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1886 14 Sep
188-		 Mishkín-Qalam, who had been living in Larnica, left Cyprus on a Syrian vessel going direct to `Akká. [BBR311, FOI24] Akka, Israel; Cyprus; Larnaca, Cyprus; Mishkín-Qalam
1886 (In the year)
188-		 The passing of the wife of Bahá'u'lláh, Ásíyih Khánum, entitled Navváb (the Most Exalted Leaf) in the House of `Abbúd. [BBD170; BKG369; DH57, 213]
  • See CB119–20 for comments on her nature and station and for Tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in her honour.
  • See CH39-40 for a description of her by Lady Bloomfield.
  • After her passing Bahá'u'lláh revealled a Tablet for her in which He called her his `perpetual consort in all the worlds of God'. [GPB108]
  • See CB120–1 for `Abdu'l-Bahá's commentary on Isaiah 54, which refers to Navváb.
  • She was interred in the Bahá'í section of the Muslim cemetery. [BBD170; DH57, 81]
  • Muhammad-Yúsuf Páshá demanded that `Abdu'l-Bahá vacate the house of `Abbúd even during Navváb's illness. [BKG369]
    		•  * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Biography; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Akka, Israel; Ásíyih Khánum (Navváb); Cemeteries and graves; House of Abbud (Akká); Muhammad-Yusuf Páshá
    1886 (In the year)
    188-    		 `Abdu'l-Bahá wrote A Traveller's Narrative. [TN40]
  • A translation into English by E. G. Browne was published in New York, 1930 by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee.
    		• * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Akka, Israel; Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Travelers Narrative, A (book)
    1886 (In the year)
    188-    		 Birth of Narayanrao Rangnath Vakil, the first Hindu to become a Bahá'í in Surat, Gujarat, India. * Interfaith dialogue; - Births and deaths; - First believers by background; - Hinduism; Conversion; Gujarat, India; India; Narayenrao Rangnath Shethji Vakil; Surat, India first Hindu to become a Bahá'í.
    1886 In the year
    188-    		 Birth of Músá Banání, Hand of the Cause of God, in Baghdád. [BW15p421–423] - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; Baghdad, Iraq; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Iraq; Músá Banání
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