* 1863 – Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith, declares his mission as " He whom God shall make manifest ".

‘ Abdu ’ l-Bahá (‎; 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921 ), born ‘ Abbás Effendí, was the eldest son of Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the Bahá ' í Faith.

In 1863 Bahá ' u ' lláh was again exiled to Constantinople.

` Abdu ' l-Bahá was born in Tehran, Iran on 23 May 1844 ( 5th of Jamadiyu ' l-Avval, 1260 AH ), the eldest son of Bahá ' u ' lláh and Navváb.

` Abdu ' l-Bahá accompanied his mother to visit Bahá ' u ' lláh who was then imprisoned in the infamous subterranean dungeon the Síyáh-Chál.

Bahá ' u ' lláh was eventually released from prison but ordered into exile, and ` Abdu ' l-Bahá then eight joined his father on the journey to Baghdad in the winter ( January to April ) of 1853.

After a year of difficulties Bahá ' u ' lláh absented himself rather than continue to face the conflict with Mirza Yahya and secretly secluded himself in the mountains of Sulaymaniyah in April 1854 a month before ` Abdu ' l-Bahá's tenth birthday.

In 1856, news of an ascetic carrying on discourses with local Súfí leaders that seemed to possibly be Bahá ' u ' lláh reached the family and friends.

Immediately, family members and friends went to search for the illusive dervish – and in March brought Bahá ' u ' lláh back to Baghdad.

In 1863 in what became known as the Garden of Ridván Bahá ' u ' lláh announced to a few that he was the manifestation of God and He whom God shall make manifest whose coming had been foretold by the Báb.

In 1863 Bahá ' u ' lláh was summoned to Constantinople ( Istanbul ), and thus his whole family including ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, then nineteen, accompanied him on his 110-day journey.

This was further solidified by Bahá ’ u ’ lláh ’ s tablet of the Branch in which he constantly exalts his son's virtues and station.

It was in Adrianople that Bahá ’ u ’ lláh referred to his son as " the Mystery of God ".

` Abdu ' l-Bahá (" the Master ") was devastated when hearing the news that him and his family were to be exiled separately from Bahá ' u ' lláh.

Bahá ’ u ’ lláh and his family were – in 1868 – exiled to the penal colony of Acre, Palestine where it was expected that the family would perish.

Fátimih was brought from Persia to Acre, Israel after both Bahá ’ u ’ lláh and his wife Navváb expressed an interest in her to marry ` Abdu ’ l-Bahá.

` Abdu ' l-Bahá himself had showed little inkling to marriage until meeting Fátimih ; who was entitled Munírih by Bahá ’ u ’ lláh.

Bahá ' u ' lláh wished that the Bahá ' ís follow the example of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá and gradually move away from polygamy.

After Bahá ' u ' lláh died on 29 May 1892, the Will and Testament of Bahá ' u ' lláh named ` Abdu ' l-Bahá as Centre of the Covenant, successor and interpreter of Bahá ' u ' lláh's writings.

Shortly before the Báb's execution, a follower of the Báb, Abd al-Karim, brought to the Báb's attention the necessity to appoint a successor ; thus the Báb wrote a certain number of tablets which he gave to Abd al-Karim to deliver to Subh-i-Azal and Bahá ' u ' lláh.

The Báb responded to the accusations of immorality by supporting her position and endorsed the name Bahá ' u ' lláh gave her at the conference: the Pure ( Táhirih ).

Shortly before the Báb's execution, a follower of the Báb, Abd al-Karim, brought to the Báb's attention the necessity to appoint a successor ; thus the Báb wrote a certain number of tablets which he gave to Abd al-Karim to deliver to Subh-i-Azal and Bahá ' u ' lláh.

It was Bahá ' u ' lláh who gave the garden the name of Ridván (" paradise ") during his stay, and the name was thereafter applied to the twelve-day Festival of Ridván — known as the " King of Festivals "— celebrated annually by Bahá ' ís between 21 April and 2 May.

Although the unveiling led to accusations of immorality by a Christian missionary and Muslim clerics of the time, the Báb responded by supporting her position and endorsing the name Bahá ' u ' lláh gave her at the conference: the Pure ( Táhirih ).

The Báb gave Mírza Asadu ' lláh the surname " Dayyán (' One Who Rewards ', or ' Judge ')".< ref >< u > The Revelation of Bahá ' u ' lláh, Volume 1: Baghdád 1853-63 </ u >, Adib Taherzadeh, Oxford ,: George Ronald, 1974, p. 249 </ ref > The Báb predicted Dayyán would be the third person to believe in Bahá ' u ' lláh.

