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1858 – 1862
185-		 It was in this period that Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Seven Valleys (Haft Vadi) in response to a request from a Súfí, Shaykh Muhyi'd-Dín, the Qádí of Khániqayn, whom He may have met in Kurdistán. In it Bahá'u'lláh described the "seven stages which the soul of the seeker must needs traverse ere it can attain the object of its existence." These seven stages were originally proposed by the great Persian Sufi poet Shaykh Faridu'd-Din Attar (d1230C.E) in his renowned work the Mantiqu't-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds.) [BBS94; GPB140; BBD206; BBRSM:64; SA150; BKG161-163; RoB1p98-101]
  • For details of the composition and content of the Seven Valleys see SA150.
    		•  * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (before Declaration); * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Call of the Divine Beloved (book); Baghdad, Iraq; Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys); Iraq; Kurdistan; Mysticism; Shaykh Muhyid-Din; Sufism
    1858 Aug
    185-    		 The dismissal of Mírzá Áqá Khán, the prime minister who had directed the persecution of the Bábís that followed the attempt on the life of the Sháh.
  • It was Mírzá Áqá Khán while Prime Minister during the arrest and imprisonment of Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran, who transferred the deeds of some of Bahá'u'lláh's properties in Núr into his own name and plundered some of the riches in His home in Tehran. [RoB1p10-11]
    		•  - Prime Ministers; - Prime Ministers of Iran; - Shahs; Iran; Mírzá Aqa Khan; Nasirid-Din Sháh; Nasirid-Din Shah, Attempt on
    1858 19 Jul
    185-    		 Nabil, who had met Bahá'u'lláh in 1850, was one of the Bábí leaders who claimed to be the promised messianic figure according to the Báb's prophecies. After his return to Baghdad he withdrew his claim when he recognized Bahá'u'lláh's status as the fulfillment of the Báb's predictions and the leader of the Bábís. He became one of Bahá'u'lláh's earliest followers. [RoB1p202, "Nabil-e aʿzam Zaranadi, Mollā Mohammad," by Vahid Rafati, Encyclopædia Iranica] Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Nabil-i-Azam
    1857 -1858
    185-    		 Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Hidden Words (Kalimát-i-Maknúnih), originally designated 'The Hidden Words of Fátimih', while walking along the banks of the Tigris. [BBD102; BKG159; GPB138–40]
  • See Kalemat-e Makuna in Encyclopaedia Iranica by Moojan Momen.
    		•  * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of (before Declaration); * Bahaullah (chronology); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Baghdad, Iraq; Fatimah (daughter of Muhammad); Interfaith dialogue; Iraq; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Rivers; Tigris River
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