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1900 (In the year) | The publication of Tablets Revealed by the Blessed Perfection and Abdul-Beha Abbas. 13p. It consisted of miscellaneous tablets "brought to this country by Haji Mirza Hassan, Mirza Assad' Ullah, and Mirza Hussien." Published in New York by the Board of Counsel.
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* Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
c. 1900 | For the state of affairs in Haifa just after the turn of the century see CB231-234. | Covenant-breakers; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
c. 1900 | See Summon up Remembrance p10-15 by Marzieh Gail for a description of life in Persia 1880s -> early 20th Century.
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Marzieh Gail; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 (In the year) | A Tablet from 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the American believers was presented through 'Abdu'l-Karim Effendi, who had been the teacher of Dr. Ibrahim Kheiralla.
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Abdel Karim Effendi Teherani; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Arthur Pillsbury Dodge; Anton Haddad; James F. Brittingham; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 (Early part) | `Abdu'l-Bahá began to build the foundations of the Shrine of the Báb. [CB223]
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Báb, Shrine of; Mount Carmel; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Eight (number); - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 (In the year) | Charlotte and Henry Morton moved from Kenosha to Milwaukee, becoming the city's first Bahá'í residents. By 1906, the Milwaukee community had grown to fourteen members. [Encyclopedia of Milwaukee] | Charlotte and Henry Morton; Charlotte and Henry Morton; Milwaukee, WI | first Bahá'ís in Milwaukee | ||||||||||||||||||
1900 (In the year) | The publication of Prayers, Tablets, Instructions and Miscellany, together with pilgrim's notes of the second party of American Bahá'ís to visit Akka, Palestine: Edward and Lua Getsinger, Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge and William and Anna Hoar.
Ali-Kuli Khan was with that group of pilgrims. When one looks at this small book or only 91 pages, one is amazed at how little these early Western Bahá'ís had of the Words and the Writings...and how deep their faith was that so little sufficed.[AB88] |
* Publications; * Translation; * Prayer texts; Edward Getsinger; Arthur Dodge; William Hoar; Lua Getsinger; Elizabeth Dodge; Anna Hoar; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
c. 1900 | The Kitáb-i-Aqdas was translated by Anton Haddad. It was not published but circulated in typescript form. [BFA2:27; SA251]
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Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); * Translation; Anton Haddad; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 Jan | The Behais Publishing and Supply Board was created in Chicago. It was the property of four Chicao Bah´'ís, Thornton Chase, Arthur Agnew, Charles Greenleaf and Frank Hoffman. This same entity is now called the Bahá'í Publishing Trust. [BFA1:XXIX; BFA2p24-25] | Publishing Trusts; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 8 Mar | At a meeting in Kenosha, Kheiralla publicly announced his doubts about `Abdu'l-Bahá's leadership of the Bahá'í community. He also said that 'Abdu'l-Bahá was not the return of Christ has be had been teaching. [BFA1:XXIX; SBBH1:96; SBBH2:117; SBBH1p96]
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Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Covenant-breakers; Kenosha, WI; Wisconsin, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 c. 16 Mar | The Chicago community re-organized by selecting a ten-member Board of Council. Neither Kheiralla nor any of his supporters were on the Board. [BFA1:XXIX, 170; The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith] | Board of Council; Spiritual Assemblies; LSA; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 22 or 23 Mar | On the 3rd of January, 1990 Sarah Farmer and her friend Maria Wilson boarded the SS Füst Bismark for the Mediterranean. On board they discovered two old friends, Josephine Locke and Elizabeth Knudson who were on their way to pilgrimage. The party sailed to Egypt and while awaiting 'Abdu'l-Bahá's permission to go to Akka, spent time with Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl. They arrived in Akka on the 23rd of March, 1900. In preparation Miss Farmer had prepared a list of 15 questions to ask 'Abdu'l-Bahá but forgot them in her accomodations when she was called to meet Him. He answered all of questions in order. [GAP27-29; VAB37-39] | Sarah Farmer; Maria Wilson; Pilgrimage; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 (In the year) | Sarah Farmer put Green Acre at the disposal of the Bahá'ís after her pilgrimage to `Akká in 1900. [BFA2:144–5; GPB261]
