- 1799-00-00 — Napoleon, returning from Egypt, captured Jaffa and laid siege to Acre.
At this junctur
- 1819-00-00 — `Abdu'llah Pasha became the governor of `Akka in 1819. In 1832 when the Egyptians took `Akka he surr ...
- 1821-00-00 — `Abdu'llah Pasha built the Mansion at Bahji. [BBD5, 42] ...
- 1831-00-00 — Egyptian occupation of `Akka. [BBR202; DH128; <a href="https://bahai-library.com/ekbal_colonialis ...
- 1840-00-00 — The British fleet took `Akka from the Egyptians. [BBR202] ...
- 1864-12-00 — After years of imprisonment in Tehran, Àbdu'r '-Rasúl-Qumi visited Baha'u'llah in Adrianople then ...
- 1867-12-31 — The Súratu'l-Haykal (Epistle of the Temple) was revealed during the years in Adrianople, and re-ca ...
- 1868-00-00 — During this period Baha'u'llah revealed a number of Tablets to rulers including the Lawh-i-Ra'is to ...
- 1868-07-26 — Baha'u'llah's banishment to 'Akka
Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz, at the instigation of his Prime Minister, ...
- 1868-08-31 — The ship arrived in Haifa in the early morning. [BKG269; GPB182; RB3:11]
Baha'u'llah and His comp ...
- 1868-09-00 — The second Lawh-i-Salman was revealed in Akka sometime shortly after the summer 1868, so known becau ...
- 1868-09-03 — The firman of the Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz condemning Baha'u'llah to life imprisonment was read out in t ...
- 1868-09-21 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Ra'is (Tablet to the Chief) to Ali Pasha to condemn him for his crue ...
- 1868-10-00 — Nabil was released from prison in Egypt and departed for `Akka. [BKG290-1; RB3:57]
He visited Cyp ...
- 1868-10-31 — Nabil entered `Akka in disguise but was recognized and after three days was expelled from the city. ...
- 1869-00-00 — Haji Amin-i-Ilahi arrived in `Akka from Iran and was the first pilgrim to see Baha'u'llah. [DH33]
...
- 1869-00-00 — The 17-year-old Áqa Buzurg-i-Nishapúri, Badi`, arrived in `Akka having walked from Mosul. He was a ...
- 1869-00-00 — The <a href="https://bahai.works/Summons_of_the_Lord_of_Hosts/Tablet_of_Fu%E2%80%99%C3%A1d_P%C3%A ...
- 1869-02-00 — Nabil made a second attempt to enter `Akka. He was able to remain for 81 days and met Mirza Áqa Jan ...
- 1869-05-01 — Nabil met Baha'u'llah. [RB3:57] ...
- 1870-00-00 — `Údi Khammar completed the restoration and expansion of the mansion at Bahji originally built by `A ...
- 1870-06-22 — Mirza Mihdi, the Purest Branch, fell through the skylight in the roof of the prison in `Akka onto a ...
- 1870-06-23 — Mirza Mihdi died from his injuries 22 hours after his fall. [BKG311-12; GPB188; RB3:208]
See BK ...
- 1870-09-29 — Mirza `Abdu'l-Ghaffar effected his escape from Cyprus and rejoins Baha'u'llah in `Akka. [BBR306] ...
- 1870-10-00 — Baha'u'llah was moved to the house of Malik in the Fakhúrah quarter, in the western part of `Akka. ...
- 1871-01-00 — Baha'u'llah was moved to the house of Khavvam, across the street from the house of Malik. [BBR209-10 ...
- 1871-05-00 — Baha'u'llah was transferred to the house of Rabi`ih. [GPB189]
His occupation of this house lasted ...
- 1871-06-00 — `Údi Khammar, a wealthy Maronite Christian merchant, and his family moved into the recently restore ...
- 1871-09-00 — Baha'u'llah was transferred to the house of `Údi Khammar in `Akka. [BBD109; BKG317; DH39, 203; GPB1 ...
- 1871-12-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Qad Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisun (Fire Tablet) while living in the house of ...
- 1872-00-02 — Baha'u'llah tasked Shaykh Salman to escort Munirih Khanum (Fatimih Khanum) to `Akka to marry `Abdu'l ...
