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1872 25 Jul | The Baron de Reuter concession in 1872 was a significant agreement between the government of Persia and a British financier named Julius de Reuter. This concession, sometimes referred to as the Reuter Concession, granted exclusive rights to de Reuter for the construction of a telegraph line that would connect Tehran to the western border with the Ottoman Empire and the right to explore and to exploit various natural resources, including mines and forests, along the proposed telegraph route.
The concession met with controversy and criticism and became a symbol of the encroachment of European powers and their control over Iran's resources and infrastructure. This lead to the re-negotiation of the contract and the terms of the concession were revised to be somewhat less favourable to the concessionaire. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu'l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p3; Wikipedia] |
Imperialism/colonialism; History (general); Iran, General history; Iran | ||
1872 10 Aug | Birth of Martha Root, Hand of the Cause and itinerant Bahá'í teacher, in Richmond, Ohio. | Martha Root; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Richmond, BC; Ohio, USA; USA | ||
1872 31 May | Birth of Thomas Breakwell, considered the first English Bahá'í, in Woking, Surrey, England.
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Thomas Breakwell; Births and deaths; Ethel Rosenberg; Marion Miller; Woking, England; Surrey, BC; United Kingdom | First English Bahá'í | |
1872 22 Jan | Three Azalís were murdered by seven Bahá'ís in 'Akká. [BBD163; BKG3256 DH41; GPB189; RB3:235]
The consternation that seized an already oppressed community was indescribable. Bahá'u'lláh's indignation knew no bounds. "Were We," He thus voices His emotions, in a Tablet revealed shortly after this act had been committed, "to make mention of what befell Us, the heavens would be rent asunder and the mountains would crumble." "My captivity," He wrote on another occasion, "cannot harm Me. That which can harm Me is the conduct of those who love Me, who claim to be related to Me, and yet perpetrate what causeth My heart and My pen to groan." [GPB189-190] |
Siyyid Muhammad-i-Isfahani; Ilyas Abbud; House of Abbud; House of Udi Khammar; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'u'lláh, Life of (chronology); Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Antichrist; Murders; Opposition; Azali Bábís; Ustad Muhammad-`Alí Salmáni; Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Akka, Israel | ||
1872 (In the year) | Birth of Joseph H. Hannen, a Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá. | Joseph Hannen; Births and deaths | ||
c. 1872 | Bahá'u'lláh tasked Shaykh Salmán to escort Munírih Khánum (Fátimih Khánum) to `Akká to marry `Abdu'l-Bahá. She traveled from her home in Isfahan to Shíráz where she stayed with the wife of the Báb then went to Mecca for pilgrimage. From Mecca she traveled to `Akká. [MKBM26-44; RoB2p384-386]
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Munirih Khanum; Shaykh Salman; Isfahan, Iran; Iran; Shíráz, Iran; Mecca, Saudi Arabia; Akka, Israel | ||
1872 (In the year) | Restoration of the House of the Báb began at the request of Khadíjih Bigum with the permission and the financial support of Bahá'u'lláh. She requested that the House not be restored to its original configuration to avoid painful memories. Therefore,
substantial changes were made to the structure of the House. These included making two of the rooms part of the expanded courtyard and moving the small pool.
Note: During the early days of the Afnán family, there was considerable competition within certain quarters of the family over the House of the Báb. On several occasions, the issue was brought to Bahá'u'lláh. He consistently reaffirmed the hereditary custodianship of Zahra Bagum and her descendants. By the time of `Abdu'l-Bahá's Ministry, only a few family members questioned the custodianship rights. However, to ensure complete unity, the Master reaffirmed the hereditary right of Núri'd-Dín and, thereafter, Mírzá Habíb. Before his passing, Mírzá Habíb passed the custodianship to his oldest son, Abú'l-Qásim Afnán. [MBBA115n165] |
Khadijih Bagum (wife of the Báb); Báb, House of (Shiraz); Restoration; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | ||
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