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1849 26 Nov 184- |
The Báb sent Mullá Ádí-Guzal to the graves of Quddús and Mullá Husayn to make a pilgrimage on His behalf [DB431] | * Báb, The (chronology); Mulla Adi-Guzal; Cemeteries and graves; Quddus; Mulla Husayn; Pilgrimage; Iran | |
1849 1 Aug 184- |
Death of Hájí Mírzá Áqásí at Karbalá. [Bab147; BBD19; BBR156]
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Hájí Mírzá Aqasi; - Prime Ministers of Iran; - Prime Ministers; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq; Iran | |
1849 July - Aug (Or perhaps later) 184- |
Bahá'u'lláh conceived of a plan, a plan that was endorsed by the Báb, to have the Báb appoint Mírzá Yahyá as the titular head of the Faith. Mírzá Yahyá was concealed and hidden while mention of him was on every tongue. It is speculated that as a further measure to reduce His public profile, Bahá'u'lláh retired to Karbalá via Baghdád for a period of some ten months. [UD631n234; TN37-38; GPB90; RoB1p53-54] On the subject of the successor to the Báb the Guardian states:
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Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal) | |
1849 c. Jun - Jul 184- |
The Báb, in prison in the castle of Chihríq, learned of the massacre at Shaykh Tabarsí and the martyrdom of Quddús. He was so overcome with grief that He was unable to write or dictate for a period of five or six months. [DB411, 430]
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* Báb, The (chronology); * Báb, Writings of; Prison; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Quddus; Tablets of Visitation; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Chihríq, Iran; Iran | |
1849 16 May 184- |
Quddús was tortured and, in the public square, he was struck down with an axe, dismembered and burnt. [Bab176; BBD191; BW18:381; DB409–13; MH283–4] When the
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Quddus; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; - Letters of the Living; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran | |
1849 11 May 184- |
Quddús was taken to Bárfurúsh (now called Babol) and handed over to the priests. [DB408] | Quddus; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran | |
1849 10 May 184- |
The end of the siege of the fort at Shaykh Tabarsí. Two hundred and two Bábís were tricked into leaving the shrine. [BW18:381]
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Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Martyrs; Quddus; Mulla Jafar (sifter of wheat); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Iran | |
1849 9 May 184- |
Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá sent an emissary to the fort to invite two representatives to his camp to conduct negotiations. On the strength of assurances written on a Qur'án, Quddús left the fort and entered the Prince's camp. [B175; BW18:381; DB399–400] | Mihdi-Quli Mírzá; Quddus; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran | |
1849 26 Apr 184- |
A charge by the forces of Sulaymán Khán was repulsed by 37 Bábís led by Mírzá Muhammad-Báqir. [BW18:381; DB3956]
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Sulayman Khan; Bábís; Mírzá Muhammad-Baqir; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran | |
1849 early Apr 184- |
Sulaymán Khán-i-Afshar arrived with more troops. [BW18:381] | Armies; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran | |
1849 c. end Mar 184- |
The army continued to fire on the shrine for a few days. Mírzá Muhammad-Báqir and 18 others attacked the new fortifications and destroyed some of them. [DB393–4] | Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Armies; Mírzá Muhammad-Baqir; Iran | |
1849 27 Mar 184- |
Renewed forces under Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá encamped in the neighbourhood of the fort, built fortifications and began to bombard the shrine. [BW18:381; DB390–3]
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Mihdi-Quli Mírzá; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran | |
1849 c. 11 Mar 184- |
On learning through a traitor of the death of Mullá Husayn, 'Abbás-Qulí Khán launched a fresh attack on the fort. [DB384–6]
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Abbas-Quli Khan-i-Larijani; Armies; Mulla Husayn; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran | |
1849 2 Feb 184- |
Soon after midnight, Mullá Husayn led a charge of 313 men that again routed the king's army. He was struck in the chest by a bullet and died. His body was carried back to the fort and buried. Ninety other Bábís were also wounded, about 40 of whom died. [B174; BW18:381; DB379–82; MH266–70]
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Mulla Husayn; Mihdi-Quli Mírzá; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; - Letters of the Living; Iran | |
1849 1 Feb 184- |
The well was completed. Mullá Husayn performed his ablutions and put on clean clothes and the turban of the Báb. [DB379; MH264–6] | Mulla Husayn; Turbans; Relics; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran | |
1849 27 Jan 184- |
Reinforcements arrived for the besiegers under the leadership of 'Abbás-Qulí Khán-i-Láríjání. [BW18:381; DB378–9; MH263]
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Abbas-Quli Khan-i-Larijani; Armies; Mulla Husayn; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran | |
1849 11 Jan 184- |
Quddús and Mullá Husayn led a night attack on the encamped army. Two hundred and two Bábís dispersed the camp. [BW18:381; BD365; MH254]
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Quddus; Mulla Husayn; Armies; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Swords; Iran | |
1849 (early) Jan 184- |
Arrival of Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá and 3,000 royal troops in the vicinity of the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí. [B173–4; BW18:381; DB363]
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Mihdi-Quli Mírzá; Armies; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Vas-Kas, Iran; Iran | |
1849 (In the year) 184- |
Bahá'u'lláh married his second wife, Fátimih Khánum Mahd-i-'Ulyá (1828–1904), His cousin, the daughter of Malik-Nisá Khánum (Mírzá Buzurg's sister) and Mírzá Karím-i-Namadsáb. She was 21 and he was 32.
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* Bahaullah (chronology); Bahá'u'lláh, Wives of; Mahd-i-Ulya (Fatimih Khanum); Malik-Nisa Khanum; Mírzá Buzurg; Mírzá Karim-i-Namadsab; Iran | |
1848 21 Dec 184- |
The Bábís, led by Quddús, made a mounted attack on the army. All of the officers were killed including `Abdu'lláh Khán. A number of soldiers were drowned as they retreated into the Tálár River. About 430 soldiers were killed but no Bábís; one Bábí was wounded. [BW18:381; DB361–3; MH243–6]
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Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Quddus; `Abdu'lláh Khán; Armies; Iran | |
1848 19 Dec 184- |
The siege of the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí began in earnest with the arrival of `Abdu'lláh Khán's forces. [BW18:381]
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Shaykh Tabarsí siege; `Abdu'lláh Khán; Armies; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Iran | |
1848 12 Oct - 16 May 184- |
The siege of the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí As compiled by Moojan Momen the main events were:
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Shaykh Tabarsí siege; * Bahaullah (chronology); Mulla Husayn; Quddus; - Letters of the Living; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shaykh Tabarsí siege | |
1848 Oct - May 1849 184- |
The siege of the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí
Note: Moojan Momen in Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran (first published in Lights of Irfan, 20, pages 139-160) suggests that Bahá'u'lláh's itinerary was: "Badasht, Núr, Tehran (where He met with Hujjat); He then set out for Jaz (with Mírzá Masíh Núrí and Mirza Majíd Áhí); in Jaz, Mírzá Masíh Núrí died and Muhammad Sháh's decree arrived, then Bahá'u'lláh' set out for Núr, visiting the Bábís at Shaykh Tabarsí on the way. There would just about have been enough time for this sequence of events to occur but it seems contrary to Bahá'u'lláh's statement that He came to Jaz from Shahrúd (i.e. Badasht), unless we assume two visits to Jaz (one on the way from Badasht and then one coming from Tehran with Mírzá Masíh)." |
Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Fortresses, castles and palaces; * Bahaullah (chronology); Mulla Husayn; Quddus; - Letters of the Living; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shaykh Tabarsí siege | |
1848 early Dec 184- |
Bahá'u'lláh set out from Tihrán with 11 companions to reinforce the Bábís at Shaykh Tabarsí. Nine miles from the fort they were arrested and taken to the town of Ámul, where they were held prisoner in the home of the deputy governor. This was Bahá'u'lláh's second imprisonment. He intervened to spare His companions the bastinado and He alone received it. See Light of Faith: A collection of stories by Paris Sadeghzadeh and Behnam Golmohammadi p82-83.
