qá'Ini. He was born in Naw- Firist,
Persia (Iran) on 29 March 1829.
- "It has been
claimed that no one within the enclave of the Baha'i Faith has ever surpassed the profundity of his erudition." Bahá'u'lláh
addressed the Lawḥ-i- Hikmat* (Tablet of Wisdom), in his honour. [EB115]
- He was imprisoned a number of times in Iran for his Bahá'í
activities and eventually moved to Ashkhabad (‘Ishqábád, Turkmenistan). He died in Bukhárá, Uzbekistan. ‘Abdu'lBahá
designated him a Hand of the Cause of God. [LoF28-31]
- For details of his life see EB112–15.
- See OPOP86 for "Pilgrim's Note" concerning what Jináb-i-Fádil said that 'Abdu'l-Bahá said about Nabil's suicide.
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• 49 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 December A.D. 1892
• A.M. |
Ibrahim Kheiralla arrives in New York. [BBD129; BFA1:26; SSBH1:88]
- See BFA1 for Kheiralla's life, work for the Bahá'í Faith and defection.
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