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Lesotho
Basutoland was a virgin territory in Africa allocated to
Persia during the Crusade. It was a British High Commission Territory, which
achieved internal self-government in 1965, and in 1966 became Kingdom of
Lesotho.
Frederick &
Elizabeth Laws arrived in October 1953 and were subsequently named Knights of
Bahá'u'lláh. In 1956 Basutoland became part of the RSA of South and West
Africa. By Ridvan 1957 there were
over 50 Bahá'ís in the Territory (Messages to the Bahá'í World, 113).
An endowment was acquired by Ridvan
1957 (Messages to the Bahá'í World, 116). By
1963 there were six LSAs, 10 groups, and 5 individual members in other
localities.
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