Declaration of Baha’s Mission at The Garden of Ridvan
Nabil’s Recollection of Baha’s Ridvan Declaration in His Chronicle
2. Declaration of Baha’s Mission at The Garden of Ridvan
2.3 Nabil’s Recollection of Baha’s Ridvan Declaration in His Chronicle
Nabil’s Chronological poem of the events in the life of Baha from his birth on “November 12, 1817 (Muharram 2, 1233),” according to Bahai records, to his arrival in Acre on ‘August 31, 1860 (Jamad Awal 12, 1285)’ was composed by him in Acre a few months after that date. The chronological poem consists of 19 stages and was published with a translation by Prof. Browne in the J.R.A.S. for 1889, PP. 983-990. Prof. Browne’s Note in the Materials for the Study of the BÂBi Religion by Prof-Browne, P. 357.
Up to the date that “Baha still appeared in the guise of, and continued to labor as, one of the foremost disciples of the BÂB.”, God passes by, P. 128.
The chronological poem contains no reference whatsoever to such an important event as Baha’s declaration of his mission to that garden. On the contrary Nabil in strange lo states that Baha’s manifestation took place in Edirne when he was 50 years old.