- Bahá'í timeline
__NOTOC__The following is a basic timeline of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions emphasizing dates that are relatively well known. For a more comprehensive chronology see the references at the bottom.
1795
* (1210 AH), Shaykhi sect is started by
Shaykh Ahmad .1817
*November 12,
Bahá'u'lláh is born.1819
*October 20, the
Báb is born.1826
*Shaykh Ahmad dies and Siyyid Kázim is appointed leader of the Shaykhi sect.
1828
*Mírzá Muhammad Ridá, the Father of the Báb, dies. The Báb is placed in the care of his maternal uncle, Hají Mirzá Siyyid 'Alí
1835
*September 24 - October 22,
Bahá'u'lláh marries Navváb.1843
*
Siyyid Kázim dies. Before his death he instructs his students, includingMulla Husayn , to find the Promised One, theMahdi .1844
*May 23, the
Báb declares his mission to Mulla Husayn inShiraz, Iran .
*May 23,`Abdu'l-Bahá is born to Navváb and Bahá'u'lláh.1845
*September, restrictions are enforced on the
Báb 's movement within Shiraz after he declares himself to be theMahdi publicly.1846
*Bahíyyih is born to Navváb and Bahá'u'lláh.
*March, the Báb leaves Shiraz for Isfahan.1847
*March, the Báb is imprisoned at Maku.
1848
*
Mírzá Mihdí is born to Navváb and Bahá'u'lláh.
*March 20,Mullá Husayn visits theBáb in Maku
*April 10, the Báb is moved to the prison of Chihriq, due to his growing influence in Maku. He was largely kept there until a few days before his execution.
*June - July, theConference of Badasht was held.cite book | first = Abbas | last = Amanat | title = Resurrection and Renewal: The Making of the Babi Movement in Iran | publisher = Cornell University Press | location = Ithaca | year = 1989 | pages = p. 324]
*July, during public interrogation atTabriz the Báb makes a dramatic public declaration. He is returned to Chihriq.
*July 21, Mullá Husayn hoists theBlack Standard and marches with 202 other Bábís to Mashhad.
*October 10, Mullá Husayn and a host of other Bábís are besieged at fort Tabarsi.
*October 20,Quddús arrives at fort Tabarsí.1849
*
Bahá'u'lláh marries Fátimih in Tihrán.
*February 2,Mullá Husayn dies in battle at fort at the Shrine ofShaykh Tabarsí .
*May 10, Battle of fort Tabarsí ends after a negotiated surrender in which the victors promise to let the Bábís go. Immediately afterward, the victors break their oath and kill many of the defenders. [ [http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/acegarp/898/bahai_chrono.htm The NEXUS: Baha'i Chronology ] ]
*May 16,Quddús is tortured and executed.1850
*July 9, the
Báb is publicly executed inTabriz .1852
*August 15, angry Bábís (acting on their own volition) make a failed attempt to kill
Nasser al-Din Shah , who retaliates by imprisoningBahá'u'lláh and executing several thousands of Bábís, includingTáhirih andSiyyid Husayn-i-Yazdi .
*September to December, while imprisoned for four months in theSíyáh-Chál in Tehran, Bahá'u'lláh receives the first intimations that he is the promised one foretold by the Báb.
*Mírzá Muhammad `Alí is born to Fátimih and Bahá'u'lláh inBaghdad 1853
*January 12, Bahá'u'lláh is exiled from Tehran to Baghdad.
1854
*April 10, Bahá'u'lláh retreats to the
Sulaymaniyah mountains within Kurdistan due to a rising tensions between Mírzá Yahyá and himself.1856
*After being discovered in Kurdistan,
Bahá'u'lláh returns to Baghdad, by the request of`Abdu'l-Bahá .1857
*The
Hidden Words is written by Bahá'u'lláh1861
*The Book of Certitude is written in late 1861 or early 1862 in two days and nights
1862
*May 10, the Persian ambassador requests that the Ottomans move the Bábís farther from Persia.
1863
*April 21, Bahá'u'lláh declares himself to be
He whom God shall make manifest in the Garden of Ridván in Baghdad on the eve of his exile to Constaninople (Istanbul ).