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* Bahaullah (chronology); Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Arrests; Bastinado; Tehran, Iran; Amul, Iran; Iran | |
1848 19 Oct 184- |
Entry of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh into Tihrán. [BBR482]
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Nasirid-Din Sháh; Qajar dynasty; - Shahs; - Shahs, Throne changes; History (general); Iran, General history; Mírzá Taqi Khan-i-Farahani; - Prime Ministers of Iran; - Prime Ministers; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1848 12 Oct 184- |
The band of 72 Bábís took refuge in the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí which was located about 14 miles southeast of Bárfurúsh (now called Babol) and prepared it for siege. [B173; BBRSM26; BW18:381; DB344–5] | Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran | |
1848 11 Oct 184- |
Mullá Husayn and his company from Mashhad arrived near Bárfurúsh (now called Babol). [DB345] MH188 says that the journey from Mashhad had taken 83 days.
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Mulla Husayn; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran | |
1848 12 Sep 184- |
The accession of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh at Tabríz. [BBR482]
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Nasirid-Din Sháh; Qajar dynasty; - Shahs; - Shahs, Throne changes; History (general); Iran, General history; Mírzá Taqi Khan-i-Farahani; Siyah Chal (Black Pit); Firsts, other; Tabríz, Iran; Iran; Iraq | First time the civil and ecclesiastical powers banded together in a systematic campaign against the Faith |
1848 4 Sep 184- |
The death of the chronically ill Muhammad Sháh whom Shoghi Effendi described as bigoted, sickly and vacillating. [BBR153–4; GPB4; Encyclopædia Iranica]
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Muhammad Sháh; - Grand Viziers; - Prime Ministers of Iran; - Prime Ministers; Hájí Mírzá Aqasi; Antichrist; * Bahaullah (chronology); Iran, General history; History (general); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Iran | |
1848 1 Sep 184- |
Birth of Auguste Forel, renowned entomologist and Bahá'í, in Switzerland. | Auguste Forel; Births and deaths; Morges, Switzerland; Switzerland | |
1848 Sep 184- |
Bahá'u'lláh was in Bandar-Jaz (now Bandar-e Gaz). An edict came from Muhammad Sháh ordering His arrest. The man who was to have made the arrest was, on that very day, preparing a feast for Bahá'u'lláh and so delayed the arrest. News of the death of the flizih cancelled the decree. [DB 298-300; BW19p381 | * Bahaullah (chronology); Muhammad Sháh; Russian officials; Bandar-Jaz, Iran; Iran | |
1848 Aug - Sep 184- |
Birth of Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan Tálaqání, (b. Aug-Sep 1848 in Karkabúd, near Tálaqán, d.3 August 1919 in Tehran) also known by the title Adíbu'l-'Ulamá and the designation Adíb, Hand of the Cause and Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh. [Bahá'í Encylopedia Project] | Adib (Hájí Mírzá Hasan Talaqani); - Hands of the Cause; Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Births and deaths; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Births and deaths; Tálaqán, Iran; Iran | |
1848 Aug 184- |
The Báb was taken back to Chihríq, where He remained until June/July 1850. [Bab147; DB322; TN15]
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* Báb, The (chronology); * Báb, Writings of; Hájí Mírzá Aqasi; Hujjat; Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Chihríq, Iran; Iran | |
1848 Jul - Sep 184- |
Mullá Husayn and his companions, marching to Mázindarán, were joined by Bábís who had been at Badasht as well as newly-converted Bábís. [B171–2]
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Mulla Husayn; Bábís; Black Standard (banner); Banners; Prophecies; Muhammad Sháh; Conference of Badasht (1848); Mazandaran, Iran; Badasht, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |
1848 last week in Jul 184- |
Trial of the Báb The Báb arrived in Tabríz and was brought before a panel of which the 17-year-old Crown Prince Násiri'd-Dín Mírzá was the president. The Báb publicly made His claim that He was the Qá'im. This claim had also been announced to those gathered at Badasht. [Bab140–7; BBR157; BBRSM23, 216; BW18:380; DB314–20; GPB21–2; TN14] |
* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Trial of; Nasirid-Din Sháh; Qaim; Bastinado; William Cormick; Fatwa; Conference of Badasht (1848); * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Tabríz, Iran; Badasht, Iran; Iran | First formal punishment of the Báb |
1848 21 Jul 184- |
Mullá Husayn and his 202 companions left Mashhad for Mázindarán under the Black Standard. They arrived in September. [BBRSM26, 216] | Mulla Husayn; Black Standard (banner); Banners; Mashhad, Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Iran | |
1848 19 - 20 Jul 184- |
The Women's Rights Convention was held in the Wesleyan Chapel at Seneca Falls, NY. The principle organizer was Lucretia Mott, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton as its driving intellect. A significant role was played by an African-American man, an abolitionist and a recently freed slave, Frederick Douglass. The convention adopted a Declaration of Rights and Sentiments that consisted of 11 resolutions including the right for women to vote. The signatories were the 68 women and 32 men in attendance. The right for women to vote became part of the United States Constitution in 1920. [The Calling: Tahirih of Persia and her American Contemporaries p114-160, "Seneca Falls First Woman's Rights Convention of 1848: The Sacred Rites of the Nation"
by Bradford W. Miller (Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 8.3, 1998)]
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Womens rights; Human Rights; African Americans; Women; Gender; Equality; Conference of Badasht (1848); Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Seneca Falls, NY; New York, USA; USA; Badasht, Iran; Iran | the first time ever recorded in American history, a woman (Elizabeth Cady Stanton) publicly demanded the vote |
1848 c. 17 Jul 184- |
The Bábís left Badasht for Mázindarán. They were attacked by a mob of more than 500 outside the village of Níyálá. [B170–1; BKG46–7; BW18:380; DB298; GPB68]
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Conference of Badasht (1848); * Bahaullah (chronology); Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Mobs; - Persecution; Badasht, Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Niyala, Iran; Núr, Iran; Bandar-Jaz, Iran; Iran | |
1848 c. Jul 184- |
Quddús was arrested and taken to Sárí where he was placed under house arrest in the home of Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, a leading cleric. [Bab171; BKG50; DB300] Táhirih was arrested and was later taken to Tihrán where she was held in the home of Mahmúd Khán, the Kalántar of Tihrán, until her martyrdom in August 1852. Mullá Husayn left the army camp near Mashhad where he had been a guest of a brother of the Sháh. He planned to make a pilgrimage to Karbalá. While making preparations for the journey he received a Tablet from the Báb instructing him to go to Mázindarán to help Quddús, carrying a Black Standard before him. He was also instructed to wear the Báb's own green turban and to take the new name Siyyid `Alí. [Bab171; BKG50; DB324; MH174] |
Quddus; Mírzá Muhammad-Taqi; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Mahmud Khan; Kalantar, Iran; Mulla Husayn; - Shahs; Black Standard (banner); Banners; Green turban; Turbans; Names and titles; - Letters of the Living; Sari, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Mashhad, Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Iran; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1848 Jul 184- |
After three months in Chihríq, the Báb, on the order of Háji Mírzá Áqási was taken under escort to Tabríz. He was to be tried for apostasy before a gathering of high-ranking religious leaders (Mujtahid) in the presence of the young crown prince Másiri'd-Dín Mírzá . [Bab137; BW18:380; TN14]
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Mochenin; * Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Trial of; Portraits; Báb, Portrait of; Aqa Bala-Big Naqqash-bashi; Horses; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Chihríq, Iran; Tabríz, Iran; Urúmíyyih, Iran; Iran | |
1848 c. 26 Jun - 17 Jul 184- |
