Chronology: Date 1864

date	event	tags	firsts
1861 / 1865	Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Persian Tablet of Ahmad (Lawh-i-Ahmad-i-Fársi) sometime between 1864 and 1865 for Haji Mirza Ahmad-i-Kashani, "a self-professed devotee of His whose scandalous acts and insincere behaviour had outraged other members of Bahá'u'lláh's retinue. In this relatively long letter Bahá'u'lláh admonishes Mirza Ahmad and others like him to cast off their waywardness and direct themselves to the path of piety and righteousness." [BB.S118] Hájí Mírzá Ahmad-i-K´sháni was a close companion of Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahání. See BKG231 and EGB64-65 for his fate. [BKG222-223] Two passages can be found in Gleanings, CLII, CLIII.	* Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Persian)); Hájí Mírzá Ahmad-i-Kashani; Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
1864 Dec	Mírzá Yahyá began his attempts on Bahá'u'lláh's life about one year after the arrival of the exiles. He invited Bahá'u'lláh to a feast and shared a dish, half of which was laced with poison. Bahá'u'lláh was ill for 21 days following this attempt and was left with a shaking hand for the rest of His life. Bahá'u'lláh was attended by a foreign Christian doctor named Shíshmán who died shortly after seeing Him. Bahá'u'lláh intimates that the doctor has sacrificed his life for Him. On another occasion he poisoned the well which provided water for the family and companions of Bahá'u'lláh. [BKG225] Mírzá Yahyá tried to convince the barber, Ustád Muhammad-'Alíy-i-Salmání, to assassinate Him at the public bath. This enraged the barber and, contrary to Bahá'u'lláh's instructions, he disclosed Mírzá Yahyá's intentions to the community thus causing further discontent. [CH60, BKG225–30, CB82–3, GPB165-166 and RB2:158–61]	Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Bahá'u'lláh, Attempts on; Poison; Ustad Muhammad-`Alí Salmáni; Doctor Shishman; Public baths (bathhouses); Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
1864 c. During the time in Adrianople	In their efforts to discredit Bahá'u'lláh and His companions, the followers of Azál made complaints to the authorities. They alleged that they had insufficient means of livelihood, blaming Bahá'u'lláh for depriving them of their share of the allowances. Àqá Ján Kajkuláh, instigated by Siyyid Muhammad, wrote to dignitaries and government representatives with the false accusation that Bahá'u'lláh had made an alliance with Bulgaria for the purpose of conquering Constantinople. The Persiana ambassador in Constantinople took advantage of the disturbance in Turkey to inform Persian Consuls in Iraq and in Egypt that the Turkish government had withdrawn protection for the Bábí sect. This news precipitated malice and mischief in both countries. [FAA7]	Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Aqa Jan Kajkulah; Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahani; Antichrist; Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
1864 Dec	Death of Governor Sulaymán Páshá of Adrianople. He was succeeded by 'Árif Páshá, who was not well-disposed to Bahá'u'lláh and His followers. [BBR487]	- Governors; Sulayman Pasha; Arif Páshá; Bahá'u'lláh, Life of (chronology); Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
1864 c.	After years of imprisonment in Tehran, Àbdu'r '-Rasúl-Qumí visited Bahá'u'lláh in Adrianople then took up residence in Baghdad, caring for the garden of the House of Bahá'u'lláh. He was well-known to the Muslims and a target of their attacks. One morning as he was carrying skins of water from the Tigris River he was ambushed by a number of attackers and was mortally wounded. He managed to disperse the assailants, drag himself to the garden where he watered the flowers for the last time. His name was mentioned in many Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, consoling his family. His son was appointed caretaker of the pilgrims in 'Akká and he served in this capacity until the days of Shoghi Effendi. [FAA8]	House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Abdur-Rasul-Qumi; Gardeners; Caretakers; Murders; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey; Akka, Israel
1864 c. During time in Adrianople	At some point near the end of His life the Báb had consigned His remaining papers, His seal, His qalam-dán (pencil-box) and His last Tablets to Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím Qazvíní with instructions to deliver them to Mírzá Husayn-'Alí Núrí should something happen to Himself. In His last Tablets, Mírzá Husayn-'Alí Núrí was referred to again and again as "Him Whom God shall make Manifest" also, He was referred to as "Bahá'u'lláh". Mírzá 'Abdu'l-Karím Qazvíní fulfilled this trust and these items remained in the possession of Bahá'u'lláh until the days of Adrianople. When Mírzá Yáhyá asked permission to see these articles Bahá'u'lláh consented but they were never returned. Yahyá kept these items as a support of his claim to leadership asserting that the Báb had given them to him. [CH49]	Báb, Life of (chronology); Bahá'u'lláh, Life of (chronology); * Báb, Writings of; Mírzá `Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini; Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Box with writings; Boxes; Relics; - Missing, lost or destroyed Writings; Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
1864 (between Jun and Oct)	Bahá'u'lláh and His family moved to the house of Amru'lláh (The Cause of God) located to the north of the Mosque of Sultán Salím and close to it. They occupied the upper floor, Mírzá Muhammad-Qulí and his family the middle one and some of the attendants were housed on the ground floor. Other houses were found in the same quarter, one for Áqáy-i-Kalím and his family and one for Mírzá Yahyá and his. [BKG221, ALM35] Picture - The Mosque of Sultan Salim. Picture - The interior of the mosque. Picture - The interior of the mosque. It was while they were in this house that Mírzá Yahyá, a discontent since the early days in Baghdad, began to rebel more openly with support from Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahani. It was the "first major internal convulsion which seized a newly re-arisen community and which threatened to cause an irreparable breach in the ranks of its members". Bahá'u'lláh designated this period and the time following as Ayyám-i-Shidád (Days of Stress) . [BKG223-233; GPB163]	House of Amrullah; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'u'lláh, Life of (chronology); Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
