Bahá'í timeline

This page is dedicated to providing a basic timeline of the Bábí and Bahá'í religions. For a more comprehensive chronology see the references at the bottom.

1795

• (1210 AH), Shaykhi sect is started by Shaykh Ahmad.

1817

• November 12, Bahá'u'lláh is born.

1819

• October 20, the Báb is born.

1820

• Bahá'u'lláh's first wife, Navváb, is born.

1826

• Shaykh Ahmad dies and Siyyid Kázim becomes leader of the Shaykhi sect.

1828

• Bahá'u'lláh's second wife, Fátimih, is born.

1834

• Shah of Persia, Fat′h `Ali Shah, dies. Prime minister executed and Mírzá Buzurg dismissed as Vizier by Muhammad Shah.

1835

• September 24 - October 22, Bahá'u'lláh marries Navváb.

1843

• Siyyid Kázim dies.

1844

• May 23, the Báb declares his mission in Shiraz, Iran.
• May 23, `Abdu'l-Bahá is born to Navváb and Bahá'u'lláh.

1845

• September, restrictions are enforced on the Báb's movement within Shiraz after he declares himself to be the Mahdi publicly.

1846

• Bahíyyih is born to Navváb and Bahá'u'lláh.
• March, the Báb leaves Shiraz for Isfahan.

1847

• March, the Báb is imprisoned at Maku.

1848

• Mírzá Mihdí is born to Navváb and Bahá'u'lláh.
• May 20, Mullá Husayn visits the Báb in Maku
• April 10, the Báb is moved to the prison of Chihriq, due to his growing influence in Maku. He was largely kept there until a few days before his execution.
• June 26 - July 17, the Conference of Badasht was held
• July, during public interrogation at Tabriz the Báb makes a dramatic public declaration. He is returned to Chihriq.
• July 21, Mullá Husayn hoists the Black Standard and marches with 202 other Bábís to Mashhad.
• September 4, the Shah of Persia, Muhammad Shah, dies.
• October 10, Mullá Husayn and a host of other Bábís are besieged at fort Tabarsi.
• October 20, Quddús arrives at fort Tabarsí.

1849

• Bahá'u'lláh marries Fátimih in Tihrán.
• February 2, Mullá Husayn dies in battle at fort Tabarsí.
• May 10, Battle of fort Tabarsí ends after a negotiated surrender in which the victors promise to let the Bábís go. Immediately afterward, the victors break their oath and kill many of the defenders.[1]
• May 16, Quddús is tortured and executed.

1850

• July 9, the Báb is publicly executed in Tabriz.

1852

• May 17, angry Bábís (acting on their own volition) make a failed attempt to kill Nasser al-Din Shah, who retaliates by imprisoning Bahá'u'lláh and executing several thousands of Bábís, including Táhirih and Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdi.
• October 15, while imprisoned for four months in the Síyáh-Chál in Tehran, Bahá'u'lláh receives the first intimations that he is the promised one foretold by the Báb.
• Mírzá Muhammad `Alí is born to Fátimih and Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad

1853

• January 12, Bahá'u'lláh is exiled from Tehran to Baghdad.

1854

• April 10, Bahá'u'lláh retreats to the Sulaymaniyah mountains within Kurdistan due to a rising tensions between Mírzá Yahyá and himself.

1856

• After being discovered in Kurdistan, Bahá'u'lláh returns to Baghdad, by the request of `Abdu'l-Bahá.

1862

• May 10, the Persian ambassador requests that the Ottomans move the Bábís farther from Persia.

1863

• April 21, Bahá'u'lláh declares himself to be He whom God shall make manifest in the Garden of Ridván in Baghdad on the eve of his exile to Istanbul.
• December 12, Bahá'u'lláh is exiled into formal confinement in Edirne after four months in Istanbul.

1864

• August 15, Díyá'u'lláh is born to Fátimih and Bahá'u'lláh.

1867

• Bahá'u'lláh begins writing and sending his Tablets to the Kings.

1868

• Badí`u'llah is born to Fátimih and Bahá'u'lláh.
• August 5, Bahá'u'lláh and a large group of followers are sent from Edirne to the penal colony of `Akká, in Palestine.
• August 31, Bahá'u'lláh arrives in `Akká.

1869

• Bahá'u'lláh sends a letter to the Shah of Persia, Nasser al-Din Shah, and the messenger, Badí‘, is put to death.

1870

• June 23, Mirzá Mihdí dies after falling through a skylight.

1873

• Bahá'u'lláh writes the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.

1886

• Navváb dies.

1892

• May 29, Bahá'u'lláh dies.

1893

• The Bahá'í Faith is mentioned in a newspaper for the first time in the United States.

1897

• March 1, Shoghi Effendi, the great-grandson of Bahá'u'lláh, is born.

1898

• The first Western pilgrims arrive in `Akká, including Phoebe Hearst and the first African-American believer, Robert Turner.
• October 30, Díyá'u'lláh dies.

