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Date 1856-03-20, sorted by firsts, descending

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1856 Mar
185-		 During Bahá'u'lláh's absence Mírzá Musá rented a house near the Al-Kazimiyya mosque and shrine, in the Kādhimayn district in Baghdad. (It is the burial place of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim and Imam Muhammad Al-Jawad, they are respectively the Seventh and the Ninth of the Twelve Imams.) The house was large, two or three stories, and was made of simple mud brick with a surrounding central courtyard. At some point before His departure on the 22nd of April, 1863, the house was purchased. He later named it "The Most Great House" (Bayt-i-‘Aẓam) and designated it a place of pilgrimage. It is also referred to as the "Throne of His Glory", and the "Lamp of Salvation between earth and heaven". [CEBF66; Bahaipedia]
  • After His departure the House was held in the names of various custodians and allowed to fall into disrepair. [CEBF66]
  • Bahá'u'lláh revealed a Tablet to be used when making a pilgrimage to the House. [GWB111-114; 114-115]
    		• * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; * Bahaullah (chronology); * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Iraq; Mírzá Músá (Áqáy-i-Kalím); Pilgrimage; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq
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