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Exile to Akka

1868 · Akka (Israel)

Exiled successively to Baghdad, Constantinople, and Adrianople, Bahá'u'lláh is finally banished by the Ottoman Sultan to the prison city of Akka in Ottoman Palestine, arriving on 31 August 1868. He remains a prisoner and exile in the Akka and Haifa area for the rest of his life, and the region becomes the faith's world centre.

Tagged: Bahá'í The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh

The Event

Date
1868 (exact)
Also called
Arrival at Akka
Era
The Heroic Age; Standard periodization of Bahá'í history
Location
Akka; today Israel
Traditions
Bahá'í
Streams
The Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh
Key figures
Bahá'u'lláh

Connections

Illustration for Ridván declaration History Event Ridván declaration 1863 follows

Primary Sources

  • The tradition's own record of the event.

Secondary Sources

  • MacEoin, Denis. The Messiah of Shiraz: Studies in Early and Middle Babism. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
  • Momen, Moojan. The Baha'i Faith: A Beginner's Guide. Oxford: Oneworld, 2008.
  • Shoghi Effendi. God Passes By. Wilmette: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1944 (the community's own history, cited as such).
  • Smith, Peter. An Introduction to the Baha'i Faith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
  • Warburg, Margit. Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Baha'is in Britain and North America. Leiden: Brill, 2006.

Provenance: HIST-1107; confidence 0.95; accessed 2026-10-28.

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