- 1817-00-02 —
The birth of Fátimih Umm-Salamih, Táhirih (the Pure One), Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Solace of the Eyes), Zarrín-Táj (Crown of Gold). [BBD220; GPB7, 73, 75; DB81note2]
- In BBRSM16 her name was given as Fátimih Bigum Baragháni and birth year is 1814.
- See Light of Faith: A collection of stories by Paris Sadeghzadeh and Behnam Golmohammadi p67-78.
- 1844-02-07 — Birth of Shaykh Kázim-i-Samandarí, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, in Qazvín.
- 1847-08-00 — On her departure from Hamadán Táhirih asked most of the Arab Bábís travelling with her to return to Iraq. [B165; DB273]
Upon arriving in Qazvín, Táhirih refused her estranged husband's attempts at reconciliation and lived with her father. Her father-in-law Hájí Mullá Taqí, felt insulted and denounced the Shaykhís and Bábís. [B166; DB2736] - 1847-08-01 —
Mullá Husayn was residing in Mashhad, in Khurásán, where he had been since returning from Shíráz in 1845. The leader of a local rebellion wished to enlist the Bábís on his side and sought a meeting with Mullá Husayn. To avoid entanglement in the affair, Mullá Husayn decided to make a pilgrimage to Máh-Kú. [TB56; DB254–5; MH133–5]
- As an act of piety, he made the whole 1,200-mile journey on foot. Along the route he visited the Bábís and in Tihrán met secretly with Bahá'u'lláh. No account of their interview survives. In Qazvín, Mullá Husayn met Táhirih for the first time. [DB255; MH137]
- 1847-11-00 —
Bahá'u'lláh, who was living in Tihrán, visited the detainees from Qazvin and gave them money. [BKG41; DB278–9; GPB68]
- Mullá `Abdu'lláh confessed to the murder of Hájí Mullá Muhammad Taqí and was helped to escape. [BKG41–2; DB278]
- See BKG42 for why Bahá'u'lláh was thought to have engineered his escape. Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned for a few days for having assisted in Mullá `Abdu'lláh's escape.
- This was Bahá'u'lláh's first imprisonment. [BKG41; BW18:380; DB585]
- Shaykh Salib-i-Karímí, one of the imprisoned Bábís, was publicly executed in Tihrán.
- He was the first to suffer martyrdom on Persian soil. His remains were interred in the courtyard of the shrine of the Imám-Zádih Zayd in Tihrán. [B166; BW18:380; DB280]
- The remaining captives were returned to Qazvín. Hájí Asadu'lláh-i-Farhádí was secretly put to death in prison. Mullá Táhir-i-Shírází and Mullá Ibrahím-i-Maballátí were also put to death. [B166; BW18:380; DB280–3]
- DB280–3 says `the rest of' the detainees were put to death by the relatives of Hájí Mullá Muhammad Taqí.
- 1848-00-02 —
Bahá'u'lláh planed Táhirih's escape, giving the task to Mírzá Hádíy-i-Farhádí, the nephew of Hájí Asadu'lláh-i-Farhádí. Táhirih was rescued and escorted from Qazvín to Bahá'u'lláh's home in Tihrán. [B167; BKG42; DB284–5; MF199]
- While she was in Bahá'u'lláh's home she was visited by Vahíd and challenged him by saying `Let deeds, not words, be our adorning!' [DB285; MF200]
- After a few days Bahá'u'lláh sent Táhirih to a place of safety before sending her on to Khurásán. [DB286–7; GPB68]
- Note: Ma'ani says this was the house of Mírzá Áqá Khán-i Núrí, who was then living in Káshán as an exile. His sister acted as Táhirih's hostess until she left for Badasht.
- 1848-03-30 —
Mullá Husayn departed for Mázindarán, setting out on foot as the Báb has directed. [DB260; MH144]
- The Báb told him to visit the Bábís in Khuy, Urúmíyyih, Marághih, Mílán, Tabríz, Zanján, Qazvín and Tihrán before proceeding to Mázindarán. In Mázindarán he was to find `God's hidden treasure'. [DB260; MH144]
- In Tihrán he again met Bahá'u'lláh. [DB261; MH148]
- 1875-10-16 — Birth of Tarázu'lláh Samandarí, Hand of the Cause of God, in Qazvín.