1904

• Fátimih dies.
• Bahá'u'lláh's daughter to Fátimih, Samadiyyih, dies (due to calendar differences could be 1905).

1907

• Badi`u'llah's Epistle.[2]

1908

• September, `Abdu'l-Bahá is released from a lifetime of exile and imprisonment at 64 years of age.

1910

• Mary Maxwell, later to be known as Rúhíyyih Khanum, is born in New York City

1911

• August–December, `Abdu'l-Bahá travels across Europe visiting cities such as London, Bristol, and Paris.
• September 10, `Abdu'l-Bahá gives his first address to a Western audience in City Temple, London. English translation spoken by Wellesley Tudor Pole.

1912

• April 11, `Abdu'l-Bahá arrives in New York City for his visit to North America.
• April 29, Mírzá Yahyá dies and is buried as a Muslim.
• `Abdu'l-Bahá lays the cornerstone of the planned North American Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, IL.
• December 5, `Abdu'l-Bahá sets sail away from North America, heading back to Europe.

1913

• June 12, `Abdu'l-Bahá arrives in Egypt and returns to Haifa six months later.

1916

`Abdu'l-Bahá writes the first eight of the fourteen Tablets of the Divine Plan.

1917

`Abdu'l-Bahá writes six more Tablets of the Divine Plan.

1918

September 19, `Abdu'l-Bahá is threatened with death just before the Ottoman military is destroyed at he Battle of Megiddo.[3]

1920

• April 27, `Abdu'l-Bahá is knighted by the British Empire in recognition of his humanitarian work during WWI.

1921

• November 28, `Abdu'l-Bahá dies in Haifa and appoints Shoghi Effendi as the Guardian in his Will and Testament.
  (This date marks the close of the "Heroic Age of the Bahá'í Faith" and the opening of its "Formative Age" according to Shoghi Effendi's description.)

1932

• July 15, Bahá'u'lláh's daughter Bahíyyih dies.

1937

• Mírzá Muhammad `Alí, labeled the arch-Covenant breaker by `Abdu'l-Bahá, dies.
• Shoghi Effendi launches the "Divine Plan" for the diffusion the Bahá'í Faith across the globe.
• Shoghi Effendi marries Mary Maxwell, later known as Rúhíyyih Khanum, the daughter of a prominent Canadian Bahá'í.

1939

• December, the bodies of Navváb and Mírzá Mihdí are exhumed and moved to the Monument Gardens.

1944

• Shoghi Effendi releases God Passes By to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bahá'í dispensation.

1950

• Badí`u'llah dies

1951

• Eleven functioning National Spiritual Assemblies exist in the world.
• 32 additional "Hands of the Cause of God" are appointed by Shoghi Effendi.
• The International Bahá'í Council, first multi-national Bahá'í body, is appointed by Shoghi Effendi.

1953

• Shoghi Effendi launches the Ten Year Crusade.
• The North American Bahá'í House of Worship is dedicated in Wilmette, IL.
• The superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb is completed.

1957

• November 4, Shoghi Effendi dies without children and without appointing a successor Guardian. The role of 'Head of the Faith' is taken up by 27 Hands of the Cause with plans to complete the Ten Year Crusade and elect the Universal House of Justice.

1963

• April 21, the first Bahá'í World Congress takes place in London. The first Universal House of Justice is elected by representatives of 56 National Spiritual Assemblies gathered in Haifa, in synchronization with the end of the Ten Year Crusade and the centenary of the Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh in the Garden of Ridván. [4]

1975

• January 14, the House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá in `Akká is purchased.

1983

• January 31, the Universal House of Justice takes up its permanent seat.

1986

• December 24, the Indian Bahá'í House of Worship (aka the "lotus temple") is dedicated.

1990

• April 21, two Knights of Bahá'u'lláh settle on the island of Sakhalin, the last remaining territory named by Shoghi Effendi in his Ten Year Crusade.

1992

• April 21, a Holy year begins marking the centenary of the death of Bahá'u'lláh.
• November 22, the second Bahá'í World Congress takes place in New York.

1993

• March 21, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is released in English with commentary.

2000

• January 19, Rúhíyyih Khanum dies, representing the last remnant of the family of Bahá'u'lláh who remained loyal to Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice.

2001

• The terraces on Mount Carmel are completed, surrounding the Shrine of the Báb and the Arc.

Other Chronology References

• Cameron, G., & Momen, W. (1996). A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853984022.

References

• Amanat, Abbas (1989). Resurrection and Renewal. Cornell University Press, 124 Roberts Place, Ithica, New York 14850. ISBN 0801420989.

• Nabíl-i-Zarandí (1932). Shoghi Effendi (Translator): The Dawn-Breakers: Nabíl’s Narrative, Hardcover, Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. ISBN 0900125225.

• Smith, Peter (1999). A Concise Encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford, UK: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 1851681841.

External links

• Timelines, Genealogies, Chronologies
• A Brief History of the Bahá'í Faith - Website of the Bahá'í Community of Boise, Idaho, U.S.A.
• Bahá'i Chronology

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