This is Bahá’u’lláh’s second Tablet addressed to the French Emperor. An earlier Tablet was revealed in Adrianople.
Within the year Napoleon III was defeated at the Battle of Sedan (1870) and sent into exile.
The two Most Great Festivals are the Festival of Riḍván, during which Bahá’u’lláh first proclaimed His Mission, and the Declaration of the Báb. The “twin days” refer to the Birthdays of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh. cf. Kitáb-i-Aqdas, ¶110.
Mírzá Buzurg Khán, the Persian Consul-General in Baghdád.
The Mu’taminu’l-Mulk, Mírzá Sa‘íd Khán-i-Anṣárí, Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Bahá’u’lláh here refers to His and His companions’ application for Ottoman citizenship.
Áqá Siyyid Muḥammad-i-Ṭabáṭabá’íy-i-Isfáhání, known as “Mujáhid”.
The second Russo–Persian War of 1825-28.
Qur’án 2:94; 62:6.
cf. Persian Hidden Words, nos. 24, 25, 28 and 30.