Parallels Between Muslim and Bahá'í Dates

Links	Year	Event	Links	Year	Event
1,2	570	Birth of Muhammad	1	1817	Birth of Mirza Husayn `Alí
3,11	610	Muhammad's vision in a cave on Mount Hira (age ~40)	2	1819	Birth of Mirza Muhammad `Alí
4,12	622	The Hejira	4,5	1844	Declaration of the Báb; revelation begins
5,9	625	Revelation of the Qur'án begins	6	1850	Execution of the Báb
7	628	Muhammad captures Mecca, writes letters to the rulers of the world.	3	1852	Mirza Husayn `Alí's vision in the "Black Pit" (age ~35).
6,8	632	Muhammad and Fatimah die. Muhammad's spirit travels to Jerusalem.	9		Mirza Husayn `Alí's revelation begins.
10	637	Jerusalem captured	11		Mirza Husayn `Alí in Sulaymaniyyah (spiritual sabbatical? in hiding?)
	641	Destruction of the Persian Empire	12	1863	Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh
	655	Byzantine fleet destroyed	7	1867-1873	Bahá'u'lláh writes letters to the rulers of the world. See Juan R.I. Cole's essay.
	656	Caliph Othman murdered	8,10		Bahá'u'lláh and companions imprisoned in `Akka.
14	660	Omayyad Caliphate begins		1873	Bahá'u'lláh writes the Kitáb-i-Aqdas
	661	Fatimid Caliph `Alí murdered.	8	1892	Bahá'u'lláh dies.
13	680	Hussain killed in Battle.	13	1957	Shoghi Effendi dies; Bahá'u'lláh's blood line ends.
			14	1963	First Universal House of Justice elected.

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Years Between

Discription of Parallel

1

1247

Mirza Husayn `Alí was born 1247 years after Muhammad's birth.

2

1249

Mirza Muhammad `Alí was born 1249 years after Muhammad's birth.

3

1240

Mirza Husayn `Alí's vision in the "Black Pit" (age 35) parallels Muhammad's vision in a cave on Mount Hira (age 40).

4

1222

The Hejira, the beginning of the Islamic calendar, parallels the beginning of the Bábí-Bahá'í calendar. This is the 1260 lunar years given great significance in Bábí and Bahá'í scripture.

5

1219

The beginning of the revelation of the Koran parallels the beginning of the revelation of Bábí and Bahá'í scriptures.

6

1218

7

1239-1245

Bahá'u'lláh's letters to the rulers of the world ( See Juan R.I. Cole's essay) parallel Muhammad's letters to the rulers of the world.

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1241

The Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh occurred 1241 years after the Hijira (1279 AH?)

13

1277

The death of Shoghi Effendi and the end of Bahá'u'lláh's blood line (the Guardianship) parallel the death of Hussain in battle.

14

1303

The Omayyad Caliphate and the Universal House of Justice each lead their respective religions after the Imamate and the Guardianship ended.

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Link #	Years Between	Discription of Parallel
1	1247	Mirza Husayn `Alí was born 1247 years after Muhammad's birth.
2	1249	Mirza Muhammad `Alí was born 1249 years after Muhammad's birth.
3	1240	Mirza Husayn `Alí's vision in the "Black Pit" (age 35) parallels Muhammad's vision in a cave on Mount Hira (age 40).
4	1222	The Hejira, the beginning of the Islamic calendar, parallels the beginning of the Bábí-Bahá'í calendar. This is the 1260 lunar years given great significance in Bábí and Bahá'í scripture.
5	1219	The beginning of the revelation of the Koran parallels the beginning of the revelation of Bábí and Bahá'í scriptures.
6	1218
7	1239-1245	Bahá'u'lláh's letters to the rulers of the world ( See Juan R.I. Cole's essay) parallel Muhammad's letters to the rulers of the world.
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12	1241	The Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh occurred 1241 years after the Hijira (1279 AH?)
13	1277	The death of Shoghi Effendi and the end of Bahá'u'lláh's blood line (the Guardianship) parallel the death of Hussain in battle.
14	1303	The Omayyad Caliphate and the Universal House of Justice each lead their respective religions after the Imamate and the Guardianship ended.