- 1831-00-00 — At the age of 12 Mulla Husayn finished his studies in Bushihr and went to Mashhad, the most prestigi...
- 1837-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Muhammad Mustafay-i-Baghdadi, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, in Iraq. ...
- 1839-00-00 — Passing of Mirza Buzurg. His body was taken to Najaf, Iraq where he was interred. [BBD49; BKG17; BNE...
- 1841-00-00 — Siyyid `Ali Muhammad (the Bab) went Karbala where He attended the lectures of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti,...
- 1843-01-10 — The sacking of the holy city of Karbala at the hands of the Turks. Thousands of its citizens were ki...
- 1843-12-31 — Passing of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti, the disciple and self-proclaimed successor of Shaykh Ahmad, in Kar...
- 1844-01-10 — The arrival of Tahirih in Karbila. She had learned of the views of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kazim and...
- 1844-01-22 — Mulla Husayn returned to Karbila after a journey of two years in Persia. He had been on a mission in...
- 1844-08-11 — The Bab sent Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami to Najaf and Karbala to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhis. In...
- 1844-10-02 — The Bab departed from Búshihr on His pilgrimage. [Bab57; MH119, 121, GPB9]
He instructed His f...
- 1845-01-00 — Crowds gathered in Karbala in response to the Bab's summons, among them was Tahirih. [BabI62; BBRSM1...
- 1845-01-10 — The beginning of the Islamic new year. Messianic fervour grew, particularly among Shaykhis. [BBRSM15...
- 1845-01-13 — The trial of Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami in Baghdad. A fatwa is issued in Baghdad against both Mulla `Aliy...
- 1845-04-16 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami was removed from his prison cell in Baghdad and taken to Istanbul, where he wa...
- 1845-08-00 — In Karbala Tahirih revived the remnant of the Babi community. She was considered a part of the radic...
- 1845-08-00 — The Bab was released to the custody of His uncle, Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali. [DB151, LTDT13]
Bab was...
- 1845-12-30 — The Bab's birthday fell on the first day of the mourning observance for the Imam Husayn. Tahirih, wh...
- 1846-00-03 — Tahirih was sent back to Baghdad from Karbala. She was lodged first in the house of Shaykh Muhammad ...
- 1846-12-02 — Tahirih provoked disturbances in Karbala. Her radical interpretation of Babism and her assumption of...
- 1847-03-31 — Tahirih's activities in Iraq so alarm some Babis of Kazimayn that they agitated against her. Siyyid ...
- 1847-07-00 — The people of Mah-Kú show markeded hostility to the Bab on His arrival. Later they were won over by...
- 1848-07-01 — Quddús was arrested and taken to Sari where he was placed under house arrest in the home of Mirza M...
- 1848-09-12 — The accession of Nasiri'd-Din Shah at Tabriz. [BBR482]
He was 17 years old. [BBR158; GPB37]
...
- 1849-08-01 — Death of Haji Mirza Áqasi at Karbala. [Bab147; BBD19; BBR156]
The Bab, in a letter to the Shah c...
- 1850-00-00 — Birth of Mirza `Ali-Muhammad-i-Khurasani, (b. 1850-1851 Mashad, d. 2 April 1928 in Tehran) later kno...
- 1850-07-31 — The Faith of the Bab had spread to two countries at this point, Iran and Iraq. [MBW147]
Bab148–...
- 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...
- 1851-08-28 — 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...
- 1851-12-00 — When the news of the martyrdom of the Bab reached Shiraz, Fatimah Bagum, the mother of the Bab, havi...
- 1852-04-00 — Baha'u'llah returned to Iran from Karbala. [DB598]
He was the guest of the Grand Vizier for one...
- 1852-08-31 — Baha'u'llah's imprisonment in the Siyah-Chal
See AB10–11, BBD211–12, BKG79–83, CH41–2, ...
- 1852-12-00 — Baha'u'llah was released from the Siyah-Chal.
This was owing to: the efforts of the Russian Minist...
- 1853-00-00 — During this period Baha'u'llah revealed His mystical Writings....
- 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...
- 1853-08-00 — It was during the Baghdad period that 'Abdu'l-Baha became conscious to the station of His Father.
...
- 1854-04-10 — "Mirza Yahya had never lifted a finger to protect the Faith of which he was supposed to be the nomin
- 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...
- 1856-04-00 — Siyyid Asadullah of Khuy was an influential and devoted Babi whom the Bab had designated "Dayyan" (J...
- 1857-00-00 — The revelation of Sahiiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River or Book of the Tigris) by Baha'u'llah.
S...
- 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...
- 1858-07-19 — Nabil, who had met Baha'u'llah in 1850, was one of the Babi leaders who claimed to be the promised m...