- 1872-01-22 — Three Azalis were murdered by seven Baha'is in 'Akka. [BBD163; BKG3256 DH41; GPB189; RB3:235]
Siy ...
- 1872-10-00 — The Reverend James Huber, a missionary from the Church Missionary Society of Germany stationed in Na ...
- 1872-12-00 — Munirih Khanum arrived in `Akka. She stayed in the house of Mirza Músa for five months. [MKBM44]
...
- 1872-12-00 — The Arabic and Persian text of Baha'u'llah's 'Tablet of Medicine' (Lawh-i-Tibb) is to be dated to th ...
- 1873-00-00 — During this period Baha'u'llah's Writings pertained to the establishment of the new world order. ...
- 1873-00-01 — Ahmad Big Tawfiq (Ahmad Bey) became Mutasarrif of `Akka. [BBD12, 20; BBR487; DH126-9; GPB192]
His ...
- 1873-02-00 — Baha'u'llah completed the revelation of the Kitab-i-Aqdas in the southeast corner room of the house ...
- 1873-03-01 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of the Vision, "Lawh-i-Rú'ya" in Arabic. See the <a href="https: ...
- 1873-03-08 — Marriage of `Abdu'l-Baha to Munirih Khanum in the House of `Abbúd.
DH45 says the marriage too ...
- 1873-12-01 — Baha'u'llah acquired the house of `Abbúd. It is joined to the house of `Údi Khammar to make one re ...
- 1873-12-02 — The existence of the Kitab-i-Aqdas was made known to the Baha'is. [SA248] ...
- 1873-12-31 — Lawh-i-Hikmat (<a href="http://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/bahaullah/tablets-bahaul ...
- 1875-00-03 — `Abdu'l-Baha rented a small garden near `Akka for Baha'u'llah's use. [BBD196-7; DH95]
See DH95 fo ...
- 1875-00-04 — At the request of Baha'u'llah,`Abdu'l-Baha wrote The Mysterious Forces of Civilization, a treatise o ...
- 1877-00-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha rented the house of Mazra`ih for Baha'u'llah's use. [BKG357; DH87; RB3:416] ...
- 1877-06-00 — Possibly the first visit of Baha'u'llah to the Ridvan Garden outside `Akka. [BBD196-7; DH95; GPB193] ...
- 1877-06-02 — See <a href="https://bahai-library.com/winters_bibliography_tablets_1868-77">Bibliography for ...
- 1877-06-03 — Baha'u'llah took up residence at Mazra`ih. [BBD154]
It took the repeated pleadings of Shaykh `Ali ...
- 1879-06-00 — An epidemic of plague broke out in `Akka and environs. Among others who felt its effects were `Údi ...
- 1879-12-31 — Birth of Túba Khanum, second daughter of `Abdu'l-Baha. [CH93, 95, ABMM] ...
- 1881-00-00 — The Ridvan Garden and the Firdaws Garden were purchased in the name of Baha'u'llah. [BBD84, 196; DH9 ...
- 1881-00-00 — The second Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was Haji Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani, entitled Amin-i-Ilahi (Trust ...
- 1882-01-20 — The Lawh-i-Maqsúd (The Goal, The Desired One) was revealed by Baha'u'llah in 'Akka. [MMG131-135; & ...
- 1885-10-29 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Tablet of Ishraqat for Jalil-i-Khu'i on the Most Great Infallibility.
I ...
- 1886-00-04 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote <a href="https://www.bahai.org/library/authoritative-texts/abdul-baha/traveler ...
- 1886-00-05 — The passing of the wife of Baha'u'llah, Ásiyih Khanum, entitled Navvab (the Most Exalted Leaf) in t ...
- 1886-09-14 — Mishkin-Qalam, who had been living in Larnica, left Cyprus on a Syrian vessel going direct to `Akka. ...
- 1887-00-00 — Mirza Músa, Áqay-i-Kalim, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, the faithful brother of Baha'u'llah, passed away ...
- 1887-00-00 — Husayn, the young son of Àbdu'l-Baha and Munirih Khanum died in Akka at the age of three or four. ...
- 1887-10-27 — "When Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-Aqdas He withheld the publication of certain laws. These incl
- 1888-07-00 — Nabil began his chronicle, The Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Baha'i Reve ...
