Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for June 17.
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- 1850: The Governor of Nayríz calls a truce with Vahíd and writes a promise of safety if Vahíd left the fort on the Qur'án. Vahíd leaves the fort of Khájih and meets with the Governor in his siege camp.
- 1893: Áqá Muhammad-Ridáy-i-Muhammadábádí is murdered on the orders of two Islamic clergymen in Yazd. He is the first martyr of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's ministry.
- 1986: Yankee Leong, Counsellor and the first Bahá’í of Malaya, dies.