The Conference of Badasht Bahá'u'lláh, who hosted and directed the event, rented three gardens, one for Quddús, another for Táhirih and the third for Himself. [Bab168; GPB31, 68; MF200] The conference coincided with the removal of the Báb to Tabríz for interrogation in July. It was held near the village of Sháhrúd in Semnan province. [BBRSM23; DB292] Ṭáhirih, seizing upon the opportunity, arose and, unveiled, came forth from the garden. She proceeded towards the tent of Bahá'u'lláh crying out and proclaiming: "I am the Trumpet-blast; I am the Bugle-call!"—which are two of the signs of the Day of Resurrection mentioned in the Qur'án. Calling out in this fashion, she entered the tent of Bahá'u'lláh. No sooner had she entered than Bahá'u'lláh instructed the believers to recite the Súrih of the Event from the Qur'án, a Súrih that describes the upheaval of the Day of Resurrection. [Twelve Table Talks given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká, no. 9, "Ṭáhirih and the Conference of Badasht"] |
Conference of Badasht (1848); * Bahaullah (chronology); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Quddus; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Veils; Women; Womens rights; Gender; Equality; * Báb, The (chronology); Bayan; - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; - Letters of the Living; Badasht, Iran; Tabríz, Iran; Shahrud, Iran; Chihríq, Iran; Iran | |
1848 summer 184- |
Quddús left Mashhad for Badasht. Mullá Husayn was prevented from attending. He was invited to stay in the camp of the soldiers garrisoned in the area to control a local revolt. The invitation amounted to a confinement but he was able to teach the soldiers while so confined. [BKG50; DB290; MH165–6]
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Quddus; Mulla Husayn; Mashhad, Iran; Badasht, Iran; Iran | |
1848 late Spring 184- |
Mullá Husayn went to the house of Quddús in Bárfurúsh (now called Babol), Mázindarán, and realized that the `hidden treasure' was his recognition of the station of Quddús. [DB261–5; MH148–54]
Mullá Husayn proceeded to Mashhad and built a `Bábíyyih', a centre for the Bábís, as instructed by Quddús. He and Quddús took up residence in it and began to teach the Bábí religion. |
Mulla Husayn; Quddus; Bábí centre; - Letters of the Living; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Mashhad, Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran | |
1848 Apr-Jul 184- |
The presence of the Báb in Chihríq attracted much notice. Eventually Yahyá Khán softened his attitude to the Báb. [Bab135; DB303]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Yahya Khan; Mah-Ku, Iran; Dayyan (Mírzá Asadullah); Honey; Dervishes; Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Lawh-i-Hurufat (Tablet of the Letters); Huruf (letters); Chihríq, Iran; Iran; India | |
1848 10 Apr 184- |
The Báb in Chihríq The Báb was transferred to the fortress of Chihríq, `Jabal-i-Shadíd' (the Grievous Mountain) into the custody of Yahyá Khán, a brother-in-law of Muhammad Sháh. [BR72; BBRSM216; GPB19] |
* Báb, The (chronology); Chihríq, Iran; Fortresses, castles and palaces; Yahya Khan; Muhammad Sháh; Mah-Ku, Iran; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Chihríq, Iran; Iran | |
1848 9 Apr 184- |
The Báb was removed from Máh-Kú. Prior to this He had communicated His higher claims to His followers.
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* Báb, The (chronology); Hájí Mírzá Aqasi; Russia; Prince Dolgorukov; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Mah-Ku, Iran; Chihríq, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1848 30 Mar 184- |
Mullá Husayn departed for Mázindarán, setting out on foot as the Báb has directed. [DB260; MH144]
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Mulla Husayn; * Bahaullah (chronology); * Báb, The (chronology); Mazandaran, Iran; Khuy, Iran; Urúmíyyih, Iran; Maraghih, Iran; Milan, Italy; Tabríz, Iran; Zanjan, Iran; Qazvin, Iran; Iran | |
1848 20 March 184- |
Mullá Husayn and his companion, walking from Mashhad, arrived at Máh-Kú on the eve of Naw-Rúz. The Báb met them at the gate and together they celebrated Naw-Rúz, the fourth after the declaration of the Báb. Mullá Husayn stayed the night at the fortress. He remained with the Báb for nine days. [Bab131; DB257, 262; MH138, 143]
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Mulla Husayn; * Báb, The (chronology); Mashhad, Iran; Mah-Ku, Iran; Iran | |
1848 (In the year) 184- |
Bahá'u'lláh planed Táhirih's escape, giving the task to Mírzá Hádíy-i-Farhádí, the nephew of Hájí Asadu'lláh-i-Farhádí. Táhirih was rescued and escorted from Qazvín to Bahá'u'lláh's home in Tihrán. [B167; BKG42; DB284–5; MF199]
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Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Escape; Mírzá Hadiy-i-Farhadi; Hájí Asadullah-i-Farhadi; Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi); Tehran, Iran; Qazvin, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |
1848 (In the year) 184- |
The birth of Mírzá Mihdí, `the Purest Branch', the son of Bahá'u'lláh and His wife Ásíyih Khánum (Navváb) in the family's rented house near the Shemiran Gate (Darvázih Shimrán) in northern Tehran. [BBD155]
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Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Births and deaths; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Boris Handal; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1847 Nov - Dec 184- |
Bahá'u'lláh, who was living in Tihrán, visited the detainees from Qazvin and gave them money. [BKG41; DB278–9; GPB68]
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* Bahaullah (chronology); Assassinations; Mullá `Abdu'lláh; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Hájí Mulla Muhammad Taqi; Cemeteries and graves; Firsts, other; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Tehran, Iran; Qazvin, Iran; Iran | First imprisonment of Bahá'u'lláh; first martyr on Persian soil |
1847 Oct - Nov 184- |
Táhirih was accused of instigating the assassination of her uncle, Muhammad Taqí Baraghání, and was confined to her father's house while about 30 Bábís were arrested. Four, including the assassin, were taken to Tihrán and held in the house of Khusraw Khán. [BKG41; BW18:380; DB276–8] | Assassinations; Mullá `Abdu'lláh; Hájí Mulla Muhammad Taqi; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Khusraw Khan; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1847 Sep or Oct 184- |
The murder of Hájí Mullá Muhammad Taqí, the powerful uncle of Táhirih, by Mullá `Abdu'lláh of Shíráz. [B166; BBRSM216; DB276–8]
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Assassinations; Mullá `Abdu'lláh; Hájí Mulla Muhammad Taqi; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Iran | |
1847 c. Aug 184- |
Mullá Husayn was residing in Mashhad, in Khurásán, where he had been since returning from Shíráz in 1845. The leader of a local rebellion wished to enlist the Bábís on his side and sought a meeting with Mullá Husayn. To avoid entanglement in the affair, Mullá Husayn decided to make a pilgrimage to Máh-Kú. [TB56; DB254–5; MH133–5]
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Mulla Husayn; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); * Bahaullah (chronology); Khurásán, Iran; Mah-Ku, Iran; Qazvin, Iran; Tehran, Iran | First meeting of Mullá Husayn and Táhirih |
1847 Aug 184- |
Táhirih sent Mullá Ibráhím Mahallátí to present to the chief mujtahid of Hamadán her dissertation in defence of the Bábí Cause. Mahallátí was attacked and severely beaten. | Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Mulla Ibrahim Mahallati; Bábí; Hamadán, Iran; Iran | |
1847 c. Aug - Sep 184- |
On her departure from Hamadán Táhirih asked most of the Arab Bábís travelling with her to return to Iraq. [B165; DB273]
Upon arriving in Qazvín, Táhirih refused her estranged husband's attempts at reconciliation and lived with her father. Her father-in-law Hájí Mullá Taqí, felt insulted and denounced the Shaykhís and Bábís. [B166; DB2736] |
Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Hájí Mulla Taqi; Hamadán, Iran; Qazvin, Iran; Iran | |
1847 Jul to 1848 Apr 184- |
The people of Máh-Kú show markeded hostility to the Báb on His arrival. Later they were won over by His gentle manners and His love. They congregated at the foot of the mountain hoping to catch a glimpse of Him. [Bab129; DB244–5]
At the beginning of the Báb's incarceration the warden `Alí Khán kept the Báb strictly confined and allowed no visitors. He had a vision of the Báb engaged in prayer outside of the prison gates, knowing that the Báb is inside. He became humble and permitted the Bábís to visit the Báb. [Bab129–31; DB245–8] The winter the Báb spent in Máh-Kú was exceptionally cold. [DB252] Many of the Báb's writings were revealed in this period. [GPB24–5] |
