1. 2025-05. Tablet of the Báb Addressed to Mullá 'Abdu'l-Kháliq Yazdí. The Báb, Mohammad Norozi, trans. . — Tablet on the theological concept of Yawm al-Badā', the "Day of the Alteration of Divine Will," in ...
2. 2025-01-27. House of Bahá'u'lláh and the Struggle for Religious Visibility in Mandatory Iraq, The. Christopher Cooper-Davies. — On the 1920s–1930s legal and political struggles over the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad, highlig...
3. 2024. Mathnaví-yi Mubárak. Bahá'u'lláh, Kay Lynn Morton, trans. . — Provisional translation of a mathnavi (poem) written in Constantinople in 1863 following His initial...
4. 2023 / 2025. Invocation 'Is There Any Remover of Difficulties Save God...', The. Muhammad Afnan, Adib Masumian, trans. . — Short overview of the historical background of the Bab's invocation.
5. 2022. Tablet of Firayját (Lawḥ-i-Firayját) / Tablet of Firáq (Lawḥ-i-Firáq). Bahá'u'lláh, Violetta Zein, comp. . — Tablet revealed in Firayjat, a place where Baha’u’llah stayed in Baghdad, which is about 5km nor...
6. 2021. Light of the World: Selected Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Abdu'l-Bahá. — Tablets of ‘Abdul-Baha describing aspects of the life of Baha’u’llah including the tribulation...
7. 2020. Tablette du Paradis de la Justice (Lawḥ-i-Riḍvánuʼl-ʻAdl). Bahá'u'lláh, Pierre Daoust, trans. . — Tablette de Baha’u’llah, traduction française provisoire.
8. 2019. Bahá'u'lláh's "Ode of the Dove": A Provisional Translation. Bahá'u'lláh, John S. Hatcher, trans, Amrollah Hemmat, trans, Ehsanollah Hemmat, trans. . — A lengthy dialogue between Baha'u'llah (as persona/narrator) and the Huriyyih — the Maid of Heaven...
9. 2019. Seven Valleys and Four Valleys: Interlinear Translation Comparison. Bahá'u'lláh, Adib Masumian, comp, Daniel Azim Pschaida, comp. . — New 2019 translation, side-by-side with the 1945 translation and the Persian original.
10. 2018. List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations. Stephen Lambden, A. Bolhuis, comp. . — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
11. 2018. Ancient Poems as Means of Revelation, in an Early Tablet by Bahá'u'lláh. Julio Savi, Faezeh Mardani. — On the importance of poetry in the history of the Faith and in its Writings, and absolute detachment...
12. 2017. Suffering of the Exalted Letters. Bahá'u'lláh, Joshua Hall, trans. . — Tablet written in Baghdad about death and the development of the human soul.
13. 2016. Tablet of All Food and the Nature of Reality, The. Karl Weaver. — Review of the Tablet's historical background, antecedents for specific phrases, English literary com...
14. 2016. Significance of some Sites Mentioned in Memorials of the Faithful. Foad Seddigh. — Abdu'l-Baha cited many villages and cities: the Most Great House in Baghdád; the ruins of Madaen w...
15. 2015. "At Dawn the Friend came to my bed': An Early Fruit of the Supreme Pen. Julio Savi. — A quasidih, a dialogue between the Beloved and the Poet as a lover. One of eight Persian poems Baha'...
16. 2015. Hymn to Love (Sáqí, bi-dih ábí), A. Julio Savi. — A ghazal, a mystical song of love about The Beloved, meaning God or a Manifestation. One of eight Pe...
17. 2014. Inebriation of His Enrapturing Call (mast-and bulbulán), The. Julio Savi. — Translation of the early mystical Tablet "Nightingales Are Inebriated" and an analysis of its themes...
18. 2014. Tablet of Patience (Surih Sabr): Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh and Selected Topics. Foad Seddigh. — This significant Tablet from Ridvan 1863 covers the Seal of the Prophets, appearance and presence of...
