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Date 1879, sorted by firsts, ascending

date event tags firsts
1879 20 Jun
187-
Mishkín-Qalam was given permission to move from Famagusta to Nicosia. [BBR307] Cyprus; Famagusta, Cyprus; Mishkin-Qalam; Nicosia, Cyprus
1879 17 Mar
187-
The martyrdom of Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Hasan, the `King of Martyrs' (Sultánu'sh-Shuhadá), and Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Husayn, the `Beloved of Martyrs'. [BW18:383]
  • Their martyrdom was instigated by Mír Muhammad-Husayn, the Imám-Jum'ih, stigmatized by Bahá'u'lláh as the `she-serpent', who owed the brothers a large sum of money. [GPB200–1, ARG172, SDH104]
  • Shaykh Muhammad-Báqir, the `Wolf', pronounced the death sentence on the two brothers and the Zillu's-Sultán ratified the decision. [GPB201]
  • The brothers were put in chains, decapitated and dragged to the Maydán-i-Sháh for public viewing. [GPB201]
  • For Western accounts of their martyrdom see BBR274–6.
  • See SDH112 for the story of the pilgrimage of their families to the Holy Land.
  • See BW11:594 for a picture of the memorial to the King and the Beloved of Martyrs.
  • See ARG171-173.
  • Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Hasan, the `King of Martyrs' (Sultánu'sh-Shuhadá) was appointed as one of the Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.
  • - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Iran; Isfahan, Iran; King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Mir Muhammad-Husayn; Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir; Sultanush-Shuhada; Wolf; Zillus-Sultan
    1879 12 Mar
    187-
    The arrest of Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Hasan, the `King of Martyrs', and Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Husayn, the `Beloved of Martyrs'. [BBD 130] King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs)
    1879 or 1880
    187-
    Birth of Túbá Khánum, second daughter of `Abdu'l-Bahá. [CH93, 95, ABMM] * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Births and deaths; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Family of; Akka, Israel; Tuba Khanum
    1879 Sep
    187-
    Bahá'u'lláh moved to the empty mansion at Bahjí after two years' residence at Mazra`ih. [BBD42; BKG362]

    Note: The date of Bahá'u'lláh's first arrival at the Mansion of Bahji is given as September 1879 in Bahá'u'lláh: The King of Glory, p. 362. However, in a Tablet dated 11 Rabí`u'l-Avval 1298 A.H. [11 February 1881], Bahá'u'lláh tells Núri'd- Dín that it had been only a month since He arrived at the Mansion; see Núri'd- Dín's Collection, p. 43. [Memories of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán p32]

  • Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí, Mírzá Badí'u'lláh, Zia'u'llah (Mírzá Díyá'u'lláh) and their mother Mahd-i-'Ulyá along with Gawhar and her daughter, Furúghíyyih Khánum, stayed at Bahji with Bahá'u'lláh. 'Abdu'l-Bahá and His mother, Khadíjih Khánum, and His sister, Bahíyyih Khánum as well as and His own family continued to live in 'Akká.
  • See BBD42 and GPB216 for a list of Tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh during His occupation of the mansion of Bahjí.
  • * Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahji, Israel; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahji); Mazraih, Israel
    1879 Summer
    187-
    An epidemic of plague broke out in `Akká and environs. Among others who felt its effects were `Údí Khammár and his family who left the mansion at Bahjí. [BBD42, 128; BKG362; DH91, 203; GPB194] Akka, Israel; Bahji, Israel; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahji); Udi Khammar
    c. 1879
    187-
    Sárih Khánum, the faithful sister of Bahá'u'lláh, passed away in Tihrán. She was buried a short distance from the city. [RB1:49–50] - Biography; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; Cemeteries and graves; Iran; Sarih Khanum; Tehran, Iran
    1879 (In the year)
    187-
    `Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Beirut at the invitation of Midhat Páshá, the Válí of Syria. [BKG378]
  • `Abdu'l-Bahá was still officially a prisoner of the Ottoman Empire. BKG379]
  • Bahá'u'lláh revealed a Tablet marking the occasion. [BKG378–9; GPB243; TB227–8]
  • Among the important figures `Abdu'l-Bahá met in Beirut were Midhat Páshá and Shaykh Muhammad `Abduh, the future Grand Muftí of Egypt. [BKG379]
  • * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Bahaullah (chronology); Beirut, Lebanon; Egypt; Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba (Tablet of the Land of Ba); Lebanon; Midhat Páshá; Muhammad Abduh
    1879 Nov 30
    187-
    Birth of Laura Clifford Barney (Laura Dreyfus-Barney) in Cincinnati, Ohio. She compiled Some Answered Questions from her interviews with `Abdu'l-Bahá during her visit to Acca between 1904 and 1906. (d. Paris 18 August 1974) - Births and deaths; Cincinnati, OH; Laura Clifford Barney; Ohio, USA; Some Answered Questions (book); United States (USA)
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