* Báb, The (chronology); `Alí Khán; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); Bayan; Dalail-i-Sabih (Seven Proofs); * Báb, Writings of; Tablet to Muhammad Shah; Muhammad Sháh; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Mah-Ku, Iran; Iran; Najaf, Iran; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1847 Jul 184- |
The Báb in Máh-Kú The Báb arrived at the prison fortress of Máh-Kú (the Open Mountain). [Bab128; BW18:380] |
* Báb, The (chronology); Mah-Ku, Iran; Fortresses, castles and palaces; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Mah-Ku, Iran; Iran | |
1847 c. May - Jun 184- |
The Báb arrived in Tabríz en route to Máh-Kú and was handed over to the officials of Nasir al-Din Mirza, to be imprisoned for forty days in the citadel of Tabriz, called the Ark. [BBR76; Connections by Vincent Flannery]
He was well received by the general populace. He spent His time in seclusion, being allowed only two visitors. [Bab127–8; DB237–40; GPB18; TN12]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Mah-Ku, Iran; Nasir al-Din Mírzá; Tabríz, Iran; Iran | |
1847 c. May 184- |
Birth of Fátimih (Munírih) Khánum, wife of `Abdu'l-Bahá, in Isfahán.
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Munirih Khanum; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Family of; Births and deaths; Shaykh Salman; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |
1847 c. 17 Apr 184- |
The Báb sent a letter to the Sháh requesting an audience. [B121; DB229; TN11] Some accounts maintain that the prime minister intervened in the correspondence between the Báb and the Sháh. En route to Tabríz the Báb wrote to various people, including the Grand Vizier, the father and uncle of Táhirih, and Hájí Sulaymán Khán. Hujjat learned of this last letter and sent a message to the Bábís of Zanján to rescue the Báb. The Báb declined their assistance. [Bab124–5; DB235–6] |
* Báb, The (chronology); * Báb, Writings of; - Sháh; - Prime Ministers of Iran; - Prime Ministers; - Grand Viziers; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Hájí Sulayman Khan; Hujjat; Tabríz, Iran; Zanjan, Iran; Iran | |
1847 c. 1 – 17 Apr 184- |
One night the Báb disappeared and was found the next morning on the road coming from the direction of Tihrán. A look of confidence had settled on Him and His words have a new power. [B120–1; DB228–9]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Tehran, Iran; Iran; Amul, Iran; Iran | |
1847 1 Apr 184- |
The Báb received a letter and gifts from Bahá'u'lláh in Tihrán delivered to His Hands by Mulla Muhammad-Mihdiy-i-Kandi. The letter cheered His heart, He had been despondent since His arrest and departure from Shíráz. [Bab120; DB227; GPB678] | * Báb, The (chronology); Gifts; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Tehran, Iran; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1847 Apr 184- |
The Báb received a courteous message from the Sháh, who, on the advice of his prime minister, Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, assigned Him to the fortress of Máh-Kú in the province of Ádharbáyján. The Báb was taken to Máh-Kú via Tabríz. [Bab121–2, 124; DB229–32; GPB16; TN11–12] | * Báb, The (chronology); - Sháh; Hájí Mírzá Aqasi; Fortress of Mah-Ku; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Mah-Ku, Iran; Azerbaijan; Tabríz, Iran; Iran | |
1847 Spring - Summer 184- |
Táhirih's activities in Iraq so alarm some Bábís of Kázimayn that they agitated against her. Siyyid `Alí Bishr wrote to the Báb in Máh-Kú on their behalf. The Báb replied praising Táhirih, causing the Kázimayn Bábís to withdraw from the Faith. [Bab163]
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Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); * Báb, The (chronology); Hakim Masih; Kazimayn, Baghdad, Iraq; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Mah-Ku, Iran; Iran; Hamadán, Iran; Kirmánsháh, Iran | First Bahá'í of Jewish background |
1847 29 Mar 184- |
The Báb arrived in Kulayn where He stayed for 20 days. [Bab120; DB227; TN11] | * Báb, The (chronology); Kulayn, Iran; Iran | |
1847 28 Mar 184- |
The Báb and His escort arrived at the fortress of Kinár-Gird, 28 miles from Tihrán. Muhammad Big, the head of the escort, received a message from Hájí Mírzá Áqásí, the prime minister, telling him to take the Báb to Kulayn to await further instructions. Bab119; DB225–6; GPB16] | * Báb, The (chronology); Fortress Kinar-Gird; Fortresses, castles and palaces; Muhammad Big; Hájí Mírzá Aqasi; Tehran, Iran; Kulayn, Iran; Iran | |
1847 21 Mar 184- |
En route to Tihrán Hájí Mírzá Áqásí instructed the Báb to break His journey by stopping in the village of Káshán some 50km (31 miles) from the capital. He spent three nights in the home of Hájí Mírzá Jání, a noted resident of that city who had realized in a dream that the Báb would be his guest. After some time the Báb wrote to the Sháh requesting a meeting. Hájí Mírzá Áqási, determined that the meeting not take place, instilled fear in the sovereign and persuaded him that the best plan would be to send him to Máh-Kú. [Bab118; DB8, 217–22]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Hájí Mírzá Jani; Dreams and visions; Tehran, Iran; Kashan, Iran; Iran | |
1847 4 Mar 184- |
The passing of Manúchihr Khán. His death had been predicted by the Báb 87 days earlier. The governor had made the Báb the beneficiary of his vast holdings, estimated to be 40 million francs, but his nephew Gurgín Khán appropriated everything after his death. [Bab116; DB212Note1, 213–214]
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Manuchihr Khan; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; * Báb, The (chronology); Gurgin Khan; Nusayri horsemen; Horses; Tehran, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |
1847 22 Feb 184- |
Birth of Thornton Chase, designated the first American Bahá'í, in Springfield, Massachusetts. | Thornton Chase; Births and deaths; Springfield, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | First American Bahá'í |
1846 date uncertain 184- |
The Sháh had already instructed the governor, Manúchihr Khán to send the Báb to Tihrán. Seeking to discredit the Báb in the eyes of the Shah, Hájí Mírzá Áqási incited the mullas of Isfahan to condemn Him. The Imám-Jum'ih, knowing that about seventy of the leading clerics of the city had signed His death warrant, he, himself refused to endorse it and fearing for the safety of the Báb, devised a scheme to have the Báb escorted from Isfahán but then secretly returned to the governor's residence. The Báb remained there for four months with only three of His followers apprised of His whereabouts. These four months have been described as having been the calmest in His Ministry. [Bab113–16; DB209–211, 213; TN9–11]
The governor offered all of his resources to try to win the Sháh over to His Cause but the Báb declined his offer saying that the Cause will triumph through the `poor and lowly'. [Bab115–16; DB212–213] |
- Sháh; Manuchihr Khan; * Báb, The (chronology); * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Tehran, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |
1846 Dec 184- |
Táhirih provoked disturbances in Karbalá. Her radical interpretation of Babism and her assumption of leadership split the Bábi community between the more conservative Bábis and her own circle of devotees. [BBRSM17] | Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1846 Dec 184- |
Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí died in Istanbul naval dockyards. He was the first martyr of the Bábí Dispensation. [Bahá'í Encyclopedia] | Mulla Ali Bastami; Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Firsts, other; - Letters of the Living; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | First martyr of the Bábí Dispensation |
1846 c. Nov 184- |
Manúchihr Khán arranged a meeting between the Báb and the clerics to silence their opposition. After the encounter, about 70 of them meet and issued a death-warrant. [Bab112–13; DB205–9] | Manuchihr Khan; * Báb, The (chronology); Death-warrant; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |
1846 Sep - Oct 184- |
On His approach to Isfahan the Báb wrote to Manúchihr Khán, the governor-general of Isfahán, and asked him where He should take shelter. The governor requested that Siyyid Muhammad, the Imám-Jum`ih of Isfahán, accommodate Him. During His stay of 40 days the Báb impressed His host as well as many of the clerics. [Bab109–10, 13; DB199–202, 208]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Manuchihr Khan; - Governor-generals; Siyyid Muhammad (Imam-Jumih); Fatimih; Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |
