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Date 1868-05-00, sorted by firsts, ascending

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1868 c. May
186-		 Bahá'u'lláh sent Nabíl-i-A`zam Zarandi to Cairo to enquire after Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí. He was instructed by Bahá'u'lláh to appeal to the officials for the release of several Bahá'ís who had been imprisoned in Cairo at the instigation of their enemies. He was thrown into prison in Cairo for two months and then in the Alexandria jail for a few more months. While there he befriended a Christian cellmate, Fáris Effendi, who soon becomes a Bahá'í. [BKG248, 265–8; EB268; GPB178; "Nabil-e aʿzam Zarandi, Mollā Mohammad," by Vahid Rafati, Encyclopædia Iranica]
  • See BKG265–8 for an account of Nabíl's arrest and imprisonment.
  • Fáris Effendi was probably the first Christian to become a Bahá'í. [RB3:10]
    • Lawh-i-Aqdas ("Most Holy Tablet," otherwise known as "The Tablet to the Christians" late 1870s?) is thought to have been addressed to Dr Fáris Effendi but this cannot be substantiated.
    		•  * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; - Christianity; - First believers by background; Cairo, Egypt; Conversion; Egypt; Faris Effendi; Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Imprisonments; Interfaith dialogue; Nabil-i-Azam First Christian to become a Bahá'í
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