- 1858-12-00 — It was in this period that Baha'u'llah revealed the Seven Valleys (Haft Vadi) in response to a reque...
- 1860-00-00 — Mirza Mihdi, the son of Baha'u'llah, was taken from Tihran to join his family in Baghdad. He was abo...
- 1860-00-00 — The revelation of Javahiru'l-Asrar, (meaning literally the "gems" or "essences" of mysteries) (in Ar...
- 1860-00-00 — Of the Suratu'l-Bayan (The Epistle of Utterance) it is written: "This highly eloquent and challengin...
- 1861-00-00 — Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khurasani (Ismu'lahu'l-Asdaq), a Babi and father of Ibn Asdaq, met Baha'u'l...
- 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...
- 1862-03-00 — Birth of Sadhijiyyih, second daughter of Baha'u'llah and His second wife, Mahd-i-'Ulya (Fatimih)....
- 1862-05-03 — Mirza Mihdiy-i-Kashani was directed to remain in Baghdad to guard the Holy House. He remained unti...
- 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 ...
- 1863-00-00 — The passing of Haji Mubarak, the servant of the Bab. He was born in 1823 and died at the age of 40. ...
- 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 — See Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets reveale...
- 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...
- 1863-04-26 — Mirza Yahya fled Baghdad, travelling to Mosul in disguise. [BKG158; RB252–5]
Mirza Yahya had, s...
- 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...
- 1863-05-03 — When Baha'u'llah left Baghdad for Constantinople, He bade Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji Ismu'llah move int
- 1863-05-09 — Baha'u'llah and His party left Firayjat for Istanbul although at this point the destination was unkn...
- 1864-12-00 — After years of imprisonment in Tehran, Àbdu'r '-Rasúl-Qumi visited Baha'u'llah in Adrianople then ...
- 1865-03-00 — Death of former Prime Minister Mirza Áqa Khan, in Qum. He was buried at Karbala. [BBR165]...
- 1867-09-06 — Nabil-i-A'zam was dispatched to Iraq and Iran to inform the Babis of the advent of Baha'u'llah. He w...
- 1868-07-00 — Principal Baha'is in Baghdad were arrested by the Turkish authorities and exiled to Mosul and other ...
- 1868-07-26 — Baha'u'llah's banishment to 'Akka
Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz, at the instigation of his Prime Minister,...
- 1869-00-00 — The 17-year-old Áqa Buzurg-i-Nishapúri, Badi`, arrived in `Akka having walked from Mosul. He was a...
- 1870-00-00 — Nasiri'd-Din Shah maded a pilgrimage to the shrines in Iraq. In preparation for his visit the Baha'i...
- 1881-00-00 — The passing of Faṭimih Bagum, the mother of the Bab in Karbila. She herself was from a prominent S...
- 1886-00-01 — Birth of Músa Banani, Hand of the Cause of God, in Baghdad. [BW15p421–423]
...
- 1903-00-00 — The passing of Mulla Zaynu'l-'Ábidin, surnamed Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin (the Ornament of the Near Ones) i...
- 1913-04-14 — 'Abdu'l-Baha's plan had been to leave but His departure was delayed due to a request from the presid
- 1920-00-00 — The House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was seized by Shi'is. [BBD109; GBF33; GPB356-7]...
- 1921-00-00 — The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration or Mandatory Iraq began. It would last until 1932....
- 1921-00-00 — After the establishment of British control of Iraq and the appearance of religious freedom and great...
- 1921-02-00 — The Shi'a petition for the possession of the House in Baghdad was granted and the Baha'is were evict...
- 1921-04-00 — The Minister of Justice overturned an earlier ruling and possession of the House of Baha'u'llah in B...
- 1921-11-23 — A second suit for the possession of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was decided in favour of the...
- 1922-02-22 — Subsequent to the decision of the Court of Appeal the government of Iraq took over the keys for the ...
- 1922-02-22 — King Feisal of Iraq ordered the Baha'is to be turned out of the Most Great House in Baghdad to keep ...
- 1923-00-00 — The keys for the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad were delivered to the Shi'as by the government. [PP...
- 1923-07-00 — The Baha'is appealed to the Peace Court for possession of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad. [SETP...
- 1923-07-00 — Lorol Schopflocher made a visit to King Feisel as reported in the Ottawa Citizen 13 July, 1923 p16 a...
- 1923-12-20 — The Peace Court ruled in favour of giving the Baha'is possession of House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad,...
- 1924-11-04 — The Supreme Court of Iraq decided against the Baha'is in the dispute over the House of Baha'u'llah i...
- 1925-00-00 — Lorol Schopflocher was sent by the Guardian to speak with King Feisal of Iraq. The King was not rece...
- 1925-11-06 — Shoghi Effendi reported in a letter that the case of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was then be...
