The Rise of Baha

1. Baha’s Date of Birth

1.1 Summary of Nabil’s chronological poem
Nabil’s chronological poem is the oldest record of the events in the life of Baha from his birth to his arrival in Acre. The chronological poem comprises 19 stages:

Stage Age Particulars
1 Born in Tehran on Muharram 2, A.H. 1233.
2 27 The BÁB’s declaration in 1844.
3 32 Baha attends the Badasht Conference.
4 33 Baha sets out for Sheykh Tabarsi, en route he runs into trouble at Amul
5 35 Baha leaves for Karbala.
36 Baha returns to Tehran and is imprisoned for a term [following the attempt on the then Shah’s life.
6 37 Baha arrives at Baghdad from Iran.
[Baha’s release from imprisonment was subject to his expulsion from Iran upon his convalescence. There is no mention of Baha’s Manifestation on arrival at Baghdad].
38 Baha disappears from men [i.e. exiles himself to Suleymaniyya].
7 40 Baha returns to Baghdad.
8 41 Baha leaves Baqghdad for Istanbul; four months on the journey. There is no mention of Baha’s declaration in the garden of Ridvan at Baghdad on the eve of his departure from there to Istanbul].
9 48 Baha arrives at Istanbul, where he stays four months. Baha is then removed to Edirne and arrives there in Rajab (1280 A.H, December, 1863).
10 50 Baha “tore from his face the veil” in Edirne.
11 53 Baha leaves Edirne for Acre “on Rabi-al-Thani 20, A.H. 1285 (August 10, 1868).
12 Baha arrives in Acre on “Jamad Awwal 12, 1285 A.H (August 31, 1868).”
13 54 “Sha’ban A.H. 1286 (November-December, 1868).”
14 Separation from Baha distresses believers abroad.
15 Acre becomes place of abode of Baha and his fellow-exiles.
16 Baha’s sons in unfriendly surroundings.
17 Prayer for relief.
18 Nabil to make a plea for his own affairs.
19 Nabil is forty years old, yet “thou art naught but a fool.”

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Stage	Age	Particulars
1		Born in Tehran on Muharram 2, A.H. 1233.
2	27	The BÁB’s declaration in 1844.
3	32	Baha attends the Badasht Conference.
4	33	Baha sets out for Sheykh Tabarsi, en route he runs into trouble at Amul
5	35	Baha leaves for Karbala.
	36	Baha returns to Tehran and is imprisoned for a term [following the attempt on the then Shah’s life.
6	37	Baha arrives at Baghdad from Iran. [Baha’s release from imprisonment was subject to his expulsion from Iran upon his convalescence. There is no mention of Baha’s Manifestation on arrival at Baghdad].
	38	Baha disappears from men [i.e. exiles himself to Suleymaniyya].
7	40	Baha returns to Baghdad.
8	41	Baha leaves Baqghdad for Istanbul; four months on the journey. There is no mention of Baha’s declaration in the garden of Ridvan at Baghdad on the eve of his departure from there to Istanbul].
9	48	Baha arrives at Istanbul, where he stays four months. Baha is then removed to Edirne and arrives there in Rajab (1280 A.H, December, 1863).
10	50	Baha “tore from his face the veil” in Edirne.
11	53	Baha leaves Edirne for Acre “on Rabi-al-Thani 20, A.H. 1285 (August 10, 1868).
12		Baha arrives in Acre on “Jamad Awwal 12, 1285 A.H (August 31, 1868).”
13	54	“Sha’ban A.H. 1286 (November-December, 1868).”
14		Separation from Baha distresses believers abroad.
15		Acre becomes place of abode of Baha and his fellow-exiles.
16		Baha’s sons in unfriendly surroundings.
17		Prayer for relief.
18		Nabil to make a plea for his own affairs.
19		Nabil is forty years old, yet “thou art naught but a fool.”