1864 15 Aug	Birth of Mírzá Díyá'u'lláh, the third son of Bahá'u'lláh and Mahdi-'Ulyá. [BKG222]	Mírzá Diyaullah; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Mahd-i-Ulya (Fatimih Khanum); Births and deaths; Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
1864 Apr	Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir, 'the Wolf', ordered the arrest of several hundred Bábis and had them brought to Iṣfahán. Mirzá Habibu'lláh and Ustzád Husayn-'Ali-i-Khayyat were executed and a number of the prisoners were sent on to Ṭihrán where they languished in prison for several months before being set free. On their return to Iṣfahán, Haji Mullá Hasan and Hájí Muhammad-Sádiq were beaten and then executed in June. [BW18p382]	Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir; The Wolf; Persecution, Iran; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Iran
1864 Apr	Sulaymán Páshá, a Súfí, succeeded Muhammad Pásháy-i-Qibrisí as Governor of Adrianople. Both were admirers of Bahá'u'lláh. [CH59, BBR487; BKG254]	Sulayman Pasha; Sufism; Muhammad Pashay-i-Qibrisi; - Governors; Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
1864 Apr	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]	Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir; Wolf; Najafabad upheaval; - Upheavals; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Iran
1864 27 Mar	Birth of A. L. M. Nicolas (pen name of Louis Alphonse Daniel Nicolas), who later became an important European scholar on the life and teachings of the Báb, in Rasht. [BBR516]	A.L.M. Nicolas; Births and deaths; Rasht, Iran; Iran; Europe
1864 Circa. 1864	Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Suriy-i- 'Ibad (Tablet of the Servants) for Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahájí Ismu'lláh, who, at that time, was the custodian of the Most Great House in Baghdad. In it the urges him to live a pious life, to cleanse his heart from the defilement of the world, and to become detached from his own self and all created things. Bahá'u'lláh extols His own Essence, and states that for many years He had revealed the Words of God in great profusion while hiding His glory behind many veils of concealment. When the appointed hour had struck, however, He unveiled His exalted station and shed an infinitesimal measure of the light of His countenance upon all created things. As a result of this outpouring, the Concourse on high and the chosen ones of God were awestruck and dumbfounded. [RoB2p274] The title Ismu'lláhu'l-Mihdí (The Name of God, the Guide) had been conferred upon the siyyid by Bahá'u'lláh but after His passing he became a Covenant-breaker and became know as Takhthe-Kanah-si (Bedbug) because of his stubborn personality. [MMoB720]	Suriy-i-Ibad; Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Dahaji; Covenant-breakers; Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey
1864 (In the year)	Birth of Mírzá Hádí Shírází, the father of Shoghi Effendi, in Shíráz.	Mírzá Hadi Shirazi; Shoghi Effendi, Family of; Births and deaths; Shíráz, Iran; Iran
1864 (or early in the sojourn in Edirne)	'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote the Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan, the commentary on the well-known Islamic tradition 'I was a Hidden Treasure …' for 'Alí Shawkat Páshá. See Commentary on the Islamic Tradition "I Was a Hidden Treasure..." by Abdu'l-Bahá translated by Moojan Momen. In the article, he refers to another provisional translation done by Baharieh Ma'ani in collaboration with Hooper Dunbar. See 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Response to the Doctrine of the Unity of Existence by Keven Brown Fourth Section. See as well BNE52. Here, 'Abdu'l-Bahá is described as "about fifteen or sixteen years of age". Mention of this Tablet is made in Messages to Canada, p34-35, where, in a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi, it is stated that the Tablet is about 50 pages in length and had been published in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's second volume of His Tablets published in Egypt. A Tablet of Baháʼuʼlláh, recently discovered by Necati Alkan and available in provisional translation by Adib Masumian, indicates that it was written during the sojourn in Edirne. The original text has been published in Safíniy-i-ʻIrfán, vol. 6, p. 10 (2003). In the Tablet Bahá'u'lláh says that Ali (Şevket/Shawkat) Pasha requested 'Abdu'l-Bahá to write His commentary "during the days of stopover/residence in the Land of Mystery" (dar ayyám-i tavaqquf dar Ard-i Sirr). And now concerning the extensive commentary on the Islamic tradition which begins, "I was a hidden treasure…" During the days of Our sojourn in the Land of Mystery, ʻAlí Páshá had asked the Most Mighty Branch of God—may My life be a sacrifice for the ground which His most pure footsteps have trodden—to provide a commentary on this hadith. This He did in accordance with the exigencies of the time, and His purpose was that all may benefit from it… As per a 1995 article prepared for The Bahá'í Encyclopedia, it was previously believed that 'Abdu'l-Bahá was 17 years old at the time of writing, if so, this would have dated the Tablet at about 1861. Given that this new evidence proves that it was written in Edirne, He would have been 19 years old but more probably in his early twenties. [Thanks to Necati Alkan for providing this correction and to Adib Masumian for doing the translation at his request.] iiiii	* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Sharh-i Kuntu Kanzan Makhfiyan (Commentary on the tradition of the Hidden Treasure); Commentaries; Hadith; Islam; Hidden Treasure (Hadith); - Philosophy; `Alí Shawkat Páshá; Bahá'u'lláh, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Necati Alkan; Adib Masumian; Edirne (Adrianople), Turkey; Turkey
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