Chronology: Date 1870-06

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date	event	tags	firsts
1870 23 Jun 187-	Mírzá Mihdí died from his injuries 22 hours after his fall. [BKG311–12; GPB188; RB3:208] See BKG313, GPB188 and RB3:210 for the prayer of Bahá'u'lláh for His son. Shoghi Effendi equate his death with the acts of atonement associated with Abraham's intended sacrifice of His son, with the crucifixion of Christ and with the martyrdom of Imám Husayn. [GPB188] He was interred in the cemetery next to the shrine of Nabí Sálih in `Akká. [GBP188; RB3:209] Also see BBD155, BKG311–14, RB3:204–20.	Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Cemeteries and graves; Akka, Israel
1870 22 Jun 187-	Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch, fell through the skylight in the roof of the prison in `Akká onto a crate lying on the floor below. [BKG311–12; GBP188; RB3:205] It was a normal practice for prisoners to go onto the roof in the summer evenings for fresh air. [RB3:205] He was chanting the verses of Bahá'u'lláh's Qasídiy-i-Varqá'íyyih. [RB3:206] He was so badly injured that his clothes have to be torn from him. [RB206] Bahá'u'lláh came to him at His bedside and asked His son whether he wished to live; the Purest Branch begged Bahá'u'lláh to accept his life as a ransom for the opening of the gates of the prison to pilgrims. Bahá'u'lláh accepted this sacrifice. [BKG311–12; GPB188; RB3:208]	Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Citadel (Akká barracks); Sacrifice; Pilgrimage; Pilgrims; - First pilgrims; Akka, Israel


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