Allusions to the ‘Abbásid and Umayyad dynasties, respectively.
Qur’án 57:16.
cf. Luke 19:21.
cf. Qur’án 55:26.
cf. Qur’án 12:31.
This Tablet was revealed in Arabic in honour of Ḥájí Muḥammad Ismá‘íl-i-Káshání, entitled Dhabíḥ (Sacrifice) and Anís (Companion) by Bahá’u’lláh, and addresses ‘Álí Páshá, the Ottoman Prime Minister, referred to here as Ra’ís (Chief or Ruler).
Sulṭán ‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz lost both his throne and his life in 1876. During the subsequent war with Russia (1877–1878), Adrianople was occupied by the enemy and the Turks experienced a violent bloodbath.
Literally, “the Mount of Figs” and “the Mount of Olives”, cf. Qur’án 95:1.
Chosroes II, the Sasanian monarch who reigned in Persia during the lifetime of Muḥammad.
Ḥájí Ja‘far-i-Tabrízí; he was prevented in time from ending his life.