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1887 – 1888
188-		 E. G. Browne, the noted Orientalist, spent 12 months in Persia. An important purpose of his journey was to contact the Bábís. [BBR29]
  • For a list of his books and other works and his relationship with the Bahá'í Faith see BBR29–36.
  • Also see BBD47; Balyuzi, Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith and Momen, Selections From the Writings of E. G. Browne.
  • While sailing from Naples to New York 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave an account of Mírzá Yahyá and his followers and of the complaints they made to Edward G. Browne: "They tampered with the contents of the history of Hájí Mírzá Jání by removing some of its passages and inserting others. They sent it to the libraries of London and Paris and through such falsehood induced him [Browne] to translate and publish the document. In order to achieve his own selfish desires, he had it printed." [Mahmúd's Diary p21]
    		•  E. G. Browne; Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Covenant-breaking; Hájí Mírzá Jani; Iran; United Kingdom
    1887 27 Oct
    188-    		 "When Bahá'u'lláh revealed the Kitáb-i-Aqdas He withheld the publication of certain laws. These included the text of the Obligatory Prayers. In one of His Tablets Bahá'u'lláh orders His amanuensis, Mírzá Áqá Ján, to send a copy of the Obligatory Prayers to Persia as a favour to Mullá 'Alí-Akbar who had asked for them. He confirms that the Obligatory Prayers had been revealed a few years earlier." [RoB4p299-300]
  • (It) "was shared with Hand of the Cause Alí Akbar SháhMírzádeh Hajji Akhund in the Lawh-i Bishárát-i 'Uzma (Tablet of the Most Great Glad-tidings), and thus diffused among the community. [Kitáb-i-Aqdas: the Obligatory Prayers Notes by the Universal House of Justice, Ismael Velasco, Peter Terry, Michael Sours]
  • See Kitáb-i-Aqdas: Tablet Study Outline .
    		• Obligatory prayer; Hájí Ákhúnd (Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí); Laws; Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); - Gradual implementation of laws; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Akka, Israel; Iran
    1887 26 Jul
    188-    		 Leyzer (Eliezer) Levi Zamenhof published, in Russian, La Unua Libro, (The First Book) of his fully-formed manual of the Esperanto language, signing it "Doktoro Esperanto", the nom de plume of its creator. By way of explanation, the word "esperanto", in Esperanto, means "One who hopes".
  • Some estimates optimistically place the number of people familiar to some degree with the language at nearly two million, and it is now among the languages taught on the popular website and app Duolingo. But there are only perhaps some ten thousand fully fluent Esperanto speakers.
  • See JPost.com 8Feb2022 for a full history of the language and of the Zamenof family.
    		•  Leyzer (Eliezer) Levi Zamenhof; Zamenof; Lidia Zamenhof; Esperanto; Warsaw, Poland; Poland
    1887 13 Apr
    188-    		 The first mention of the concept of `Hand of the Cause' in Bahá'u'lláh's writings is within a Tablet revealed in honour of Ibn-i-Asdaq. [BBD115; EB173] Ibn-i-Asdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad); - Hands of the Cause; - Hands of the Cause, Institution; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Firsts, other; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Bahaullah (chronology); Appointed arm First mention of concept of `Hand of the Cause'
    1887 (In the year)
    188-    		 Karbalá'í Hasan Khán and Karbalá'í Sádiq were arrested in Sarvistán, Fárs, and imprisoned for two years before being killed in prison. [BW18:383] * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Sarvestan, Iran; Fars, Iran; Iran
    1887 Date uncertain
    188-    		 Husayn, the young son of Àbdu'l-Bahá and Munírih Khánum died in Akka at the age of three or four. In speaking with Lady Blomfield she said that five of her children died in Akka. [SoG 85; SUR235]

    She said that when Husayn passed away, Bahá'u'lláh wrote the following:

      "The knowledge of the reason why your sweet baby has been called back is in the mind of God, and will be manifested in His own time. To the prophets of God the present and the future are as one." [CH90]
    		`Abdu'l-Bahá, Family of; Akka, Israel; Israel; Palestine
    1887 (In the year)
    188-    		 Mírzá Músá, Áqáy-i-Kalím, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, the faithful brother of Bahá'u'lláh, passed away in `Akká. [BBD166; BKG369; DH57]
  • He was buried in the Bahá'í section of the Muslim cemetery. [DH81]
  • He was designated by Shoghi Effendi as one of the 19 Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh. [BBD166; BW3:80–1]
  • See Bahá'í Chronicles for a brief biography as well as MoF86-90.
    		•  Mírzá Musa (Aqay-i-Kalim); - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Births and deaths; Cemeteries and graves; - In Memoriam; Akka, Israel
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