- 1844-08-11 — The Bab sent Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami to Najaf and Karbala to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhis. In...
- 1845-02-28 — The Bab returned to Búshihr. He sent Quddús to Shiraz with a letter addressed to His uncle Haji Mi...
- 1846-12-00 — Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami died in Istanbul naval dockyards. He was the first martyr of the Babi Dispensa...
- 1847-11-00 — Baha'u'llah, who was living in Tihran, visited the detainees from Qazvin and gave them money. [BKG41...
- 1849-02-02 — Soon after midnight, Mulla Husayn led a charge of 313 men that again routed the king's army. He was ...
- 1849-05-10 — The end of the siege of the fort at Shaykh Tabarsi. Two hundred and two Babis were tricked into leav...
- 1849-05-16 — Quddús was tortured and, in the public square, he was struck down with an axe, dismembered and burn...
- 1849-06-00 — The Bab, in prison in the castle of Chihriq, learned of the massacre at Shaykh Tabarsi and the marty...
- 1850-02-20 — Martyrdom of the Seven Martyrs of Tihran. Seven of the Babis were executed in Tihran on the false ch...
- 1850-05-16 — Martyrdom of Shaykh Muhammad-i-Túb-Chi in Zanjan, the first of the martyrs. [BBR115; DB542–3]...
- 1850-06-24 — The severed heads of 13 Babis arrived in Shiraz from Nayriz. They were raised on lances and paraded ...
- 1850-06-29 — Vahid was martyred in Nayriz. [Bab182; BW18:381; DB495, 499; GPB42; RB1:265]
See DB494 for detai...
- 1850-07-08 — The Bab, divested of His turban and sash, was taken on foot to the barracks in Tabriz. Mirza Muhamma...
- 1850-07-09 — Martyrdom of the Bab
In the morning the Bab was taken to the homes of the leading clerics to obt...
- 1850-08-25 — The arrival of 'Aziz Khan-i-Mukri, commander-in-chief of Iran's army, in Zanjan where the fighting b...
- 1850-10-03 — Two of Vahid's companions were executed in Shiraz....
- 1851-03-02 — Four Babis brought from Zanjan were executed in Tihran. [BW18:382]...
- 1851-04-30 — Mulla Hasan-i-Fadil was executed in Yazd when he refused to recant. [BW18:382]...
- 1851-05-01 — Áqa Husayn was blown from a canon in Yazd. [BW18:382]...
- 1851-07-23 — Áqa Muhammad-Sadiq-i-Yúzdarani was beaten to death in Yazd after refusing to recant. [BW18:382]...
- 1851-08-04 — Áqa 'Ali-Akbar-i-Hakkak was blown from a canon after refusing to recant. [BW18:382]...
- 1851-11-00 — Siyyid Basir-Hindi, a blind Indian, was put to death by Ildirim Mirza. [BW18:382]
For details of...
- 1852-08-16 — The martyrdom of Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn) in Tihran. [BBR172–3; BBRSM:30; BW18:382; BKG87; MF203] ...
- 1852-08-18 — A large number of Babis were arrested in Tihran and its environs following the attempt on the life o...
- 1852-08-22 — After the initial executions, about 20 or more Babis were distributed among the various courtiers an...
- 1852-08-30 — In Milan, Iran, 15 Babis were arrested and imprisoned. [BW18:382]
Many Babis were tortured and k...
- 1852-08-31 — Baha'u'llah's imprisonment in the Siyah-Chal
See AB10–11, BBD211–12, BKG79–83, CH41–2, ...
- 1853-10-31 — Some 600 female and 80 to 180 male Babis are taken prisoner at Nayriz and marched to Shiraz, along w...
- 1853-11-24 — The prisoners from Nayriz and the heads of the martyrs arrived in Shiraz. More Babis were executed a...
- 1867-01-11 — Three Baha'is were executed in Tabriz. Their arrest was precipitated by conflict and rivalry between...
- 1867-01-31 — Mirza Muhammad-'Ali, a Baha'i physician, was executed in Zanjan. [BBR253; BKG238; BW18:383]Áqa Naja...
