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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - 50 B.E. (A.D. 1893-1894)

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• 50 B.E. • A.H. • 17 June A.D. 1893 • A.M.	Áqá Muḥammad-Ridáy-i-Muḥammadábádí is killed by three men on the orders of two of the `ulamá of Yazd. [BW18:384; GPB296] He is the first to suffer martyrdom in the ministry of `Abdu'l-Bahá. See GPB296 for details of his martyrdom.
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• 50 B.E. • A.H. • 23 September A.D. 1893 • A.M.	First public reference in North America to the Bahá'í Faith. Reference was made to it in a paper entitled `The Religious Mission of the English Speaking Nations' by Rev. Henry H. Jessup, a retired missionary from north Syria, read by Rev George A. Ford at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago. [AB63–4; BBD2412; BBR57; BFA1:323; BW2:230; GPB256; SBBH1:76, 88, 202] See AB63–4, BW2:169 for text.
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• In the year 50 / 51 B.E. • A.H. • In the Year A.D. 1894 • A.M.	Green Acre is founded by Sarah J. Farmer in the aftermath of the World Parliament of Religions. [BBRSM:104; BFA2:142–7; BW5:29; GPB261; SBBH1:125] Two Bahá'ís are arrested and bastinadoed in Nís̲h̲ápúr. One dies seven days later, the other two years later. [BW18:384] Ḥájí Yárí, a Bahá'í of Jewish background, is arrested and imprisoned in Hamadán. [BW18:384] A Bahá'í in Dastjirdán, K̲h̲urásán, Áqá `Abdu'l-Vahháb Muk̲h̲tárí, is beaten and expelled from the village. [BW18:384] Bahá'ís in Fárán, K̲h̲urásán, are beaten and Bahá'í homes are looted. [BW18:384]
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• 50 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1894 • A.M.	FLESH OUT THIS STORY before publication Tolstoy discovered late in his life the then still relatively new Revelation of Baha'u'llah, the Baha'i Faith, with its beginnings in 1844 in the Babi Faith. This was destined to happen as he had committed himself to seek out the wisdom of the world, near and far, new and ancient. In fact it was in 1844 at age 16 that he became a student of oriental languages. His encounter with the Baha'i Writings came much later, being in 1894. His interest in world religions was well known far and wide and a few early Baha'is either sent him Baha'i pamphlets or books or brought these to him in person. In 1902 Abdu'l-Baha, son of Baha'u'llah, Interpretor and Perfect Exemplar of the Faith, sent Mirza Aziz'u'llah Jadhdhab Khurasani to meet Count Leo Tolstoy and to bring him this message: "Act that your name may leave a good memory in the world of religion. Many philosophers have come, each one raising a flag, let us say five meters high. You have raised a flag ten meters high; immerse yourself in the ocean of unity, so that you may remain confirmed eternally."
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• 50 B.E. • A.H. • February A.D. 1894 • A.M.	Ibrahim George Kheiralla settles in Chicago. [BFA1:XXVII] Owing to his work, the first Bahá'í community in North America is soon formed in Chicago. [BBRSM:100; BW10:179]
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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.M. = Anno Mundi - Latin: "In the year of the world"; Hebrew: "To the creation of the world" - Hebrew Calendar.

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