Ninth Day of Riḍván

Culture of origin: Bahá’í · Cultural

Holiday sources: Bahá'í Faith · Iran

The ninth day of the Festival of Riḍván is one of its three Bahá'í holy days, on which work is suspended. It marks the day in 1863 when Bahá'u'lláh's family could at last join him in the Garden of Riḍván outside Baghdad; the risen Tigris had made the crossing difficult until then. Bahá'u'lláh named the first, ninth and twelfth days holy days in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.