- 1831-00-00 — Egyptian occupation of `Akka. [BBR202; DH128; Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Pal...
- 1844-03-21 — Edict of Toleration was issued by the Sultan of Turkey: The Muslim government of the Ottoman Empire ...
- 1844-07-02 — The intention of the Bab was to introduce the new Revelation slowly so as not to cause estrangement....
- 1844-08-11 — The Bab sent Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami to Najaf and Karbala to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhis. In...
- 1845-04-16 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami was removed from his prison cell in Baghdad and taken to Istanbul, where he wa...
- 1845-06-28 — Prince Dolgorukov was appointed Russian ambassador to Tihran. He was previously first secretary of t...
- 1846-12-00 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami died in Istanbul naval dockyards. He was the first martyr of the Babi Dispensa...
- 1861-06-25 — Death of Sultan 'Abdu'l-Majid and accession of Sultan 'Abdu'l-'Aziz to the Ottoman throne. He ruled ...
- 1862-05-10 — The Persian ambassador requested that the Ottomans move the Baha'u'llah farther from Persia....
- 1863-01-00 — The governor of Baghdad, Namiq Pasha, received the first of 'five successive commands' from 'Ali Pas...
- 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...
- 1863-04-26 — Mirza Yahya fled Baghdad, travelling to Mosul in disguise. [BKG158; RB252–5]
Mirza Yahya had, s...
- 1863-05-09 — Baha'u'llah and His party left Firayjat for Istanbul although at this point the destination was unkn...
- 1863-08-13 — Baha'u'llah and His party departed from Samsún by steamer for Istanbul. [BKG196; GPB157]
They to...
- 1863-08-16 — Baha'u'llah and His party arrived at Constantinople at noon. He was received with great honour by a ...
- 1863-08-17 — Baha'u'llah in Constantinople
"spot that art situate on the shores of the two seas" [K...
- 1863-08-30 — Death of Sadhijiyyih, 18-month-old daughter of Baha'u'llah and Mahd-i-'Ulya. Her body was buried in ...
- 1863-08-31 — Baha'u'llah was resident in the House of Shamsi Big near the mosque of Khirqiu-i-Sharifh. During thi...
- 1863-09-17 — Because the Shamsi Big residence was too small Baha'u'llah and His family were moved to the house of...
- 1863-11-31 — Prelude to the exile from Constantinople:
It was during Baha'u'llah's stay in Constantinople that t...
- 1863-12-01 — Baha'u'llah and His companions left Constantinople for Adrianople. Carriages, wagons and pack animal...
- 1863-12-12 — Baha'u'llah in Adrianople
Baha'u'llah and His companions arrived in Adrianople (the "remote pr...
- 1863-12-13 — Baha'u'llah and His party spent three nights in the Khan-i-'Arab caravanserai. [BKG218]
...
- 1863-12-15 — Baha'u'llah and His family stayed for one week at a house in the Muradiyyih quarter of the city, in ...
- 1863-12-22 — Baha'u'llah and His family spent about six to ten months in another house in the Muradiyyih quarter ...
- 1864-00-00 — 'Abdu'l-Baha wrote the Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan, the commentary on the well-known Islamic trad
- 1864-04-01 — Sulayman Pasha, a Súfi, succeeded Muhammad Pashay-i-Qibrisi as Governor of Adrianople. Both were ad...
- 1864-08-15 — Birth of Mirza Diya'u'llah, the third son of Baha'u'llah and Mahdi-'Ulya. [BKG222]...
- 1864-09-01 — Baha'u'llah and His family moved to the house of Amru'llah (The Cause of God) located to the north o...
- 1864-12-00 — At some point near the end of His life the Bab had consigned His remaining papers, His seal, His qal...
- 1864-12-00 — After years of imprisonment in Tehran, Àbdu'r '-Rasúl-Qumi visited Baha'u'llah in Adrianople then ...
- 1864-12-01 — Death of Governor Sulayman Pasha of Adrianople. He was succeeded by 'Árif Pasha, who was not well-d...
- 1864-12-02 — In their efforts to discredit Baha'u'llah and His companions, the followers of Azal made complaints ...
- 1864-12-03 — Mirza Yahya began his attempts on Baha'u'llah's life about one year after the arrival of the exiles....
- 1864-12-31 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Persian Tablet of Ahmad (Lawh-i-Ahmad-i-Farsi) sometime between 1864 and 18...
- 1865-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad (Lawh-i-Ahmad) for Ahmad, a believer from Yazd. [RB2...
- 1865-12-31 — Prior to and during the crisis that was to follow, Baha'u'llah began revealing Tablets at a prodigio...
- 1866-03-01 — The Most Great Separation
Mirza Yahya's behaviour could no longer be tolerated or concealed. Bah...
- 1866-03-02 — Khurshid Pasha took up the governorship of Adrianople. [BBR487; BKG233]...
- 1866-03-03 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Baha in honour of Khatún Jan, a believer and close friend of Tahiri...
- 1866-03-10 — Baha'u'llah and His family withdrew from the house of Amru'llah, the residence shared with the exile...
- 1867-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Badi'u'llah, fourth son of Baha'u'llah and Mahd-i'Ulya in Adrianople. [BKG247]...
- 1867-03-00 — Baha'u'llah moved back to the now empty house of Amru'llah. [GPB168]
He stayed for about three m...
- 1867-06-00 — Baha'u'llah rented the house of 'Izzat Áqa where He and His family lived until their departure from...
- 1867-08-00 — Baha'u'llah refused to draw the allowance granted Him by the Ottoman government. [RB2:327]
Mirza...
- 1867-09-02 — "The Most Great Idol" was cast out of the community.
