- 1844-05-23 — The birth of `Abdu'l-Baha in a rented house near the Shimran Gate in Tihran. He was born at midnight...
- 1851-05-00 — It was sometime when 'Abdu'l-Baha was seven years old that he contracted tuberculosis and all indica...
- 1852-08-31 — Baha'u'llah's imprisonment in the Siyah-Chal
See AB10–11, BBD211–12, BKG79–83, CH41–2, ...
- 1853-01-12 — Baha'u'llah and His family departed for Baghdad after a one month respite in the home of his half-br...
- 1853-08-00 — It was during the Baghdad period that 'Abdu'l-Baha became conscious to the station of His Father.
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- 1862-00-01 — Baha'u'llah sent a ring and cashmere shawl to His niece, Shahr-Banú, the daughter of Mirza Muhammad...
- 1863-04-22 — Thirty–one days after Naw-Rúz, which in this year fell on 22 March, Baha'u'llah left His house fo...
- 1864-00-00 — 'Abdu'l-Baha wrote the Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan, the commentary on the well-known Islamic trad
- 1867-09-03 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Badi', the Munajathay-i-Siyam (Prayers for Fasting), the first Tabl...
- 1872-01-22 — Three Azalis were murdered by seven Baha'is in 'Akka. [BBD163; BKG3256 DH41; GPB189; RB3:235]
Siy...
- 1873-03-00 — Ilyas `Abbúd offers to provide a room in his house for `Abdu'l-Baha and Munirih Khanum after their ...
- 1873-03-08 — Marriage of `Abdu'l-Baha to Munirih Khanum in the House of `Abbúd.
DH45 says the marriage too...
- 1875-00-03 — `Abdu'l-Baha rented a small garden near `Akka for Baha'u'llah's use. [BBD196–7; DH95]
See DH95 ...
- 1875-00-04 — At the request of Baha'u'llah,`Abdu'l-Baha wrote The Mysterious Forces of Civilization, a treatise o...
- 1877-00-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha rented the house of Mazra`ih for Baha'u'llah's use. [BKG357; DH87; RB3:416]...
- 1877-04-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha held a banquet for the notables of `Akka in a pine grove near Bahji. [BKG358; DH54, 87]...
- 1879-12-31 — Birth of Túba Khanum, second daughter of `Abdu'l-Baha. [CH93, 95, ABMM]...
- 1880-06-18 — Baha'u'llah visited the Druze village of Yirkih (Yerka). `Abdu'l-Baha joined Him for the last four n...
- 1886-00-04 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote A Traveller's Narrative. [TN40]
A translation into English ...
- 1886-00-05 — The passing of the wife of Baha'u'llah, Ásiyih Khanum, entitled Navvab (the Most Exalted Leaf) in t...
- 1891-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-`Ahd. [BBD32; CB142; GPB236–40, BKG420–5; RB4:419–20]
It...
- 1892-05-29 — The Ascension of Baha'u'llah  
Baha'u'llah passed away at Bahji in His seventy–fifth year. [AB...
- 1892-05-31 — `Abdu'l-Baha rented the house now known as the Pilgrim House (or the "Tea House") at Bahji from its ...
- 1892-06-07 — On the ninth day after Baha'u'llah's passing the Will and Testament of Baha'u'llah, the Kitab-i-`Ahd...
- 1892-06-16 — `Abdu'l-Baha sent a message to the Baha'is of the world calling for steadfastness. [AB48–9; DH113]...
- 1892-06-30 — `Abdu'l-Baha went to Haifa and Mount Carmel and isolated Himself in a small apartment in the stone b...
- 1893-00-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih (variously translated as "Treatise on Politics", "A Treatise...
- 1896-00-02 — Diya'iyyih Khanum, the eldest daughter of `Abdu'l-Baha, married Mirza Hadi Afnan of Shiraz. [BW4:234...
- 1896-10-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha rented the former Governorate of `Abdu'llah Pasha in the northwest corner of the city o...
- 1896-11-00 — Mirza Muhammad-`Ali sent letters with misleading statements and calumnies against `Abdu'l-Baha, thus...
- 1896-11-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha was forced to withdraw from `Akka to Tiberias owing to the accusations levelled against...
- 1897-05-15 — Finding the situation in `Akka intolerable, `Abdu'l-Baha had moved to Haifa's Retreat of Elijah on M...
- 1898-12-10 — The first Western pilgrims arrived in `Akka. [AB68; BBD13; BBRXXX; DH214; GPB257; SCU13; Baha'i Teac...
- 1899-02-00 — The first Tablets of `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in America. [BFA1:143]
See BFA1:143 for the recipients....
- 1899-02-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha, accompanied by Kheiralla, laid the foundation stone for the Shrine of the Bab. [BFA1:X...
- 1899-03-23 — Edward and Lua Getsinger departed Akka and arrived in New York City on the 20th of May. [LGHC30]
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- 1900-00-00 — For the state of affairs in Haifa just after the turn of the century see CB231-234....