- 1925-12-14 — The keys to Baha'u'llah's house in Baghdad were given to the Shi'is. [UD45]...
- 1926-11-14 — Iraq's highest tribunal ruled against the Baha'is in the question of ownership of the House of Baha'...
- 1927-00-00 — The Baghdad believers took photographs of the cave in the Sargul Mountain near Sulaymaniyyih where B...
- 1928-09-11 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Iraq submitted a petition to the Permanent Mandate...
- 1928-10-26 — The case of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was taken before the fourteenth session of the Perma...
- 1928-11-00 — It was recommended to the Council of the League of Nations to request that the British Government ma...
- 1929-03-04 — The Council of the League of Nations adopted the conclusion reached by the Mandates Commissions upho...
- 1929-04-01 — Shoghi Effendi announced that the Council of the League of Nations had pronounced in favour of the B...
- 1929-11-06 — The case of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was taken before the sixteenth session of the Perman...
- 1930-01-02 — Martha Root met with King Faisal of Iraq in Baghdad to discuss the issue of the House of Baha'u'llah...
- 1931-04-21 — The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Iraq. [GPB333; BBRSM:121; ...
- 1932-10-03 — The term of The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration or "Mandatory Iraq" came to an end. It ...
- 1932-11-03 — Meeting of the 22nd Session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations in Geneva ...
- 1933-03-18 — After five years of deliberations and intervention from the League of Nations, the Iraqi government
- 1933-10-24 — The 24th session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations was held in Geneva at...
- 1940-04-00 — Annual Report National Spiritual Assembly of the...
- 1940-04-21 — Annual Report National Spiritual Assembly of the...
- 1940-08-00 — Daoud Toeg, then resident in Baghdad, made a trip to the district of Sulaymaniyyih in Kurdistan to t...
- 1947-04-21 — The Baha'is of Iraq launched a Three Year Plan (1947-1950). [Ruhi 8.2 p46; BBRSM158]
The goals w...
- 1947-09-13 — The passing of Haji Mahmúd Qassabchi. In 1933 Qassabchi had suffered a severe attack of paralysis ...
- 1949-04-24 — The passing of Montfort Mills.
He had been a believer since 1906 and by 1909 he had made two pil...
- 1950-00-00 — The Court of the First Instance in Karkúk, Iraq, registered a Baha'i marriage certificate. [MBW4; U...
- 1957-07-27 — In July, 1957 the sacred remains of Mirza Buzurg, the father of Baha'u'llah, were identified and rem...
- 1961-11-05 — The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their fifth Conclave. [MoC313–23]
They called for ...
- 1970-05-00 — The 'Iraqi Government issued a decree disbanding all Baha'i institutions and all activities. For nea...
- 1973-12-16 — A teenage Muslim girl learned of the Faith from one of her Baha’i school classmates and, together ...
- 1974-02-01 — The passing of Daoud Toeg (b. Baghdad, Iraq in 1897) in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau).
After he had...
- 1974-03-04 — Following the arrest of more than 50 Baha'is in Iraq, their trial opened and the Baha'is were exoner...
- 1974-04-23 — At the trial of nearly 50 Baha'is in Baghdad, the Iraqi military court sentenced 13 men and one girl...
- 1974-05-20 — The Iraqi military court tried nearly 50 Baha'is and handed down in absentia sentences of life impri...
- 1975-01-03 — A Baha'i was arrested in Iraq and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. [...
- 1975-07-00 — In Iraq, a partial amnesty reducing the terms of the Baha'is imprisoned by 15 per cent was granted. ...
- 1975-09-01 — In Iraq, a young Baha'i was detained, interrogated, beaten and asked to recant his faith when he spe...
- 1977-12-03 — Properties confiscated by the Iraqi government belonging to individual Baha'is were returned; proper...
- 1988-07-26 — The paper, Iranian Baha'is and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) was presented by Dr Kamali Sarvestan...
- 2004-04-19 — The passing of Mr Aziz Ismayn Yazdi (b. Alexandria, Egypt in 1909) in Vancouver, Canada at the age o...
- 2004-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Iraq was restored after more than thirty years of ...
- 2005-10-15 —
- 2007-04-01 — In Iraq the Ministry of Interior's Nationality and Passport Section canceled regulation 358 of 1975 ...
- 2007-10-00 — In an email to Hossam Bashgat, author of Prohibited Identities: State Interference with Religious Fr...
- 2013-06-24 — Contrary to the constitution which established the government's commitment to assuring and maintaini...
- 2013-06-27 — In a message from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies it advised of ...
- 2017-11-30 — Baha'is celebrated the bicentennial of the birth of Baha'u'llah in a ceremony in Baghdad attended by...
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