- 1890-00-05 — E. G. Browne was in `Akka. Baha'u'llah was staying in the Templer colony in Haifa when he arrived. [ ...
- 1890-04-15 — E. G. Browne was granted four successive interviews with Baha'u'llah at Bahji. [BBD43; BBR225; BKG37 ...
- 1890-11-00 — Nabil presented his chronicle, The Dawn-Breakers, to Baha'u'llah and `Abdu'l-Baha for approval. [DBX ...
- 1891-00-00 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Kitab-i-`Ahd. [BBD32; CB142; GPB236-40, BKG420-5; RB4:419-20]
It was p ...
- 1891-05-20 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Lawh-i-Times, Tablet to the Times in which He recounted the circumstances o ...
- 1892-04-01 — Close to the end of His life Baha'u'llah became displeased with Mirza Àqa Jan and dismissed him fro ...
- 1892-05-01 — During the lifetime of Baha'u'llah Muhammad Ali made two trips to India for seditious purposes. With ...
- 1892-06-20 — Soon after the ascension of Baha'u'llah the Covenant-breakers led by Mirza Muhammad-'Ali, on the pre ...
- 1892-09-03 — Nabil, inconsolable at the death of Baha'u'llah, committed suicide by drowning himself in the sea. [ ...
- 1893-00-02 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote Risaliy-i-Siyasiyyih (variously translated as "Treatise on Politics", "A Treatise ...
- 1896-00-02 — Diya'iyyih Khanum, the eldest daughter of `Abdu'l-Baha, married Mirza Hadi Afnan of Shiraz. [BW4:234 ...
- 1896-10-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha rented the former Governorate of `Abdu'llah Pasha in the northwest corner of the city o ...
- 1896-11-00 — Mirza Muhammad-`Ali sent letters with misleading statements and calumnies against `Abdu'l-Baha, thus ...
- 1896-11-01 — `Abdu'l-Baha was forced to withdraw from `Akka to Tiberias owing to the accusations levelled against ...
- 1897-03-01 — The birth of Shoghi Effendi, in the house of `Abdu'llah Pasha. [BBD208; BKG359; DH60, 214; GBF2]
...
- 1897-03-26 — From the time of the passing of Baha'u'llah, Abdu'l-Baha endured significant family opposition to Hi ...
- 1897-05-15 — Finding the situation in `Akka intolerable, `Abdu'l-Baha had moved to Haifa's Retreat of Elijah on M ...
- 1897-12-00 — In a gathering in Akka, 'Abdu'l-Baha informed the friends of the threats of Siyyid Jamalud-Din-i-Afg ...
- 1898-08-20 — Jamal Effendi passed away in `Akka. [EB128; <a href="http://bahai-library.com/momen_jamal_effendi ...
- 1898-11-11 — Kheiralla arrived in `Akka. [BFA1:XXVIII, 141]
He had left the party of pilgrims in France and de ...
- 1898-12-10 — The first Western pilgrims arrived in `Akka. [AB68; BBD13; BBRXXX; DH214; GPB257; SCU13; <a href= ...
- 1898-12-20 — The second group of Western pilgrims arrived in `Akka, and stayed three days before returning to Cai ...
- 1899-01-15 — By mid-January Marion Kheiralla arrived in Akka. [BFA1p145] ...
- 1899-01-31 — The Remains of the Bab arrived in the Holy Land. [BBD209; DH66; GPB274; LWS147]
They were stored ...
- 1899-02-16 — The third group of Western pilgrims arrived in the Holy Land after completing their six-week cruise ...
- 1899-03-12 — Margaret Peeke (b. 8 April 1838, d. 2 November 1908) and an unknown companion visited 'Abdu'l-Baha i ...
- 1899-03-13 — Near the end of the first Western pilgrims to Akka (8 December 1898 to 23 March 1899), government of ...
- 1899-03-23 — Edward and Lua Getsinger departed Akka and arrived in New York City on the 20th of May. [LGHC30]
...
- 1899-05-01 — Kheiralla returned to the United States from `Akka. [BFA1:xxix, 158] (After his departure from Pales ...
- 1900-04-27 — Dr Yúnis Khan arrived in `Akka to act as translator for `Abdu'l-Baha. He remained for nine years. [ ...
