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| 1951 23 May |
Jamshed and Parvati Fozdar arrived in Kuching with their son, Vijay, and became the first Bahá’ís to settle in Sarawak. |
Kuching; Sarawak; Malaysia |
Jamshed Fozdar; First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1964 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia (known as Malaya prior to 1963) was formed with its seat in Kuala Lumpur and comprising Malaya, Singapore, Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak. Prior to this time the area was under the guidance of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma, owing to the fact that the Guardian had entrusted the growth and development of the Faith to that assembly in 1950. [BW14p99; Bahaipedia Malaysia] |
Kuala Lumpur; Malaysia; Malaya; Singapore; Brune; Sabah; Sarawak |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1972 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Brunei (1966) was reconstituted as the National Spiritual Assembly of Eastern Malaysia and Brunei with its seat in Kuching, Sarawak and took on the added responsibility for Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak. [BW15:253; BN no 496 July 1972 p16]
For picture see BW15:254.
In 1974 it was dissolved with Brunei, Sabah, and Sarawak coming under the jurisdiction of the National Spiritual Assembly of Malaysia. [BW12p223] |
Kuching; Sarawak |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1978 16 - 19 Dec |
More than 560 Bahá'ís from 14 countries throughout Malaysia gathered for the South East Asia Bahá'í Regional Conference. [BN136 April 1979] |
Kuching; Sarawak Province; Malaysia |
Conference; South East Asia Bahai Regional Conference |
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| 1998 Ridván |
Three new National Spiritual Assemblies were elected at Ridván, two in Malaysia, the National Spiritual Assembly of Sabah with its seat in Kota Kinabalu, and the National Spiritual Assembly of Sarawak with it seat in Kuching. A third was elected in Europe, in Slovakia with its seat in Bratislava. [Ridán Message 1998; BW26p34; BW27p57 &58]
With these new assemblies, the number of National Spiritual Assemblies rose to 179. [Ridván 155] |
Sabah; Sarawak; Slovakia |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Statistics |
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