After finishing his studies, he gave away his possessions and set out on foot for Baghdad, where a significant number of Bahá ' ís were under persecution.

As guards protected against Bahá ' ís entering ` Akka, Badí dressed as a water-carrier and slipped by the guards, and then proceeded to a mosque, where he recognized ` Abdu ' l-Bahá and gave him a note.

The Báb made a Covenant concerning the Blessed Beauty, Bahá ' u ' lláh, and gave the glad-tidings of His coming for the Blessed Beauty was the One promised by the Báb.

A modern academic observer has reported an attempt to revive the claims of Muhammad Ali in order to lend legitimacy to a newly-established sect avowing loyalty to Bahá ' u ' lláh but rejecting the authority that Bahá ' u ' lláh gave to ' Abdu ’ l-Bahá and the Universal House of Justice.

Shortly before the Báb's execution, a follower of the Báb, Abd al-Karim, brought to the Báb's attention the necessity to appoint a leader ; thus the Báb wrote a certain number of tablets which he gave to Abd al-Karim to deliver to Subh-i-Azal and Bahá ' u ' lláh.

In 1937 the First Seven Year Plan ( 1937-44 ), which was an international plan designed by Shoghi Effendi, gave the American Bahá ' ís the goal of establishing the Bahá ' í Faith in every country in Latin America.

After consulting with " Hand of the Cause of God " Adelbert Mühlschlegel, who according to them was " enthusiastic " about this proposal, the Universal House of Justice gave their consent in a letter dated 19 March 1973 ( 18. 19. 129 BE ), a date which effectively marks the birth of the Bahá ' í Esperanto League.

* " Treacherous Ruhi Afnan, not content with previous disobedience, correspondence with Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, contact with old Covenant-breakers, sale, in conjunction with other members of family, of sacred property purchased by Founder of Faith, and allowing his sister to marry son of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá's enemy, is now openly lecturing on Bahá ' í movement, claiming to be its exponent and is misrepresenting the teachings and deliberately causing confusion in minds of authorities and the local population.

Evidences multiplying attesting Ruhi's increasing rebelliousness, efforts exerted my eldest sister pave way fourth alliance members family Siyyid Ali involving marriage his granddaughter with Ruha's son and personal contact recently established my own treacherous, despicable brother Riaz with Majdi'd-Din, redoubtable enemy Faith, former henchman Muhammad -' Ali, Archbreaker Bahá ' u ' lláh's Covenant.

Another of Remey's followers, Leland Jensen ( d. 1996 ), who made a several religious claims of his own, formed a sect known as the Bahá ' ís Under the Provisions of the Covenant following Remey's death ; he believed that Remey was the adopted son of Abdu ' l-Baha, and that Remey's adopted son Joseph Pepe was the third Guardian.

Later, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, Bahá ' u ' lláh's son and successor, in his Will and Testament, elaborated on its functioning, its composition and outlined the method for its election.

While there are no dietary restrictions in the Bahá ' í Faith, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, the son of the religion's founder, noted that a vegetarian diet consisting of fruits and grains was desirable, except for people with a weak constitution or those that are sick.

The Bahá ' í writings state that it was Ishmael, and not Isaac, who was the son that Abraham almost sacrificed.

In the Bahá ' í Faith, ` Abdul-Bahá, the son of the founder of the religion, wrote about the origin of life.

The term " kingdom of God " appears in the writings of the Bahá ' í Faith, including the religious works of Bahá ' u ' lláh, the founder of the religion, and his son ` Abdu ' l-Bahá.

Mirza Yahya's eldest son apparently became a Bahá ' í himself.

` Abdu ' l-Bahá, Bahá ' u ' lláh's son, further explains that the New Jerusalem which descends from heaven is not an actual city which is renewed, but the law of God since it descends from heaven through a new revelation and it is renewed.

*` Abdu ' l-Bahá — eldest son of Ásíyih and Bahá ' u ' lláh

* Mirzá Mihdí — Bahá ' u ' lláh's youngest son from his first wife

In the Bahá ' í Faith, ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, successor and son of Bahá ' u ' lláh, produced a series of documents called the Tablets of the Divine Plan.

Bahá ' ís are advised by ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, the son of Bahá ' u ' lláh to read them every day and every night and to implement its latent wisdom into their daily lives.

*` Abdu ' l-Bahá ( 1844 – 1921 ), son of Bahá ' u ' lláh, so named by members of the Bahá ' í Faith