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1867 Sep - Aug 1868
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In this period the extent of the Faith was enlarged with expansion in the Caucasus, the establishment of the first Egyptian centre and the establishment of the Faith in Syria. [GPB176]
  • While Nabil was in Khorasan in spring 1866, at his suggestion, the greeting Alláh-u-Abhá (God is the most Glorious) was adopted by the followers of Bahá'u'lláh, replacing the old salutation of Allāho Akbar (God is the Greatest), which was common among the Bábis. This was a significant action that gave group identity to the Bahá'ís and was a sign of their independence from the Bábís and the Azális, a Bábí faction that considered Mírzá Yaḥyā Ṣobḥ-e Azál as the legitimate successor to the Báb. The greeting Alláh-u-Abhá superseded the Islamic salutation and was simultaneously adopted in Persia and Adrianople. [BKG250; GPB176, "Nabil-e aʿzam Zaranadi, Mollā Mohammad," by Vahid Rafati, Encyclopædia Iranica,]
  • The phrase 'the people of the Bayán', which now denotes the followers of Mírzá Yahyá, was discarded and is replaced by the term 'the people of Bahá'. [BKG250; GBP176]
  • Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Nabil-i-Azam; People of the Bayan; People of Bahá; Allah-u-Abha; Greatest Name; Most Great Separation; Caucasus; Egypt; Syria; Khurásán, Iran; Iran; Edirne, Turkey; Turkey
    1867 Sep - Aug 1868
    186-
    Persecutions began anew in Ádharbáyján, Zanján, Níshápúr and Tihrán. [GPB178] Persecution, Adharbayjan; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Azerbaijan; Zanjan, Iran; Nishapur, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Iran
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