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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - 60 B.E. (A.D. 1903-1904)
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< 59 B.E. | 61 B.E. >
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[ 15 Articles ]
• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1903
• A.M.
Upheaval at Ras̲h̲t. [BBRXXX, 373; BW18:385]
  • See BW18:385 for a chronicle of events.
Upheaval at Isfahán. [BW18:385]
  • See BW18:385 for a chronicle of events.
  • The Bahá'ís take sanctuary at the Russian Consulate. [BBR376]
  • For Western accounts of the episode see BBR377–85.
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1903
• A.M.
Russian poet Isabella Grinevskaya wrote the play "Báb" which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904 and again in 1914 and once again in 1917. It was translated into French and Tatar (and later into German by Friedrich Fiedler) and lauded by Leo Tolstoy and other reviewers at the time. It is reported to have been Tolstoy's first knowledge of the Faith.
  • In 1910-11 she spent two weeks in Ramleh as a guest of `Abdu'l-Bahá and after she returned to Russia she had several letters and Tablets from Him.
  • Immediately upon her return from Egypt in January of 1911 she began work on the book "A Journey in the Countries of the Sun", an account of her visit with 'Abdu'l-Bahá. This work was not completed until 1914 because in the summer of 1912 she made a trip to Paris to work with the French translator of "Báb", Madame Halperin, and when she returned to Leningrad she began work on the drama entitled Bahá'u'lláh. It was published in Leningrad in 1912 but was never performed. "Journey", a book of some 550 pages did not get published because of the disruption cause by the advent of the war. See BW6p707-712 for the article "Russia's Cultural Contribution to the Bahá'i Faith" by Martha Root.
  • For a photo see BW6p709 or here.
  • Also see Notes on the Babi and Bahá'í Religions in Russia and its territories by Graham Hassall.
  • Isabella Grinevskaya (the pen name of Beyle (Berta) Friedberg), born in Grodno in 1964, died in Istanbul in 1944. [Revolvy]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• 28 May A.D. 1903
• A.M.
A large mob gather outside the Russian Consulate in Isfahán and beat the Bahá'ís as they leave. One Bahá'í dies. [BW18:385]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• 30 May A.D. 1903
• A.M.
A letter from `Abdu'l-Bahá is received by the Chicago House of Spirituality giving His approval for the building of a Mas̲h̲riqu'l-Ad̲h̲kár in North America. [BFA2:119]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 June A.D. 1903
• A.M.
Eight days after `Abdu'l-Bahá's first Tablet arrives, a second Tablet arrives from Him approving the project. [BW10:179; CT41; GPB262, 349; MBW142]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 June A.D. 1903
• A.M.
Bahá'ís in Maláyir, Hamadán, are attacked, beaten and imprisoned. Two are killed. [BW18:385]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• June / July A.D. 1903
• A.M.
The Yazd Upheaval. [BBRXXX]
  • See BW18:385–6 for a chronicle of events.
  • This is said to be one of the bloodiest events to take place during the ministry of `Abdu'l-Bahá.
  • For Western responses see BBR385–98 and SBBH1:67.
  • For details of the martyrdom of Ḥájí Mírzáy-i-Halabí-Sáz during the upheaval see RB2:358–66.
  • For the effect on Bahá'ís of Zoroastrian background see SBBH2:80.
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• September A.D. 1903
• A.M.
At the request of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Ḥájí Mírzá Hadar-'Alí writes Bahá'í Martyrdoms in Persia in the year 1903 AD. It can be found in the Bahá'í-Library.
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1904
• A.M.
The publication of Bahá'í Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD by Ḥájí Mírzá Haydar-Alí Isfaháni and translated by Youness Afroukhteh. A second edition was published in 1917.
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. A.D. 1904
• A.M.
The birth of Zikrullah Khadem, Hand of the Cause of God, in Ṭihrán. [ZK3]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1904
• A.M.
At this point there are separate Spiritual Assemblies for the Jewish and Zoroastrian Bahá'ís in Hamadán and Ṭihrán. [BBRSM:151; CB371; CT33]
  • See BW2:275–9 for a letter from the `Israelitish' Bahá'í Assembly of Ṭihrán of November 1904.
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1904
• A.M.
Through the year the Covenant-breakers plot until the friendly governor of `Akká is replaced by one hostile to `Abdu'l-Bahá, Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alí stirring up opposition in certain elements of the population. [AB111; CB232]
  • Newspapers in Egypt and in Syria write false reports about `Abdu'l-Bahá. [AB111; CB232]
  • Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alí draws up an official indictment against `Abdu'l-Bahá full of false accusations. [AB112; CB232]
These actions result in the arrival of a Commission of Inquiry, sent by Sultán `Abdu'l-Ḥamíd. [AB112; CB233]
  • The Commission summons `Abdu'l-Bahá to answer the accusations levelled against Him and upon His replies the inquiry collapses. [AB113–14; CB233]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1904
• A.M.
Mahd-i-`Ulyá (Fáṭimih K̲h̲ánum), the second wife of Bahá'u'lláh, dies. She and all her four surviving children are Covenant-breakers. [CB117]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1904
• A.M.
A compilation of Bahá'í writings in English is published by the Board of Counsel of New York. [BW10:179]
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• 60 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1904
• A.M.
Laura Clifford Barney makes a number of extended visits to `Akká in this period. She brings with her questions to ask `Abdu'l-Bahá, the answers to which she notes down. These questions and answers result in the book Some Answered Questions. [AB81–2; BFA2:238]
  • See AB81–2 for information about Laura Clifford Barney.
  • The translator during this period was Dr Yúnis Afruk̲h̲tih (Yúnis K̲h̲án), whose memoirs, not yet published in English, make a valuable contribution to the history of the Faith. [BW12:679–81]
  • He arrived in `Akká in 1900 and remained nine years. [BW12:679]
 
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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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