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Sarah Farmer; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; First summer and winter schools; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; USA | First Bahá'í summer school site | ||||||||||||||||||
1900 26 Apr | On the instructions of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Egyptian businessman Hájí `Abdu'l-Karím-i-Tihrání arrived in New York, the first Persian Bahá'í to visit North America. He had taught the Faith to Kheiralla in Egypt. His purpose was to try to bring Kheiralla back into the Faith and to explain the basic teachings of the Faith to the American believers. He was accompanied by Mirza Sinore Raffie, his translator. [BFA173–6; BFA2:17–29]
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Hájí `Abdu'l-Karim-i-Tihrani; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Mírzá Sinore Raffie; Covenant-breakers; Shuaullah; New York, USA; USA | First Persian Bahá'í to visit North America | ||||||||||||||||||
1900 Apr | Dr Yúnis Khán arrived in `Akká to act as translator for `Abdu'l-Bahá. He remained for nine years. [BW12:679-681] | Youness Afroukhteh (Yunis Afrukhtih); Translators; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 5 Aug | Hájí `Abdu'l-Karím-i-Tihrání left the United States, his efforts to win Kheiralla back to the Faith having failed. [BFA176]
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Hájí `Abdu'l-Karim-i-Tihrani; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; New York, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 4 Nov | The Persian teachers Mírzá Asadu'lláh-i-Isfahání (1826-1930) and Hájí Hasan-i-Khurásání, a merchant from Cairo, arrived in America. Their task was to consolidate the American community and to address the effects of Kheiralla's disaffection. [BFA2p35–43]
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Hájí Hasan-i-Khurasani; Mírzá Asadullah-i-Isfahani; Mírzá Husayn Ruhi; Mírzá Burzurg; Covenant-breakers; Johnstown, NY; New York, USA; New York, USA; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1900 26 Nov | Agnes Baldwin Alexander wrote to `Abdu'l-Bahá declaring her belief in Bahá'u'lláh. [BFA2:159; SBR176; PH32]
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Agnes Alexander; May Maxwell (Bolles); Charlotte Dixon; Rome, Italy; Italy; Paris, France; France; Oakland, CA; California, USA; London, England; United Kingdom; Honolulu, HI; Hawaii, USA | First Bahá'í to set foot in Hawaii | ||||||||||||||||||
1900 7 Dec | In New York, nine men were selected to govern the affairs of the Faith. Those serving were Arthur Dodge, Hooper Harris, William Hoar, Andrew Hutchinson, Howard MacNutt, Frank Osborne, Edwin Putnam, Charles Sprague and Orosco Woolson. Among the problems that they had to face was the effect of the disaffection of Kheiralla. [BFA2p36; Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p5]
One of the men, William Hoar, had been present at the reading of the paper by Henry Jessop at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1892. Shortly after he began study of the Faith with Ibrahim Khayru'llah. Later Hoar moved to New York where he continued study with Anton Haddad. Haddad had learned of the Faith in Egypt from Haji 'Abdu'l-Karim-i-Tihrani. [WMSH59] |
Board of Council; Spiritual Assemblies; LSA; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Arthur Dodge; Hooper Harris; William Hoar; Andrew Hutchinson; Howard MacNutt; Frank Osborne; Edwin Putnam; Charles Sprague; Orosco Woolson; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Anton Haddad; Hájí `Abdu'l-Karim-i-Tihrani; New York, USA; USA | first "Spiritual Assembly" meeting in America???? | ||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the Year) | The publication of Lessons on the Beha Revelation by W Hooper Harris. This publication was a series of lessons based on Christian prophecies that was used for teaching the Bahá'í Faith in the early days of the religion in the United States. [Collins7.1136] | Hooper Harris; Bayonne, NJ | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the Year) | The publication of Lesson