Chronology: Date 1879-0

date	event	tags	firsts
1879 Sep	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.	House of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahji); Bahá'u'lláh, Houses of; Bahá'u'lláh, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mazraih, Iran; Bahji, Israel
1879 20 Jun	Mishkín-Qalam was given permission to move from Famagusta to Nicosia. [BBR307]	Mishkin-Qalam; Famagusta, Cyprus; Nicosia, Cyprus; Cyprus
1879 Summer	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]	Udi Khammar; Bahji, Israel; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahji); Akka, Israel
1879 17 Mar	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.	Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Mir Muhammad-Husayn; Shaykh Muhammad-Baqir; Wolf; Zillus-Sultan; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Sultanush-Shuhada; Isfahan, Iran; Iran
1879 12 Mar	The arrest of Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Hasan, the `King of Martyrs', and Hájí Siyyid Muhammad-Husayn, the `Beloved of Martyrs'. [BBD 130]	Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs
1879 (In the year)	`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]	Midhat Páshá; Muhammad Abduh; Lawh-i-Ard-i-Ba (Tablet of the Land of Ba); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Bahá'u'lláh, Life of (chronology); Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon; Egypt
c. 1879	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]	Sarih Khanum; Bahá'u'lláh, Family of; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Cemeteries and graves; Tehran, Iran; Iran
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