- 1817-00-00 — Shaykh Ahmad traveled to Persia and visits Shiraz and Tihran. He was in Tihran when Baha'u'llah is b...
- 1817-11-12 — Birth of Mirza Husayn `Aliy-i-Núri (Baha'u'llah) in Tehran, called by Him the "Land of Ta" (Ard-i-T...
- 1823-00-00 — Baha'u'llah's father dreamed that his son was swimming in a sea with multitudes of fish clinging to ...
- 1835-10-00 — Marriage of Mirza Husayn-`Ali (Baha'u'llah) to Ásiyih Khanum. [BKG23; RB1:382]
She was the daug...
- 1839-00-00 — Passing of Mirza Buzurg. His body was taken to Najaf, Iraq where he was interred. [BBD49; BKG17; BNE...
- 1839-00-02 — As the eldest son, after the passing of Mirza Buzurg, Baha'u'llah assumed His place as the head of t...
- 1844-05-23 — The birth of `Abdu'l-Baha in a rented house near the Shimran Gate in Tihran. He was born at midnight...
- 1844-07-02 — The intention of the Bab was to introduce the new Revelation slowly so as not to cause estrangement....
- 1844-07-03 — To promote the Cause of the Bab, Baha'u'llah immediately journeyed to the village of Takur in the pr...
- 1844-09-30 — The Bab received the letter from Mulla Husayn giving Him details of his journey and meeting with Bah...
- 1847-08-01 — Mulla Husayn was residing in Mashhad, in Khurasan, where he had been since returning from Shiraz in ...
- 1847-11-00 — Baha'u'llah, who was living in Tihran, visited the detainees from Qazvin and gave them money. [BKG41...
- 1848-03-30 — Mulla Husayn departed for Mazindaran, setting out on foot as the Bab has directed. [DB260; MH144]
...
- 1848-06-26 — The Conference of Badasht Baha'u'llah, who hosted and directed the event, rented three gardens, one ...
- 1848-07-17 — The Babis left Badasht for Mazindaran. They were attacked by a mob of more than 500 outside the vill...
- 1848-09-00 — Baha'u'llah was in Bandar-Jaz (now Bandar-e Gaz). An edict came from Muhammad Shah ordering His arre...
- 1848-09-04 — The death of the chronically ill Muhammad Shah whom Shoghi Effendi described as bigoted, sickly and ...
- 1848-12-00 — Baha'u'llah set out from Tihran with 11 companions to reinforce the Babis at Shaykh Tabarsi. Nine mi...
- 1848-12-15 — The siege of the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi
See BBD217, BW18:381, DB345–413 and MH221–85 for ...
- 1848-12-15 — The siege of the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi As compiled by Moojan Momen the main events were:
...
- 1849-00-00 — Baha'u'llah married his second wife, Fatimih Khanum Mahd-i-'Ulya (1828–1904), His cousin, the daug...
- 1850-06-00 — The Amir-Nizam, Mirza Taqi Khan was determined to execute the Bab to halt the progress of His religi...
- 1851-06-00 — Mirza Taqi Khan met with Baha'u'llah and told Him that it would be advisable for Baha'u'llah to leav...
- 1851-08-00 — Baha'u'llah spent most of August in Kirmanshah. [BKG67; DB90, 591]...
- 1851-08-28 — Baha'u'llah arrived in Karbala via Baghdad on His pilgrimage. He stayed for 10 months. [BKG67; DB59...
- 1851-10-05 — Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunúzi, the Bab's amanuensis, had been sent from the Bab's side in Chihriq to live i...
- 1852-04-00 — Baha'u'llah returned to Iran from Karbala. [DB598]
He was the guest of the Grand Vizier for one...
- 1852-06-00 — Baha'u'llah stayed at the summer residence of Ja'far-Quli Khan, the brother of the Grand Vizier, in ...
- 1852-08-15 — Attempt on the life of the Shah in Afcha, near Tehran. [BBR128; BBRSM:30; BKG74–5; DB599; ESW20; G...
- 1852-08-16 — Baha'u'llah rode out towards the headquarters of the imperial army. At the time, He had been in 'The...
- 1852-08-17 — Baha'u'llah was then taken on foot and in chains, with bared head and bare feet' to Tihran, a distan...
- 1852-08-26 — An account of the punishment meted out to those who participated in the attempt on the life of the S...