19. 2014. Bagdádi Family. Kamran Ekbal. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
20. 2012. Bahá'u'lláh's Persian Poems Written before 1863. Julio Savi. — Overview of the mystical early writings of Baha'u'llah, 1852-1863. Includes extensive bibliography, ...
21. 2012. Sabaeans and African-based Religions in the Americas, The. Universal House of Justice, Research Department. — Overview by the Research Department about the religion of the Sabaeans [aka Sabeans], and some indig...
22. 2012. Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude. Roshan Danesh. — The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Baha’u’llah speak...
23. 2011. Prophets of Mahabad, and Nature of Creation: The Two Questions of Manakji Limji Hataria. Susan Maneck. — Discussion of Baha’u’llah’s letters to Manakji Hataria as found in the Tabernacle of Unity, co...
24. 2010-01. Pilgrimage in Baha'u'llah's Writings. Ahang Rabbani. — On pilgrimage to the Twin Shrines in the Holy Land and their Tablets of Visitation, to the House of ...
25. 2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. — Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masum...
26. 2007-03. Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh, A: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh. Aqa Husayn Ashchi, Ahang Rabbani, trans. . — One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
27. 2007. Messianic Concealment and Theophanic Disclosure. Moojan Momen. — The argument about exactly when Baha'u'llah became aware of his mission. Relevant issues and rival p...
28. 2006. Bahá'í Faith in the Arabic Speaking Middle East, The: Part 1 (1753-1863). Ramsey Zeine. — Babi and early Baha'i links to the Arab world and the Arabic language; the identity of the Faith is ...
29. 2005. Globalization and the Hidden Words. Todd Lawson. — A philological analysis of Baha’u’llah’s Hidden Words, elucidating the development of the glob...
30. 2004-09. Off the Grid: Reading Iranian Memoirs in Our Time of Total War. Negar Mottahedeh. — Observations on contemporary culture and gender issues in Iran.
31. 2004. Esslemont's Survey of the Bahá'í World, 1919-1920 (excerpt). Moojan Momen. — Material for an unfinished chapter "Progress of the Baha'i Movement." Excerpt pp. 62-80 only, as pro...
32. 2004. Encyclopedia of Islam and The Muslim World. William F. McCants, John Walbridge, Frank Lewis, et al., Richard C. Martin, ed. . — Articles on Abdu'l-Baha, the Bab, Baha'u'llah, the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, Hujjatiya, Persian langua...
33. 2002-05. Reconstructing Ridvan. Ismael Velasco. — Brief historical overview of an event about which the Guardian said the circumstances are "shrouded ...
34. 2002. Whilst He Was in Suleymaniah: Extracts and poems from the memoirs of Nabil Zarandi. Nabil-i-A'zam, Sepehr Manuchehri, trans. . — Handful of short extracts and poems from the memoirs of Nabil-i-A`zam [aka Mulla Muḥammad-i-Zaran...
35. 2001. Short Poem by "Darvísh" Muhammad, Bahá'u'lláh: Sáqí az ghayb-i baqá burqa' bar afkan az 'idhár, A: An Introduction and Three Versions of Provisional English Translations. Frank Lewis. — Three alternative renderings of a translation of one of Baha’u’llah’s early poems, writing dur...
36. 2000. Timeline to the Baghdad Period: Themes of Early Tablets and Historical Personages Related to them. Kathryn Brown, Sharon Davis, Karen Johnson. — History and themes of and personages related to Baha'u'llah's Tablets of the Baghdad period (1853-63...
37. 2000. Study of the Meaning of the Word "Al-Amr" in the Qur'án and in the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, A. Moojan Momen. — Examines two controversies about the Arabic-Persian term "al-amr"/"amr" regarding Quranic prophec...
38. 2000. Lover's Way, The: A Critical Comparison of the Nazm al-Sulúk by Ibn al-Fárid with the Qasídih-yi Varqá'iyyih by Bahá'ulláh. Brian A. Miller. — Link to document offsite.
