The Bahá’í World
Volume 1 : 1925-1926
older calendars unacceptable to large sections of the world’s population, and it is difficult to see how any other arrangement could exceed in simplicity and convenience that proposed by the Báb.
The months in the Báb’s Calendar are as follows:
| Month |
Arabic Name |
Translation |
First Days |
| 1st |
Bahá |
Splendor |
March 21st |
| 2nd |
Jalál |
Glory |
April 9th |
| 3rd |
Jamál |
Beauty |
April 28th |
| 4th |
‘Azamat |
Grandeur |
May 17th |
| 5th |
Núr |
Light |
June 5th |
| 6th |
Rahmat |
Mercy |
June 24 |
| 7th |
Kalimát |
Words |
July 13th |
| 8th |
Asmá’ |
Names |
August 1st |
| 9th |
Kamál |
Perfection |
August 20th |
| 10th |
‘Izzat |
Might |
September 8th |
| 11th |
Mashíyyat |
Will |
September 27th |
| 12th |
‘Ilm |
Knowledge |
October 16th |
| 13th |
Qudrat |
Power |
November 4th |
| 14th |
Qawl |
Speech |
November 23rd |
| 15th |
Masá’il |
Questions |
December 12th |
| 16th |
Sharaf |
Honor |
December 31st |
| 17th |
Sultán |
Sovereignty |
January 19th |
| 18th |
Mulk |
Dominion |
February 7th |
| 19th |
‘Ulá |
Loftiness |
March 2nd |
| Intercalary Days, Feb. 26th to March 1st, inclusive |
BAHÁ’Í FEASTS AND ANNIVERSARIES
Feast of Nawrúz (New Year), March 21.
Feast of Ridván (Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh), April 21 to May 3, (1863).
Declaration of the Báb, May 23, (1844).
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh, May 28, (1892).
Martyrdom of the Bab, July 9, (1850).
Birth of Bahá’u’lláh, November 12, (1817).
Fete Day of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, November 26.
Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, November 28, (1921).