on the Beha Revelation by W Hooper Harris. This publication was a series of lessons based on Christian prophecies that was used for teaching the Bahá'í Faith in the early days of the religion in the United States. [Collins7.1136] | Hooper Harris; Bayonne, NJ | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the year) | Arthur Pillsbury Dodge published his book The Truth of It, the first introductory book on the Bahá'í Faith written by a Western believer. [BFA2:93; Collins7.820] | Arthur Pillsbury Dodge; Introductory; - First publications; * Publications; USA | First introductory book on Bahá'í Faith written by Western believer | ||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the year) | The Junayn Gardens northwest of Mazra`ih, owned by several Bahá'ís, was registered under the name of `Abdu'l-Bahá and a brother. [BBD124] | Junayn gardens; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Mazraih); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the year) | William Hoar, one of the first Bahá'ís in America, was asked by `Abdu'l-Bahá to meet with the Persian ambassador in Washington to request justice for the Bahá'ís of Iran, thus marking the beginning of the efforts of the American Bahá'í community to alleviate the persecution of their brethren. [BFA2:51] | William Hoar; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; - Ambassadors; Human Rights; Firsts, other; Washington, DC, USA; USA; Iran | First effort of American Bahá'í community to alleviate persecution of Persian brethren. | ||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the year) | Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí sent from Rangoon a sample of the marble that the sarcophagus for the remains of the Báb was to be made from. Mishkin-Qalam asked for permission to design a Greatest Name for the sarcophagus, and, as was his custom, he signed the design. In the time of Bahá'u'lláh he signed his work with "The servant of the Threshold of Bahá, Mishkin-Qalam" but for this work his proposal had the signature, "The servant of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Mishkin-Qalam." 'Abdu'l-Bahá did not approve. Throughout His ministry, `Abdu'l-Bahá greatly disapproved of believers composing verses about, or glorifying, His Person in any way. He would admonish them to focus their praise on Bahá'u'lláh. [MBBA155-157] | Báb, Shrine of; Mount Carmel; Báb, Remains of; Báb, Sarcophagus for; Sarcophagus; Mishkin-Qalam; Siyyid Mustafa Rumi; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Yangon, Myanmar; Myanmar; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the year) | The Faith is introduced to China by a Persian. [Major events of the Century of Light prepared by Dr. Ahmadi] | China | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the year) | 'Abdu'l-Bahá had Gabriel Sacy, a Bahá'í Frenchman of Syrian Christian origin, deliver a message to Leo Tolstoy. In speaking of the colonialism and the imperialism of the day He said in part: (emphasis added)
For several centuries the West has been now attacking the East like bandits with its armies and cavalries and has not stopped yet. And it is going to continue this assault with all troops at its disposal until Doomsday. You observe the large armies impetuously assaulting like lions from the woods of the Western world onto the battlefields of the East. Among these are an army of finance (tharwa), an army of industries (saná`a), an army of commerce (tijára), an army of politics (siyása), an army of knowledge (ma´árif) and an army of discoveries (iktisháfát), numerous soldiers loaded with war materiel, assaulting from the West with their sharp and deadly weapons and conquering the East in all its parts. |
Leo Tolstoy (author); Colonialism and imperialism; Gabriel Sacy | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 22 Jan | The passing of Queen Victoria.
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Queen Victoria; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 Apr | The Iranian ambassador to the Ottoman government at Istanbul, `Ala'u'l-Mulk, filed a report with the Office of Foreign Ministry in Tihran which was subsequently presented to the Shah. | Shah, Reports to; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 May | Ghulám-Ridá was killed in Najafábád. [BW18:385] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 (approx 4 yrs after ascension of Bahá'u'lláh) | 'Aqá Jamál Burújirdí had been a member of the Islamic clergy in Burujerd and was widely known and revered across Iran as a gifted teacher of the Faith.