- 1852-08-31 — Baha'u'llah's imprisonment in the Siyah-Chal
See AB10–11, BBD211–12, BKG79–83, CH41–2, ...
- 1852-10-00 — Baha'u'llah had a vision of the Maiden, who announced to Him that He was the Manifestation of God fo...
- 1852-12-00 — Baha'u'llah was released from the Siyah-Chal.
This was owing to: the efforts of the Russian Minist...
- 1853-01-12 — Baha'u'llah and His family departed for Baghdad after a one month respite in the home of his half-br...
- 1853-03-21 — Baha'u'llah and His companions arrived in Khaniqayn, just across the Iraqi border, where they rested...
- 1853-04-08 — Baha'u'llah in Baghdad
Baha'u'llah and His family arrived in Baghdad. [BBR177; BKG106; GPB109; TN...
- 1853-04-08 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i Kullu't-ta'am (Tablet of All Food). [BRSM:62; BKG112]
The revela...
- 1853-04-09 — Birth of Mirza Muhammad-'Ali, first son of Baha'u'llah and His second wife, Mahd-i-'Ulya. [CB 125]
...
- 1853-06-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed His station and mission to Mirza Áqa Jan in Karbala. He was the first person t...
- 1854-04-10 — Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih
Baha'u'llah suddenly left Baghdad and went to the mountainous wilder...
- 1854-04-11 — Mirza Yahya, who had been hiding in Mazindaran since the attempt on the life of the Shah, at some po...
- 1855-00-00 — At some point during the retirement of Baha'u'llah, Mirza 'Aqa Jan was engaged in the service of Mir...
- 1856-00-01 — Birth of Samadiyyih Khanum, first daughter of Baha'u'llah and His second wife, Mahd-i-'Ulya (Fatimih...
- 1856-00-02 — Baha'u'llah's writings during this period were so prolific that in one hour He would reveal a thousa...
- 1856-03-19 — Áqa Kalim, Baha'u'llah's faithful brother, felt that Baha'u'llah should return from his self-impose...
- 1856-03-20 — During Baha'u'llah's absence Mirza Musa rented a house near the Al-Kazimiyya mosque and shrine, in t...
- 1857-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Four Valleys, (Chahar Vadi) addressed to Shaykh 'Abdu'r-Rahman-i-Talabani (...
- 1858-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Hidden Words (Kalimat-i-Maknúnih), originally designated 'The Hidden Words...
- 1858-12-00 — It was in this period that Baha'u'llah revealed the Seven Valleys (Haft Vadi) in response to a reque...
- 1861-01-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Íqan (The Book of Certitude), 'a comprehensive exposition of the n...
- 1862-00-01 — Baha'u'llah sent a ring and cashmere shawl to His niece, Shahr-Banú, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad...
- 1862-05-10 — The Persian ambassador requested that the Ottomans move the Baha'u'llah farther from Persia....
- 1863-00-00 — Colonel Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the British Consul-General in Baghdad, offered Baha'u'llah the ...
- 1863-01-00 — The governor of Baghdad, Namiq Pasha, received the first of 'five successive commands' from 'Ali Pas...
- 1863-03-00 — Baha'u'llah celebrated the two-week festival of Naw-Rúz at the Mazra'iy-i-Vashshash, a farm along t...
- 1863-03-26 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of the Holy Mariner on the fifth day of Naw-Rúz. The Tablet was rev...
- 1863-03-27 — Baha'u'llah met the deputy governor in a mosque opposite the Government House where the Farman which...
- 1863-04-19 — Baha'u'llah revealed Lawh-i-Fitnih, "Tablet of the Test". The Tablet, as its title indicates, is ab...
- 1863-04-22 — Declaration of Baha'u'llah in the Garden of Ridvan.
The garden was located in a large agricultural ...
- 1863-04-22 — Thirty–one days after Naw-Rúz, which in this year fell on 22 March, Baha'u'llah left His house fo...
- 1863-04-30 — Baha'u'llah's family joined Him in the Garden. [BKG175; RB1:281; SA235]
This initiated the holy ...
- 1863-05-03 — Baha'u'llah left the Garden of Ridvan.
This initiated the holy day the Twelfth Day of Ridvan, to...
- 1863-05-09 — Baha'u'llah and His party left Firayjat for Istanbul although at this point the destination was unkn...
- 1863-08-13 — Baha'u'llah and His party departed from Samsún by steamer for Istanbul. [BKG196; GPB157]
They to...