1846 23 – 24 Sep 184- |
The Báb departed for Isfahán after a sojourn in Shíráz of less than 15 months. [B105–6; BBRSM216; BW18:380; TN9, SBBR1pxxviii]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Shíráz, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |
1846 23 Sep 184- |
Up to this point the Báb had not been critical of the civil government but considering that His denunciations of the intellectually dishonest and plundering clergy were so unrelenting, could they expect to escape His scrutiny? The governor, Husayn Khán, was thus threatened by the Báb's rising popularity and ordered His arrest. The chief constable, `Abdu'l-Hamíd Khán, took the Báb into custody and escorted Him to the governor's home but found it abandoned. He took the Báb to his own home where he learned that a cholera epidemic had swept the city and that his sons have been stricken. At the chief constable's insistence the Báb cureed the boys by requesting they drink some of the water with which He had washed His own face. `Abdu'l-Hamíd resigned his post and begged the governor to release the Báb who agreed on condition the Báb leave Shíráz. The incident proved to be Husayn Khán's undoing: the Sháh dismissed him from office shortly after. [B104–5; BBRSM55; DB194–7; DB194note1; GPB13; TN9]
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Husayn Khan; - Governors; * Báb, The (chronology); `Abdu'l-Hamid Khán; Epidemics; Muhammad Sháh; - Shahs; Cholera; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1846 (Summer) 184- |
The Chief Constable, 'Abdu'l-Hamíd Khán, was instructed by order of the governor, Hasayn Khán, to break into the house of Hájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí where the Báb had been confined and to arrest Him. He and a follower were taken away along with His books and Writings. It was widely rumoured that He would be executed. He was allowed to return some time later. [LTDT14] | * Báb, The (chronology); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1846 23 Jun 184- |
Quddús met Mullá Sádiq-i-Muqaddas in Shíráz to whom he entrusted a copy of Khasá'il-i-Sab`ih (`the Seven Qualifications'). Following instructions received in a Tablet from the Báb, Mullá Sádiq sounded the call to prayer using the additional words provided by the Báb. This, along with their teaching of the Cause, provoked a public commotion. [Bab78; DB144-145; BBRSM16]
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- Governors; Husayn Khan; Quddus; Ismullahul-Asdaq (Mulla Sadiq Khurasani); Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání; Mulla Abu-Talib; Husayn Khan; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Fars, Iran; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | first to be persecuted on Persian soil; first appearance of news of the Babi faith in the West. |
1846 (After Naw-Ruz) 184- |
After the Báb left Shiraz, His wife, Khadijih Bagum, mother, Fatimah Bagum, maternal grandmother, Zahra Bagum, as well as Ethiopian servants Mubarak, and maidservant Fiddih were living in the Sacred House. [MBBA167] | Báb, House of (Shiraz); Fatimih Bagum; Khadijih Bagum (wife of the Báb); Zahra Bagum; Mubarak; Fiddih; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1846 19 Mar 184- |
The Báb bequeathed all His possessions to His mother and His wife and revealed a special prayer for His wife to help her in times of sorrow. He told His wife of His impending martyrdom. He moved to the house of His uncle Hájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí. He told the Bábís in Shíráz to go to Isfahán. [GPB14; KB21–2; TB103–5, LTDT13; DB190-192]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Family of; Prayer; Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Ali; Shíráz, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |
1846 (In the year) 184- |
Táhirih was sent back to Baghdád from Karbalá. She was lodged first in the house of Shaykh Muhammad Shíbl and then in the house of the Muftí of Baghdád where she stayed for three months. During her time in Iraq she enlisted a considerable number of followers and made a number of enemies among the clergy [Bab162; DB81note2; 271]
Among those attracted was the personal court physician during the Qájár Dynasty, Hakím Masíh, who first learned about the Faith when he was accompanying Muhammad Sháh to Karbila. While en route he encountered Tahirih in Baghdad, who was giving a lecture. He also met with her personally and observed her interactions with the divines. Years later he was called upon to treat a child, Ibn -I-Asdaq, who, with his father Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq, were chained together in the Siyáh-Chál for two years and four months. For a period of two months he visited the child regularly and learned more of the Faith from his father. Hakím Masíh taught the Faith to his family and this was the start of the Jewish conversion in Hamadán and Káshan. He was favoured by a number of tablets from Bahá'u'llah and his youngest grandson, Dr Lutfu'lláh h Hakím served the Master as well as Shoghi Effendi and was elected to the first Universal House of Justice in 1963. [Rob3p265-268] |
Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Baghdad, Iraq; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | the first Jewish Baha'i in Iran |
1846 (In the year) 184- |
The birth of Bahíyyih Khánum, the Greatest Holy Leaf, eldest daughter of Bahá'u'lláh and Navváb, and sister of `Abdu'l-Bahá, in Tihrán. She was later designated by Shoghi Effendi `the outstanding heroine of the Bahá'í Dispensation'. [BBD42; GPB108]
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Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Births and deaths; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1845 30 Dec 184- |
The Báb's birthday fell on the first day of the mourning observance for the Imám Husayn. Táhirih, who was in Karbalá with the widow of Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí, instructed her relatives and the Bábís to dress in bright clothing and joyously celebrate the Báb's birth. This caused a considerable disturbance, even among the Bábís. Táhirih was arrested and expelled from the city. [RR305, SA217] | Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1845 1 Nov 184- |
The Times of London carried an item on the arrest and torture of Quddús, Mullá Sádiq-i-Khurásání, Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání and Mullá Abú-Tálib in Shíráz in June. This was the first known printed reference to the Revelation in the Western press. A similar article was reprinted on 19 November. [First newspaper story of the events of the Bábí Faith compiled by Steven Kolins; B76–7; BBR4, 69]
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Quddus; Ismullahul-Asdaq (Mulla Sadiq Khurasani); Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Ardistání; Mulla Abu-Talib; Times (newspaper); Newspaper articles; Firsts, other; Mentions; First mentions; Bábísm, Early Western Accounts of; Shíráz, Iran; Iran; London, England; United Kingdom | First known published reference to The Báb. |
1845 Jul (and months following) 184- |
The Báb was released to the custody of His uncle, Hájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí. [DB151, LTDT13]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Vakil Mosque; Mosques; Mulla Husayn; Báb, Family of; Muhammad Sháh; - Shahs; Vahid (Siyyid Yahyay-i-Darabi); Hujjat; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Mírzá Ahmad-i-Azghandi; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Mírzá Ahmad-i-Azghandi; Mírzá `Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini; Shíráz, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Yazd, Iran; Kirman, Iran; Nayriz, Iran; Iran; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1845 July and months following 184- |
In Karbalá Táhirih revived the remnant of the Bábí community. She was considered a part of the radical element of Shaykhí Bábís because she believed that the Shaykhí tradition had been abrogated by the new Revelation. The new Bábí movement caused the Shaykhí leaders to unite in their opposition to the Báb and to redefine the nature of the school, toning down its more controversial teachings and moving back towards mainstream Shí`ísm. [BBRSM16–18] | Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Shaykhism; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1845 c. 7 Jul 184- |
The Báb arrived in Shíráz.
