January 12. On this date in 1853, subsequent to the failed assassination attempt of the Naser al-Din Shah Qajar by some Bábis, Bahá'u'lláh was exiled from Iran to Baghdad accompanied by some of his family and an entourage of Russian guards.

 

January 12. On this date in 1853, subsequent to the failed assassination attempt of the Naser al-Din Shah Qajar by some Bábis, Bahá'u'lláh was exiled from Iran to Baghdad accompanied by some of his family and an entourage of Russian guards.

From Nabíl-i-A'zam's The Dawn-Breakers, CHAPTER XXVI: ATTEMPT ON THE SHAH'S LIFE, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES

The Russian minister, as soon as he learned of the action which the government contemplated taking, volunteered to take Baha'u'llah under his protection, and invited Him to go to Russia. He refused the offer and chose instead to leave for Iraq. Nine months after His return from Karbila, on the first day of the month of Rabi'u'th-Thani, in the year 1269 A.H., Baha'u'llah, accompanied by the members of His family, among whom were the Most Great Branch and Aqay-i-Kalim, and escorted by a member of the imperial body-guard and an official representing the Russian legation, set out from Tihran on His journey to Baghdad.