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1849 26 Nov
184-
The Báb sent Mullá Ádí-Guzal to the graves of Quddús and Mullá Husayn to make a pilgrimage on His behalf [DB431] * Báb, The (chronology); Mulla Adi-Guzal; Cemeteries and graves; Quddus; Mulla Husayn; Pilgrimage; Iran
1849 1 Aug
184-
Death of Hájí Mírzá Áqásí at Karbalá. [Bab147; BBD19; BBR156]
  • The Báb, in a letter to the Sháh called him "manifest darkness" and "the devil whom thou hast appointed as thy Chancellor". [SWB26]
  • Shoghi Effendi designated him as the "Antichrist of the Bábí Revelation" and called him a "vulgar, false-hearted and fickle-minded schemer". [GPB164, 4]
  • Hájí Mírzá Aqasi; - Prime Ministers of Iran; - Prime Ministers; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq; Iran
    1849 July - Aug (Or perhaps later)
    184-
    Bahá'u'lláh conceived of a plan, a plan that was endorsed by the Báb, to have the Báb appoint Mírzá Yahyá as the titular head of the Faith. Mírzá Yahyá was concealed and hidden while mention of him was on every tongue. It is speculated that as a further measure to reduce His public profile, Bahá'u'lláh retired to Karbalá via Baghdád for a period of some ten months. [UD631n234; TN37-38; GPB90; RoB1p53-54]

    On the subject of the successor to the Báb the Guardian states:

      A successor or vicegerent the Báb never named, an interpreter of His teachings He refrained from appointing. So transparently clear were His references to the Promised One, so brief was to be the duration of His own Dispensation, that neither the one nor the other was deemed necessary. All He did was, according to the testimony of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in "A Traveller's Narrative," to nominate, on the advice of Bahá'u'lláh and of another disciple, Mírzá Ya˙yá, who would act solely as a figure-head pending the manifestation of the Promised One, thus enabling Bahá'u'lláh to promote, in relative security, the Cause so dear to His heart. [GPB28—29]
      .He has also referred to him as "titular head" and "a mere figurehead". [GPB90]
  • See also Mírzá Yahyá Azal, Designation of in the Writings of the Báb written on behalf of the Universal House of Justice and published in Lights of Irfan Vol 8 pp387-391.
  • Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal)
    1849 c. Jun - Jul
    184-
    The Báb, in prison in the castle of Chihríq, learned of the massacre at Shaykh Tabarsí and the martyrdom of Quddús. He was so overcome with grief that He was unable to write or dictate for a period of five or six months. [DB411, 430]
  • See the Tablet of Visitation for Mulla Muhammad 'Ali-i-Barfurushi (Quddús) revealed by the Báb.
  • * Báb, The (chronology); * Báb, Writings of; Prison; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Quddus; Tablets of Visitation; * Báb, The, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Chihríq, Iran; Iran
    1849 16 May
    184-
    Quddús was tortured and, in the public square, he was struck down with an axe, dismembered and burnt. [Bab176; BBD191; BW18:381; DB409–13; MH283–4] When the

