From: Baha'i Glossary
Present-day Edirne, a city in European Turkey
about 130 miles northwest of Constantinople (Istanbul) to which Baha’u’llah was
exiled from 12 December 1863 to 12 August 1868; It was designated by
Baha’u’llah as the ''remote prison”. It was the furthest point from His
homeland that He reached and the first time in known history that a Messenger
of God lived on the European continent. During the exile Baha’u’llah suffered
an attempt on His life by Mirza Yahya that, together with subsequent acts of
treachery, forced Him to sever ties with His half-brother. After this
"most great separation" Baha'u'llah’s ministry reached its zenith
with the revelation of the Suriy-i-Mulk (Tablet of the Kings) and Tablet to
individual kings and leaders. In August 1868 Sultan ‘Abdu’l-Aziz banished
Baha’u’llah from Adrianople to ‘Akka.