39. 1999. Mathnaviyí-i Mubárak. Bahá'u'lláh, Frank Lewis, trans. . — Provisional translation
40. 1999. Poetry as Revelation: Introduction to Bahá'u'lláh's 'Mathnavíy-i Mubárak'. Frank Lewis (published as Franklin Lewis). — On Baha'u'llah and the poetic tradition, Sufism, Sufi poetry, and Rumi; rhetorical orientation; date...
41. 1999. Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker. Graham Hassall. — Extensive biography of Effie Baker, an early Australian Baha'i.
42. 1999. Concealment and Revelation in Bahá'u'lláh's Book of the River. Nader Saiedi. — Analysis and provisional translation of Sahifiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River); on Baha'u'llah's e...
43. 1998. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume. Robert Stauffer, comp. — List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992.
44. 1998. Tablet of Nightingale of Separation (Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq). Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. .
45. 1997. Bahá'u'lláh and Liberation Theology. Juan Cole. — The idea of liberation and equality is central to Baha'i theology; the poor in the 19th century Midd...
46. 1997. Tablet of the River [Tigris]. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Includes introduction by translator.
47. 1997. Baha'u'llah's Notes to His "Ode of the Dove". Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. .
48. 1997. Ode of the Dove. Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Translation of Qasidiy-i- Varqa'iyyih.
49. 1997. City of Radiant Acquiescence (Lawh-i-Madinatu'r-Rida). Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. . — Provisional translation of an Arabic Tablet revealed by Baha’u’llah in Baghdad, before His Decla...
50. 1996. Garden of Justice (Ridvan al-'adl). Bahá'u'lláh, Juan Cole, trans. .
51. 1996. Exalted Letters (Hurúfát-i-'Álín), The: Overview. John Walbridge.
52. 1996. Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-1986: Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Universal House of Justice, Geoffrey W. Marks, comp. .
53. 1995/2012/2021/2024. Symbol and Secret: Qur'án Commentary in Bahá'u'lláh's Kitáb-i-Íqán. Christopher Buck. — Comparative study of tafsir, exegesis, and theology in the Qur'an and the Kitab-i-Iqan. Includes Per...
54. 1995. Covenant, The, and Covenant-breaker. Moojan Momen.
55. 1994. Tablet of Pilgrimage to the House of Bahá'u'lláh (Suriy-i-Hajj): Baghdad. Bahá'u'lláh, Denis MacEoin, trans. . — A provisional English translation of instructions by Baha'u'llah for pilgrimage to the House of Baha...
56. 1993 Fall. Baha'u'llah's Seclusion in Kurdistan. Bijan Ma'sumian. — Reconstruction of parts of this mostly undocumented period in Baha'u'llah's life.
57. 1991-02-05. When Saddam Hussein's Number Comes Up. Said Zafar. — Brief article on the history and symbolism of the number 19, with mention of the Baha'is and Saddam ...
58. 1989. Bahá'í Shrines. John Walbridge.
59. 1986-10. 'Indian Money' and the Shi'i Shrine Cities of Iraq, 1786-1850. Juan Cole. — On the political economy of the Shi'i shrine cities of Iraq, theological and pilgrimage centers whic...
60. 1986. Mafia, Mob and Shiism in Iraq: The Rebellion of Ottoman Karbala 1824-1843. Juan Cole, Moojan Momen. — On the role of gangs in urban social history of the 19-century Ottoman empire; with a decline in gov...
61. 1985-12. Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." (Tafsír-i-Hadith-i-Kuntu Kanzan Makhfíyyan). Abdu'l-Bahá, Moojan Momen, trans. . — Translation of a treatise written by 'Abdu'l-Baha when he was in his teens, expounding on the terms ...
62. 1985 Winter. Shi'i Clerics in Iraq and Iran, 1722-1780: The Akhbari-Usuli Conflict Reconsidered. Juan Cole. — A debate which came to shape Shi'i jurisprudence, between those who believed that only the Imams sho...
63. 1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
64. 1982. Trial of Mullá 'Alí Bastámí, The: A Combined Sunní-Shí'í Fatwá against The Báb. Moojan Momen. — The trial of Mulla `Ali Bastami was one of the most important episodes of 1844-45, being both the fi...
