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Date 1863-05-03-02, sorted by date, descending

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1863 3 May
186-		 Bahá'u'lláh left the Garden of Ridván.
  • This initiated the holy day the Twelfth Day of Ridván, to be celebrated on 2 May. [BBD196]
  • As He was about to leave He revealed a Tablet addressed to Áqá Mírzá Áqá in Shíráz. It brought relief and happiness to those who received it. [EB222]
  • His leaving was accompanied by symbolic signs of His station: He rode a horse rather than a donkey and wore a tall táj. [BBD221; BKG176]
  • See BKG175–6, GPB155 and RB1:281–2 for descriptions of the scenes that accompanied His departure.

    Bahá'u'lláh and His party arrived at Firayját, about three miles away on the banks of the Tigris. [BKG176]

  • There they stayed in a borrowed garden for a week while Bahá'u'lláh's brother, Mirza Musa, completed dealing with their affairs in Baghdad and packing the remaining goods. Visitors still came daily. [SA235]
  • One of the loyal followers who was left behind was Ahmad-i-Yazdi. He would later make the journey to Constantinople where he received a Tablet from Bahá'u'lláh. [C3MT17]
    		• * Bahaullah (chronology); Afnan; Aqa Mírzá Aqay-i-Afnan (Nurud-Din); Baghdad, Iraq; Bahá'u'lláh, Declaration of; Donkeys; Firayjat, Baghdad, Iraq; Holy days; Horses; Iran; Iraq; Ridván; Ridván; Ridván garden (Najibiyyih garden, Baghdad); Rivers; Shíráz, Iran; Taj; Tigris River
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