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1852 16 – 22 Aug 185- 1852-08-18 edit	A large number of Bábís were arrested in Tihrán and its environs following the attempt on the life of the Sháh. A number were executed. [BBR134–5; BW18:382] Eighty–one, of whom 38 were leading members of the Bábí community, were thrown into the Síyáh-Chál. [BKG77]	* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Deaths; Iran; Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Tehran, Iran
1852 (days following 16 Aug) 185- 1852-08-17-01 edit	Bahá'u'lláh was then taken on foot and in chains, with bared head and bare feet' to Tihrán, a distance of 15 miles, where He was cast into the Síyáh-Chál. [BKG77; DB606–7, 631-634; ESW20; GPB71] See BKG77–8 and DB606–608 for a description of Bahá'u'lláh's journey. See CH40–1 for the effect on Bahá'u'lláh's family. See Epistle to the Son of the Wolf p20. Where He had a dream: "Verily, We shall render Thee victorious by Thyself and by Thy Pen. Grieve Thou not for that which hath befallen Thee, neither be Thou afraid, for Thou art in safety. Erelong will God raise up the treasures of the earth—men who will aid Thee through Thyself and through Thy Name, wherewith God hath revived the hearts of such as have recognized Him." [Epistle to the Son of the Wolf p21] In God Passes By p101-102 Shoghi Effendi quotes Bahá'u'lláh's Súrih of the Temple where He describes the moment that He had a vision of the Maiden symbolizing the 'Most Great Spirit" proclaiming His mission.	* Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Chains; Iran; Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Tehran, Iran
1852 16 – 27 Aug 185- 1852-08-16-02 edit	The martyrdom of Táhirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn) in Tihrán. [BBR172–3; BBRSM:30; BW18:382; BKG87; MF203] She was martyred in the Ílkhání garden, strangled with her own silk handkerchief which she had provided for the purpose. Her body was lowered into a well which was then filled with stones. [BBD220; DB622–8; GPB75] See GPB73–5 for a history of her life. See the story of her martyrdom and her life in the article in Radio France International. 'Abdu'l-Bahá is reported to have said: She went to that garden with consummate dignity and composure. Everyone said that they were going to kill her, but she continued to cry out just as she had before, declaring, "I am that trumpet-call mentioned in the Gospel!" It was in this state that she was martyred in that garden and cast into a well. [Talk by Abdu'l-Baha Given in Budapest to the Turanian Society on 14 April 1913 (Provisional) iiiii	* Persecution, Iran; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Letters of the Living; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Equality; Gender; Iran; Ṭáhirih Qurratu'l-'Ayn; Tehran, Iran; Women
1852 16 Aug 185- 1852-08-16-01 edit	Bahá'u'lláh rode out towards the headquarters of the imperial army. At the time, He had been in 'The Abode of the Birds' (MurghMaḥallih), a garden which had been His summer residence. He stopped at Zargandih at the home of Mírzá Majíd Khán-i-Áhí, secretary to the Russian legation. [BKG77; DB603, AY235] Bahá'u'lláh was invited to remain in this home. [DB603] The Sháh was informed of Bahá'u'lláh's arrival and sent an officer to the legation to demand the delivery of Bahá'u'lláh into his hands. The Russian minister, Prince Dolgorukov, refused and suggested that Bahá'u'lláh be sent to the home of the Grand Vizier. [BKG77; DB603] Bahá'u'lláh was arrested. [BKG77; DB603]	* Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Grand Viziers; - Shahs; Iran; Mírzá Majid Khan-i-Ahi; Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on; Russian officials; Vasily Alexandrovich Dolgorukov, Prince; Zargandih, Iran
1852 -1853 185- 1852-08-15-02 edit	"In the hecatomb of 1852-1853 the ranks of the Bábís were drastically thinned. Most of the leading disciples were killed, only a few surviving in distant exile. The next ten years were hopelessly dark. Within the Bábí community there was much confusion and fear. It seemed at times that all the heroism, all the sacrifices, had been in vain. Enemies gloated over the virtual extermination of what they saw as a pernicious heretical sect. Sympathetic outsiders concluded that the movement that had shown so much promise cracked under persecution and collapsed, leaving behind only a glorious memory." [Varqá and Rúhu'lláh: Deathless in Martyrdom by Kazem Kazemzadeh, World Order, Winter 1974-75 p.29]	* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Bábí history; Iran
1852 15 Aug 185- 1852-08-15-01 edit	Attempt on the life of the Sháh in Afcha, near Tehran. [BBR128; BBRSM:30; BKG74–5; DB599; ESW20; GPB62; TN2930] See BKG74–5 for circumstances of the event. See BKG76 for the fate of the perpetrators. See BBR128–46 for reporting of the event in the West. Ja'far-Qulí Khán wrote immediately to Bahá'u'lláh telling Him of the event and that the mother of the Sháh was denouncing Bahá'u'lláh as the 'would-be murderer'. Ja'far-Qulí Khán offered to hide Bahá'u'lláh. [BKG77; DB602]	* Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Shahs; History (general); Iran; Iran, General history; Jafar-Quli Khan; Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on; Nasirid-Din Shah, Mother of


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