Bahaikipedia:Today in History/September 23
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- 1846: The Báb is arrested in Shíráz at the house of His uncle, and is released on the condition that He leave the area.
- 1893: First public mention of the Bahá'í Faith in the West. In a session of the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, the Reverend George A. Ford, a Syrian missionary, reads a paper talking about Bahá'u'lláh.
- 1918: 'Akká is liberated by British and Indian cavalry; 'Abdu'l-Bahá is again freed.
- 2007: Passing of Dr. 'Alí-Muhammad Varqá, the longest surviving Hand of the Cause of God.