65. 1981. Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts. Moojan Momen, ed. — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
66. 1978-12. "A.J." and the Introduction of the Baha'i Faith into Poland. Jan T. Jasion. — On the earliest mentions of the Babi Faith in Polish, and the writings of Aleksander Walerian Jablon...
67. 1974. Revelation of Baha'u'llah volume 1: Baghdad, 1853-63. Adib Taherzadeh. — Link to formatted book (offsite).
68. 1953. Iraq, 1900 to 1950: A Political, Social, and Economic History. Stephen Hemsley Longrigg. — Passing mention of the confiscation of Baha'i properties in Baghdad in the early 1930s.
69. 1947. Palestine: A Study of Jewish, Arab, and British Policies, volume 2. Esco Foundation for Palestine. — One-page discussion of Baha'is being evicted from properties in Iraq, and their appeal to the League...
70. 1940/1967. Chosen Highway, The. Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
71. 1930. Treasures of the East: The Life of Nine Oriental Countries. Zia M. Bagdadi. — Descriptions of nine "Treasures" — Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jijaz (Arabia), Transjordania (A...
72. 1929. Minutes of the Sixteenth Session, 1929. Permanent Mandates Commission. — Petition from the Bahai Spiritual Assembly of Baghdad regarding the confiscation of property; measur...
73. 1928-11-11. House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad: Case before the League of Nations. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iraq.
74. 1928. Minutes of the Fourteenth Session, 1928. Permanent Mandates Commission. — Petition to the League of Nations from the Spiritual Assembly of Baghdad regarding confiscation of p...

1. 1831-00-00 — At the age of 12 Mulla Husayn finished his studies in Bushihr and went to Mashhad, the most prestigi...
2. 1837-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Muhammad Mustafay-i-Baghdadi, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, in Iraq.
3. 1839-00-00 — Passing of Mirza Buzurg. His body was taken to Najaf, Iraq where he was interred. [BBD49; BKG17; BNE...
4. 1841-00-00 — Siyyid `Ali Muhammad (the Bab) went Karbala where He attended the lectures of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti,...
5. 1843-01-10 — The sacking of the holy city of Karbala at the hands of the Turks. Thousands of its citizens were ki...
6. 1843-12-31 — Passing of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti, the disciple and self-proclaimed successor of Shaykh Ahmad, in Kar...
7. 1844-01-10 — The arrival of Tahirih in Karbila. She had learned of the views of Shaykh Ahmad and Siyyid Kazim and...
8. 1844-01-22 — Mulla Husayn returned to Karbila after a journey of two years in Persia. He had been on a mission in...
9. 1844-08-11 — The Bab sent Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami to Najaf and Karbala to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhis. In...
10. 1844-10-02 — The Bab departed from Búshihr on His pilgrimage. [Bab57; MH119, 121, GPB9] He instructed His f...
11. 1845-01-00 — Crowds gathered in Karbala in response to the Bab's summons, among them was Tahirih. [BabI62; BBRSM1...
12. 1845-01-10 — The beginning of the Islamic new year. Messianic fervour grew, particularly among Shaykhis. [BBRSM15...
13. 1845-01-13 — The trial of Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami in Baghdad. A fatwa is issued in Baghdad against both Mulla `Aliy...
14. 1845-04-16 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami was removed from his prison cell in Baghdad and taken to Istanbul, where he wa...
15. 1845-08-00 — In Karbala Tahirih revived the remnant of the Babi community. She was considered a part of the radic...
16. 1845-08-00 — The Bab was released to the custody of His uncle, Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali. [DB151, LTDT13] Bab was...
17. 1845-12-30 — The Bab's birthday fell on the first day of the mourning observance for the Imam Husayn. Tahirih, wh...
18. 1846-00-03 — Tahirih was sent back to Baghdad from Karbala. She was lodged first in the house of Shaykh Muhammad ...
19. 1846-12-02 — Tahirih provoked disturbances in Karbala. Her radical interpretation of Babism and her assumption of...
