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Abstract: Table of 59 key events in early Bábí history. Notes: Text from Ocean. See also a more detailed table, Chronology of Persecutions of Babis and Bahá'ís. |
| Date | Event |
| 1811 | Birth of Hujjat. |
| 12 Nov. 1817 | Birth of Mirza Husayn 'Aliy-i-Nuri (Bahá'u'lláh). |
| 1817 | Birth of Tahirih. |
| 20 Oct. 1819 | Birth of Siyyid 'Ali-Muhammad-i-Shirazi (the Bab). |
| 1822 | Birth of Quddus. |
| 27 June 1826 | Death of Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i. |
| 9 Sept. 1834 | Accession of Muhammad Shah. |
| 1835 | Marriage of Bahá'u'lláh to Asiyih Khanum (Navvab). |
| 1841 | The Bab proceeds to Najaf and Karbila where he attends the lectures of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti, Shaykh Ahmad's successor. |
| 1842 | Marriage of the Bab to Khadijih Khanum. |
| 31 Dec. 1843 | Death of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti. |
| Jan. 1844 | Mulla Husayn and his companions set out to find the Qa'im. |
| 23 May 1844 | Declaration by the Bab of his mission to Mulla Husayn-i-Bushru'i at Shiraz. The Bab reveals the Suriy-i-Mulk, the first chapter of the Qayyumu'l-'Asma. Birth of `Abdu'l-Bahá in Tihran. |
| Summer 1844 | The Bab sends the Letters of the Living to their native provinces to teach; he sends Mulla Husayn to Tihran to communicate with Bahá'u'lláh. Shortly after, Bahá'u'lláh arises to spread the Revelation of the Bab in Mazindaran. Mulla 'Aliy-i-Bastami sets out for Karbila. |
| Sept. 1844 | The Bab sets out with Quddus from Shiraz on pilgrimage to Mecca. |
| 12 Dec. 1844 | Arrival of the Bab and Quddus in Mecca. |
| Dec. 1844 | Quddus proclaims the Faith to the Sherif of Mecca. |
| 10 Jan. 1845 | The Bab and Quddus leave Mecca for Medina. The Bab reveals Sahifatu'l-Haramayn on way. |
| 13 Jan. 1845 | Trial of Mulla 'Aliy-i-Bastami at Baghdad. |
| 15 May 1845 | The Bab returns to Bushihr following pilgrimage. |
| June 1845 | Punishment inflicted by Husayn Khan on disciples of the Bab at Shiraz, Quddus, Mulla Sadiq-i-Khurasani, and 'Ali Akbar-i-Ardistani arrested, beaten and expelled from Shiraz. The Bab arrested and escorted to Shiraz. |
| 1846 | Muhammad Shah sends Vahid to interview the Bab in Shiraz. The Commentary on the Surih of Kawthar revealed. Vahid becomes a disciple of the Bab. Hujjat also becomes a believer around this time. Mulla 'Aliy-i-Bastami is martyred. The Bab is arrested, but later released following an outbreak of cholera. Shortly after, the Bab leaves Shiraz for Isfahan. |
| Sept. 1846-Mar. 1847 | The Bab's stay in Isfahan, where he meets with a number of the 'ulama', and where Manuchihr Khan, the governor, becomes a follower of the Bab. The Commentary on the Surih of Va'l-'Asr and Tafsir-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khassih revealed. |
| Mar.-July 1847 | The Bab is transferred from Isfahan to Maku. Kitab-i-Bayan, Dala'il-i-Sab'ih, and the Tablet to Muhammad Shah revealed at Maku. |
| 1847 | Tahirih leaves 'Iraq for Iran. |
| Oct. 1847 | Some thirty Babis, including Tahirih, arrested in Qazvin. Bahá'u'lláh imprisoned in Nov.-Dec. while trying to assist the Babis of Qazvin. |