*December 12, Bahá'u'lláh is exiled into formal confinement in Adrianople (Edirne ) after four months in Constaninople (Istanbul).1865
*The Tablet of Ahmad is written by Bahá'u'lláh
*Arthur de Gobineau publishes book describing the Babí religion in French.1867
*Bahá'u'lláh begins writing and sending his "Tablets to the Kings".
1868
*August 5,
Bahá'u'lláh and a large group of followers are sent from Edirne to the penal colony of Akká,Palestine (nowAcre, Israel ).
*August 31, Bahá'u'lláh arrives in `Akká.1869
*
Bahá'u'lláh sends a letter to the Shah of Persia,Nasser al-Din Shah , and the messenger,Badí‘ , is put to death.1870
*June 23,
Mirzá Mihdí dies after falling through a skylight.1873
*Bahá'u'lláh writes the
Kitáb-i-Aqdas .1886
*Navváb dies.
1889
*February 25,
E.G. Browne mentions the Bahá'í Faith as part of a series academic talks and papers through 1889 in England.1892
*May 29,
Bahá'u'lláh dies, his mortal remains are placed in a Shrine dedicated to him next to theMansion of Bahjí where he spent his final years. In his will he appointed 'Abdu'l-Bahá to be his successor and head of the Bahá'í Faith.1893
*September 23, the
Bahá'í Faith is mentioned in a newspaper for the first time in the United States at theWorld Parliament of Religions in Chicago.1894
*
Thornton Chase is the first of five Bahá'ís in the United States this year1897
*March 1,
Shoghi Effendi , the great-grandson of Bahá'u'lláh, is born.1898
*The first Western pilgrims arrive in `Akká, including
Phoebe Hearst and the first African-American believer, Robert Turner.1901
*The cornerstone of first
Bahá'í House of Worship , in `Ishqábád,Turkmenistan , is laid.1903
*More than 100 Bahá'ís are killed in the first significant persecution of Bahá'ís of the century in
Yazd , Iran.1908
*September,
`Abdu'l-Bahá is released from a lifetime of exile and imprisonment at 64 years of age.1909
*March 21, the mortal remains of the Báb are laid to rest in the
Shrine of the Báb after 59 years in hiding.1910
*August `Abdu'l-Bahá arrives in Egypt and returns to
Haifa six months later.
*Mary Maxwell, later to be known asRúhíyyih Khanum , is born inNew York City 1911
*August–December, `Abdu'l-Bahá travels across Europe visiting cities such as
London ,Bristol , andParis .
* September 10, `Abdu'l-Bahá gives his first address to a Western audience in City Temple, London. English translation spoken byWellesley Tudor Pole .1912
*April 11,
`Abdu'l-Bahá arrives inNew York City for his visit to North America.
*`Abdu'l-Bahá lays the cornerstone of the planned North AmericanBahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, IL.
*December 5, `Abdu'l-Bahá sets sail away from North America, heading back to Europe.1916
`Abdu'l-Bahá writes the first eight of the fourteen
Tablets of the Divine Plan .1917
`Abdu'l-Bahá writes six more Tablets of the Divine Plan.
1918
September 19,
`Abdu'l-Bahá is threatened with death just before the Ottoman military is destroyed at theBattle of Megiddo . [ [http://bahai-library.com/bsr/bsr09/9B3_lambden_armageddon.htm Catastrophe, Armageddon and Millennium: some aspects of the Bábí-Baha'i exegesis of apocalyptic symbolism ] ]1920
*April 27, `Abdu'l-Bahá is knighted by the British Empire in recognition of his humanitarian work during WWI.
1921
*November 28, `Abdu'l-Bahá dies in Haifa and appoints
Shoghi Effendi as the Guardian in his Will and Testament.1932
*July 15, Bahá'u'lláh's daughter Bahíyyih dies.
1937
*
Mírzá Muhammad `Alí , labeled the "arch-Covenant breaker" by`Abdu'l-Bahá , dies.
*Shoghi Effendi launches the "Divine Plan" for the diffusion theBahá'í Faith across the globe.
*Shoghi Effendi marries Mary Maxwell, later known asRúhíyyih Khanum , the daughter of a prominent Canadian Bahá'í.1944
*
Shoghi Effendi releases "God Passes By " to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bahá'í dispensation.1951
*Eleven functioning National Spiritual Assemblies exist in the world.
*32 additional "Hands of the Cause of God" are appointed by Shoghi Effendi.
