1903 03 May 190- |
Upheaval at Rasht. [BBRXXX, 373]
See BW18p385 for a chronicle of events.
- 3 May: Agitation against Bahá'í's following publication of photograph of the Bahá'í community; several Bahá'ís beaten.
- May: Mob disrupted a Bahá'í funeral, exhumed body and burned it.
- May: Renewed uproar in the town following the placing of a forged placard at the door of the local mujtahid, Haji Khumami.
- 17 May: Two leading Bahá'ís, Ibtihaju'l-Mulk and Mudabbiru'l-Mamalik, expelled from the town.
The Bahá'ís take sanctuary at the Russian Consulate. [BBR376]
For Western accounts of the episode see BBR377–385] |
* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Rasht upheaval; Isfahan upheaval; - Upheavals; Russian consulate; Rasht, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Iran |
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