Mirza Yahya's henceman, Siyyid Muhammad, con
- 1867-09-03 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Badi', the Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting), the first Tabl...
- 1867-09-04 — Thinking that He will not accept, Mirza Yahya, prodded on by Mir Muhammad, challenged Baha'u'llah to...
- 1867-09-05 — In this period the extent of the Faith was enlarged with expansion in the Caucasus, the establishmen...
- 1867-12-15 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Súriy-Mulúk (Súrih of Kings). [BKG245; GPB171–2; RB2:301-336; BW19p58...
- 1868-04-00 — Seven Baha'is in Constantinople were arrested and interrogated by a commission of inquiry whose mand...
- 1868-07-26 — Baha'u'llah's banishment to 'Akka
Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz, at the instigation of his Prime Minister,...
- 1868-08-00 — One morning without warning Baha'u'llah's house was surrounded by soldiers. The inhabitants were rou...
- 1868-08-12 — Baha'u'llah, His family and companions, escorted by a Turkish captain and a number of soldiers, set ...
- 1868-08-15 — The Baha'is imprisoned in Constantinople arrived in Gallipoli to be exiled with Baha'u'llah's party....
- 1868-08-16 — They arrived in Gallipoli on the fifth day. [BKG260]
GPB180 says it was a four-day journey. CH62...
- 1868-08-21 — Baha'u'llah and His companions left Gallipoli on an Austrian-Lloyd steamer. [BKG263; GPB182; RB2:411...
- 1868-08-22 — Soon after sunrise the ship arrived at Smyrna. [BKG264]
It stays for two days and left at night. ...
- 1868-08-23 — The steamer left Smyrna at night for Alexandria, which she reached on the morning two days later. [B...
- 1876-05-30 — Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz was deposed. He had ruled from 1861. [BBR485]...
- 1876-06-04 — `Abdu'l-`Aziz either committed suicide or was assassinated. [BBD2; BBR485; GPB225]
Accession of M...
- 1876-08-31 — Deposition of Murad V followed by the accession of `Abdu'l-Hamid II to the Sultanate of the Ottoman ...
- 1877-00-00 — As a result of the war between Russia and Turkey some 11 million people were freed from the Turkish ...
- 1892-09-03 — Nabil, inconsolable at the death of Baha'u'llah, committed suicide by drowning himself in the sea. [...
- 1901-04-00 — The Iranian ambassador to the Ottoman government at Istanbul, `Ala'u'l-Mulk, filed a report with the...
- 1903-05-00 — Russian poet Isabella Grinevskaya wrote the play "Bab" which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904...
- 1904-00-05 — Through the year the Covenant-breakers plotted until the friendly governor of `Akka was replaced by ...
- 1905-00-00 — A second Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of `Árif Bey, arrived in `Akka further to in...
- 1908-07-23 — The Young Turks issued a declaration demanding the restoration of the old constitution of Midhat Pas...
- 1908-07-24 — In Constantinople, a bomb intended for Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid as he returned from the mosque on Friday...
- 1909-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Hamid II was deposed. [BBR486]
Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid II lived from 1842 to 1918) and rei...
- 1911-09-29 — The start of the Italo-Turkish war which lasted until the 18th of October 1912 when the Ottoman Empi...
- 1911-10-21 — News of the Battle of Benghazi (17 October) was headline news. It was one of the opening salvos of t...
- 1913-06-13 — The Second Balkan War broke out on 16 June 1913 when Bulgaria, dissatisfied with the territorial gai...
- 1918-09-23 — "During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Baha faced repeated thr
- 1928-10-00 — A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Baha'is began in Turkey. [BBR474]
Several Baha'is were ...
- 1928-12-13 — The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Baha'is of Turkey was brought before a crim...
- 1928-12-13 — The pronouncement of the verdit of the court in the case of the official inquiry into the activities...
- 1932-11-00 — A number of Baha'is were arrested in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]...
- 1932-12-02 — By this time there were 15 Baha'is under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474]...
- 1933-02-06 — By this date there were about 50 Baha'is under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR475; PP317]...
- 1933-03-31 — The 50 Baha'is imprisoned in Adana were released. [BBR475]...
- 1954-00-00 — The purchase of the House of Baha'u'llah in Istanbul was concluded. [SS38]...
- 1954-12-16 — Shoghi Effendi announced the death of Avarih in Iran, "CONDEMNED POSTERITY MOST SHAMELESS, VICIOUS, ...
- 1959-03-01 — A number of Baha'is, members of the local spiritual assembly, were arrested in Ankara, Turkey. [MC30...
- 1959-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Turkey was formed.
For the letter of the Custodians to the nat...
- 1961-01-17 — Following the arrest of Baha'is in Turkey in March 1959 and the subsequent court case, the Turkish c...
- 1961-07-15 — The Turkish court declared the Baha'i Faith to be a 'Tarighat', a sect forbidden by the law of the l...
- 1987-04-21 — The National Convention of Turkey was held for the first time with the official permission of the Tu...
- 1990-05-18 — The first of seven European women's conferences sponsored by the Continental Board of Counsellors wa...
- 1992-04-04 — The first Children's Festival and Family Conference of Turkey was held in Cankaya, Ankara. [BINS269:...
- 1996-06-03 — The Baha'i International Community and 150 Baha'is from many countries participated in the Second Un...
- 2003-04-27 — Baha'is from the north and south of Cyprus met when they were permitted to cross the demarcation lin...
- 2009-02-14 — Regional Conference was held in Istanbul, Turkey. [BWNS698]...
- 2016-05-23 — The first World Humanitarian Summit was held in Istanbul, Turkey. The summit, organized by the Unite...
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