20. 1847-03-31 — Tahirih's activities in Iraq so alarm some Babis of Kazimayn that they agitated against her. Siyyid ...
21. 1847-07-00 — The people of Mah-Kú show markeded hostility to the Bab on His arrival. Later they were won over by...
22. 1848-07-01 — Quddús was arrested and taken to Sari where he was placed under house arrest in the home of Mirza M...
23. 1848-09-12 — The accession of Nasiri'd-Din Shah at Tabriz. [BBR482] He was 17 years old. [BBR158; GPB37] ...
24. 1849-08-01 — Death of Haji Mirza Áqasi at Karbala. [Bab147; BBD19; BBR156] The Bab, in a letter to the Shah c...
25. 1850-00-00 — Birth of Mirza `Ali-Muhammad-i-Khurasani, (b. 1850-1851 Mashad, d. 2 April 1928 in Tehran) later kno...
26. 1850-07-31 — The Faith of the Bab had spread to two countries at this point, Iran and Iraq. [MBW147] Bab148–60...
27. 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...
28. 1851-08-28 — Baha'u'llah arrived in Karbala via Baghdad on His pilgrimage. He stayed for 10 months. [BKG67; DB59...
29. 1851-10-05 — Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunúzi, the Bab's amanuensis, had been sent from the Bab's side in Chihriq to live i...
30. 1851-12-00 — When the news of the martyrdom of the Bab reached Shiraz, Fatimah Bagum, the mother of the Bab, havi...
31. 1852-04-00 — Baha'u'llah returned to Iran from Karbala. [DB598] He was the guest of the Grand Vizier for one...
32. 1852-08-31 — Baha'u'llah's imprisonment in the Siyah-Chal See AB10–11, BBD211–12, BKG79–83, CH41–2, ...
33. 1852-12-00 — Baha'u'llah was released from the Siyah-Chal. This was owing to: the efforts of the Russian Minist...
34. 1853-00-00 — During this period Baha'u'llah revealed His mystical Writings.
35. 1853-01-12 — Baha'u'llah and His family departed for Baghdad after a one month respite in the home of his half-br...
36. 1853-03-21 — Baha'u'llah and His companions arrived in Khaniqayn, just across the Iraqi border, where they rested...
37. 1853-04-08 — Baha'u'llah in Baghdad Baha'u'llah and His family arrived in Baghdad. [BBR177; BKG106; GPB109; TN...
38. 1853-04-08 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i Kullu't-ta'am (Tablet of All Food). [BRSM:62; BKG112] The revela...
39. 1853-04-09 — Birth of Mirza Muhammad-'Ali, first son of Baha'u'llah and His second wife, Mahd-i-'Ulya. [CB 125] ...
40. 1853-06-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed His station and mission to Mirza Áqa Jan in Karbala. He was the first person t...
41. 1853-08-00 — It was during the Baghdad period that 'Abdu'l-Baha became conscious to the station of His Father. ...
42. 1854-04-10 — "Mirza Yahya had never lifted a finger to protect the Faith of which he was supposed to be the nomin...
43. 1854-04-10 — Baha'u'llah in Sulaymaniyyih Baha'u'llah suddenly left Baghdad and went to the mountainous wilder...
44. 1854-04-11 — Mirza Yahya, who had been hiding in Mazindaran since the attempt on the life of the Shah, at some po...
45. 1855-00-00 — At some point during the retirement of Baha'u'llah, Mirza 'Aqa Jan was engaged in the service of Mir...
46. 1856-00-01 — Birth of Samadiyyih Khanum, first daughter of Baha'u'llah and His second wife, Mahd-i-'Ulya (Fatimih...
47. 1856-00-02 — Baha'u'llah's writings during this period were so prolific that in one hour He would reveal a thousa...
48. 1856-03-19 — Áqa Kalim, Baha'u'llah's faithful brother, felt that Baha'u'llah should return from his self-impose...
49. 1856-03-20 — During Baha'u'llah's absence Mirza Musa rented a house near the Al-Kazimiyya mosque and shrine, in t...
