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Date 1863-08-16, sorted by firsts, descending

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1863 16 Aug
186-		 Bahá'u'lláh and His party arrived at Constantinople at noon. He was received with great honour by a government official appointed. At that time it was a city of about 100,000 inhabitants. [BKG197; GPB157; RB2:1]
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  • The band of exiles had been augmented along the journey and now numbered about 70. At first the Governor allotted them space in an inn that was inadequate for their numbers and then 'Abdu'l-Bahá asked the governor that the family have a house apart. Mírzá Yáhyá and his family were invited to share the house. [CH59]
  • See The Bahá'í Faith in Turkey or Essays and Notes on Babi and Bahá'í History Chapter 4 by John Walbridge.
    		•  * Bahaullah (chronology); Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Istanbul, Turkey; Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Turkey first time a Manifestation of God had set foot on the European continent.
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