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Family of; Báb, Uncles of; - Uncles; Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Ali; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1845 c. July 184- |
Karím Khán wrote a number of refutations of the Báb. The first, Isháqu'l-Bátil (The Crushing of Falsehood) was published in July. This caused some Bábís to dissociate themselves from Shaykhism. [BBRSM17–18] | Hájí Mulla Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani; Shaykhism; Kirman, Iran; Iran | |
1845 c. July 184- |
In Kirmán, Karím Khán, the self-appointed leading Shaykhí cleric, had a number of Bábís expelled from the city. [BBRSM17–18] | Hájí Mulla Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani; Shaykhism; Kirman, Iran; Iran | |
1845 30 Jun 184- |
At Dálakí, some 40 miles northeast of the Búshíhr, the Báb met the soldiers of the governor of Fárs who had been sent to arrest Him. He was escorted to Shíráz. [Bab84, 105; BBR170; BBRSM216; DB148–9; GPB11; TN6, SBBH1pxxv111; The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs p35-36 by A. Rabbani]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Dalaki, Iran; Fars, Iran; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1845 28 Jun 184- |
Prince Dolgorukov was appointed Russian ambassador to Tihrán. He was previously first secretary of the Russian legation at Constantinople. He arrived in Tihrán in January 1846.
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Prince Dolgorukov; - Ambassadors; History (general); Iran, General history; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey; Tehran, Iran; Iran; Russia | |
1845 c. Jun 184- |
After expelling Mullá Husayn and Mullá Sádiq the governor of Fárs, Hasayn Khán-i-Irváni ordered that the Báb, the instigator of the commotion, be arrested and brought to Shíráz. [Bab84; BW18:380; DB148–50; GPB11] | - Governors; Husayn Khan; Quddus; Ismullahul-Asdaq (Mulla Sadiq Khurasani); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; * Báb, The (chronology); - Persecution; Bushihr, Iran; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | First person to rise against the Báb was Hasayn Khán-i-Irváni, the governor of Fars |
1845 c. 16 Apr 184- |
Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí was removed from his prison cell in Baghdád and taken to Istanbul, where he was sentenced to hard labour in the imperial naval dockyard. | Mulla Ali Bastami; Persecution, Iraq; Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1845 Feb - Mar 184- |
The Báb returned to Búshihr. He sent Quddús to Shíráz with a letter addressed to His uncle Hájí Mírzá Siyyid `Alí who, upon receiving it, embraced his Nephew's Cause, the first, after the Letters of the Living, to do so in Shíráz. The Báb also entrusted Quddús with a treatise for him entitled Khasá'il-i-Sab`ih (`the Seven Qualifications') and promised him his impending martyrdom. Later he gave his life as one of the Seven Martyrs of Tehran, see 1850 19 or 20 Feb. [Bab77–8; DB142–3; MS2, GPB9-10]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Báb, Family of; Báb, Uncles of; - Uncles; Quddus; Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Ali; Dhasail-i-Sabih (Seven Qualifications); Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; First believers; * Báb, Writings of; Bushihr, Iran; Iran; Shíráz, Iran | first to embrace the Cause after the Letters of the Living. |
1845 27 Feb 184- |
The Báb left Jiddah. [MS2]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Mulla Ali Bastami; Trials; * Báb, Writings of; Imam of Muscat; Court cases; - Persecution, Court cases; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia; Muscat, Oman; Oman | |
1845 12 Feb 184- |
The Báb left Medina for Jiddah arriving on the 24th of February. [MS2; The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs p35 by A. Rabbani] | * Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Medina, Saudi Arabia; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia | |
1845 16 Jan 184- |
The Báb arrived in Medina from Mecca.
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Epistle between Two Shrines; Medina, Saudi Arabia; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia | |
1845 13 Jan 184- |
The trial of Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí in Baghdád. A fatwá is issued in Baghdád against both Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí and the Báb, condemning the Báb, who is unnamed in the fatwá, to death as an unbeliever. [Bab64; BBRSM15, 215; SBBH21, 22] | Trials; Mulla Ali Bastami; Fatwa; Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Court cases; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1845 10 Jan 184- |
The beginning of the Islamic new year. Messianic fervour grew, particularly among Shaykhís. [BBRSM15] | Prophecies; Shaykhism; - Islam; Interfaith dialogue; - Middle East; Iran; Iraq | |
1845 7 Jan 184- |
The Báb departed Mecca. [The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs p35 by A. Rabbani] | * Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Mecca, Saudi Arabia | |
1845 c. Jan 184- |
Crowds gathered in Karbalá in response to the Báb's summons, among them was Táhirih. [BabI62; BBRSM15, 215; SBBH1:22] | * Báb, The (chronology); Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1844 20 - 21 Dec 184- |
The Báb offered 19 lambs as a sacrifice in the prescribed manner, nine in His own name, seven in the name of Quddús and three in the name of Mubarak, His Ethiopian servant, distributing the meat to the poor and needy. [B71; DB133] | * Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Quddus; Mubarak; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia | |
1844 c. 20 Dec 184- |
The Báb made a declaration of His mission by standing at the Ka`bih, holding the ring of the door and repeating three times that He is the Qá'im.
