1868
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1868 was a leap year of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year of the Julian calendar, the 1868th year of the Common Era (CE), the 68th year of the 19th century, and the 9th year of the 1860s decade. As of the start of 1868, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. 1868 corresponds to the years 24–25 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.
Events[edit]
- Hájí Ákhúnd is imprisoned in Tihrán because he is a Bahá'í for the first time.
- April: Seven Bahá'ís, including Mishkín-Qalam, are arrested in Istanbul and interrogated regarding the claims of Bahá'u'lláh and Mírzá Yahyá.
- April: Bahá'u'lláh sends Nabíl-i-A`zam to Cairo to investigate the whereabouts of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí, who had been imprisoned in Egypt. Nabíl is also arrested. His cellmate, a Christian named Fáris Effendi, is converted to the Faith while imprisoned with Nabíl.
- July: Around seventy prominent Bahá'ís are arrested in Baghdád and exiled to various locations including Mosul.
- July 21: Mírzá Abu'l-Qásim-i-Shírází is arrested in Egypt, and money is extorted from him.
- July 26: Sultán `Abdu'l-`Azíz of the Ottoman Empire orders that Bahá'u'lláh be perpetually banished.
- August: Soldiers surround Bahá'u'lláh's house in Edirne and take the inhabitants to the Government building where they are told to prepare to be sent to Gallipoli. The two photographs of Bahá'u'lláh, now displayed for pilgrims to the Holy Land, and the photograph of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá when he was young are taken for their passports prior to their exile.[1]
- August 12: Bahá'u'lláh and His companions depart Edirne, escorted by soldiers.
- August 15: The seven Bahá'ís imprisoned in Istanbul arrive in Gallipoli.
- August 16: Bahá'u'lláh and His companions arrive in Gallipoli. They are told they are being exiled to ‘Akká after arriving.
- August 21: Bahá'u'lláh, seventy-two fellow exiles, ten soldiers and two officers board a steam-ship in Gallipoli and set out for ‘Akká, stopping briefly in Madellí the same night before continuing on to Smyrna.
- August 21: Mírzá Yahyá and four of the Bahá'ís imprisoned in Istanbul, including Mishkín-Qalam, are exiled to Famagusta in Cyprus.
- August 22: Bahá'u'lláh and His companions arrive in Smyrna where they stay for two days.
- August 26: Bahá'u'lláh and His companions arrive in Alexandria, Egypt, where they board a different ship. Nabíl and Fáris Effendi are imprisoned in Alexandria and have letters sent to Bahá'u'lláh after Nabíl recognizes a Bahá'í from his cell.
- August 29: Bahá'u'lláh and His companions arrive in Port Said.
- August 30: Bahá'u'lláh and His companions arrive in Jaffa.
- August 31: Bahá’u’lláh and His companions arrive in Haifa. They are taken to ‘Akká on a sailing ship the same day, and imprisoned in a citadel. The exiles are refused food and drink the first night of their arrival and then given three loaves of stale black bread and filthy water as a daily ration afterwards. Three exiles die shortly after arriving in ‘Akká.
- September 2: All but two of the exiles, one of whom is ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, contract typhoid within two days of arriving in ‘Akká. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the other healthy Bahá'í care for the others.
- September 3: A public condemnation of Bahá'u'lláh and the exiles authored by Sultán `Abdu'l-`Azíz of the Ottoman Empire is read at the Mosque of Al-Jazzár in ‘Akká. It accuses the exiles of being sowers of sedition, hardened criminals, and enemies of the pure religion of God and man, among other things. The people of ‘Akká are encouraged to shun the exiles.
- September 5: Mírzá Yahyá and his companions, including Mishkín-Qalam, arrive in Cyprus.
- October: Nabíl-i-A`zam is released from his imprisonment in Egypt and travels to ‘Akká. He enters ‘Akká in disguise, but is thrown out of the city after three days. He stays in Haifa for four months.
- October 30: Christoph Hoffman, the founder of the Temple Society, a German Protestant sect of Christianity, arrives in Haifa and establishes the Templers there. They associate with the Bahá'ís in ‘Akká.
Births[edit]
- Badi'u'lláh, son of Fátimih and Bahá’u’lláh.
Deaths[edit]
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