50. 1856-04-00 — Siyyid Asadullah of Khuy was an influential and devoted Babi whom the Bab had designated "Dayyan" (J...
51. 1857-00-00 — The revelation of Sahiiy-i-Shattiyyih (Book of the River or Book of the Tigris) by Baha'u'llah. S...
52. 1857-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Four Valleys, (Chahar Vadi) addressed to Shaykh 'Abdu'r-Rahman-i-Talabani (...
53. 1858-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Hidden Words (Kalimat-i-Maknúnih), originally designated 'The Hidden Words...
54. 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...
55. 1858-12-00 — It was in this period that Baha'u'llah revealed the Seven Valleys (Haft Vadi) in response to a reque...
56. 1860-00-00 — Mirza Mihdi, the son of Baha'u'llah, was taken from Tihran to join his family in Baghdad. He was abo...
57. 1860-00-00 — The revelation of Javahiru'l-Asrar, (meaning literally the "gems" or "essences" of mysteries) (in Ar...
58. 1860-00-00 — Of the Suratu'l-Bayan (The Epistle of Utterance) it is written: "This highly eloquent and challengin...
59. 1861-00-00 — Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khurasani (Ismu'lahu'l-Asdaq), a Babi and father of Ibn Asdaq, met Baha'u'l...
60. 1861-01-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Íqan (The Book of Certitude), 'a comprehensive exposition of the n...
61. 1862-00-01 — Baha'u'llah sent a ring and cashmere shawl to His niece, Shahr-Banú, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad...
62. 1862-03-00 — Birth of Sadhijiyyih, second daughter of Baha'u'llah and His second wife, Mahd-i-'Ulya (Fatimih).
63. 1862-05-03 — Mirza Mihdiy-i-Kashani was directed to remain in Baghdad to guard the Holy House. He remained unti...
64. 1862-05-10 — The Persian ambassador requested that the Ottomans move the Baha'u'llah farther from Persia.
65. 1863-00-00 — Colonel Sir Arnold Burrowes Kemball, the British Consul-General in Baghdad, offered Baha'u'llah the ...
66. 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. ...
67. 1863-01-00 — The governor of Baghdad, Namiq Pasha, received the first of 'five successive commands' from 'Ali Pas...
68. 1863-03-00 — Baha'u'llah celebrated the two-week festival of Naw-Rúz at the Mazra'iy-i-Vashshash, a farm along t...
69. 1863-03-26 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of the Holy Mariner on the fifth day of Naw-Rúz. The Tablet was rev...
70. 1863-03-27 — Baha'u'llah met the deputy governor in a mosque opposite the Government House where the Farman which...
71. 1863-04-19 — Baha'u'llah revealed Lawh-i-Fitnih, "Tablet of the Test". The Tablet, as its title indicates, is ab...
72. 1863-04-22 — See Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets reveale...
73. 1863-04-22 — Declaration of Baha'u'llah in the Garden of Ridvan. The garden was located in a large agricultural ...
74. 1863-04-22 — Thirty–one days after Naw-Rúz, which in this year fell on 22 March, Baha'u'llah left His house fo...
75. 1863-04-26 — Mirza Yahya fled Baghdad, travelling to Mosul in disguise. [BKG158; RB252–5] Mirza Yahya had, s...
76. 1863-04-30 — Baha'u'llah's family joined Him in the Garden. [BKG175; RB1:281; SA235] This initiated the holy ...
77. 1863-05-03 — Baha'u'llah left the Garden of Ridvan. This initiated the holy day the Twelfth Day of Ridvan, to...
78. 1863-05-03 — When Baha'u'llah left Baghdad for Constantinople, He bade Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji Ismu'llah move into...
79. 1863-05-09 — Baha'u'llah and His party left Firayjat for Istanbul although at this point the destination was unkn...
80. 1864-12-00 — After years of imprisonment in Tehran, Àbdu'r '-Rasúl-Qumi visited Baha'u'llah in Adrianople then ...
81. 1865-03-00 — Death of former Prime Minister Mirza Áqa Khan, in Qum. He was buried at Karbala. [BBR165]
82. 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...
