1851
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1851 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar and a common year of the Julian calendar, the 1851st year of the Common Era (CE), the 51st year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1850s decade. As of the start of 1851, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. 1851 corresponds to the years 7–8 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.
Events[edit]
- Mullá Zaynu'l-'Abidín becomes a Bábí in Najafábád. He was designated an Apostle of Bahá’u’lláh by Shoghi Effendi.
- January 2: Zanján upheaval comes to an end, with the Bábís being imprisoned.
- March 2: Four Bábís imprisoned in Zanján are executed in Tihrán.
- June: Mírzá Taqí Khán meets with Bahá'u'lláh in Tihrán, and suggests that He should leave the city. Bahá'u'lláh set out for Karbalá to make pilgrimage a few days later.
- August 28: Bahá'u'lláh stayed in Kirmánsháh for most of August, and arrived in Karbalá via Baghdád on the 28th. He stayed in Karbalá for ten months.
- October 5: Shaykh Ḥasan-i-Zunúzí, a prominent Bábí who had served as the Báb's amanuensis in Chihríq, meets with Bahá'u'lláh in Karbalá.
- December: Fáṭimih Bagum, the mother of the Bab, moves to Karbalá to live with relatives after hearing of the Martyrdom of the Báb.
Deaths[edit]
- April 30: Mullá Hasan-i-Fadíl, a Bábí, was executed in Yazd after refusing to recant his Faith.
- May 1: Áqá Husayn, a Bábí, was executed by being blown from a cannon in Yazd.
- July 23: Áqá Muhammad-Sádiq-i-Yúzdárán, a Bábí, was beaten to death in Yazd after refusing to recant his Faith.
- August 4: Áqá ‘Alí-Akbar-i-Hakkák, a Bábí, was executed by being blown from a cannon in Yazd after refusing to recant his Faith.
- November: Siyyid Basír-Hindí, a blind Indian Bábí, was executed.
