- 1819-10-20 — Birth of Siyyid `Ali-Muhammad (The Bab), before dawn, in Shiraz. [B32; GH13; DB14, 72]
The Pri...
- 1828-00-01 — Passing of Mirza Muhammad Rida, the father of the Bab.
The Bab was placed in the care of His ma...
- 1835-10-01 — Siyyid 'Ali Muhammad (the Bab) moved to Bushihr to manage his uncles' business interests in that cit...
- 1841-00-00 — Siyyid `Ali Muhammad (the Bab) went Karbala where He attended the lectures of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti,...
- 1842-08-00 — The marriage of Siyyid `Ali Muhammad (the Bab) in Shiraz to Khadijih-Bagum (b. 1821) the daughter of...
- 1843-00-01 — Birth of Ahmad, son of the Bab. He passed away shortly after he was born (or was still-born). [Bab4...
- 1843-01-10 — The Bab dreamed that He drank a few drops of blood from the wounds of the martyred Imam Husayn. Afte...
- 1844-04-03 — In Kitab Fihrist, the Bab stated that the first descent of Spirit on Him was on 15th of the third mo...
- 1844-05-22 — Declaration of the Bab's Mission
Two hours and eleven minutes after sunset Siyyid `Ali-Muhammad ma...
- 1844-07-01 — Forty days after the Declaration of the Bab, the second Letter of the Living, Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami,...
- 1844-07-02 — The intention of the Bab was to introduce the new Revelation slowly so as not to cause estrangement....
- 1844-08-11 — The Bab sent Mulla `Aliy-i-Bastami to Najaf and Karbala to proclaim His Cause among the Shaykhis. In...
- 1844-09-10 — The Bab left Shiraz for Bushihr and arrived on the 19th of September. [The Genesis of the Babi-Baha'...
- 1844-09-30 — The Bab received the letter from Mulla Husayn giving Him details of his journey and meeting with Bah...
- 1844-10-00 — Pigrimage of the Bab
The Bab, Quddús (Haji Mulla Muhammad-`Aliy-i-Barfurúshi) and the Bab's Eth...
- 1844-10-02 — The Bab departed from Búshihr on His pilgrimage. [Bab57; MH119, 121, GPB9]
He instructed His f...
- 1844-12-00 — The Bab and His companions arrived in Jiddah after a rough sea voyage of two months. There they put ...
- 1844-12-12 — The Bab arrived in Mecca and performed the rites of pilgrimage in company with 100,000 other pilgrim...
- 1844-12-20 — The Bab offered 19 lambs as a sacrifice in the prescribed manner, nine in His own name, seven in the...
- 1844-12-20 — The Bab made a declaration of His mission by standing at the Ka`bih, holding the ring of the door an...
- 1845-01-00 — Crowds gathered in Karbala in response to the Bab's summons, among them was Tahirih. [BabI62; BBRSM1...
- 1845-01-07 — The Bab departed Mecca. [The Genesis of the Babi-Baha'i Faiths in Shiraz and Fars p35 by A. Rabbani...
- 1845-01-16 — The Bab arrived in Medina from Mecca.
DB140 says He arrived January 10, 1845.
He stayed for ...
- 1845-02-12 — The Bab left Medina for Jiddah arriving on the 24th of February. [MS2; The Genesis of the Babi-Baha...
- 1845-02-27 — The Bab left Jiddah. [MS2]
He disembarked at Muscat and remained there for two months, awaiti...
- 1845-02-28 — The Bab returned to Búshihr. He sent Quddús to Shiraz with a letter addressed to His uncle Haji Mi...
- 1845-06-24 — After expelling Mulla Husayn and Mulla Sadiq the governor of Fars, Hasayn Khan-i-Irvani ordered that...
- 1845-06-30 — At Dalaki, some 40 miles northeast of the Búshihr, the Bab met the soldiers of the governor of Fars...
- 1845-07-07 — The Bab arrived in Shiraz.
Note: Other estimates for the time of His arrival in Shiraz are fr...
- 1845-08-00 — The Bab was released to the custody of His uncle, Haji Mirza Siyyid 'Ali. [DB151, LTDT13]
Bab was...
- 1846-03-19 — The Bab bequeathed all His possessions to His mother and His wife and revealed a special prayer for ...
- 1846-07-00 — The Chief Constable, 'Abdu'l-Hamid Khan, was instructed by order of the governor, Hasayn Khan, to br...
- 1846-09-23 — Up to this point the Bab had not been critical of the civil government but considering that His denu...
- 1846-09-24 — The Bab departed for Isfahan after a sojourn in Shiraz of less than 15 months. [B105–6; BBRSM216; ...
- 1846-10-00 — On His approach to Isfahan the Bab wrote to Manúchihr Khan, the governor-general of Isfahan, and as...
- 1846-11-00 — Manúchihr Khan arranged a meeting between the Bab and the clerics to silence their opposition. Afte...
- 1846-12-03 — The Shah had already instructed the governor, Manúchihr Khan to send the Bab to Tihran. Seeking to ...
