Chronology: Date 1868-09

date	event	tags	firsts
1868 (After summer)	The second Lawh-i-Salmán was revealed in Akka sometime shortly after the summer 1868, so known because in the Tablet Bahá'u'lláh mentions the exile of the believers from Baghdad to Mosul, which occurred in that summer. It was revealed for Shaykh Khánjar Hindiyani, named Shaykh Salmán by Bahá'u'lláh in honour of the loyal disciple of Muhammad whom that Prophet re-named as "Salmán. Parts of this Tablet has been translated in Gleanings XXI, CXLVIII, and CLIV, and one paragraph was translated in Promised Day is Come 115-16. [RoB2p281-290; Uplifting Words; Wilmette Institute notes on the Tablets of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh ]	Shaykh Salman; Lawh-i-Salman II; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Akka, Israel
1868 3 Sep	The firmán of the Sultán `Abdu'l-`Azíz condemning Bahá'u'lláh to life imprisonment was read out in the Mosque of Al-Jazzár. [BKG284–5; GPB186; RB3:18] See CH64, BKG283–4, 286; GBP186, RB2:402 and RB3:18 for the terms of the edict. They were labelled as malefactors, sowers of sedition, hardened criminals, enemies of the pure religion of God and of man. The faithful were commanded to shun these outcasts. All of those that did a disservice to the captives might flatter themselves that they "did service to God". See RB3:18–19 for `Abdu'l-Bahá's response. See BKG283–8, RB3:19-20 for conditions of life in the barracks. The local authorities and the clerics did their part to stir up the populus against the exiles. See DH197 and CH239-242 for the story of a man who made an attempt on the life of Bahá'u'lláh. From this time forward Bahá'u'lláh met only with His followers.	Bahá'u'lláh, Life of (chronology); Bahá'u'lláh, Banishment of; Firmans; Mosque of Al-Jazzar; Akka, Israel; Israel
1868 5 Sep	The ship that had delivered the exiles to 'Akká carried on and Mírzá Yahyá arrived in Cyprus with his entire family but without a single disciple or even a servant. [BBR306] Also exiled to Cyprus were four loyal Bahá'ís and they were: Mishkín-Qalam (Áqá Hussain Isfahání) Mirzá 'Alíy-i-Sayyáh-i-Maraghih'í (Mullá Ádí-Guzal) Áqá 'Abdu'l-Ghaffár Áqá Muḥammad-Báqir (Qahvih-chiy-i Mahallátí) (coffee-maker) With their arrival Cyprus became the first island in the Mediterranean to receive the Faith. See also GPB 182 and AB285, 523.	Mishkin-Qalam; Mírzá Aliy-i-Sayyah-i-Maraghihi (Mulla Adi-Guzal); Aqa `Abdu'l-Ghaffar; Aqa Muhammad-Baqir (Qahvih-chiy-i Mahallati); Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Exile (banishment); Cyprus exiles; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Islands; Austrian Lloyd steam ships; Ships; Famagusta, Cyprus; Cyprus	the first island in the Mediterranean to receive the Faith.
1868 (End of summer)	Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Lawh-i-Ra'ís (Tablet to the Chief) to Alí Páshá to condemn him for his cruelty and inhuman treatment of His followers. [Lawh-i-Raís: Tablet Study Outline] The Tablet has been published in Summons of the lord of Hosts p159-173 For a brief biography of 'Alí Pasha see BKG469. See GPB208.	* Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha); Tablet to the Chief; Akka, Israel
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