- 1901-00-00 — The Junayn Gardens northwest of Mazra`ih, owned by several Baha'is, was registered under the name of ...
- 1901-08-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha wrote His Will and Testament over this seven-year period. [AB124-5, 484; BBD236]
It ...
- 1901-08-20 — Sultan `Abdu'l-Hamid re-imposed the restrictions confining `Abdu'l-Baha and His brothers within the ...
- 1901-09-00 — Thomas Breakwell went on pilgrimage to `Akka, the first Englishman to do so. He was accompanied by H ...
- 1902-00-03 — Pilgrims from the East and the West were once again permitted to visit `Abdu'l-Baha. [CB232] ...
- 1902-09-02 — Lua Getsinger spent over a year in the household of 'Abdu'l-Baha teaching English to His grandchildr ...
- 1902-12-00 — One of the chief promoters of Mirza Muhammad-'Ali in India was Mirza Husayn-'Aliy-i-Jahrumi.
See ...
- 1903-02-00 — Mirza Badi'u'llah, the fourth surviving son of Baha'u'llah, wrote to the Baha'is announcing his brea ...
- 1904-00-04 — Mahd-i-`Ulya (Fatimih Khanum), the second wife of Baha'u'llah, died. She and all her four surviving ...
- 1904-00-05 — Through the year the Covenant-breakers plotted until the friendly governor of `Akka was replaced by ...
- 1904-00-06 — Laura Clifford Barney made a number of extended visits to `Akka during this period. She brought with ...
- 1905-00-00 — A second Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of `Árif Bey, arrived in `Akka further to in ...
- 1906-03-00 — Mrs Whyte, the wife of a well-known Scottish clergyman, made a pilgrimage to `Akka with Mary Virgini ...
- 1907-02-25 — Corinne True travelled to `Akka to present `Abdu'l-Baha with a scroll with the signatures of 800 (or ...
- 1907-04-00 — Roy Wilhelm, accompanied by his mother, went on a pilgrimage to attain the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bah
- 1908-00-00 — Marion Jack was in 'Akka and taught 'Abdu'l-Baha's children. [FMH45] ...
- 1909-00-00 — Juliet Thompson made a pilgrimage to 'Akka and met with 'Abdu'l-Baha., [ABF19] ...
- 1909-06-00 — Sir Ronald Storrs, then a student of Arabic of Edward Granville Browne, visited 'Abdu'l-Baha in Akka ...
- 1909-10-00 — `Abdu'l-Baha gradually moved His family from `Akka to Haifa. [DH214] ...
- 1909-11-00 — Charles Mason Remey and Howard Struven left the United States on the first Baha'i teaching trip to c ...
- 1910-00-00 — Agnes Parsons made a pilgrimage to Akka to see 'Abdu'l-Baha. [Luminous Journey 30:02] She had becom ...
- 1910-08-00 — Having moved all His family to Haifa, `Abdu'l-Baha Himself moved from the House of `Abdu'llah Pasha ...
- 1910-08-30 — The Ottoman officials, architects and masons came from Constantinople for the express purpose of pla ...
- 1914-01-00 — The publication of <a href="https://networks.h-net.org/system/files/contributed-files/026-brief-h ...
- 1914-10-15 — In a talk by 'Abdu'l-Baha to Mason Remey and George Latimer in Haifa the Master distanced Himself fr ...
- 1915-00-00 — Jamal Pasha, Commander of the 4th Army Corps of the Turkish army, was put in military control of Syr ...
- 1915-05-00 — The Baha'is of Haifa and `Akka returned to their homes from the village of Abú-Sinan. [DH147] ...
- 1916-05-16 — The Sykes-Picot Agreement, officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was a secret 1916 agreement ...
- 1920-00-00 — Agnes Parsons made her second pilgrimage. It was during this visit that 'Abdu'l-Baha charged her wi ...
- 1922-01-06 — A memorial feast for 600 people of Haifa, `Akka and the surrounding area was held 40 days after the ...
- 1931-05-01 — Lilian Barron McNeill, an English Baha'i, and her husband, a retired British army officer, rented th ...
- 1933-00-00 — The construction of the Akka-Haifa highway. The town of Haifa was taking on a greater importance wi ...