- 1869-00-00 — The 17-year-old Áqa Buzurg-i-Nishapúri, Badi`, arrived in `Akka having walked from Mosul. He was a...
- 1869-07-00 — Badi` delivered the Tablet of Baha'u'llah to the Shah. He was tortured and executed. [BBRXXXIX; BKG3...
- 1870-00-00 — In Zanjan, Áqa Siyyid Ashraf was arrested, condemned to death as a Babi and executed. [BWG470]
H...
- 1880-00-00 — Martyrdom of seven Baha'is in Sultanabad. [BW18:383]
Three Baha'is were killed on the orders of S...
- 1887-00-00 — Karbala'i Hasan Khan and Karbala'i Sadiq were arrested in Sarvistan, Fars, and imprisoned for two ye...
- 1888-10-23 — The martyrdom of Mirza Ashraf of Ábadih in Isfahan. He was hanged, his body burnt and left hanging ...
- 1889-09-08 — Haji Muhammad Riday-i-Isfahani was martyred in `Ishqabad. He had been on of the most prominent Baha'...
- 1890-02-25 — Seven Baha'is from Sidih who had gone to Tihran to petition the Shah for protection, secured a decre...
- 1891-05-19 — The execution of the Seven Martyrs of Yazd. [BBRXXIX, BW18:384]
Seven Baha'is were executed on the ...
- 1891-05-20 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Times, Tablet to the Times in which He recounted the circumstances o...
- 1891-10-03 — Mulla Muhammad-`Aliy-i-Dihabadi was martyred, one of the Seven Martyrs of Yazd who were killed at th...
- 1892-07-02 — Áqa Murtada of Sarvistan, who had been in prison for five years, was executed in Shiraz. [BW18:384]...
- 1893-06-17 — Áqa Muhammad-Riday-i-Muhammadabadi was killed by three men on the orders of two of the `ulama of Ya...
- 1896-00-04 — Áqa Siyyid Mihdiy-i-Yazdi was martyred in Tabriz. [BW18:384]...
- 1896-05-02 — The martyrdom of Hand of the Cause of God Varqa ('Dove'), Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad. (b.1856 in Yazd, d. i...
- 1896-07-21 — Haji Muhammad Sadiq was stabbed to death in Turbat-i-Haydari. [BW18:384]...
- 1896-07-24 — Four Baha'is were executed in Turbat-i-Haydari on the order of the mujtahid. [BW18:384; BBR405]
B...
- 1898-00-04 — Several Baha'is were arrested and imprisoned in Qazvin. [BW18:384]Haji Muhammad was set upon and kil...
- 1898-06-01 — Áqa Ghulam-Husayn-i-Banadaki was killed by a mob in Yazd after refusing to deny his faith. [BW18:38...
- 1901-05-00 — Ghulam-Rida was killed in Najafabad. [BW18:385]...
- 1902-00-02 — In Shiraz, Haji Abu'l-Hasan was beaten so severely on the order of the mujtahid that he died a few m...
- 1902-03-18 — Áqa Muhammad-Zama-i-Sabbagh and Siyyid Ja`far were executed in Isfandabad and Abarqú, Fars. Severa...
- 1903-05-23 — Upheaval in Isfahan: Muhammad-Javad-i-Sarraf seized was by students of Aqa Najafi and beaten severe...
- 1903-06-08 — Baha'is in Malayir, Hamadan, are attacked, beaten and imprisoned. Two are killed. [BW18:385]...
- 1903-06-14 — The Yazd Upheaval and in surrounding villages. [BBRXXX]
See ...
- 1903-09-00 — At the request of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Haji Mirza Hadar-'Ali wrote Baha'i Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year ...
- 1904-00-00 — The publication of Baha'i Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD by Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali Isfahani...
- 1905-03-30 — Haji Kalb-`Ali was shot and killed in Najafabad. [BW18:386]...
- 1906-10-00 — Several Baha'is in Sangsar and Shahmirzad were killed or injured by bullets; six Baha'is were arrest...
