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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
Nine Bahá'ís attending a Ridván meeting are arrested, beaten and imprisoned in Hamadán. [BW18:384] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
In New York City, 141 people become Bahá'ís in the five months since Kheiralla's arrival. [BFA1:XXVIII, 125] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 June A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
Áqá G̲h̲ulám-Ḥusayn-i-Banádakí is killed by a mob in Yazd after refusing to deny his faith. [BW18:384] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• July or August A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
Phoebe Hearst becomes a Bahá'í in California through the efforts of Lua and Edward Getsinger. [BFA1:XXVIII 139]
- SBBH1:93 says this was July, based on Kheiralla's autobiography; BFA1 is based on a letter from Phoebe Hearst.
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 August A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
Jamál Effendi passes away in `Akká. [EB128] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 September A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
The first Western pilgrims depart for `Akká, travelling via New York and Paris. [BFA1:XXVIII, 140–1, 230]
- It is arranged by Phoebe Hearst, who had already planned a journey to Egypt for the autumn. [BFA1:140]
- There are 15 pilgrims in all. [AB68]
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 November A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
Kheiralla arrives in `Akká. [BFA1:XXVIII, 141]
- `Abdu'l-Bahá
confers titles on him: `Bahá's Peter', the `Second Columbus' and
`Conqueror of America'. [BFA1:142; GPB275; SBBH2:112]
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 November A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá commemorates
Kheiralla's arrival by ending the period of mourning for Bahá'u'lláh and
by opening His Tomb to pilgrims for the first time. [BFA1:142–3;
SBBH2:112] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 December A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
The first Western pilgrims arrive in `Akká. [AB68; BBD13; BBRXXX; DH214; GPB257; SCU13; Bahá'í Teachings]
- They divide themselves into three parties, using Cairo as a staging post. [AB68; BFA1:143; SBBH1:93]
- See AB68–72; BFA2:9; DH61; GPB257, 259 for those included in the pilgrimage group.
- Included were Mrs Hearst's nieces, a few American friends and,
joining in London, Mrs Mary Thornburgh-Cropper and her mother. [SCU13.
CH234-236]
- See BFA1:143–4 for those included in the first group.
- Among the group is Robert Turner, the first member of the black
race to become a Bahá'í. For 35 years, Turner faithfully served as
butler to Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Senator George Hearst, parents of
newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst. [AB72; BBD227; BFA1:139;
GPB259]
- `Abdu'l-Bahá receives the pilgrims in the House of `Abdu'lláh Pás̲h̲á. [BBD13, 108; DH61]
- See AB68–71; BW16:104–5; CH235–6 and GPB257–9 for the pilgrims' responses to the pilgrimage.
- Edward Getsinger makes a recording of `Abdu'l-Bahá chanting a prayer. [BFA1:160]
- The Getsingers returned from the pilgrimage with an Arabic copy of The Kitáb-i-Aqdas which was later translated by Anton Haddad. [BFA2:11]
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. 20 December A.D. 1898
• A.M. |
The second group of Western pilgrims arrive in `Akká, staying three days before returning to Cairo. [BFA1:145]
- See BFA1:145 for those included in this group.
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 December A.D. 1899
• A.M. |
Birth of Dorothy Beecher Baker, Hand of the Cause of God. |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1899
• A.M. |
Miss Olive Jackson of Manhattan becomes the first black American woman Bahá'í. [BFA1:126–7] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1899
• A.M. |
The Serpent by Thornton
Chase, an 18-page pamphlet on the image of the serpent in the Bible, is
published in Chicago. This is probably the first published essay written
by an American Bahá'í. [BFA2:26] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1899
• A.M. |
The Consulting Assembly of Ṭihrán, a forerunner of the National Spiritual Assembly, is established. [EB175–6]
- Four Hands of the Cause are permanent members; nine others are elected by special electors appointed by the Hands. [EB175–6]
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1899
• A.M. |
Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí and others
carry to the Holy Land the marble casket made by the Bahá'ís of Mandalay
to hold the remains of the Báb. [BW10:517] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 31 January A.D. 1899
• A.M. |
The remains of the Báb arrive in the Holy Land. [BBD209; DH66; GPB274]
- They are stored in the room of the Greatest Holy Leaf in the house of `Abdu'lláh Pás̲h̲á until the Shrine of the Báb is completed. [DH66]
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• February A.D. 1899
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The first Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá arrive in America. [BFA1:143]
- See BFA1:143 for the recipients.
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. February / March A.D. 1899
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, accompanied by
Kheiralla, lays the foundation stone for the Shrine of the Báb.
[BFA1:XXVIII, 142; BBD209; GPB275; SBBH2:112] |
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• 55 B.E.
• A.H.
• 16 february A.D. 1899
• A.M. |
The third group of Western pilgrims arrives in the Holy Land. [BFA1:145]
- See BFA1:145 for those in the group.
Birth of Hermann Grossmann, Hand of the Cause of God, in Rosario de Santa Fé, Argentina, into a family of German background. |
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