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Date 1878-00-00-04, sorted by events, ascending

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1878 (In the year)
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Although He was still a prisoner of the Ottoman Empire, 'Abdu'l-Bahá was allowed to travel to Beirut, Lebanon at the invitation of Midhat Páshá, a brilliant statesman and liberal reformer. There he met with such important figures in the Ottoman reform movement as Midhat Páshá and Shaykh Muhammad `Abduh. He corresponded with them and others and made his own contribution to the literature of the reform movements of Iran and the Ottoman Empire in the form of two books The Secret of Divine Civilization and Risáliy-i-Siyásiyyih (Treatise on Politics, see "Siyásiyyih, Risáliy-i"). ['Abdu'l-Bahá by Moojan Momen]

At this time Bahá'u'lláh revealed Lawḥ-i-'Arḍ-i-Bá (Tablet of the Land of Bá). [WOBp136; ABp38]

Conflict:"The Extraordinary Life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá" Slide 40/114 says the visit to Beirut took place in June of 1880.

* Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of
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