- 1847-03-04 — The passing of Manúchihr Khan. His death had been predicted by the Bab 87 days earlier. The governo...
- 1847-03-21 — En route to Tihran Haji Mirza Áqasi instructed the Bab to break His journey by stopping in the vill...
- 1847-03-28 — The Bab and His escort arrived at the fortress of Kinar-Gird, 28 miles from Tihran. Muhammad Big, th...
- 1847-03-29 — The Bab arrived in Kulayn where He stayed for 20 days. [Bab120; DB227; TN11] ...
- 1847-03-31 — Tahirih's activities in Iraq so alarm some Babis of Kazimayn that they agitated against her. Siyyid ...
- 1847-04-00 — The Bab received a courteous message from the Shah, who, on the advice of his prime minister, Haji M...
- 1847-04-01 — The Bab received a letter and gifts from Baha'u'llah in Tihran delivered to His Hands by Mulla Muham...
- 1847-04-01 — One night the Bab disappeared and was found the next morning on the road coming from the direction o...
- 1847-04-17 — The Bab sent a letter to the Shah requesting an audience. [B121; DB229; TN11]
Some accounts main...
- 1847-05-01 — The Bab arrived in Tabriz en route to Mah-Kú and was handed over to the officials of Nasir al-Din M...
- 1847-07-00 — The Bab in Mah-Kú
The Bab arrived at the prison fortress of Mah-Kú (the Open Mountain). [Bab128...
- 1847-07-00 — The people of Mah-Kú show markeded hostility to the Bab on His arrival. Later they were won over by...
- 1848-03-20 — Mulla Husayn and his companion, walking from Mashhad, arrived at Mah-Kú on the eve of Naw-Rúz. The...
- 1848-03-30 — Mulla Husayn departed for Mazindaran, setting out on foot as the Bab has directed. [DB260; MH144]
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- 1848-04-09 — The Bab was removed from Mah-Kú. Prior to this He had communicated His higher claims to His followe...
- 1848-04-10 — The Bab in Chihriq
The Bab was transferred to the fortress of Chihriq, `Jabal-i-Shadid' (the Grie...
- 1848-04-11 — The presence of the Bab in Chihriq attracted much notice. Eventually Yahya Khan softened his attitud...
- 1848-06-26 — The Conference of Badasht Baha'u'llah, who hosted and directed the event, rented three gardens, one ...
- 1848-07-00 — After three months in Chihriq, the Bab, on the order of Haji Mirza Áqasi was taken under escort to ...
- 1848-07-30 — Trial of the Bab
The Bab arrived in Tabriz and was brought before a panel of which the 17-year-ol...
- 1848-08-00 — The Bab was taken back to Chihriq, where He remained until June/July 1850. [Bab147; DB322; TN15]
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- 1849-06-00 — The Bab, in prison in the castle of Chihriq, learned of the massacre at Shaykh Tabarsi and the marty...
- 1849-11-26 — The Bab sent Mulla Ádi-Guzal to the graves of Quddús and Mulla Husayn to make a pilgrimage on His ...
- 1850-01-15 — Mulla Ádi-Guzal arrived in Mazindaran and carried out the Bab's request. [DB432]...
- 1850-06-00 — The Amir-Nizam, Mirza Taqi Khan was determined to execute the Bab to halt the progress of His religi...
- 1850-06-29 — The Bab arrived in Tabriz. [BBR76]
BBRXXIX says He arrived on 19 June.
RR397 says He arrived t...
- 1850-07-08 — The Bab, divested of His turban and sash, was taken on foot to the barracks in Tabriz. Mirza Muhamma...
- 1850-07-09 — Martyrdom of the Bab
In the morning the Bab was taken to the homes of the leading clerics to obt...
- 1850-07-10 — The Russian Consul had an artist make a sketch of the body of the Bab. [Bab159; DB518; TN28; Sunbur...
- 1851-10-05 — Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunúzi, the Bab's amanuensis, had been sent from the Bab's side in Chihriq to live i...
- 1864-12-00 — At some point near the end of His life the Bab had consigned His remaining papers, His seal, His qal...
- 1881-00-00 — The passing of Faṭimih Bagum, the mother of the Bab in Karbila. She herself was from a prominent S...
- 1910-00-00 — The publication of God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts by Laura Clifford Barney, (London: Kegan Paul...
- 1912-05-23 — The Baha'is of Cambridge, Massachusetts, celebrated `Abdu'l-Baha's birthday at the Breed home with a...
- 1955-04-21 — In 1843, the Bab's only child, Ahmad, was still-born or died soon after birth. Khadijih Bagum had a...
- 2018-05-09 — The premiere of the film The Gate: Dawn of the Baha'i Faith in Los Angeles. The first ever documenta...
- 2019-10-29 — The commemoration of the bicentenary of the Birth of the Bab gave rise to an outpouring of artistic ...
- 2021-11-04 — The US premiere of the short film entitled The Prisoner in the Cinema Paradisl in Hollywood. The fi...
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