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Date 1870-06-22, sorted by date, descending

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1870 22 Jun
187-		 Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch, fell through the skylight in the roof of the prison in `Akká onto a crate lying on the floor below. [BKG311–12; GBP188; RB3:205]
  • It was a normal practice for prisoners to go onto the roof in the summer evenings for fresh air. [RB3:205]
  • He was chanting the verses of Bahá'u'lláh's Qasídiy-i-Varqá'íyyih. [RB3:206]
  • He was so badly injured that his clothes have to be torn from him. [RB206]
  • Bahá'u'lláh came to him at His bedside and asked His son whether he wished to live; the Purest Branch begged Bahá'u'lláh to accept his life as a ransom for the opening of the gates of the prison to pilgrims. Bahá'u'lláh accepted this sacrifice. [BKG311–12; GPB188; RB3:208]
    		•  - First pilgrims; Akka, Israel; Citadel (Akká prison); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Pilgrimage; Pilgrims; Qasidiyyih-Varqaiyyih (Ode of the Dove); Sacrifice
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