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Date 1868-09-05, sorted by date, descending

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1868 5 Sep
186-		 The ship that had delivered the exiles to 'Akká carried on and Mírzá Yahyá arrived in Cyprus with his entire family but without a single disciple or even a servant. [BBR306]
  • Also exiled to Cyprus were four loyal Bahá'ís and they were:
      Mishkín-Qalam (Áqá Hussain Isfahání)
      Mirzá 'Alíy-i-Sayyáh-i-Maraghih'í (Mullá Ádí-Guzal)
      Áqá 'Abdu'l-Ghaffár
      Áqá Muḥammad-Báqir (Qahvih-chiy-i Mahallátí) (coffee-maker)
  • With their arrival Cyprus became the first island in the Mediterranean to receive the Faith.
  • See also GPB 182 and AB285, 523.
    		• - First Bahá'ís by country or area; - Islands; Aqa `Abdu'l-Ghaffar; Aqa Muhammad-Baqir (Qahvih-chiy-i Mahallati); Austrian Lloyd steam ships; Cyprus; Cyprus exiles; Exile (banishment); Famagusta, Cyprus; Mírzá Aliy-i-Sayyah-i-Maraghihi (Mullá Ádí-Guzal); Mírzá Yaḥyá (Subh-i-Azal); Mishkín-Qalam; Ships the first island in the Mediterranean to receive the Faith.
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