- 1864-04-00 —
Upheaval at Najafábád
- Several hundred Bahá'ís were arrested by Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir (later stigmatized as 'the Wolf' by Bahá'u'lláh) and taken to Isfahán to be put to death. He was dissuaded from this plan by other 'ulamá of Isfahán. Two of the prisoners were executed, 18 were sent to Tihrán and the remainder were sent back to Najafábád where they were severely beaten. Those sent to Tihrán were put in a dungeon but released after three months by the Sháh. Two of these were beaten then executed upon their return from Tihrán on the order of Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir. [BBD213; BBR268–9; BW18:382]
- 1889-07-17 —
Upheaval in Najafábád: Áqá Najafí, the `Son of the Wolf', drove over a hundred Bahá'ís out of Sidih and Najafábád. They took sanctuary in the Telegraph Office and in the stables of the governor of Isfahán.
- See BBR280–4 for Western reporting of the episode.
- What follows is the account from BW18p383 by Moojan Momen:
- 17 July; Isfahan, Sidih and Najafabad: Aqá Najafi, the 'Son of the Wolf, having initiated a campaign against the Bahá'ís in June, on this day, drove over one hundred Bahá'ís out of Sidih and Najafábád: they took sanctuary in the Telegraph Office and in the stables Of the Governor in Iṣfahán.
- 18 July: They were persuaded to leave the Telegraph Office after being assured that they would receive protection in their villages.
- August: Bahá'ís of Sidih and Najafábád, having received no help, went to Ṭihrán to petition the Sháh.
- 25 February 1890: On their return from Ṭihrán with the Shah's decree permitting their return home, seven were killed as they tried to return to Sidih.
- 1899-04-09 —
Upheaval at Najafábád. [BBRXXX, 426; BW18:384–5]
- Mírzá Báqir-i-Há'í was arrested, several Bahá'ís were beaten and Bahá'í homes were looted in Najafábád. [BBR426; BW18:384–5]
- Some 300 Bahá'ís occupied the British telegraph office hoping that the Sháh would intervene on behalf of the Bahá'ís. [BBR427–8]
- For Western accounts of the episode see BBR426–30.
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