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| 1852 |
During his four-month imprisonment in the Syah-Chal (“Black Hole”) in Tehran, Baha'u'llah confides to a visitor that he is the next revealer of God “for this age” announced by the Bab (between September and December). In the same year Mirza Muhammad Ali was born in Baghdad as the son of Fatimih and Baha'u'llah .
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| 1853 |
On January 12th, Baha'u'llah and his family are exiled from Tehran to Baghdad in the Ottoman Empire .
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| 1854 |
Baha'u'llah retreats to the mountains of Kurdistan near Sulaimaniyya on April 10 after the conflict with his half-brother Mirza Yahya escalated.
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| 1856 |
Baha'u'llah returns to Baghdad at the request of Abdul-Baha.
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| 1857 |
Baha'u'llah wrote the Hidden Words and the Four Valleys .
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| 1860 |
Baha'u'llah wrote the Seven Valleys .
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| 1861 |
Baha'u'llah wrote the book of certainty in two days and nights in late 1861 or early 1862 .
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| 1862 |
On May 10, the Persian ambassador asked the Ottomans to send the Babi further away from the Persian border.
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| 1863 |
Baha'u'llah declares himself "he whom God will reveal" on April 21 in the Ridvan Garden on the eve of his exile in Istanbul , Baghdad. On December 12th, Baha'u'llah travels to Edirne in exile in custody after spending four months in Istanbul.
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| 1865 |
Baha'u'llah writes the tablet by Ahmad and Arthur de Gobineau publishes a book in French in which he describes the Baha'i religion.
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| 1867 |
Baha'u'llah begins work on his works of the Tablet of the Kings and the Kitab-i-Badi .
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| 1868 |
Baha'u'llah and a larger group of his followers are sent to the Ottoman penal colony of Akkon in Palestine in what is now Israel on August 5th , which they reach on August 31st.
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| 1869 |
Baha'u'llah sends a letter to the Persian Shah Nāser ad-Dīn, and the messenger dies.
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| 1870 |
Mirza Mihdi dies on June 23 when he falls into a skylight.
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| 1873 |
Baha'u'llah writes the Kitab-i-Aqdas .
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| 1886 |
Asiyih Khanum Navvab dies.
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| 1889 |
Edward Granville Browne mentions the Baha'i religion in academic speeches and writings in the United Kingdom on February 25th .
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| 1892 |
Shortly before his death, Baha'u'llah wrote the letter to the son of the wolf . Baha'u'llah dies on May 29th and his body is interred in Baha'u'llah's shrine , near his last stay at Bahji Country House. In his will he appoints Abdul-Baha as the interpreter of his writings.
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| 1893 |
The Baha'i religion is represented for the first time at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in the United States on September 23.
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| 1897 |
Shoghi Effendi , the grandson of Abdul-Baha and great-grandson of Baha'u'llah, was born in Acre on March 1st.
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| 1898 |
The first western pilgrims reached Acre, including Phoebe Hearst and the first African-American Bahai, Robert Turner .
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| 1901 |
The foundation stone for the first house of prayer is laid in Ashgabat in Turkmenistan , then the Russian Empire .
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| 1903 |
Over 100 Baha'is are killed in the first Baha'i persecution of the 20th century in Yazd , Iran.
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| 1908 |
Abdul-Baha regained his freedom in September at the age of 64 as a result of the Young Turkish Revolution .
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| 1909 |
Abdul-Baha arranges for the remains of the Bab to be transferred to the Bab's shrine on March 21st .
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| 1910 |
Abdul-Baha arrives in Egypt in August and returns to Haifa six months later. Mary Maxwell, later known as Ruhiyyih Khanum , is born on August 8 in New York City .
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| 1911 |
Abdul-Baha travels through Europe from August to December, visiting London , Bristol and Paris , among others . During his trip to Europe on September 10th, Abdul-Baha will give his first public address in the City Temple of London , which will be translated into English by Wellesley Tudor Pole , and the speeches in Paris given by Laura Clifford Barney and her husband Hippolyte Dreyfus- Barney to be translated into French.
