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1896 24 Jul | Four Bahá'ís were executed in Turbat-i-Haydarí on the order of the mujtahid. [BW18:384; BBR405]
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Hájí Muhammad Sadiq; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Assassinations; Nasirid-Din Sháh; Turbat-i-Haydari, Iran; Iran | ||
1896 21 Jul | Hájí Muhammad Sádiq was stabbed to death in Turbat-i-Haydarí. [BW18:384] | Hájí Muhammad Sadiq; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Turbat-i-Haydari, Iran; Iran | ||
1896 Jun - Jul | Several Bahá'ís were beaten and four were imprisoned in Turbat-i-Haydarí when two mujtahids stirred up the townspeople against them. [BW18:384] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Turbat-i-Haydari, Iran; Iran | ||
1896 13 May | Birth of Dr Ugo Giachery, Hand of the Cause of God, in Palermo, Sicily. [Wikipedia] | Ugo Giachery; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Palermo, Italy; Sicily, Italy | ||
1896 1 May | The martyrdom of Hand of the Cause of God Varqa ('Dove'), Mírzá 'Ali-Muhammad. (b.1856 in Yazd, d. in Tehran) He and his young son,
Ruhu'lláh, were killed by, Hajib'ud-Dawleh, one of the Qajar courtiers, in fact, the Chief Steward, in the aftermath of the assassination of Nasir'd-Din Shah. Varqá was slashed to death before the eyes of his twelve-year-old son who, still refusing to recant, was strangled. [GPB296; BBRXXIX; SUR77; BW18p384; Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project]
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Varqa; Varqá, Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad; Varqa, Ruhullah; In Memoriam; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, referred to as such by `Abdu'l-Bahá; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Yazd, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Iran | ||
1896 1 May | Muzaffari'd-Dín became the shah of Persia. He was the son of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh. He had been sent as governor to the province of Azerbaijan in 1861 and, as the crown prince, had spent 35 years in the pursuit of pleasure. When he ascended to the throne he was unprepared for the office. In addition, the country had huge debts to both Britain and Russia.
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Muzaffarid-Dín Sháh; - Shahs; - Throne changes; History (general); Iran, General history; Iran | ||
1896 (In the year) | ʻIshqábád was one of the first places (possibly the first) in which 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave instructions for the setting up of an elected Bahá'í assembly. This was done in 1313 A.H. (1895-6) and was called at first the Spiritual Board of Counsel (Mahfil-i Shawra Rawhani) and later the Spiritual Assembly (Mahfil-i Rawhani). THE BAHA'I COMMUNITY OF ASHKHABAD; ITS SOCIAL BASIS AND IMPORTANCE IN BAHA'I HISTORY by Moojan Momen pg287; Note 11] | Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan | first local assembly | |
1896 19 Apr | Násiri'd-Dín Sháh was assassinated on the eve of the celebration of his jubilee. He had ascended to the throne in 1848 and by the Islamic lunar calendar it marked the 50th year of his reign. [BKG455]
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Nasirid-Din Sháh; - Shahs; - Throne changes; Qajar dynasty; History (general); Iran, General history; Births and deaths; Jamalud-Din-i-Afghani; Assassinations; Rayy, Iran; Iran | ||
1896 15 Feb | Birth of Leroy C. Ioas, Hand of the Cause of God, in Wilmington, Illinois. His parents, Charles and Maria had become Bahá'ís in 1898 taught by Paul Dealy who was teaching Kheiralla's classes in Chicago. [Wikipedia; The Bahá'í Faith: Beginning in North America by Robert Stockman, World Order Vol 18 Issue 4 p24] | Leroy Ioas; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Wilmington, IL; Illinois, USA | ||
1896 (In the year) | Mullá Hasan Khazá'í was arrested in Khúzistán. [BW18:384] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Khuzistan, Iran; Iran | ||
1896 (In the year) | Áqá Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Yazdí was martyred in Tabríz. [BW18:384] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Tabríz, Iran; Iran | ||
1896 (In the year) | Bahá'ís in Hisár, Khurásán were persecuted and imprisoned. [BW18:384] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Hisar, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | ||
1896 (In the year) | Díyá'íyyih Khánum, the eldest daughter of `Abdu'l-Bahá, married Mírzá Hádí Afnán of Shíráz. [BW4:234 (GENEALOGY); DH59–60]
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Diyaiyyih Khanum; Mírzá Hadi Afnan; Afnan; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Family of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Family of; Akka, Israel | ||
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