| 21 Mar. 1848 | Mulla Husayn visits the Bab at Maku. |
| 10 Apr. 1848 | The Bab is moved to Chihriq. |
| June 1848 | Bahá'u'lláh, Quddus and Tahirih arrive at the Conference of Badasht at which a definite break is made with the laws of the Islamic Dispensation. |
| July 1848 | The Bab is brought to Tabriz for trial, passing through Urumiyyih on the way. He proclaims his station in the presence of the heir to the throne. After his trial, he is bastinadoed and returned to Chihriq. |
| Summer 1848 | Quddus arrested and imprisoned in Sari. |
| 4 Sept. 1848 | Death of Muhammad Shah. Accession of Nasiru'd-Din Shah; Mirza Taqi Khan, the Amir Nizam, becomes Prime Minister a short time later. |
| 12 Oct. 1848 | Mulla Husayn and his companions enter the Shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi -- beginning of the Mazindaran Upheaval. |
| Nov. 1848 | Bahá'u'lláh arrives at Shaykh Tabarsi. |
| 27 Nov. 1848 | Quddus arrives at Shaykh Tabarsi. Bahá'u'lláh leaves some time later. |
| Dec. 1848 | Bahá'u'lláh arrested and bastinadoed in Amul on his way to Shaykh Tabarsi for a second time. |
| 2 Feb. 1849 | Martyrdom of Mulla Husayn and some forty of his companions. |
| 10 May 1849 | Quddus and his companions tricked into laying down their arms. End of Mazindaran Upheaval. |
| 16 May 1849 | Martyrdom of Quddus at Barfurush. |
| ca. May 1849 | Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali, the maternal uncle of the Bab, visits him at Chihriq. |
| 7 Mar. 1850 | Martyrdom of the Seven Martyrs of Tihran, among them Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali, uncle of the Bab. [7 Mar. is the date suggested by "The Dawn-Breakers"; Momen, in "The Bahá'í World" Vol XVIII, p. 381, gives the date as 19 or 20 Feb.] |
| 17 Mar. 1850 | Vahid arrives in Yazd. Disturbances occur following his proclamation of the Faith of the Bab. The Yazd Episode. |
| 14 Feb.-15 Mar.1850 | Tahirih imprisoned in the house of Mahmud Khan-i-Kalantar. |
| ca. 13 May 1850 | Beginning of the Zanjan Upheaval. |
| 27 May 1850 | Vahid enters Nayriz. Beginning of the First Nayriz Upheaval. |
| 19 June 1850 | Arrival of the Bab at Tabriz. |
| 21 June 1850 | The Babis, through treachery, induced to leave the fort, then set upon and killed. End of First Nayriz Upheaval. |
| 29 June 1850 | Martyrdom of Vahid. |
| 9 July 1850 | Martyrdom of the Bab. |
| 25 Aug. 1850 | Arrival of 'Aziz Khan-i-Mukri, commander-in-chief of Iran's army, at Zanjan. |
| 29 Dec. 1850 or 8 Jan. 1851 | Martyrdom of Hujjat. |
| Jan. 1851 | End of the Zanjan Upheaval. |
| 13 Nov. 1851 | Fall of Mirza Taqi Khan, Amir-Nizam. Mirza Aqa Khan-i-Nuri becomes Prime Minister shortly thereafter. |
| 15 Aug. 1852 | The attempt on the life of the Shah. |
| 16-27 Aug. 1852 | Arrest and martyrdom of Babis in Tihran, including Tahirih, Sulayman Khan, and Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdi (the Bab's amanuensis). |
| Aug.-Dec. 1852 | Imprisonment of Bahá'u'lláh in the Siyah-Chal of Tihran. |
| Oct.-Nov. 1852 | Second Upheaval at Nayriz. |
| 12 Jan. 1853 | Banishment of Bahá'u'lláh to Baghdad. |
| 8 Apr. 1853 | Arrival of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad. |
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