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Kaaba (Mecca); Qaim; Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn-i-Kirmani (Muhit); Mírzá Muhit; Shaykhism; Sharif of Mecca; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * Báb, Writings of; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia | |
1844 12 Dec 184- |
The Báb arrived in Mecca and performed the rites of pilgrimage in company with 100,000 other pilgrims. [GPB9]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia | |
1844 c. Dec 184- |
The Báb and His companions arrived in Jiddah after a rough sea voyage of two months. There they put on the garb of the pilgrim and proceed to Mecca by camel. [Bab71; DB129, 132]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Quddus; Ships; Camels; Saddlebag (novel); - Missing, lost or destroyed Writings; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia | |
1844 (In the year) 184- |
A senior cleric, a convert to the new faith of the Báb, arrived in Yemen through the then internationally renowned Al-Mokha port. [Arab News 20/11/2020] | Yemen | |
1844 2 or 3 Oct 184- |
The Báb departed from Búshihr on His pilgrimage. [Bab57; MH119, 121, GPB9]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Mulla Husayn; Ships; Industrial Revolution; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq; Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Arabia; Muscat, Oman | |
1844 Oct 184- |
Pigrimage of the Báb The Báb, Quddús (Hájí Mullá Muhammad-`Alíy-i-Barfurúshí) and the Báb's Ethiopian servant, Mubarak, left Shíráz for Búshihr en route to Mecca. The journey took ten days. [Bab57; DB129; MH119] |
* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Quddus; Servants; Mubarak; - Letters of the Living; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Iran; Saudi Arabia; Shíráz, Iran; Bushihr, Iran; Mecca, Saudi Arabia | |
1844 30 Sep 184- |
The Báb received the letter from Mullá Husayn giving Him details of his journey and meeting with Bahá'u'lláh and others he had contacted. See DB126-128 for information on the letter and the affect it had on the Báb.
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Mulla Husayn; * Bahaullah (chronology); - Letters of the Living; Shíráz, Iran; Bushihr, Iran; Iran | |
1844 10 Sep 184- |
The Báb left Shiraz for Bushihr and arrived on the 19th of September. [The Genesis of the Bábi-Bahá'í Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs p35 by A. Rabbani] | * Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Pilgrimage of; Shíráz, Iran; Bushihr, Iran | |
1844 11 Aug 184- |
The Báb sent Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí to Najaf and Karbalá to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhís. In Najaf Mullá `Alí delivered a letter from the Báb to Shaykh Muhammad-Hasan Najafí, the leading Shí`í divine and the keeper of the shrines in Iraq. [BBRSM15; DB87-91; SBBH20–1, HotD46]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Mulla Ali Bastami; Ulama; Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Shaykhism; Firsts, other; Trials; Court cases; - Persecution, Court cases; - Letters of the Living; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey; Iraq; Baghdad, Iraq; Najaf, Iran; Karbala, Iraq | First martyr of the Bábí Dispensation; first major challenge to Babism from a Shaykhí leader |
1844 Jul - Aug 184- |
To promote the Cause of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh immediately journeyed to the village of Tákur in the province of Mázindarán, His native province. As a result Mázindarán in general and Núr in particular were the first among the provinces and districts of Persia to embrace the new Cause. [DB109-117] | * Bahaullah (chronology); * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Takur, Iran; Iran | first provinces and districts of Persia to embrace the Cause of the Bab. |
1844 Jul - Aug 184- |
The intention of the Báb was to introduce the new Revelation slowly so as not to cause estrangement. He instructed the Letters of the Living to spread out and teach His Faith and to this end He assigned each one a special task, most often to their own native provinces. This is analogous to Christ's instructions to His disciples. He instructed them to record the name of every believer who embraced the Faith and to send their lists to His uncle, Hájí Mírzá 'Alí in Shíráz in a sealed envelope. His intention was to classify these lists once received into 18 sets of names with 19 names each (one Vahid meaning "Unity"). A list with the names of 18 Letters of the Living plus His own name would constitute the 19th set making one Kull-i-Shay (meaning "all things" with a value of 361). Thus fourteen Letters of the Living were dispatched; only Mullá Husayn and Quddús remained with Him. [BBRSM14–16, 36; SWB119; BBR2p36; DB92–4, 123; MH82–6; SBBH1:19]
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* Báb, The (chronology); * Báb, Writings of; Báb, Speech to the Letters of the Living; - Letters of the Living; Mulla Husayn; * Bahaullah (chronology); Tablet to Bahá'u'lláh; - Shahs; Mulla Jafar (sifter of wheat); Muhammad Sháh; Sultán `Abdu'l-Majid; First believers; - Letters of the Living; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Kull-i-Shay; Kashan, Iran; Shíráz, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Qom, Iran; Iran; Turkey | First to embrace the Cause of the Báb in the city of Isfahán; first of a number of unsuccessful attempts to enlist aid of Muhammad Sháh |
1844 Jul - Aug 184- |
Forty days after the Declaration of the Báb, the second Letter of the Living, Mullá `Alíy-i-Bastámí, had a vision that led him to Mullá Husayn and he accepted the Báb. During this period of waiting for the second person to recognize the Báb, He called Mulla Husayn to His house several times. He always came at night and stayed until dawn. [HotD41; Bahá'í Encyclopedia].
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Declaration of; Mulla Ali Bastami; Dreams and visions; Mulla Husayn; - Letters of the Living; Quddus; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Iran | |
1844 24 May 184- |
F.B. Morse sent the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington D.C. to Baltimore; the message said: "What hath God wrought?" which is a verse from The Book of Numbers 23:23. Also see The Book of Job 38:35 where it says "Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?" [Thief in the Night or The Strange Case of the Missing Millennium by William Sears p3-4] | Communication; Telegraph; Morse code; Firsts, other; History (general); Washington, DC, USA; Baltimore, MD; USA | The first telegraphic message. |
1844 23 May 184- |
The birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá in a rented house near the Shimrán Gate in Tihrán. He was born at midnight. [AB9, SoG3-4]
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* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * Bahaullah (chronology); Báb, Declaration of; Births and deaths; * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Names and titles; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1844 22 May 184- |
Declaration of the Báb's Mission
Two hours and eleven minutes after sunset Siyyid `Alí-Muhammad made His declaration to Mullá Husayn-i-Bushrú'í in the upper room of His House. [DB52-65] "I am, I am, I am, the promised One! I am the One whose name you have for a thousand years invoked, at whose mention you have risen, whose advent you have longed to witness, and the hour of whose Revelation you have prayed God to hasten. Verily I say, it is incumbent upon the peoples of both the East and the West to obey My word and to pledge allegiance to My person." [DB315-316]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Declaration of; Holy days; * Báb, Writings of; Mulla Husayn; Qayyumul-Asma (book); Surih of Joseph; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); * Báb, The (chronology); Cycles; Ages and Epochs; Heroic age; Qaim; Promised One; - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; Mubarak; - Letters of the Living; Fiddih; Báb, House of (Shiraz); 1844; Prophecies; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | First, the greatest, and mightiest of all books in the Bábí Dispensation |
1844 3 Apr 184- |
In Kitáb Fihrist, the Báb stated that the first descent of Spirit on Him was on 15th of the third month (Rabi ul Awal) of AH 1260 [3 April 1844]. [The Genesis of the Bâbí-Baháʼí Faiths in Shíráz and Fárs pp. 20–22] | * Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Declaration of; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1844 21 Mar 184- |
Edict of Toleration was issued by the Sultan of Turkey: The Muslim government of the Ottoman Empire was compelled by the Western Powers, notably Britain and France, to grant religious tolerance to all nations within its borders. Broader questions of religious tolerance, such as might presumably involve Jewish land rights and Jewish immigration are not mentioned in the Edict. [Sours (below) p9]