- 1907-00-00 — Hajar, an elderly Baha'i woman, was shot dead in Nayriz. [BW18:386]...
- 1907-04-25 — Karbala'i Sadiq was martyred in Tabriz. [BW18:386]...
- 1908-00-00 — `Ali Ádhari was martyred in Kirman. [BW18:386]...
- 1909-03-00 — The third upheaval in Nayriz. Eighteen or nineteen Baha'is were brutally assassinated in Nayriz whe...
- 1909-04-01 — Baha'is of Namiq, Khurasan, were attacked and Kad-khuda Isma'il was killed. [BW18:386]...
- 1909-04-22 — Three Baha'is are killed in Hisar, Khurasan, and their wives seriously injured. [BW18:386]...
- 1909-07-28 — Baha'is in Namiq, Khurasan, were killed. [BW18:386]...
- 1909-11-08 — Haji Haydar, a leading Baha'i of Najafabad, was shot and killed at Isfahan. [BBR432]
BRXXX and BW...
- 1910-09-20 — Muhammad-Ja`far-i-Sabbagh was martyred at Najafabad. [BW18:387]...
- 1911-08-23 — 'Abdu'l-Baha went for a carriage ride in the nearby hills. ["With 'Abdu'l-Baha in Switzerland" by Ju
- 1911-08-28 — In the morning 'Abdu'l-Baha's visitor was Sultan-Husayn Mirza, the eldest son of Zillu's-Sultan. Bet...
- 1912-00-00 — Mirza Muhammad-`Ali and his wife were killed in Barfurúsh (now called Babol), Mazandaran. [BW18:387...
- 1912-01-03 — In Sari, Mazandaran, a mob attacked houses of Baha'is and four Baha'is were killed; a few days later...
- 1912-02-04 — Two Baha'is were killed in Mahfurúzak, Mazandaran. [BW18:387]...
- 1913-12-00 — Áqa Abu'l-Qasim-i-Isfandabadi was killed by two assailants in Qúzih-Kúh, Bavanat, Fars. [BW18:387...
- 1914-08-27 — Áqa Mirza Yúsif-i-Qa'ini was killed in Mashhad. [BW18:387]...
- 1915-00-03 — Mirza Husayn-i-Huda was martyred in Urúmiyyih. [BW18:387]...
- 1915-03-14 — Shaykh 'Ali Akbar-i-Qúchani was shot to death in Mashhad. Considerable anti-Baha'i agitation follow...
- 1916-02-22 — In Sultanabad, Mirza `Ali-Akbar, his wife, his sister-in-law (aged 12) and their four children (aged...
- 1916-07-28 — Mulla Nasru'llah-i-Shahmirzadi was martyred in his home in Shahmirzad, Khurasan. [BW18:387]
...
- 1917-05-02 — The martyrdom of Mirza Muhammad-i-Bulúr-Furúsh in Yazd. [BBRXXX, BBR443]...
- 1918-03-15 — Áqa Mirza Javad, I`timadu't-Tujjar, was shot in Bandar Jaz and the houses of the Baha'is were loote...
- 1920-00-00 — Mirza Ibrahim Khan, Ibtihaju'l-Mulk, was martyred in Rasht at the hands of the Jangalis. [BW18:387] ...
- 1920-05-21 — The execution at Sultanabad of Haji `Arab by hanging. [BBRXXX, 444-6; BW18:387]...
- 1920-10-02 — Mirza Mustafa was killed at Farúgh, Fars, and other Baha'is were imprisoned. [BW18:387]
He was a...
- 1921-01-23 — Mirza Ya`qúb-i-Muttahidih was assassinated in Kirmanshah. [BBRXXX, 446-50; BW18:387; GPB299]
H...
- 1921-10-20 — Áqa Siyyid Mustafa Tabataba'i was poisoned in Sangsar. Continual agitation prevented the burial of ...
- 1924-04-05 — Shaykh `Abdu'l-Majid was beaten to death in Turshiz, Khurasan, Iran. [BW18:388]...
- 1924-06-22 — Aqa Husayn-`Ali was martyred in Firúzabad, Fars, Iran. [BW18:388]...
