The 'Year Nine' is an abbreviation of 1269 A.H. The
beginning of the Year Nine occurred about two months after His (Bahá'u'lláh's)
imprisonment in that dungeon. We do not know the exact time He received this
first intimation... We therefore regard the entire Year Nine as a Holy Year,
and the emphasis should be placed ... on the entire year, which started in
October, 1852. This means our Centenary Year of Celebration will be from
October, 1952 to October, 1953.
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi
Effendi, ‘Directives from the Guardian’)