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| 1912 |
Abdul-Baha reached New York City on April 11th while traveling through the United States. On this tour, Abdu'l Baha lays the foundation stone for the House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois . On December 5th, Abdu'l Baha returns to Europe from his tour of the United States.
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| 1916 |
Abdul-Baha writes the first eight of the 14 letters on the Divine Plan .
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| 1917 |
Abdul-Baha wrote the last six tablets of the Divine Plan.
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| 1920 |
Abdul-Baha is in recognition of his humanitarian achievements during the war years on April 27, a Knight of the British Empire defeated.
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| 1921 |
Abdul-Baha dies in Haifa on November 28th. In his will, he names Shoghi Effendi as the guardian of the faith.
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| 1932 |
Baha'u'llah's daughter Bahiyyih dies on July 15th.
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| 1935 |
Shoghi Effendi translates the harvest of wheat from Arabic and Persian into English.
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| 1937 |
Mirza Muhammad Ali dies, Shoghi Effendi publishes the " Epistle to the Divine Plan " and marries Mary Maxwell, a daughter of a well-known Canadian Bahai who later becomes known as Ruhiyyih Khanum .
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| 1944 |
Shoghi Effendi publishes the book God Passes By to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the revelation of Baha'u'llah.
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| 1951 |
Eleven complete National Spiritual Councils exist worldwide and Shoghi Effendi appoints 32 Baha'i as " hands of God's cause ". In the same year Shoghi Effendi founds the Baha'i International Council , the forerunner of the House of Justice .
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| 1953 |
Shoghi Effendi draws up the ten-year plan , the North American House of Worship in Wilmette, near Chicago, Illinois opens, and the Shrine of Bab is completed.
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| 1957 |
Shoghi Effendi dies on November 4th without children or without having appointed a successor. The guardians of the faith, composed of 27 hands of the cause of God, adopt the ten year plan and establish the house of righteousness.
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| 1963 |
The first Baha'i World Congress will take place in London on April 21st. The first members of the House of Justice are elected by representatives from 56 National Spiritual Councils in Haifa and begin their work. This ends the ten-year plan and the centenary of the declaration of Baha'u'llah in the garden of Ridvan.
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| 1979 |
The “ Islamic Revolution ” in Iran leads to years of persecution of the Baha'i with over 200 Baha'i killed to date.
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| 1983 |
The House of Justice will be based in Haifa, Israel on January 31st.
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| 1985 |
The House of Justice publishes The Requirements for World Peace in October .
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| 1986 |
The Indian House of Worship, known as the " Lotus Temple, " opens in Delhi on December 24th .
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| 1992 |
A holy year begins for the Baha'i on the 100th anniversary of Baha'u'llah's death on April 21. In the same year, the second “Baha'i World Congress” takes place in New York from November 22nd to 26th.
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| 1993 |
Publication of the English edition of the Kitab-i-Aqdas on March 21st.
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| 2000 |
Ruhiyyih Khanum dies on January 19th. She was the last living member of the Baha'u'llah family , faithful to Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House.
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| 2001 |
The terraces in the Baha'i World Center are being completed. Worldwide there are 182 National Spiritual Councils representing most of the world’s Baha'i.
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| 2006 |
The “Islamic Government” of Iran passed laws on March 20, which, according to the United Nations, come close to the Nuremberg Laws . In the same year the Egyptian government passed laws restricting the rights of Baha'i in the country.
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| 2008 |
The Iranian parliament passes a new law that threatens the departure from Islam with the death penalty , which affects the Iranian Baha'i in particular.
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| 2008/2009 |
In July, the Bahai World Center is named a World Heritage Site . From November to March around 60,000 people took part in 41 regional conferences worldwide, to which the Universal House of Justice invited.
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