83. 1868-07-00 — Principal Baha'is in Baghdad were arrested by the Turkish authorities and exiled to Mosul and other ...
84. 1868-07-26 — Baha'u'llah's banishment to 'Akka Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz, at the instigation of his Prime Minister,...
85. 1869-00-00 — The 17-year-old Áqa Buzurg-i-Nishapúri, Badi`, arrived in `Akka having walked from Mosul. He was a...
86. 1870-00-00 — Nasiri'd-Din Shah maded a pilgrimage to the shrines in Iraq. In preparation for his visit the Baha'i...
87. 1881-00-00 — The passing of Faṭimih Bagum, the mother of the Bab in Karbila. She herself was from a prominent S...
88. 1886-00-01 — Birth of Músa Banani, Hand of the Cause of God, in Baghdad. [BW15p421–423]
89. 1903-00-00 — The passing of Mulla Zaynu'l-'Ábidin, surnamed Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin (the Ornament of the Near Ones) i...
90. 1913-04-14 — 'Abdu'l-Baha's plan had been to leave but His departure was delayed due to a request from the presid...
91. 1920-00-00 — The House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was seized by Shi'is. [BBD109; GBF33; GPB356-7]
92. 1921-00-00 — The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration or Mandatory Iraq began. It would last until 1932....
93. 1921-00-00 — After the establishment of British control of Iraq and the appearance of religious freedom and great...
94. 1921-02-00 — The Shi'a petition for the possession of the House in Baghdad was granted and the Baha'is were evict...
95. 1921-04-00 — The Minister of Justice overturned an earlier ruling and possession of the House of Baha'u'llah in B...
96. 1921-11-23 — A second suit for the possession of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was decided in favour of the...
97. 1922-02-22 — Subsequent to the decision of the Court of Appeal the government of Iraq took over the keys for the ...
98. 1922-02-22 — King Feisal of Iraq ordered the Baha'is to be turned out of the Most Great House in Baghdad to keep ...
99. 1923-00-00 — The keys for the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad were delivered to the Shi'as by the government. [PP...
100. 1923-07-00 — The Baha'is appealed to the Peace Court for possession of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad. [SETP...
101. 1923-07-00 — Lorol Schopflocher made a visit to King Feisel as reported in the Ottawa Citizen 13 July, 1923 p16 a...
102. 1923-12-20 — The Peace Court ruled in favour of giving the Baha'is possession of House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad,...
103. 1924-11-04 — The Supreme Court of Iraq decided against the Baha'is in the dispute over the House of Baha'u'llah i...
104. 1925-00-00 — Lorol Schopflocher was sent by the Guardian to speak with King Feisal of Iraq. The King was not rece...
105. 1925-11-06 — Shoghi Effendi reported in a letter that the case of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was then be...
106. 1925-12-14 — The keys to Baha'u'llah's house in Baghdad were given to the Shi'is. [UD45]
107. 1926-11-14 — Iraq's highest tribunal ruled against the Baha'is in the question of ownership of the House of Baha'...
108. 1927-00-00 — The Baghdad believers took photographs of the cave in the Sargul Mountain near Sulaymaniyyih where B...
109. 1928-09-11 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Iraq submitted a petition to the Permanent Mandate...
110. 1928-10-26 — The case of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was taken before the fourteenth session of the Perma...
111. 1928-11-00 — It was recommended to the Council of the League of Nations to request that the British Government ma...
112. 1929-03-04 — The Council of the League of Nations adopted the conclusion reached by the Mandates Commissions upho...
113. 1929-04-01 — Shoghi Effendi announced that the Council of the League of Nations had pronounced in favour of the B...
114. 1929-11-06 — The case of the House of Baha'u'llah in Baghdad was taken before the sixteenth session of the Perman...
115. 1930-01-02 — Martha Root met with King Faisal of Iraq in Baghdad to discuss the issue of the House of Baha'u'llah...
116. 1931-04-21 — The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Iraq. [GPB333; BBRSM:121;
117. 1932-10-03 — The term of The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration or "Mandatory Iraq" came to an end. It ...