*TheInternational Bahá'í Council , first multi-national Bahá'í body, is appointed by Shoghi Effendi.1953
*
Shoghi Effendi launches theTen Year Crusade .
* The North AmericanBahá'í House of Worship is dedicated in Wilmette, IL.
* The superstructure of theShrine of the Báb is completed.1957
*November 4, Shoghi Effendi dies without children and without appointing a successor Guardian. The temporary role of 'Head of the Faith' is taken up by 27
Hands of the Cause with plans to complete the Ten Year Crusade and elect theUniversal House of Justice .1963
*A wave of persecution of Bahá'ís in
Morocco ends in mid April with a royal pardon against death sentences for being Bahá'í in Morocco after months of diplomatic and newspaper coverage
*April 21, the firstBahá'í World Congress takes place in London. The first Universal House of Justice is elected by representatives of 56 National Spiritual Assemblies gathered in Haifa, in synchronization with the end of theTen Year Crusade and the centenary of the Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh in the Garden of Ridván. [ [http://www.mindspring.com/~lmno/vinsa6.html Page Not Found ] ]1979
*
Iran 's Islamic Revolution begins multi-generationPersecution of Bahá'ís with over 200 killed by 2006.1983
*January 31, the
Universal House of Justice takes up its permanent seat.1985
*October, the Universal House of Justice publishes "The Promise of World Peace"
1986
*December 24, the Indian
Bahá'í House of Worship (aka the "Lotus Temple") is dedicated.1992
*April 21, a Holy year begins marking the centenary of the death of
Bahá'u'lláh .
*November 22 - 26th, the secondBahá'í World Congress takes place inNew York .
*TheRuhi Institute reaches a milestone in development as a formal organization, although its efforts have been evolving since 1970s by theFUNDAEC Foundation.1993
*March 21, the
Kitáb-i-Aqdas is released in English with commentary.2000
*January 19,
Rúhíyyih Khanum dies, representing the last remnant of the family of Bahá'u'lláh who remained loyal to Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice.2001
*The terraces on Mount Carmel are completed, surrounding the
Shrine of the Báb and the Arc.
*there are 182 NationalSpiritual assemblies representing most of the countries of the planet (see Worldwide Bahá'í statistics)2006
* March 20 Iranian Islamic Revolution government documents are released by the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations. The
Anti-defamation League notes these government policies signify steps towards "Nuremberg-type laws" (see monitoring activities of Bahá'ís)
*theSupreme Administrative Council of Egypt on December 16 rules against the Bahá'ís, a key event of theEgyptian identification card controversy .References
*cite book
author=Cameron, G.
coauthors=& Momen, W.
year= 1996
title= A Basic Bahá'í Chronology
publisher= George Ronald
location=Oxford, UK
id= ISBN 0853984022
*cite book
author=Amanat, Abbas
year=1989
title=Resurrection and Renewal
publisher=Cornell University Press, 124 Roberts Place, Ithica, New York 14850
id=ISBN 0801420989
*cite book
author=Nabíl-i-Zarandí
authorlink=Nabíl-i-A`zam
year=1932
title=The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative
edition=Hardcover
editor=Shoghi Effendi (Translator)
publisher=Bahá'í Publishing Trust
location=Wilmette, Illinois, USA
id=ISBN 0900125225
url=http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/nz/DB/
*cite book
author=Smith, Peter
year=1999
title=A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith
publisher=Oneworld Publications
location=Oxford, UK
id=ISBN 1851681841External links
* [http://www.bci.org/boise/history.htm A Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith - Website of the Bahá'í Community of Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.]
* [http://bahai-library.com/visuals/ Timelines, Genealogies, Chronologies]
* [http://www.fortunecity.com/tatooine/acegarp/898/bahai_chrono.htm Bahá'i Chronology]
* [http://bahai-library.com/resources/1853-63.html Bibliography for the Tablets of Baha'u'llah: List of citations and resources for Tablets revealed 1853-1863] (first of four sections)
* [http://www.btinternet.com/~iain.s.palin/heritage/firsts.htm First Public Mentions of the Bahá'í Faith] prepared by the Bahá'í Information Office (United Kingdom) for the UK. Bahá'í Centenary 1998-99 and is based on research and articles by Dr Moojan Momen (Bahá'í Journal, September 1989) and Derek Cockshutt (Bahá'í Journal, March 1993).
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