New Religious Movements - Baha'i

By Ashmiran

  • Baha'u'llah is born

    Baha'u'llah, the one of the earliest followers of the faith, is born

  • The Bab is born

    The Bab (Siyyid Ali-Muhammad of Shiraz), the patron of the Baha'i faith, born.

  • Baha'i is formally declared

    The Bab publicly declares his mission and faith in Tabriz, Iran.

  • Abdu'l-Baha is born

    Abdu'l-Baha, the eldest son of Baha'u'llah, is born.

  • Death of Bab

    Unfortunately, the Shah of Iran and his army saw the Baha'i faith as blasphemous; It was an affront to the primarily Shi'a Islamic belief of the time in Iran. The Bab was imprisoned and later executed by the Shah.

  • Babis are massacred

    In an attempt to gain retribution for the death of the Bab (now seen as a martyr to the Baha'i people), nearly 20,000 Babis (Baha'i followers) attacked and threatened the Shah of Iran with death. This attempt failed, and all involved were executed. Additionally, Baha'u'llah was among them, and he was imprisoned for a short while.

  • Baha'u'llah arrives in Iraq

    Following his release from Iranian federal prison, Baha'u'llah faced unbearable persecution, and was forced into exile. He moved what he had to Iraq, where he declares his mission in Baghdad. Alas, this attempt was not fruitful. He was forced to leave Baghdad for Istanbul (Constantinople), and then Adrianople, where he was condemned and persecuted still.

  • Baha'u'llah in Akka

    Baha'u'llah, after being banished by an Ottoman legislature to Akka, an Ottoman penal colony in Palestine, was forced into harsher confinement still. After some negotiation, he was allowed to live separate of the other prisoners, while still being one himself.

  • Death of Baha'u'llah

    After an spell of illness, Baha'u'llah died at 74 years of age, still being imprisoned in Akka at the time. Shortly before his death, he appointed his son Abdu'l-Baha (also imprisoned with him) as the leader of the Baha'i faith.

  • Abdu'l-Baha Released

    Following the Young Turk Revolution (rebellion of the people in Turkey and other regions against the Ottoman empire), Abdu'l-Baha was able to leave prison and bolster the Baha'i faith whilst traveling the world.

  • Death of Abdu'l-Baha & Rise of Shoghi-Effendi

    Following a fever in Haifa, Israel, Abdu'l-Baha dies aged 77, appointing his eldest grandson, Shoghi-Effendi, as the new leader of the Baha'i.

  • Death of Shoghi-Effendi

    After a brief illness, Shoghi-Effendi dies in London, England, having led the Baha'i for 36 years.

  • House of Justice Succeeds Shoghi-Effendi

    Because Shoghi-Effendi never officially appointed a successor, the House of Justice (a plan drafted by Bah'u'llah while imprisoned, but never officially implemented) succeeds him as the official leader of the Baha'i. The Universal House of Justice is notarized in 1963.