- 1937-12-20 — Muhammad-'Ali, half-brother of 'Abdu'l-Baha and Arch-breaker of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah, died. [ ...
- 1938-00-00 — The fourth Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was Jinab-i-Valiyu'llah Varqa, the third son of Varqa the mar ...
- 1939-12-05 — Shoghi Effendi disintered the remains of Navvab and the Purest Branch. [DH162; PP260]
He went to ...
- 1949-08-16 — The passing of Lilian Vaughan McNeill (b.1 December, 1879). In May, 1931 she and her husband, Brigad ...
- 1950-12-15 — The Guardian appealed directly to Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to recognize the interest ...
- 1951-03-02 — Shoghi Effendi announced the completion of the restoration of the House of 'Abbúd. [MBW8] ...
- 1957-04-03 — Shoghi Effendi announced that the Treasury Department of Israel had issued an expropriation order fo ...
- 1957-06-00 — The Covenant-breakers completely abandoned Bahji. [CB367-9; DH215; MBW120-2; PP233-4] ...
- 1957-09-06 — Shoghi Effendi announced 'the complete evacuation of the remnant of Covenant-breakers and the transf ...
- 1957-11-18 — The first conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God convened at Bahji. Twenty-three Hands were prese ...
- 1957-11-18 — The Hands of the Cause conducted a memorial meeting for Shoghi Effendi in the Haram-i-Aqdas. [BW13:3 ...
- 1958-11-21 — The Second Conclave of the Hands of the Cause convened at Bahji. [BW13:347-8; MoC55-125]
It was a ...
- 1959-00-01 — The mansion at Mazra'ih was renovated. [MC219] ...
- 1959-00-05 — The House of 'Abbúd was renovated and restored. [MC219] ...
- 1959-10-23 — The third Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahji. [BW13:351; MC127-173]
...
- 1959-11-04 — The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their third Conclave. [MC166-70]
The date for the el ...
- 1961-10-15 — The fifth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahji. [MoC249-329]
For the a ...
- 1963-04-09 — The sixth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahji.
For the agenda see MoC ...
- 1965-11-11 — The Universal House of Justice announced that the 'final step' in the 'process' of the 'purification ...
- 1970-06-23 — The centenary of the death of Mirza Mihdi was commemorated with a day of prayer by Baha'is around th ...
- 1972-05-02 — The northeast and southeast quadrants of the gardens at Bahji were completed and the southern garden ...
- 1973-03-13 — The mansion at Mazra'ih was purchased. [BW15:169; BW16:136; BW19-779-782, DH94; VV14]
From the Ri ...
- 1975-01-14 — The house of 'Abdu'llah Pasha was purchased after lengthy and delicate negotiations. [BBD108; BW16:1 ...
- 1977-12-01 — The restoration of the house of 'Abdu'llah Pasha began. [BW17:84] ...
- 1978-00-00 — The publication of <a href="https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_tablets_bahaullah">Tablets of ...
- 1980-09-24 — Universal House of Justice announced that additional land had been acquired in the south-western are ...
- 1983-04-21 — The renovation of the House of 'Abdu'llah Pasha in 'Akka was completed. [BW18:77]
Delegates atten ...
- 1990-05-23 — The work started on the project to reinforce and extend the main terrace of the Shrine of the Bab. T ...
- 2004-06-00 — After 15 years of negotiations, research, and planning, the restoration work began on the cell used ...
- 2004-11-24 — The announcement of the completion of the restoration of the prison citadel that was occupied by Bah ...
- 2008-05-12 — After several years of negotiations, agreement was reached with the Israeli government for the acqui ...
- 2008-07-08 — The Shrine of the Bab and the Resting Place of Bahau'llah, together with their surrounding gardens, ...
- 2009-12-15 — The Universal House of Justice gave a progress report on the work that was being done at the World C ...
- 2010-10-29 — After three years the restoration, work was completed on the Ridvan Garden some two kilometers south ...
- 2018-08-31 — To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival in the Holy Land the Baha'i World News Service p ...
- 2020-09-29 — A progress report on the construction of the Shrine of 'Abdu'l-Baha was released. The project cont ...
- 2021-02-15 — In an update on the construction of the Shrine of 'Abdu'l-Baha it was reported that the first steps ...
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