It would be hard to give a detailed response to all of them..in one post but the first several:
1. The Fall of Napoleon III
2. The Defeat of Germany (twice)
3. The Success of Queen Victoria
4. Sultan and Minister of Turkey warned
5. Breakup of the Ottoman Empire
6. Downfall of the Persian Monarch
7. Constitutional Government for Persia
8. Massive decline in World Monarchy
Are related to the Tablets to the kings and rulers of the earth between 1868 and 1871...
While Baha'u'llah was imprisoned by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire He addressed Tablets to the rulers such as Napoleon III, the Kaiser, the Tsar, Queen Victoria the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire the Shah of Persia and so on.. They were delivered to the various consuls representing the powers and sent through the diplomatic channels of the time.
These Tablets were gathered together recently in a book called "The Summons of the Lord of Hosts" and essentially He admonished each of those noted above for excessive armaments and high taxes to pay for large military budgets. He advised them to set up a representative world government and international court of arbitration...
The text of these Tablets can be found at:
Bahá'í Reference Library - The Summons of the Lord of Hosts
He also addressed the rulers in His Kitab-i-Aqdas which was revealed in Akka around 1871.
He also in specific terms warned about that the Rhine would be covered with gore:
O banks of the Rhine! We have seen you covered with gore, inasmuch as the swords of retribution were drawn against you; and you shall have another turn. And We hear the lamentations of Berlin, though she be today in conspicuous glory.
(Baha'u'llah, Synopsis and Codification of the Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 21)
and this at a time when the German Empire was considered quite powerful... built of "iron".
Here's a summary:
The significant summons issued to the Presidents of
the Republics of the American continent to seize their
opportunity in the Day of God and to champion the cause of
justice; the injunction to the members of parliaments
throughout the world, urging the adoption of a universal
script and language;
His warnings to William I, the
conqueror of Napoleon III;
the reproof He administers to
Francis Joseph, the Emperor of Austria;
His reference to "the
lamentations of Berlin" in His apostrophe to "the banks of the
Rhine";
His condemnation of "the throne of tyranny"
established in Constantinople, and His prediction of the
extinction of its "outward splendour" and of the tribulations
destined to overtake its inhabitants; the words of cheer and
comfort He addresses to His native city, assuring her that
God had chosen her to be "the source of the joy of all
mankind";
His prophecy that "the voice of the heroes of
Khurasan" will be raised in glorification of their Lord;
His
assertion that men "endued with mighty valour" will be raised
up in Kirman who will make mention of Him;
(Baha'u'llah, The Kitab-i-Aqdas, p. 15)
See also:
Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era: Chapter 14
- Art