      "When the procession reached the public square, where the execution was to take place, Quddús, this youth of only twenty-seven years, cried out, "Would that my mother were with me, and could see with her own eyes the splendour of my nuptials!" As these words were being spoken the wild multitude fell upon him, tearing him limb from limb and throwing the scattered pieces into a fire which they had kindled for that purpose. Another account states that the Sa'ídu'l-'Ulamá had himself cut of Quddús' ears and struck him on the head with an axe." [TtP92]
  • As he died he begged God's forgiveness for his foes. [DB411; MH284]
  • His remains were gathered and buried by a friend. [Bab176; DB413]
  • See GPB49–50 for the rank and titles of Quddús.
  • See Quddus, Companion of the Bab by Harriet Pettibone.
  • Quddus; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; - Letters of the Living; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran
    1849 11 May
    184-
    Quddús was taken to Bárfurúsh (now called Babol) and handed over to the priests. [DB408] Quddus; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran
    1849 10 May
    184-
    The end of the siege of the fort at Shaykh Tabarsí. Two hundred and two Bábís were tricked into leaving the shrine. [BW18:381]
  • DB400 says they accompanied Quddús.
  • They were not conducted to their homes as promised but were set upon by the Prince's soldiers. Some are killed, others sold into slavery. The fortifications around the shrine were razed to the ground. [DB403–4; MH283]
  • See DB414–29 for a list of the martyrs of Tabarsí.
  • Among those who gave their lives at Fort Tabarsi was Mullá Ja'far, the sifter of wheat and the first to embrace the Faith in Isfahan. [AY58]
  • Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Martyrs; Quddus; Mulla Jafar (sifter of wheat); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Iran
    1849 9 May
    184-
    Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá sent an emissary to the fort to invite two representatives to his camp to conduct negotiations. On the strength of assurances written on a Qur'án, Quddús left the fort and entered the Prince's camp. [B175; BW18:381; DB399–400] Mihdi-Quli Mírzá; Quddus; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran
    1849 26 Apr
    184-
    A charge by the forces of Sulaymán Khán was repulsed by 37 Bábís led by Mírzá Muhammad-Báqir. [BW18:381; DB3956]
  • A few days later some of the Bábís left the fort on the promise of Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá that they will be returned to their homes. As soon as they are outside the fort they were put to death. [DB396–9]
  • Sulayman Khan; Mírzá Muhammad-Baqir; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran; Bábí history
    1849 early Apr
    184-
    Sulaymán Khán-i-Afshar arrived with more troops. [BW18:381] Armies; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran
    1849 c. end Mar
    184-
    The army continued to fire on the shrine for a few days. Mírzá Muhammad-Báqir and 18 others attacked the new fortifications and destroyed some of them. [DB393–4] Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Armies; Mírzá Muhammad-Baqir; Iran
    1849 27 Mar
    184-
    Renewed forces under Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá encamped in the neighbourhood of the fort, built fortifications and began to bombard the shrine. [BW18:381; DB390–3]
  • DB391 says this was the ninth day after Naw-Rúz.
  • Mihdi-Quli Mírzá; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran
    1849 c. 11 Mar
    184-
    On learning through a traitor of the death of Mullá Husayn, 'Abbás-Qulí Khán launched a fresh attack on the fort. [DB384–6]
  • DB386 says this was 10 days before Naw-Rúz.
  • Nineteen Bábís led by Mírzá Muhammad-Báqir overcame the attackers. [DB386–8]
  • Abbas-Quli Khan-i-Larijani; Armies; Mulla Husayn; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran
    1849 2 Feb
    184-
    Soon after midnight, Mullá Husayn led a charge of 313 men that again routed the king's army. He was struck in the chest by a bullet and died. His body was carried back to the fort and buried. Ninety other Bábís were also wounded, about 40 of whom died. [B174; BW18:381; DB379–82; MH266–70]
  • Mullá Husayn was 36 years old at the time of his death. [DB383; MH272]
  • See DB382–3 for an account of his life.
  • See DB415–16 for an account of the heroics of Mullá Husayn.
  • See DB381–2 and MH265–70 for an account of the death and burial of Mullá Husayn.
  • See SDH13–14 for an account of his death by Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá.
  • Seventy–two of the original 313 inhabitants of the fort had been martyred by this time. [DB382]
  • It took the army 45 days to re-assemble its forces. [DB384; MH277]
  • Mulla Husayn; Mihdi-Quli Mírzá; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; - Letters of the Living; Iran
    1849 1 Feb
    184-
    The well was completed. Mullá Husayn performed his ablutions and put on clean clothes and the turban of the Báb. [DB379; MH264–6] Mulla Husayn; Turbans; Relics; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran
    1849 27 Jan
    184-
    Reinforcements arrived for the besiegers under the leadership of 'Abbás-Qulí Khán-i-Láríjání. [BW18:381; DB378–9; MH263]
  • This was the third army to be mustered.
  • The water supply was again cut off and Mullá Husayn ordered that a well be dug and a bath constructed. [DB379; MH263]
  • Abbas-Quli Khan-i-Larijani; Armies; Mulla Husayn; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Iran
    1849 11 Jan
    184-
    Quddús and Mullá Husayn led a night attack on the encamped army. Two hundred and two Bábís dispersed the camp. [BW18:381; BD365; MH254]
  • DB 368 says this occurred on 21 December 1848.
  • Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá fled barefoot. [DB366]
  • Mullá Husayn's sword was broken in the attack and he used that of Quddús. His companions brought him the abandoned sword of Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá. [DB367; MH257]
  • At daybreak the soldiers mounted a counter-attack. [DB367; MH258–9]
  • In this encounter Quddús was wounded in the mouth and was rescued by Mullá Husayn who dispersed the enemy using the sword of Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá in one hand and that of Quddús in the other. [B174; DB367; MH258–9]
  • Quddus; Mulla Husayn; Armies; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Swords; Iran
    1849 (early) Jan
    184-
    Arrival of Mihdí-Qulí Mírzá and 3,000 royal troops in the vicinity of the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsí. [B173–4; BW18:381; DB363]
  • He set up camp and his headquarters in the village of Vás-Kas. [DB363]
  • Mihdi-Quli Mírzá; Armies; Shaykh Tabarsí siege; Vas-Kas, Iran; Iran
    1849 (In the year)
    184-
    Bahá'u'lláh married his second wife, Fátimih Khánum Mahd-i-'Ulyá (1828–1904), His cousin, the daughter of Malik-Nisá Khánum (Mírzá Buzurg's sister) and Mírzá Karím-i-Namadsáb. She was 21 and he was 32.
  • Note: According to one source, she was married to the famous cleric Mírzá Muhammad Taqí 'Allámi-yi-Núrí and widowed before Bahá'u'lláh married her.
  • * Bahaullah (chronology); Bahá'u'lláh, Wives of; Mahd-i-Ulya (Fatimih Khanum); Malik-Nisa Khanum; Mírzá Buzurg; Mírzá Karim-i-Namadsab; Iran
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