- 1926-04-07 — Eight or perhaps as many as twelve Baha'is were beaten to death in Jahrum, Fars, Iran. [BW18:388, SE...
- 1926-06-29 — Three Baha'is were martyred in Zavarih, near Isfahan. [BW18:388]...
- 1927-03-25 — Áqa 'Abdu'l-'A'zim, Aminu'l-'Ulama' was martyred in Ardibil, Iran, by the order of the mujtahid. [B...
- 1927-06-19 — Karbala'i Asadu'llah-i-Saqat-furúsh was martyred in Kirman, Iran. [BW18:388]...
- 1937-05-01 — Several prominent Baha'is were arrested in Yazd. [BW18:389]
They were imprisoned in Tihran for fo...
- 1941-00-01 — Shaykh Kazim was martyred in Bunab, Ádharbayjan. [BW18:389]...
- 1941-10-18 — Four members of a Baha'i family were killed and several other family members were severely beaten in...
- 1942-00-00 — In the village of Daidanaw eleven Baha'is were slain. Records, books and documents that had been tra...
- 1942-02-13 — Ustad Habibu'llah Mu'ammari was martyred in Nayriz, Iran. [BW18:389]...
- 1944-08-08 — Three Baha'is were murdered in Shahrúd, Iran, after three weeks of anti-Baha'i agitation. Many Baha...
- 1947-07-04 — 'Abbas Shahidzadih was martyred in Shahi, Mazandaran, Iran and a fellow Baha'i, Habib Allah Hushmand
- 1948-00-07 — A Baha'i was killed after an attack on his home at Chalih-Zamin, Iran. [...
- 1948-01-11 — Habibu'llah Húshmand was martyred in Sarvistan, Iran. [BW18:390]...
- 1949-00-00 — A Baha'i in Kamshatti, near Calcutta, was martyred by a religious fanatic. [BW11:34]...
- 1950-00-00 — Ghulam Reza Akhzari and his son Nur Allah were killed near Yazd and Bahram Rawhani was murdered in T...
- 1950-02-03 — Dr Sulayman Birgis was martyred in Kashan, Iran. [BW18:390]
For his obituary see BW12:684–5.
...
- 1951-00-02 — Muhammad Kayvani was murdered in Najafabad. [...
- 1951-00-05 — Baha'is in Áran, Kashan, Iran, were attacked, and one died. [BW18:390]...
- 1951-03-12 — Baha'is in Taft, Iran, were attacked and one was killed. [BW18:390]...
- 1952-08-26 — The martyrdom of Nuri'd-Din Fath-'Azam near Tehran. [BW12p690-692]...
- 1953-00-00 — Áqa Rahman Kulayni-Mamaqani was martyred in Durúd, Iran. [BW18:390]...
- 1953-09-26 — The martyrdom of Rahman Kulayni Mamaqani. He was stabbed by a ruffian in a mob. [BW12p710-711]...
- 1955-04-23 — Ramadan began. Shaykh Muhammad-Taqi known as "Falsafi" made an inflammatory speech against the Baha'...
- 1955-07-28 — Seven Baha'is were stabbed and beaten to death by a mob in Hurmuzak, Iran. [...
- 1960-00-05 — Baha'is in Angola were detained and questioned by officials.
Joaquim Sampaio was carried off in t...
- 1966-03-31 — While in the custody of the Portuguese authorities Eduardo Duarte Vieira died in prison in Portugues...
- 1967-01-01 — A Baha'i was beaten to death by a mob in Saysan, Ádharbayjan, and other Baha'is were attacked and b...
- 1972-07-30 — Parviz Sadiqi, Faramarz Vujdani and Parviz Furúghi, Iranian youth pioneers, were murdered near Mind...
- 1977-05-14 — The house of a Baha'i in Fadilabad, Iran, was attacked; the Baha'i was killed and his sister severel...
- 1978-00-00 — Ten Baha'is were killed in Iran, seven by mobs. [BW18:291]
For the response of Baha'i institution...
