- 1771-00-00 — Birth of Fath-`Ali Khan (later Shah) in Shiraz. He ruled from 1797 (or 1798) to 1834....
- 1778-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Muhammad Riday-i-Shirazi, the father of the Bab. ...
- 1815-00-00 — Early history of the House of the Bab
RoB4p240 states that the Bab's father, Áqa Mirza Muhammad ...
- 1817-00-00 — Shaykh Ahmad traveled to Persia and visits Shiraz and Tihran. He was in Tihran when Baha'u'llah is b...
- 1819-10-20 — Birth of Siyyid `Ali-Muhammad (The Bab), before dawn, in Shiraz. [B32; GH13; DB14, 72]
The Pri...
- 1820-00-01 — Birth of Khadijih Bagum (daughter of Mirza `Ali, a merchant of Shiraz), first wife of the Bab, in Sh...
- 1825-00-00 — Birth of Áqa Husayn-i-Isfahani (Mishkin-Qalam), Apostle of Baha'u'llah and well-known calligrapher,...
- 1828-00-01 — Passing of Mirza Muhammad Rida, the father of the Bab.
The Bab was placed in the care of His ma...
- 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...
- 1844-01-22 — Mulla Husayn returned to Karbila after a journey of two years in Persia. He had been on a mission in...
- 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...
- 1844-07-02 — The intention of the Bab was to introduce the new Revelation slowly so as not to cause estrangement....
- 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...
- 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...
- 1845-11-01 — The Times of London carried an item on the arrest and torture of Quddús, Mulla Sadiq-i-Khurasani, M...
- 1846-03-19 — The Bab bequeathed all His possessions to His mother and His wife and revealed a special prayer for ...
- 1846-03-19 — After the Bab left Shiraz, His wife, Khadijih Bagum, mother, Fatimah Bagum, maternal grandmother, Za...
- 1846-06-23 — Quddús met Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas in Shiraz to whom he entrusted a copy of Khasa'il-i-Sab`ih (`the ...
- 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; ...
- 1847-04-01 — The Bab received a letter and gifts from Baha'u'llah in Tihran delivered to His Hands by Mulla Muham...
- 1850-05-27 — First Nayriz upheaval. Vahid traveled from Yazd towards Shiraz, eventually coming to Nayriz. He went...
- 1850-06-24 — The severed heads of 13 Babis arrived in Shiraz from Nayriz. They were raised on lances and paraded ...
- 1850-10-03 — Two of Vahid's companions were executed in Shiraz....
- 1853-05-04 — An earthquake struck in Shiraz. It destroyed many homes and killed several thousand citizens. It al...
- 1853-10-31 — Some 600 female and 80 to 180 male Babis are taken prisoner at Nayriz and marched to Shiraz, along w...
- 1853-11-24 — The prisoners from Nayriz and the heads of the martyrs arrived in Shiraz. More Babis were executed a...
- 1862-00-00 — In order to regain ownership of the House of the Bab, Mirza Áqa Nuri'd-Din convinced the residents ...
- 1863-05-03 — Baha'u'llah left the Garden of Ridvan.
This initiated the holy day the Twelfth Day of Ridvan, to...
- 1864-00-00 — Birth of Mirza Hadi Shirazi, the father of Shoghi Effendi, in Shiraz....
- 1867-09-06 — Nabil-i-A'zam was dispatched to Iraq and Iran to inform the Babis of the advent of Baha'u'llah. He w...
- 1871-00-00 — Muhammad-Hasan Khan-i-Kashi died in Burújird, Iran, after being bastinadoed. [BW18:383]
Three Ba...
- 1872-00-01 — Restoration of the House of the Bab began at the request of Khadijih Bigum with the permission and t...
- 1872-00-02 — Baha'u'llah tasked Shaykh Salman to escort Munirih Khanum (Fatimih Khanum) to `Akka to marry `Abdu'l...
- 1882-11-11 — The passing of Khadijih-Bagum, the wife of the Bab, in Shiraz in the house of her Husband. [BBD127; ...
- 1883-00-00 — Six Baha'is were arrested in Yazd and sent to Isfahan in chains. BW18:383]
Four Baha'is were arre...