He was a proud and egotistical man but during the lifetime of Bahá'u'lláh, he received much praise and various honorary titles such as Ismu'lláh'u'l-Jamál (The Name of God Jamál) due to his many services. During his visit to 'Akká following the passing of Bahá'u'lláh he made contact with Mírzá Muhammad-Alí with the goal of securing a prominent place in the administration of the faith under his leadership, all the while feigning loyalty to 'Abdu'l-Bahá. |
Jamal-i-Burujirdi; Covenant-breakers; Hájí Husayn-i-Kashi; Khalil-i-Khui; Jalil-i-Tabrizi; Names and titles; Fadil-i-Shirazi (Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim); Borujerd, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 15 May | Mirza Assad'u'llah, received a Tablet from Abdul-Baha, in which He has positively declared to be necessary the establishment here of the House of Justice by election by the believers with order and just dealing. According to this blessed Announcement, our believers have elected those whom they deemed best fitted, and thus The House of Justice was established.The Chicago Bahá'ís elected a nine-man Board of Council for a term of five years. Those elected were: George Lesch, Charles H. Greenleaf, John A. Guilford, Dr. Rufus H. Bartlett, Thornton Chase, Charles Hessler, Arthur S. Agnew, Byron S. Lane and Henry L. Goodall. [BFA2:XXV, 44–7; The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith]
Only days after the election of the Chicago House of Justice, a Ladies' Auxilliary Board was organized at the suggestion of Mrs. Ella Nash and Mrs. Corinne True. This Board was later to be known as the Women's Assembly of Teaching. It appears that the Ladies' Auxilliary was able to maintain control of the funds of the Chicago Bahá'í community despite the election of the House of Justice.[The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith] |
Board of Council; Spiritual Assemblies; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ladies Auxiliary Board; Ella Nash; Corinne True; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 20 May | The number of members on the Board of Council was raised to 12. [BFA2:47] | Board of Council; Spiritual Assemblies; LSA; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 24 May | The name of the Chicago Board of Council was changed to the House of Justice. [BFA2:48]
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Board of Council; House of Justice; Spiritual Assemblies; LSA; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 29 May | The Bahá'í women of Chicago elected their own Board and held the first business meeting of the `Women's Auxiliary Board' or "Women's Teaching Assembly". [BFA2:XV, 49–50; SYH64-65] | Women; Chicago, IL; USA | First business meeting of `Women's Auxiliary Board' | ||||||||||||||||||
1901 summer | Thomas Breakwell, an Englishman living in the United States, learned of the Bahá'í Faith in Paris from May Bolles. Within three days he became a believer and immediately wrote to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [AB74–5; BW7:707]
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Thomas Breakwell; May Maxwell (Bolles); Huququllah; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Firsts, other; Paris, France; France | First male British Bahá'í; first English believer; first Western Bahá'í to pay Huqúqu'lláh | ||||||||||||||||||
1901 (In the year) | Hippolyte Dreyfus heard of the Bahá'í Faith from May Bolles in Paris and soon after accepted it. [AB81–2]
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Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; May Maxwell (Bolles); Laura Clifford Barney; Paris, France; France | First Frenchman to embrace the Faith; first European Bahá'í to visit Iran | ||||||||||||||||||
1901 Mid-Jul | Hájí Hasan-i-Khurásání and his translator, Husayn Rúhí left the United States to return to Egypt. [BFA2:38] | Hájí Hasan-i-Khurasani; New York, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 Aug | Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání arrived in North America. [BFA2:XV]
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Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Proofs; * Publications; Laura Clifford Barney; Ahmad Sohrab; Covenant-breakers; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 Aug | `Abdu'l-Bahá wrote His Will and Testament over this seven-year period. [AB124–5, 484; BBD236]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Covenant; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 20 Aug | Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamíd re-imposed the restrictions confining `Abdu'l-Bahá and His brothers within the walls of `Akká. [AB94; CB226–7; DH67–8; GBP264]