- 1863-08-16 — Baha'u'llah and His party arrived at Constantinople at noon. He was received with great honour by a ...
- 1863-08-17 — Baha'u'llah in Constantinople
"spot that art situate on the shores of the two seas" [K...
- 1863-08-31 — Baha'u'llah was resident in the House of Shamsi Big near the mosque of Khirqiu-i-Sharifh. During thi...
- 1863-12-01 — Baha'u'llah and His companions left Constantinople for Adrianople. Carriages, wagons and pack animal...
- 1863-12-12 — Baha'u'llah in Adrianople
Baha'u'llah and His companions arrived in Adrianople (the "remote pr...
- 1864-00-00 — 'Abdu'l-Baha wrote the Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan, the commentary on the well-known Islamic trad
- 1864-09-01 — Baha'u'llah and His family moved to the house of Amru'llah (The Cause of God) located to the north o...
- 1864-12-00 — At some point near the end of His life the Bab had consigned His remaining papers, His seal, His qal...
- 1864-12-01 — Death of Governor Sulayman Pasha of Adrianople. He was succeeded by 'Árif Pasha, who was not well-d...
- 1865-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad (Lawh-i-Ahmad) for Ahmad, a believer from Yazd. [RB2...
- 1866-02-22 — Nabil Zarandi received a letter from Baha'u'llah giving him permission to proclaim the new religion ...
- 1866-03-01 — The Most Great Separation
Mirza Yahya's behaviour could no longer be tolerated or concealed. Bah...
- 1866-03-10 — Baha'u'llah and His family withdrew from the house of Amru'llah, the residence shared with the exile...
- 1867-03-00 — Baha'u'llah moved back to the now empty house of Amru'llah. [GPB168]
He stayed for about three m...
- 1867-06-00 — Baha'u'llah rented the house of 'Izzat Áqa where He and His family lived until their departure from...
- 1867-08-00 — Baha'u'llah refused to draw the allowance granted Him by the Ottoman government. [RB2:327]
Mirza...
- 1867-09-02 — "The Most Great Idol" was cast out of the community.
Mirza Yahya's henceman, Siyyid Muhammad, con
- 1867-09-03 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Badi', the Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting), the first Tabl...
- 1867-09-04 — Thinking that He will not accept, Mirza Yahya, prodded on by Mir Muhammad, challenged Baha'u'llah to...
- 1867-12-15 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Súriy-Mulúk (Súrih of Kings). [BKG245; GPB171–2; RB2:301-336; BW19p58...
- 1868-00-00 — During this period Baha'u'llah revealed a number of Tablets to rulers including the Lawh-i-Ra'is to ...
- 1868-07-26 — Baha'u'llah's banishment to 'Akka
Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz, at the instigation of his Prime Minister,...
- 1868-08-00 — One morning without warning Baha'u'llah's house was surrounded by soldiers. The inhabitants were rou...
- 1868-08-12 — Baha'u'llah, His family and companions, escorted by a Turkish captain and a number of soldiers, set ...
- 1868-08-15 — The Baha'is imprisoned in Constantinople arrived in Gallipoli to be exiled with Baha'u'llah's party....
- 1868-08-16 — They arrived in Gallipoli on the fifth day. [BKG260]
GPB180 says it was a four-day journey. CH62...
- 1868-08-21 — Baha'u'llah and His companions left Gallipoli on an Austrian-Lloyd steamer. [BKG263; GPB182; RB2:411...
- 1868-08-22 — Soon after sunrise the ship arrived at Smyrna. [BKG264]
It stays for two days and left at night. ...
- 1868-08-23 — The steamer left Smyrna at night for Alexandria, which she reached on the morning two days later. [B...
- 1868-08-26 — The steamer carrying Baha'u'llah and His companions docked at Alexandria, early in the morning. [BKG...
- 1868-08-29 — In the morning the ship arrived in Port Said. At nightfall it traveled on to Jaffa. [BKG268]...
- 1868-08-30 — The ship arrived at Jaffa at sunset. At midnight the ship left for Haifa. [BKG168]...
- 1868-08-31 — The ship arrived in Haifa in the early morning. [BKG269; GPB182; RB3:11]
Baha'u'llah and His comp...
- 1868-09-03 — The firman of the Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz condemning Baha'u'llah to life imprisonment was read out in t...