- 1900-00-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha began to build the foundations of the Shrine of the Bab. [CB223]
Note that the numbe...
- 1901-00-00 — The Junayn Gardens northwest of Mazra`ih, owned by several Baha'is, was registered under the name of...
- 1901-00-00 — Siyyid Mustafa Rúmi sent from Rangoon a sample of the marble that the sarcophagus for the remains ...
- 1901-08-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote His Will and Testament over this seven-year period. [AB124–5, 484; BBD236]
I...
- 1901-08-20 — Sultan `Abdu'l-Hamid re-imposed the restrictions confining `Abdu'l-Baha and His brothers within the ...
- 1902-11-28 — Construction began on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of `Ishqabad with the laying of its cornerstone. [BFA2:1...
- 1903-07-20 — `Abdu'l-Baha commissioned the second restoration of the House of the Bab in Shiraz under the supervi...
- 1904-00-05 — Through the year the Covenant-breakers plotted until the friendly governor of `Akka was replaced by ...
- 1904-00-06 — Laura Clifford Barney made a number of extended visits to `Akka during this period. She brought with...
- 1905-00-00 — A second Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of `Árif Bey, arrived in `Akka further to in...
- 1905-05-23 — A Nineteen Day Feast was celebrated in New York City, the first known to have been held in North Ame...
- 1906-03-00 — Mrs Whyte, the wife of a well-known Scottish clergyman, made a pilgrimage to `Akka with Mary Virgini...
- 1907-00-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha started to move His family to the house that He had designed and built in the German co...
- 1908-07-24 — In Constantinople, a bomb intended for Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid as he returned from the mosque on Friday...
- 1908-08-30 — A "Feast of Rejoicing" was held at the home of Howard MacNutt at 935 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn to ...
- 1908-08-31 — "When the tyrannous regime of Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid ended, the gates of 'Akka were thrown open and 'A
- 1909-03-21 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the sacred remains of the Bab in their final resting place at the Shrine in Haifa....
- 1910-00-00 — The publication of The Oriental Rose, or, The teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha which trace the chart of "Th...
- 1910-08-00 — Having moved all His family to Haifa, `Abdu'l-Baha Himself moved from the House of `Abdu'llah Pasha ...
- 1910-08-29 — `Abdu'l-Baha departed for Egypt on board the steamer Kosseur London accompanied by two attendants, M...
- 1911-04-09 — Louis Gregory visited Ramleh where 'Abdu'l-Baha was staying in preparation for His first visit to Eu...
- 1911-05-15 — Talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa on the day of the commemoration of the Bab's Declaration....
- 1911-05-18 — Talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa to to Mr. Charles Mason Remey and Mr. Howard C. Struven on the day of ...
- 1911-08-11 — The beginning of `Abdu'l-Baha's first Western tour [AB139]
`Abdu'l-Baha departed from Egypt with a ...
- 1911-08-21 — 'Abdu'l-Baha and His party took a ferry from Geneva to Thonon-les-Bains and were met by Laura Dreyfu
- 1911-10-03 — `Abdu'l-Baha gave a talk that has been entitled, "Eleven essentials: the Bahai principles as taught ...
- 1911-12-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Paris for Marseilles by train from the Gare de Lyon arriving late in the day. Lit...
- 1911-12-06 — 'Abdu'l-Baha gave a talk on materialism at a meeting of theosophists, possible at 25, Boulevard Bail
- 1911-12-07 — 'Abdu'l-Baha departed Marseilles for Egypt on board Le Portugal. It travelled to Beirut via Alexandr
- 1912-03-25 — `Abdu'l-Baha's second Western tour
'Abdul'-Baha and His party embarked from Alexandria on the Whi...
- 1912-04-11 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in New York. [AB172; GPB281; APD3-5; SoW Vol 3 No 3 p3; Mahmúd's Diary p38-39...
- 1912-05-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; A...
- 1912-08-04 — 'Abdu'l-Baha spoke to a group of 28 black people on the importance of unity and friendship between t
- 1912-08-22 — The International Moral Education Congress was an international academic conference held in Europe s...
- 1912-12-05 — `Abdu'l-Baha sailed on the S. S. Celtic of the White Star Line from New York to Liverpool. [239D:193...
- 1912-12-05 — `Abdu'l-Baha's second visit to Europe.
It was His second visit to Great Britain. It lasted 24 da...
- 1912-12-22 — On another occasion He gave an outline for a play to his hostess for the evening, Mrs Gabrielle Enth...
- 1913-06-13 — `Abdu'l-Baha left Marseilles on the S. S. Himalaya for Port Said. Sailing with Him were: Mirza Ali-...
- 1913-06-16 — 'Abdul-Baha began His third stay in Egypt which lasted 5 months and 16 days.
