Shaykh Ahmad

• circa 1793: Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá’í called on Muslims to “prepare the way for Him [the Báb] who must needs be made manifest in the fulness of time”
• Shaykh Ahmad started unravelling mysteries of certain Islamic Scriptures
• Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsá’í – “that luminous Star of Divine guidance”
• At forty years of age Shaykh Ahmad proceeded to Najaf and Karbilá
• Uniqueness of the views of Shaykh Ahmad
• Shaykh Ahmad visits Shiraz
• Vakil mosque in Shiraz & the Báb’s reference to it
• Shaykh Ahmad chose Yazd as his temporary residence and wrote most of his books and epistles
• The people of Yazd and ‘Ulamás (religious learned) welcomed Shaykh Ahmad with excitement and reverence
• The King of Persia, Fath-‘Alí Sháh, addressed a written message and an invitation to Shaykh Ahmad
• The second letter Shaykh Ahmad received from Fath-‘Ali Shah
• ‘Abdu’l-Vahháb, and later Hasan-i-Nayiní, become followers and confidants of Shaykh Ahmad in Yazd, announcing to every receptive soul the tidings of God’s fast-approaching Revelation
• A believer recalls how he was led to his recognition of Baha’u’llah through one of Shaykh Ahmad’s disciples
• Before leaving Yazd, Shaykh Ahmad welcomed Siyyid Kázim-i-Rashtí – “that other luminary of Divine guidance”
• Siyyid Kázim was guided in a dream to put himself under the spiritual guidance of Shaykh Ahmad
• Siyyid Kázim had committed to memory the whole of the Qur’án when he was eleven years old
• circa 1816: Shaykh Ahmad appoints Siyyid Kázim as his chief disciple
• Shaykh Ahmad perceived the first glimmerings that heralded the dawn of the promised Dispensation coming from the district of Nur in the province of Mázindarán, Persia
• circa 1817: Shaykh Ahmad accompanied by Siyyid Kázim and a number of his distinguished disciples were warmly received by the Shah’s representatives in Tihran
• Earthquakes near Tihran and Fath-‘Ali Shah’s growing faith in Shaykh Ahmad
• The Birth of Baha’u’llah and Shaykh Ahmad’s recognition of the meaning of that auspicious event while he was in Tihran
• Genealogy of Bahá’u’lláh
• Shaykh Ahmad leaves Tihran and proceeds to Kirmansháh
• The city of Kirmansháh welcomes Shaykh Ahmad
• circa 1817: Shaykh Ahmad started enlightening a number of his most receptive disciples about the upcoming Twin Manifestations
• “I am two years younger than my Lord.” – a saying attributed to Imám ‘Alí, the Commander of the Faithful
• circa 1818: Shaykh Ahmad chose Siyyid Kázim as his successor
• An example of how human beings' faith and beliefs are tested when a new Manifestation of God appears
• cShaykh Ahmad confided to Siyyid Kázim the secret of his mission
• circa 1822: Shaykh Ahmad leaves Persia, for Karbilá in Iraq
• Shaykh Ahmad’s attitude towards Siyyid Kázim
• Siyyid Kázim continued the work of Shaykh Ahmad
• The progressive teachings of Shaykh Ahmad & the opposition by clerics in Karbilá
• Siyyid Kázim’s letter to Shaykh Ahmad concerning the calumnies that had been uttered against him
• Two passages from the Báb concerning certain references by Shaykh Ahmad – quoted by historian Nicolas
• 1827: The passing of Shaykh Ahmad
• Shaykh Ahmad’s burial place and impact of his passing