- 1868-10-30 — Christoph Hoffman, founder of the Templers, and Georg David Hardegg, his principal lieutenant, lande...
- 1869-00-00 — Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem but failed to en...
- 1870-10-00 — Baha'u'llah was moved to the house of Malik in the Fakhúrah quarter, in the western part of `Akka. ...
- 1871-01-00 — Baha'u'llah was moved to the house of Khavvam, across the street from the house of Malik. [BBR209–...
- 1871-12-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet) while living in the house of ...
- 1872-01-22 — Three Azalis were murdered by seven Baha'is in 'Akka. [BBD163; BKG3256 DH41; GPB189; RB3:235]
Siy...
- 1873-02-00 — Baha'u'llah completed the revelation of the Kitab-i-Aqdas in the southeast corner room of the house ...
- 1873-12-02 — The existence of the Kitab-i-Aqdas was made known to the Baha'is. [SA248]...
- 1875-00-03 — `Abdu'l-Baha rented a small garden near `Akka for Baha'u'llah's use. [BBD196–7; DH95]
See DH95 ...
- 1877-06-00 — Possibly the first visit of Baha'u'llah to the Ridvan Garden outside `Akka. [BBD196–7; DH95; GPB19...
- 1877-06-03 — Baha'u'llah took up residence at Mazra`ih. [BBD154]
It took the repeated pleadings of Shaykh `Ali...
- 1879-00-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha traveled to Beirut at the invitation of Midhat Pasha, the Vali of Syria. [BKG378]
`A...
- 1880-06-18 — Baha'u'llah visited the Druze village of Yirkih (Yerka). `Abdu'l-Baha joined Him for the last four n...
- 1883-08-00 — Baha'u'llah travelled to Haifa on the second of four known visits (His first is His brief stop there...
- 1887-04-13 — The first mention of the concept of `Hand of the Cause' in Baha'u'llah's writings is within a Tablet...
- 1890-00-05 — E. G. Browne was in `Akka. Baha'u'llah was staying in the Templer colony in Haifa when he arrived. [...
- 1890-04-01 — Baha'u'llah visited Haifa for a third time. He spent about two weeks there on this visit. [BBD94; BP...
- 1890-04-15 — E. G. Browne was granted four successive interviews with Baha'u'llah at Bahji. [BBD43; BBR225; BKG37...
- 1891-00-00 — In Bombay, on the instructions of Baha'u'llah, the Kitab-i-Aqdas was published for the first time. [...
- 1891-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed Epistle to the Son of the Wolf addressed to Shaykh Muhammad-Taqiy-i-Najafi (Sha...
- 1891-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-`Ahd. [BBD32; CB142; GPB236–40, BKG420–5; RB4:419–20]
It...
- 1891-05-20 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Times, Tablet to the Times in which He recounted the circumstances o...
- 1891-06-27 — Baha'u'llah visited Haifa for the fourth time. [BKG374; DH109; GPB194; RB4:351]
He stayed three m...
- 1891-07-00 — Members of the Afnan family met Baha'u'llah in Haifa during His visit. [BKG374, 406]
For details ...
- 1892-05-08 — Baha'u'llah contracted a slight fever. [GPB221]
See RB4:414–17 for the progress of this illne...
- 1892-05-29 — The Ascension of Baha'u'llah  
Baha'u'llah passed away at Bahji in His seventy–fifth year. [AB...
- 1892-05-29 — Shoghi Effendi in his book God Passes By describes Bahà'u'llah's life in terms of four phases.
P...
- 1914-11-01 — Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers.
Palestine was blockaded and Haifa was b...
- 1927-00-00 — The Baghdad believers took photographs of the cave in the Sargul Mountain near Sulaymaniyyih where B...
- 1940-08-00 — Daoud Toeg, then resident in Baghdad, made a trip to the district of Sulaymaniyyih in Kurdistan to t...
- 1992-00-06 — The publication of the statement entitled "Baha'u'llah", prepared by the Office of Public Informatio...
- 1992-05-29 — A statement titled Baha'u'llah was published by the office of the Baha'i ...
- 2007-11-07 — The launch of a new website by the Baha'i International Community, The Life of Baha'u'llah to provid...
- 2017-10-17 — The release of the film Light to the World. The 51 minute film recounted the story of Baha'u'llah's...
- 2017-10-22 — The bicentenary of the birth of Baha'u'llah was commemorated around the world. A multi-lingual web p...
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