| A town in Kurdish Iraq; it was in the mountains surrounding Sulaymáníyyih that Bahá'u'lláh resided from April 1854 to 1856 |
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| As a result of dissension among the Bábís in Bag̲h̲dád and the sedition of Mírzá Yaḥyá, Bahá'u'lláh had decided to retire to the wilderness and left Bag̲h̲dád, living in seclusion on a mountain called Sar-Galú. During this period, Áqá Abu'l-Qásim-i-Hamadání was His only companion. To conceal His identity, Bahá'u'lláh dressed as a dervish and took the name Darvís̲h̲ Muḥammad-i-Iraní. The inhabitants of the area came to revere Him, particularly the local Ṣúfís, who sought Him out for explanations of mystical works. At their request He composed a poem called Qaṣídiy-i-'Izz-i-Varqá'íyyih, which originally consisted of 2000 couplets, only 127 of which Bahá'u'lláh allowed to be preserved. |
| [BD 214-5] |
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| Town in Northeast 'Iráq; Bahá'u'lláh lived in retirement two years in Kurdistán, first
on an isolated mountain named Sar-Galú, later in the town of Sulaymáníyyih
at a theological seminary. (April 10, 1854- March 19, 1856). |
| [BG 49] |
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