- 1890-00-02 — Hájí Ákhúnd, Hájí Amín and Ibn-i-Abhar were arrested. Hájí Ákhúnd was imprisoned in Tihrán for two years; Hájí Amín was imprisoned in Qazvín for two years; and Ibn-i-Abhar was imprisoned in Tihrán for four years. [BW18:383–4]
Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Furúghí was arrested in Furúghí and sent to Mashhad. From there he was sent to Kalát-i-Nadírí where he was imprisoned for two years. [BW18:384]
In Mashhad a mob set out to kill Mírzá Husayn-i-Bajistání, but failing to find him they looted his shop. [BW18:384] - 1891-05-25 — Two believers were arrested during the same period of intense persecution. Hájí Amín was sent to the prison of Qazvín, and Hand of the Cause Ibn-i-Abhar was consigned for four years in Tíhran, in which he bore the same chains as Bahá'u'lláh did, during the Latter's imprisonment in 1852. [Essay by Mehdi Wolf]
- 1898-00-04 — Several Bahá'ís were arrested and imprisoned in Qazvín. [BW18:384]
Hájí Muhammad was set upon and killed in Hisár, Khurásán. BW18:384] - 1917-00-00 —
A Children's Savings Company, which later was registered as Šerkat-e Now-nahālān, (literally `saplings) was founded in Qazvīn. The Nownahalan Company was founded as a thrift club for Bahá'í children in Iran. [BI13]
- See BI13 for its non-profit and charitable activities.
- On 23 November 1919 ʿAbdu'l-Bahá wrote a prayer in which He sought God's blessing for its success and durability. He also donated two gold coins of five rubles each to its capital. The company had about 9,000 shareholders with approximately 120 million rials (about $1,700,000) in assets in 1967, half a century after its establishment. [BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran by V. Rafati]
- 1932-04-00 — Keith Ransom-Kehler travelled to Persia at the request of the Guardian where she served for sixteen months before she fell ill. She entered from the Western frontier and started by visiting the friends of Kirmansháh, Hamadán and Qazvín. After staying some time in Iṣfahán and recovering from sickness she travelled to Adhirbáyján. She then made another journey through the East and North, and the friends of Khurásán and Mázindarán and Gilán had the bounty of her presence. After spending time in Tehran where she made seven attempts to sent petitions to the Shah requesting that he lift the ban on Bahá'í literature and the restriction on holding Bahá'í meetings, she travelled to the village of Hasan-Ábád near Qom, then to Qom, Kashán, the village of Árán, the town of Jaushiqán and back to Kashán. She departed on the 5th of October for Isfahán and arrived the next day and continued with the program arranged for her. She fell it with chills and high fever and was confined to bed on the 10th of October. She was constantly attended by Najmiyyih Khánum ’Alá’í, the graduate nurse who had been her Ṭihrán hostess. In accordance with the Guardian’s instructions, this lady and her husband, Raḥmatu’lláh Khán ’Alá’í, had placed themselves entirely at Keith's disposition during her sojourn in this country. She passed away on the 23rd of October 1933 and was diagnosed as having smallpox with a complication of dysentery. [BW5p23-28]
entered Peria from the western frontie
- 1933-00-00 — The Tavakkul Bahá'í School in Qazvín, Iran, was closed. [BW18:388]
- 1934-00-04 —
The government of Iran took several measures against the Bahá'ís throughout the country. [BW18p389]
- Nineteen Bahá'í schools are closed in Káshán, Qazvín, Yazd, Najafábád, Ábádih and elsewhere. [ARG109]
- Bahá'í meetings were forbidden in many towns, including Tihrán, Mashhad, Sabzivár, Qazvín and Arák.
- Bahá'ís centres in Káshán, Hamadán and Záhidán were closed by the authorities.
- Some Bahá'í government employees were dismissed.
- Some Bahá'í military personnel were stripped of their rank and imprisoned.
- Bahá'ís in many places were harassed over the filling-in of marriage certificates, census forms and other legal documents.
- 1935-00-02 —
The persecution against the Bahá'ís in Iran continued. [BW18p389]
- Meetings in the Bahá'í Centre in Tihrán were banned.
- A number of Bahá'ís in Bandar Sháh were arrested and imprisoned.
- The secretary of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Arák was arrested.
- Bahá'ís in Qazvín were arrested and harassed.
- A Bahá'í in Záhidán was arrested.
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