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Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamid; Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Covenant-breakers; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Pilgrims; Pilgrimage; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Badiullah; Akka, Israel; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 Sep | Thomas Breakwell went on pilgrimage to `Akká, the first Englishman to do so. He was accompanied by Herbert Hopper. [BFA2:154; BW7:709]
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Thomas Breakwell; Pilgrimage; First pilgrims; Herbert Hopper; Akka, Israel | First Englishman to go on pilgrimage to `Akká | ||||||||||||||||||
1901 12 Sep | The publication of tablets revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá "To the House of Justice at Chicago, To the Ladies' Assembly of Teaching, To Mirza Assad'ullah and to other individuals, also one to the Believers in Persia." translated by Ali-Kuli Khan. [Collins3.159; Tablets Revealed by the Master Abdul Beha Abbas.] | * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 2 Nov | Birth of John Robarts, Hand of the Cause of God, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. | John Robarts; Births and deaths; Waterloo, ON; Ontario, Canada; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1901 26 Nov | The Day of the Covenant
The Day of the Covenant is a Bahá'í holy day honouring the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, in particular, 'Abdu'l-Bahá as the "Centre of the Covenant" and as such, the successor, the interpreter and the exemplar of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant also provided for the extension of this covenant to the Guardian and to the Universal House of Justice. |
Day of the Covenant; Firsts, other; Covenant; Holy days; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Birth of; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Chicago, IL; USA | First celebration of Day of the Covenant in North America. First Holy Day celebrated in North America. | ||||||||||||||||||
1901 26 Dec | Agnes Alexander arrived back in Hawaii, the first Bahá'í to set foot in the islands. [BFA2:159–60] | Agnes Alexander; Hawaii, USA | First Bahá'í to set foot in Hawaii | ||||||||||||||||||
Two Persians from Ischabad, 'Aqá Mírzá Mihdi Rashti and 'Aqá Mírzá Abdu-i-Baki Yazdi arrived in Shanghi. Mirza Rashti passed away in Shanghi in 1924 [Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 5min10sec] | China; Shanghai, China | ||||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | The publication of the fourth edition of The Revelation of Baha-ullah in a Sequence of Four Lessons by Isabella D. Brittingham. Bahai Publishing Society printed made a large number of printings of this book with small variations. [Collins7.587] | Isabella Brittingham; * Publications; Chicago, IL; Illinois, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | The house in Bandar Anzalí in which Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí was staying was attacked and only the intervention of the governor saved the Bahá'ís. [BW18:385] | Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Bandar Anzali, Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | In Shíráz, Hájí Abu'l-Hasan was beaten so severely on the order of the mujtahid that he died a few months later from the effects. [BW18:385] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | Pilgrims from the East and the West were once again permitted to visit `Abdu'l-Bahá. [CB232] | Pilgrims; Pilgrimage; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | Joseph Hannen, future Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, and Pauline Hannen became Bahá'ís in Washington DC. | Joseph Hannen; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Pauline Hannen; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | Bahá'í groups were established in Canada and in the Hawaiian Islands. [BBRSM:106-7; BFA2:160; SBBH1:135] | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Canada; Hawaii, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | Shanghai was re-opened to the Bahá'í Faith by the arrival of two Bahá'ís from`Ishqábád, Áqá Mírzá Mihdí Rashtí and Áqá Mírzá `Abdu'l-Baqí Yazdí, who opened a branch of the Ummi'd company, an import-export firm. [PH25] | Aqa Mírzá Mihdi Rashti; Aqa Mírzá `Abdu'l-Baqi Yazdi; Shanghai, China; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | The publication of Le Livre des Sept Preuves in Paris by A. L. M. Nicolas. It was a French translation of the Báb's Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih. [BBR39]