At some time during
- 1913-07-10 — `Abdu'l-Baha went to Isma`iliyyah, where the weather is less humid. He took up short-term residence ...
- 1913-07-17 — `Abdu'l-Baha traveled to Ramleh. It was hoped that the drier climate would be more salubrious than t...
- 1913-07-23 — Lua Getsinger arrived at Port Said and was given permission to join 'Abdu'l-Baha the following day. ...
- 1913-08-01 — With his final year of high school over, Shoghi Effendi hastened from Beirut to Ramleh to join the M...
- 1913-08-28 — 'Abdu'l-Baha revealed a tablet to an unnamed woman saying that only two things were not open to wome
- 1913-12-00 — "Tamaddunu'l-Mulk (Mirza 'Abdu'l-Husayn Khan Qalati Shirazi) caused mischief amongst the friends and
- 1913-12-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha boarded a Lloyd Triestino boat (then called Lloyd Austriaco) bound for Haifa with stop...
- 1914-10-15 — In a talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha to Mason Remey and George Latimer in Haifa the Master distanced Himself fr...
- 1914-11-01 — Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers.
Palestine was blockaded and Haifa was b...
- 1915-00-00 — Jamal Pasha, Commander of the 4th Army Corps of the Turkish army, was put in military control of Syr...
- 1915-05-00 — The Baha'is of Haifa and `Akka returned to their homes from the village of Abú-Sinan. [DH147]...
- 1915-07 — `Abdu'l-Baha's Memorials of the Faithful began to take shape. [AB417; MFXII]
`Abdu'l-Baha would...
- 1916-03-26 — `Abdu'l-Baha revealed eight of the Tablets of the Divine Plan. [AB420; BBD219 BBRSM157; SBBH132-3; T...
- 1917-02-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha revealed six Tablets of the Divine Plan. [AB422; BBD219, ...
- 1917-04-03 — 'Abdu'l-Baha's exhortation on China was published in the Star of the West on the 28th of April, 191
- 1917-11-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha sent a message to the Baha'is of the world assuring them of His safety. [AB412]
Th...
- 1917-12-09 — General Allenby entered Jerusalem. [AB425]
Major Wellesley Tudor Pole had risked court martial...
- 1918-01-00 — The British Baha'is alerted the Foreign Office about the importance of ensuring `Abdu'l-Baha's safet...
- 1919-11-00 — William Harry Randall, an American, asked `Abdu'l-Baha if he might contribute to the building of the...
- 1919-12-17 — Due to the difficulty of communication during the war there was a long delay before the invitation w...
- 1920-00-00 — The British Mandate for Palestine began. [BBR488]
For `Abdu'l-Baha's attitude to the administra...
- 1920-01-04 — The arrival of 'Abdu'l-Baha's hand-built seven-seater Cunningham touring car made in Rochester NY by...
- 1920-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Baha was invested with the insignia of the Knighthood of the British Empire as Sir Abbas Eff...
- 1920-05-17 — The Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace was delivered to the E...
- 1920-07-19 — Shoghi Effendi departed from France two weeks after receiving 'Abdu'l-Baha's permission to study at ...
- 1921-09-00 — Roy Wilhelm had sent three generators to the Holy Land and had asked permission from 'Abdu'l-Baha to...
- 1921-11-28 — Ascension of `Abdu'l-Baha
`Abdu'l-Baha passed away at about 1:00 a.m., in Haifa. [AB452; BBD4; BBR3...
- 1921-11-29 — The funeral of `Abdu'l-Baha. [BW15:115]
For details of the funeral see AB464-74; BW1:23-6; BW15...
- 1921-11-30 — A cable was sent to London with news of `Abdu'l-Baha's passing. Shoghi Effendi was summonsed to the ...
- 1921-12-04 — On the seventh day after the passing of `Abdu'l-Baha, corn was distributed in His name to about a th...
- 1924-00-00 — The publication of Episodes in the Life of Moneereh Khanum. Moneereh Khanum translated by Mirza Ahma...
- 1924-00-00 — The publication of Abdul Baha's First Days in America from the Diary of Juliet Thompson by Juliet ...
- 1926-01-25 — The passing of Professor Edward Granville Browne, (b. on the family estate in Gloucestershire, 7 Feb...
- 1952-00-00 — Published on the instructions of Shoghi Effendi, Dr Yúnis Afrukhtih's Khatirat-i-Nuh-Saliy-i- Akka,...
- 1971-00-00 — The publication of Memorials of the Faithful by the Baha'i Publishing Trust in Wilmette as trans...
- 1983-00-00 — The Diary of Juliet Thompson with a foreword by Marzieh Gail was published by Kalimat Press. The dia...
- 2020-11-00 — The release of the film The Mystery of God. It was written by Linda Marshall Youssefian and Nadia F...
- 2021-11-18 — The release of the film Exemplar commissioned by the Universal House of Justice to mark the centenar...
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