- 1888-07 — Two Baha'is were arrested in Sarvistan, Fars, and were sent to Shiraz, where one was imprisoned. [BW...
- 1892-07-02 — Áqa Murtada of Sarvistan, who had been in prison for five years, was executed in Shiraz. [BW18:384]...
- 1902-00-02 — In Shiraz, Haji Abu'l-Hasan was beaten so severely on the order of the mujtahid that he died a few m...
- 1903-07-20 — `Abdu'l-Baha commissioned the second restoration of the House of the Bab in Shiraz under the supervi...
- 1914-00-04 — 'Abdu'l-Baha was forced to expel Tammaddun'ul-Mulk for corrupt behaviour. He was from Shiraz and ha
- 1942-00-00 — The House of the Bab in Shiraz was attacked and damaged by fire. [BBD108; ...
- 1943-04-05 — Sir Ronald Storrs visited the House of the Bab in Shiraz. [BW 11:461]...
- 1944-03-21 — On the occasion of the Centenary of the Declaration of the Bab, the Guardian provided two gifts to t...
- 1944-05-22 — The Centenary of the Declaration of the Bab was celebrated at the House of the Bab in Shiraz. [BW10:...
- 1954-00-14 — "The sacred dust of the Bab's infant son, extolled in the Qayyum-i-Asma, was respectfully and ceremo
- 1955-04-21 — In 1843, the Bab's only child, Ahmad, was still-born or died soon after birth. Khadijih Bagum had a...
- 1955-04-23 — Ramadan began. Shaykh Muhammad-Taqi known as "Falsafi" made an inflammatory speech against the Baha'...
- 1955-05-00 — Persecutions against the Baha'is continued throughout Iran. [...
- 1955-05-09 — Baha'i houses were attacked and looted at Shiraz, Iran. [BW18:390]...
- 1955-09-00 — Baha'is in Iran continued to be dismissed from their employment. Baha'i students were expelled from ...
- 1975-11-01 — In Iran, the house of the maternal uncle of the Bab and the adjacent house in which the Bab was born...
- 1978-10-01 — Three hundred Baha'i homes near Shiraz were burned or destroyed and in another 200 homes the Baha'is...
- 1979-04-03 — Revolutionary Guards in Iran occupied the House of the Bab in Shiraz and neighbouring Baha'i propert...
- 1979-09-08 — The House of the Bab in Shiraz was attacked and substantially demolished by a crowd accompanied by 2...
- 1979-12-00 — Work on the demolition of the House of the Bab in Shiraz was resumed and the building almost razed t...
- 1981-00-03 — The site of the House of the Bab, destroyed by a mob in 1979, was made into a road and public square...
- 1982-10-23 — Authorities arrested 45 Baha'is in Shiraz on the order of the prosecutor. On October 30th another 40...
- 1982-10-23 — Akhtar Sabet was born into a Baha'i family. Her father owned a small shop and she assisted him while...
- 1983-06-16 — Six Baha'is were executed by hanging:
Dr. Bahrarn Afnan, aged 50, a prominent physician specializi...
- 1983-06-18 — In Shiraz, ten Baha'i women ranging in age from 17 to 57, were hanged. All of the women had been tor...
- 2006-05-19 — Iranian security officials arrested 54 Baha'is in the city of Shiraz who were involved in a communit...
- 2006-12-22 — The Education Department Management Security Office in Shiraz circulated a form to be completed by a...
- 2014-04-00 — In Shiraz, the Revolutionary Guard began excavation of some 200 square meters of the Baha'i cemetery...
- 2014-05-08 — Despite a worldwide outcry, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards continued destroying an historic Baha'i...
- 2017-10-18 — The Iranian Baha'i community was targeted during the bicentenary period. Between 18 and 21 October, ...
- 2020-06-00 — The Baha'i community in Iran experienced increased pressures since the COVID-19 epidemic began in Ir...
- 2021-12-05 — A three-day poster design workshop was held in Shiraz for the purpose of inciting hatred against Bah...
- 2023-05-15 — The Baha'i International Community announced the launching a global campaign, called #OurStoryIsOne,...
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