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1886 14 Sep
188-		 Mishkín-Qalam, who had been living in Larnica, left Cyprus on a Syrian vessel going direct to `Akká. [BBR311, FOI24] Mishkin-Qalam; Larnaca, Cyprus; Cyprus; Akka, Israel
1886 (In the year)
188-		 The passing of the wife of Bahá'u'lláh, Ásíyih Khánum, entitled Navváb (the Most Exalted Leaf) in the House of `Abbúd. [BBD170; BKG369; DH57, 213]
  • See CB119–20 for comments on her nature and station and for Tablets revealed by Bahá'u'lláh in her honour.
  • See CH39-40 for a description of her by Lady Bloomfield.
  • After her passing Bahá'u'lláh revealled a Tablet for her in which He called her his `perpetual consort in all the worlds of God'. [GPB108]
  • See CB120–1 for `Abdu'l-Bahá's commentary on Isaiah 54, which refers to Navváb.
  • She was interred in the Bahá'í section of the Muslim cemetery. [BBD170; DH57, 81]
  • Muhammad-Yúsuf Páshá demanded that `Abdu'l-Bahá vacate the house of `Abbúd even during Navváb's illness. [BKG369]
    		•  Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Muhammad-Yusuf Páshá; House of Abbud (Akká); - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; Cemeteries and graves; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Akka, Israel
    1886 (In the year)
    188-    		 `Abdu'l-Bahá wrote A Traveller's Narrative. [TN40]
  • A translation into English by E. G. Browne was published in New York, 1930 by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee.
    		• Travelers Narrative (book); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Historical overviews by Central Figures or BWC; Akka, Israel
    1886 (In the year)
    188-    		 Birth of Narayanrao Rangnath Vakil, the first Hindu to become a Bahá'í in Surat, Gujarat, India. Narayanrao Rangnath Vakil; - Births and deaths; - First believers by background; Conversion; - Hinduism; Interfaith dialogue; Surat, India; Gujarat, India; India first Hindu to become a Bahá'í.
    1886 In the year
    188-    		 Birth of Músá Banání, Hand of the Cause of God, in Baghdád. [BW15p421–423] Musa Banani; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; - Births and deaths; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq
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