118. 1932-11-03 — Meeting of the 22nd Session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations in Geneva ...
119. 1933-03-18 — After five years of deliberations and intervention from the League of Nations, the Iraqi government ...
120. 1933-10-24 — The 24th session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations was held in Geneva at...
121. 1940-04-00 — Annual Report National Spiritual Assembly of the
122. 1940-04-21 — Annual Report National Spiritual Assembly of the
123. 1940-08-00 — Daoud Toeg, then resident in Baghdad, made a trip to the district of Sulaymaniyyih in Kurdistan to t...
124. 1947-04-21 — The Baha'is of Iraq launched a Three Year Plan (1947-1950). [Ruhi 8.2 p46; BBRSM158] The goals w...
125. 1947-09-13 — The passing of Haji Mahmúd Qassabchi. In 1933 Qassabchi had suffered a severe attack of paralysis ...
126. 1949-04-24 — The passing of Montfort Mills. He had been a believer since 1906 and by 1909 he had made two pil...
127. 1950-00-00 — The Court of the First Instance in Karkúk, Iraq, registered a Baha'i marriage certificate. [MBW4; U...
128. 1957-07-27 — In July, 1957 the sacred remains of Mirza Buzurg, the father of Baha'u'llah, were identified and rem...
129. 1961-11-05 — The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their fifth Conclave. [MoC313–23] They called for ...
130. 1970-05-00 — The 'Iraqi Government issued a decree disbanding all Baha'i institutions and all activities. For nea...
131. 1973-12-16 — A teenage Muslim girl learned of the Faith from one of her Baha’i school classmates and, together ...
132. 1974-02-01 — The passing of Daoud Toeg (b. Baghdad, Iraq in 1897) in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau). After he had...
133. 1974-03-04 — Following the arrest of more than 50 Baha'is in Iraq, their trial opened and the Baha'is were exoner...
134. 1974-04-23 — At the trial of nearly 50 Baha'is in Baghdad, the Iraqi military court sentenced 13 men and one girl...
135. 1974-05-20 — The Iraqi military court tried nearly 50 Baha'is and handed down in absentia sentences of life impri...
136. 1975-01-03 — A Baha'i was arrested in Iraq and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. [
137. 1975-07-00 — In Iraq, a partial amnesty reducing the terms of the Baha'is imprisoned by 15 per cent was granted. ...
138. 1975-09-01 — In Iraq, a young Baha'i was detained, interrogated, beaten and asked to recant his faith when he spe...
139. 1977-12-03 — Properties confiscated by the Iraqi government belonging to individual Baha'is were returned; proper...
140. 1988-07-26 — The paper, ‌Iranian Baha'is and the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988) was presented by Dr Kamali Sarvestan...
141. 2004-04-19 — The passing of Mr Aziz Ismayn Yazdi (b. Alexandria, Egypt in 1909) in Vancouver, Canada at the age o...
142. 2004-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Iraq was restored after more than thirty years of ...
143. 2005-10-15 — The Constitution of Iraq was approved by referendum to replace the Law of Administration for the Sta...
144. 2007-04-01 — In Iraq the Ministry of Interior's Nationality and Passport Section canceled regulation 358 of 1975 ...
145. 2007-10-00 — In an email to Hossam Bashgat, author of Prohibited Identities: State Interference with Religious Fr...
146. 2013-06-24 — Contrary to the constitution which established the government's commitment to assuring and maintaini...
147. 2013-06-27 — In a message from the Universal House of Justice to all National Spiritual Assemblies it advised of ...
148. 2017-11-30 — Baha'is celebrated the bicentennial of the birth of Baha'u'llah in a ceremony in Baghdad attended by...

1. 1974-02-01 — The passing of Daoud Toeg (b. Baghdad, Iraq in 1897) in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau). After he...
2. 2004-04-19 — The passing of Mr Aziz Ismayn Yazdi (b. Alexandria, Egypt in 1909) in Vancouver, Canada at the age o...

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