To set the context, this came during the period known as "Tanzimat" (lit. Reorganization) 1838 to 1876. The Tanzimat era was characterised by various attempts to modernise the Ottoman Empire and to secure its territorial integrity against internal nationalist movements and external aggressive powers. The reforms encouraged Ottomanism among the diverse ethnic groups of the Empire and attempted to stem the tide of the rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire. During the Tanzimat period, the government's series of constitutional reforms led to a fairly modern conscripted army, banking system reforms, the decriminalization of homosexuality, the replacement of religious law with secular law and guilds with modern factories. The Ottoman Ministry of Post was established in Istanbul in 1840. [Wikipedia] The fulfillment of the prophecies of Christ and of the Bible has been over a period of a hundred years or more matter of common knowledge and remark in the West. But the full extent of that fulfillment is only seen in Bahá'u'lláh. The proclamation of His Faith was made in 1844, the year when the strict exclusion of the Jews from their own land enforced by the Muslims for some twelve centuries was at last relaxed by the Edict of Toleration and "the times of the Gentiles" were "fulfilled." [GPBiv Introduction by George Townshend]
Michael Sours makes the point that there have been some Christian notions that have been adopted uncritically by a number of Bahá'í apologists that cannot be supported: 1. That Jews were strictly excluded from Palestine for 1,260 years prior to 1844 2. That Muslim Authorities were responsible for this exclusion 3. That the 1844 Edict ended the exclusion and enabled Jews to immigrate to Palestine 4. That the Edict brought about the fulfilment of the prophecy concerning the "times of the Gentiles". By extension it was the Christian maltreatment of Jews in Europe and elsewhere that prompted the large migration in the 19th and particularly in the 20th century. [Sours p77] |
Edict of Toleration (1844); Jews; - Judaism; History (general); Prophecies; Israel; Palestine; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |
1844 7 Feb 184- |
Birth of Shaykh Kázim-i-Samandarí, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, in Qazvín. | Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandari; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Births and deaths; Qazvin, Iran; Iran | |
1844 22 Jan 184- |
Mullá Husayn returned to Karbilá after a journey of two years in Persia. He had been on a mission in Isfahán and Mashhad where he had successfully defended the views of his master, Siyyid Kázim, before the leading clerics of those cities. [MH49]
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Mulla Husayn; Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti; Karbala, Iraq; Isfahan, Iran; Mashhad, Iran; Najaf, Iran; Bushihr, Iran; Shíráz, Iran; Iraq; Iran | |
1844 10 Jan 184- |
The arrival of Táhirih in Karbilá. She had learned of the views of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kázim and had corresponded with the latter from whom she received her name, Qurratu'l-Ayn, meaning "Solace of the Eyes". Against the wishes of her family she had left her home to join the circle of his students but arrived in Karbilá ten days after his passing. Convinced that the Promised One would soon appear she stayed on in that city as Siyyid Kázim's disciples were departing in their search. To one of them, her brother-in-law, Mírzá Muhammad-i-Alíy-i-Qazvíní, she gave a sealed letter and told him to deliver it to the One Sought. This he did and the Báb recognized her as one of the Letters of the Living. [B25-26; DB81note2]
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Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsai; Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti; Mullá Muhammad-i-`Alíy-i-Qazvíní; - Letters of the Living; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1844 (In the year) 184- |
Birth of Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpáygání, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, in Gulpáygán. | Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Births and deaths; Gulpaygan, Iran; Iran | |
1843 31 Dec 184- |
Passing of Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí, the disciple and self-proclaimed successor of Shaykh Ahmad, in Karbalá. Because Siyyid Kázim designated no successor, within a short period of time the Shaykhí school was split into several factions. The two largest were grouped around Siyyid `Alí Muhammad and Hájí Mullá Muhammad Karím Khán Kirmání. The first faction moved away from the outward practice of Islám towards a development of inner realities and ultimately a new revelation. The second emphasized the continuing role of the Prophets and the Imáms and sought acceptance from the Shí'í majority which had formerly excommunicated Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kázim. [BBD126–7; MH26; SBBH1; TB6, Sayyid Kazim Rashti by Moojan Momen]
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Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsai; Shaykhism; Siyyid Ali Muhammad; Hájí Mulla Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani; Shia Islam (Shiism); In Memoriam; Births and deaths; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1843 5 Feb 184- |
Great March Comet or Great Comet of 1843 was first "discovered". It passed closest to Earth on March 6, 1843, and was at its greatest brilliance the following day. When at its greatest brilliance, it was visible only from southern latitudes. For a few hours on February 28, it outshone any comet seen in the previous seven centuries. The tail of the comet holds the record for actual extent. It is estimated to have stretched 300 million kilometres (or 2 astronomical units). It was last observed on April 19, 1843. At that time this comet had passed closer to the Sun than any other known object. [Great Comet in History; Notes from Baha'i History; Academic; Wikipedia; Thief in the Night p193-196]
Another comet seemed to reappear at significant times in history. The first recorded sighting for the comet that came to be known as Biela's Comet was made in 1772 with a second appearance in 1805. In 1826 Wilhelm von Biela and others contributed to work to determine that it was indeed the same comet making reappearances in elliptical orbit with an orbital period of 6.6 years. In the 1845-1846 appearance astronomers were surprised to see that the comet had split into two pieces. By 1852 only one nucleus remained visible. The 1859 apparition was very unfavourable but that of 1865-1866 was more visible. Astronomers believed that the comet had broken up and accounted for an unusual number of meteor showers. At the comet's next return in 1872 a major meteor storm occurred on the 27th of November with hourly rates of 3,000 per hour. Intense meteor displays were also noted in 1885 (15,000/hr), and 1892 (6,000/hr). [Cometography; Thief in the Night p195-196; Release the Sun p217-219] |
Comets; Falling stars; Signs | |
1843 10 Jan 184- |
The sacking of the holy city of Karbalá at the hands of the Turks. Thousands of its citizens were killed even those who had taken refuge in the Shrines of Imám Husayn or 'Abbás. [BBRSM55, HotD10, DB36-37] | Ottoman Empire; War; History (general); Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1843 10 Jan 184- |
The Báb dreamed that He drank a few drops of blood from the wounds of the martyred Imám Husayn. After this dream He felt that the Spirit of God had taken possession of His soul. At this moment He received intimation that He was to be a Manifestation of God. [GPB92; BBRSM14; DB253, HotD23-24]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Dreams and visions; Blood; Imam Husayn; Khadijih Bagum (wife of the Báb); Remover of Difficulties (invocation); - Invocations; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | first person to understand The Báb's station. |
1843 (In the year) 184- |
Birth of Ahmad, son of the Báb. He passed away shortly after he was born (or was still-born). [Bab46-47; DB76note4; 77; KBWB6-9]
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Ahmad (son of the Báb); * Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Family of; Cemeteries and graves; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1842 Aug 184- |
The marriage of Siyyid `Alí Muhammad (the Báb) in Shíráz to Khadíjih-Bagum (b. 1821) the daughter of Mirzá 'Ali, a merchant of Shiraz. She had been a childhood friend and sometimes playmate. Their family homes were adjacent. [Bab46; BBD28, 127; BKG402; RB2:382; DoH107; DB76note3]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Báb, Family of; Weddings; Khadijih Bagum (wife of the Báb); * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1842 - 1843 184- |
Birth of Hájí Ákhúnd (Mullá `Alí-Akbar Shahmírzádí), (d. 4 March 1910 in Tehran) in Shahmírzád, near Semnān [Simnán]. He was named a Hand of the Cause by Bahá'u'lláh. [Bahá'í Encylopedia Project; EB266; MoF9-12] | Hájí Ákhúnd (Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí); - Hands of the Cause; Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Shahmirzad, Iran; Iran | |
1841 (In the year) 184- |
Siyyid `Alí Muhammad (the Báb) went Karbalá where He attended the lectures of Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí, Shaykh Ahmad's successor. From Karbalá He went to Najaf before returning to Shíráz. [DB26-30; Bab42–4; MH25; RB3:254; SBBH15]
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* Báb, The (chronology); Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsai; Shaykhism; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Najaf, Iran; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq | |
1840 (In the year) 184- |
The British fleet took `Akká from the Egyptians. [BBR202] | History (general); Akka, Israel; Israel; Egypt; United Kingdom |
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