Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for October 31.
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- 1853: Some 600 female and 80 to 180 male Bábís are taken prisoner at Nayríz and marched to Shíráz, along with the heads of some 180 martyrs, fulfilling an Islamic prophecy concerning the appearance of the Qá'im.
- 1868: Nabíl-i-A‘ẓam (pictured) enters `Akká in disguise, but is recognized; after three days, he is thrown out of the city. He spends the next four months wandering about Haifa, Mount Carmel and the Galilee waiting for another opportunity to enter `Akká.
- 1925: Ahmad Sháh is deposed and the Qájár dynasty terminated.
- 1962: Fourteen imprisoned Bahá’ís in Morocco are arraigned before a regional court, being accused of rebellion and disorder, attacks on public security, constituting an association of criminals and attacks on religious faith.
- 1975: The government of Uganda affirms that the practice of the Bahá’í Faith is not prohibited in the country.
