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Date 181-, sorted by date, ascending

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c. 1812
181-		 Birth of Mullá Muhammad-`Alíy-i-Zanjání, Hujjat. - Births and deaths; Hujjat; Iran
c. 1813
181-		 Birth of Muhammad Husayn-i-Bushrú'í (Mullá Husayn).
  • See Light of Faith: A collection of stories by Paris Sadeghzadeh and Behnam Golmohammadi p20-29.
    		•  - Births and deaths; - Letters of the Living; Bushrúyih, Iran; Iran; Mulla Husayn
    1815 (Dates undetermined)
    181-    		 Early history of the House of the Báb

  • RoB4p240 states that the Báb's father, Áqá Mírzá Muhammad Ridá bought the House, however, the family records show that it was an inheritance. [MBBA162]
  • The Báb (Alí Muhammad) was born there 20th of October, 1819.
  • With the passing of His father He and his mother, Fatimah Bagum, relocated to the home of her brother Hájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alí, possibly about 1824 or later.
    		• Aqa Mírzá Muhammad Rida; Báb, House of (Shiraz); Fatimih Bagum; Hájí Mírzá Siyyid Ali; Iran; Shíráz, Iran
    1817 (In the year)
    181-    		 Shaykh Ahmad traveled to Persia and visits Shíráz and Tihrán. He was in Tihrán when Bahá'u'lláh is born. [DB13] * Bahaullah (chronology); Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Iran; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsai; Shaykhism; Shíráz, Iran; Tehran, Iran
    c. 1817
    181-    		 Birth of Hand of the Cause Mullá Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikání (Hájí Amín), in Ardikán, near Yazd. - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; Ardikan, Iran; Hájí Amin (Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani); Iran; Yazd, Iran
    1817 (In the year)
    181-    		 The birth of Fátimih Umm-Salamih, Táhirih (the Pure One), Qurratu'l-'Ayn (Solace of the Eyes), Zarrín-Táj (Crown of Gold). [BBD220; GPB7, 73, 75; DB81note2]
  • In BBRSM16 her name was given as Fátimih Bigum Baragháni and birth year is 1814.
  • See Light of Faith: A collection of stories by Paris Sadeghzadeh and Behnam Golmohammadi p67-78.
    		•  - Births and deaths; - Letters of the Living; Iran; Qazvin, Iran; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj)
    1817 12 Nov
    181-    		 Birth of Mírzá Husayn `Alíy-i-Núrí (Bahá'u'lláh) in Tehran, called by Him the "Land of Tá" (Ard-i-Tá). [Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project]
  • He was of royal Persian blood, a descendant of Zoroaster and the Sásáníyán kings of Persia through Yazdigird III, the last king of that dynasty. Through His mother He was a descendant of Abraham through Katurah and Jesse. [BW8:874; GPB94; RB1:305]
  • He was born in Tihrán in the district t know as Darvázih-Shimran (Shimran Gate). This district has become know as Mahalyih Arabhá (the Arab quarter.) His father was Mírzá `Abbás whose ancestral home is Tákur in the province of Núr. His father was also known as Mírzá Buzurg in royal circles. [BKG13; RB1:7]
  • His mother was Khadíjih Khánum. [BBD127; BBRSM57–8]
  • He was born at dawn. [LOG353; DB12]
  • For biblical reference see LOG378.
  • RB1:304 for extracts from Shoghi Effendi re: His station.
  • BBD39, GPB157–8 for a condensed history.
  • See GPB93-99 for the significance of Bahá'u'lláh's station.
    		• * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Births and deaths; Abraham; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of; Bahá'u'lláh, Childhood of; Holy days; Iran; Khadijih Khanum; Mírzá Buzurg; Núr, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Twin Holy days; Zoroaster (Zarathustra)
    1818 May
    181-    		 Birth of Mullá Zaynu'l-`Ábidín (Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín), Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, in Najafábád. - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Births and deaths; Iran; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín (Mullá Zaynul-ʻÁbidín)
    1819 (In the year)
    181-    		 Death of Shaykh `Alí, son of Shaykh Ahmad. Shaykh Ahmad considered this loss as a sacrifice for `the Alí whose advent we all await'. [MH24] - Births and deaths; Iran; Sacrifice; Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsai; Shaykh Ali; Shaykhism
    1819 -1831
    181-    		 'Abdu'lláh Páshá became the governor of `Akká in 1819. In 1832 when the Egyptians took `Akká he surrendered and was taken to Egypt. He was freed in 1840 when the area reverted to Turkish rule. [BBD5] - Governors; `Abdu'lláh Páshá; Akka, Israel; Egypt; History (general); Israel; Palestine
    1819 20 Oct
    181-    		 Birth of Siyyid `Alí-Muhammad (The Báb), before dawn, in Shíráz. [B32; GH13; DB14, 72]
  • The Primal Point (Nuqtiy-i-Úlá). [BBD185]
  • The Promised One of Islam, the Qá'im. [BBD188]
  • Siyyid-i-dhikr (Lord of Remembrance). [BBD212]
  • His mother was Fátimih-Bagum. [Bab33, 46; KBWB20; RB2:382]
    • In the latter years of her life while she was living in Iraq, Bahá'u'lláh instructed two of His devoted followers, Hájí Siyyid Javád-i-Karbilá'í and the wife of Hájí 'Abdu'l-Majíd-i-Shírází, to acquaint her in the principles of the Faith and she became aware of the bountiful gifts which God had conferred upon her. [DB191]
  • His father was Mírzá Muhammad Ridá. [BW4:234–5; LOG351; SE206; TN4]
  • He was a direct heir of the House of Háshim and descended thus from Muhammad and through Him from Abraham. [BW8:874]
  • Designations of the Báb include `Abdu'dh-dhikr (Servant of the Remembrance), Bábu'lláh (the Gate of God) and Hadrat-i-A`lá (His Holiness the Most Exalted One). [BBD1, 30, 93]
  • For biblical reference see LOG378. See RB1:304 for extracts from Shoghi Effendi re: His station.
  • See BBD39, GPB157–8 for a condensed history.
  • See Bab32 and TN4 for discussion of the date of His father's death
  • See DB28–30. See DB75 for the extent of His schooling. See DB75 n1 for his education.
  • Also see Light of Faith: A collection of stories by Paris Sadeghzadeh and Behnam Golmohammadi p15-18.
    		• * Báb, The, Basic timeline; * Báb, The (chronology); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Births and deaths; Báb, Birth of; Báb, Family of; Fatimih Bagum; Holy days; Iran; Mírzá Muhammad Rida; Shíráz, Iran; Twin Holy days
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