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The first, ninth and twelfth days of Ridvan are Holy Days for Baha'is. Ridvan means "Paradise" and refers to the Garden in Baghdad where Baha'u'llah and His followers prepared for a journey from Baghdad to Istanbul on the orders of the Ottoman Sultan in 1863. Baha'u'llah ("Glory of God") had been in exile from Persia after the followers of the Bab ("the Gate") were persecuted after 1853.
It was in the Garden of Ridvan in Baghdad that Baha'u'llah shared with His intimate followers that He was "Him Whom God would make manifest" promised by the Bab (Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi).
Eventually Baha'u'llah and His followers were sent to the prison fortress of Akka near what is today the city of Haifa in northern Israel and it is on the slopes of Mount Carmel where the World Centre of the Baha'i Faith is established today.
For Baha'is the twelve days of Ridvan are a time when the communities elect their Local and National Spiritual Assemblies.
A Wikipedia has more information:
Ridván - Wikipedia
It was in the Garden of Ridvan in Baghdad that Baha'u'llah shared with His intimate followers that He was "Him Whom God would make manifest" promised by the Bab (Siyyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi).
Eventually Baha'u'llah and His followers were sent to the prison fortress of Akka near what is today the city of Haifa in northern Israel and it is on the slopes of Mount Carmel where the World Centre of the Baha'i Faith is established today.
For Baha'is the twelve days of Ridvan are a time when the communities elect their Local and National Spiritual Assemblies.
A Wikipedia has more information:
Ridván - Wikipedia