- 1979-00-00 — Five Baha'is were killed in Iran, two by execution. [BW18:291]
For the response of Baha'i institu...
- 1979-09-00 — Bahar Vujdani was executed in Mahabad, Iran. [BW18:255]...
- 1979-09-16 — Enoch Olinga—Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Baha'u'llah—his wife and three of his childr...
- 1979-11-11 — Dr 'Alimurad Davúdi, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, was kidnapped in Tihran a...
- 1979-11-11 — Starting just months after the revolution, seven members of the National Spiritual Assembly of the B...
- 1979-12-02 — 'Azamatu'llah Fahandizh was executed in Tihran. [BW18:255]
- 1980-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92]
Twenty–four Bah...
- 1980-04-00 — Eight Baha'is were arrested in Tabriz; five were released after signing an agreement not to take par...
- 1980-06-10 — The martyrdom of Yúsuf Subhani in Ivin Prison in Tehran. For an account of his execution and the ev...
- 1980-07-14 — Two of the Baha'is arrested in Tabriz in April were executed. [BW18:256]...
- 1980-08-21 — The members of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran were arrested along with two colleagues. They...
- 1981-00-05 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92]
Forty–six Baha'...
- 1981-06-14 — Seven members of the Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Hamadan were executed by firing squa...
- 1981-06-23 — Dr. Masih Farhangi had spent 502 days in the Evin Prison before his martyrdom by firing squad. For h...
- 1981-12-27 — Eight of the nine members of the replacement National Spiritual Assembly of Iran were executed. They...
- 1982-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92]
Thirty–two Baha...
- 1983-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW18:92; BW19:177–226]
T...
- 1983-06-18 — In Shiraz, ten Baha'i women ranging in age from 17 to 57, were hanged. All of the women had been tor...
- 1984-00-03 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226]
Thirty Bah...
- 1984-12-00 — Dr. Ruhollah Taelim, a popular physician living in Kermanshah, was hanged in Tehran in 1984 at the a...
- 1985-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226]
Seven Baha...
- 1985-08-28 — Mr Rahmatu'llah Vujdani, a 57 year old teacher, was executed by firing squad in Bandar 'Abbas. He ...
- 1986-00-00 — The persecution of the Baha'is of Iran continued throughout the year. [BW19:177–226]
One Baha'i...
- 1987-09-23 — Three members of the Yaran-e Iran, Mr. Jamaluddin Khanjani, Mr. Hasan Mahboobi and Mr. Changeez Fan...
- 1992-03-18 — The martyrdom of Mr. Bahman Samandari in the Evin prison in Tehran. Mr. Samandari was executed with ...
- 1997-07-04 — Masha'llah Enayati, a 63-year-old man, died in custody while in prison in Isfahan after being severe...
- 1997-07-06 — Shahram Reza'i, a conscript in the army, was shot in the head by his superior officer at a military ...
- 1998-07-21 — Mr. Ruhu'llah Rawhani, a 52-year-old medical supplies salesman was hanged in Mashhad solely for reli...
- 1999-09-01 — The murder of Abdullah Mogharrabi in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It was determined that he was killed for ...
- 2001-10-23 — The murder of Rashid Gulov in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It was determined that he was killed for his rel...
- 2001-12-03 — The murder of Mosadegh Afshin Shokoufeh in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It was determined that he was kille...
- 2002-03-05 — The announcement by the Baha'i International Community of the murder of three Baha'is in Dushanbe, T...
- 2005-12-15 — The death of Mr. Dhabihu'llah Mahrami, 59, who had been held in a government prison in Yazd under ha...
- 2013-08-24 — Mr. Ataollah Rezvani, a well-known Baha'i in the city of Bandar Abbas disappeared and the next day t...
- 2016-09-26 — The murder of Farhang Amiri in Yazd. [BWNS1133; Arch...
- 2016-10-26 — The report from the offices of the Baha'i International Community entitled The Baha'i Question Revis...
- 2017-07-15 — The men who admitted to stabbing and killing Farhang Amiri, a 63-year-old father of four children, i...
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