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| 1903. 03 May |
Upheaval at Rasht. [BBRXXX, 373]
See BW18p385 for a chronicle of events.
- 3 May: Agitation against Bahá’í’s following publication of photograph of the Bahá’í community; several Bahá’ís beaten.
- May: Mob disrupted a Bahá’í funeral, exhumed body and burned it.
- May: Renewed uproar in the town following the placing of a forged placard at the door of the local mujtahid, Haji Khumami.
- 17 May: Two leading Bahá’ís, Ibtihaju'l-Mulk and Mudabbiru’l-Mamalik, expelled from the town.
The Bahá'ís take sanctuary at the Russian Consulate. [BBR376]
For Western accounts of the episode see BBR377–385] |
Rasht; Isfahan; Iran |
Persecution, Iran; Persecution; Rasht upheaval; Isfahan upheaval; Upheavals; Russian consulate |
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| 1903. 23 - 28 May |
Upheaval in Isfahan: Muhammad-Javad-i-Sarraf seized was by students of Aqa Najafi and beaten severely; this caused a large number of Bahá’ís to take sanctuary in the Russian Consulate.
28 May: Large mob gathered outside Russian Consulate and beat Bahá’ís as they left; Sayyid Abu’l-Qasim-i-Mamani, aged 90, died as a result of the injuries he received.
[BW18p385] |
Isfahan; Iran |
Persecution, Iran; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution; Russian consulate; Persecution, Mobs; Russian consulate |
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