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The commencing and culmination of the 1,290 years also corresponds to an important parallel. It begins with Muhammad's open proclamation of His divine claims three years after His ministry had begun (AD 613) and concludes with the year of Baha'u'llah's similar open proclamation of His ministry, a lunar year overlapping 1863-4 of the Gregorian calendar. Both Muhammad and Baha'u'llah kept their station concealed for a time before openly announcing them.
(202:3)
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