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* Báb, Writings of; Dalail-i-Sabih (Seven Proofs); A.L.M. Nicolas; * Translation; * Publications; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | An extract from a Tablet to Mr. Howard MacNutt from 'Abdu'l-Bahá refers to New York as the "City of the Covenant". [Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p8] | Howard MacNutt; City of the Covenant (New York); New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 18 Mar | Áqá Muhammad-Zamá-i-Sabbágh and Siyyid Ja`far were executed in Isfandábád and Abarqú, Fárs. Several Bahá'ís were expelled from the town and another Bahá'í was killed. [BW18:385] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Isfandabad, Iran; Abarqu, Yazd, Iran; Fars, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 8 May | May Bolles married Sutherland Maxwell in London and moved to Montreal later in the year. [BW8:635; GPB260, BFA2:156 ] | May Maxwell (Bolles); Sutherland Maxwell; London, England; United Kingdom; Montreal, QC; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 10 May | The Chicago House of Justice (or the Board of Council) changed its name to the House of Spirituality. Membership was restricted to men. [BFA2:XV; SYH64] | House of Justice; Spiritual Assemblies; LSA; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 12 May | Mírzá Asadu'lláh-i-Isfahání left the United States. [BFA2:VI]
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Mírzá Asadullah-i-Isfahani; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 13 Jun | Thomas Breakwell died from tuberculosis in Paris. (b. 31 May, 1872 in Woking) [AB77; BBD46; SEBW70]
Thomas Breakwell died in relative obscurity, a victim of tuberculosis in a poor quarter of the city of Paris. His earthly remains now lie in the communal charnel house at the cemetery of Pantin. It was not until the summer of 1997 that a dignified but suitably modest monument to mark his resting place was finally unveiled to the world.[The Life of Thomas Breakwell by Rajwantee Lakshiman-Lepain p10-11]
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Thomas Breakwell; In Memoriam; Woking, England; United Kingdom; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 Sep c. | Kanichi Yamamoto, the first Japanese to accept the Faith, becomes a Bahá'í in Hawaii. [BFA2:160; BW13:932; SBR179]
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Kanichi Yamamoto; Hawaii, USA | First Japanese to accept the Faith | ||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | Since the assassination of the Sháh's father in 1896 the Bahá'í community in Iran had been scapegoated and the oppression was increasing. In 1902 Muzaffar al-Din Sháh and his prime minister were in Paris staying at the Elysèe Palace Hotel. 'Abdu'l-Bahá had a petition for him and Lua Getsinger was asked to deliver it. She and Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney requested an audience with the Sháh but they were refused by the prime minister. She was told that he was not receiving anyone as his son was gravely ill and likely to die. Lua asked if he would see her the following day should his son be healed and consent was granted. That night the Bahá'ís of Paris held a prayer vigil till dawn. As promised, Lua was granted access and put the petition directly in the Sháh's hand. She heard him say that he would do all that was within his power but in 1903 a savage rash of persecution broke out and, upon the advice of his prime minister, the Sháh did nothing believing that it was better to let the restless population vent rage on the Bahá'ís then on the rich and powerful foreigners who might have been victimized. The prime minister was replaced in mid-1903 and the persecutions eased. In 1907 the Sháh did intervene on behalf of the Bahá'ís. [Find a grave; LDNW18-19]
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Persecution, Iran; Lua Getsinger; Muzaffarid-Dín Sháh; - Shahs; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Petitions; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 (In the year) | Lua Getsinger spent over a year in the household of 'Abdu'l-Bahá teaching English to His grandchildren. During this time she began to wear an outfit that 'Abdu'l-Bahá had designed for her. It consisted of a simple dress and coat and a hat with a a long, cloak-like veil. It was in royal blue. [LDNW20] | Lua Getsinger; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 15 Sep | Mírzá `Azízu'lláh visited Count Leo Tolstoy, and spoke to him at length about the history and teachings of the Faith and of the station of Bahá'u'lláh. [EB185; RB3:172-3]
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Mírzá Azizullah; Leo Tolstoy (author); Russia | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 10 Oct | The Behais Supply and Publishing Board incorporates as the `Bahai Publishing Society', a non-profit company. It is the first Bahá'í institution to be legally incorporated. [BFA2:XVI, 74] | Publishing Trusts; Firsts, other; USA | First Bahá'í institution to be legally incorporated | ||||||||||||||||||
1902 12 Oct | Birth of `Abdu'l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávarí, Bahá'í scholar, author and translator, in Mashhad. | `Abdu'l-Hamid Ishraq-Khavari; Bahá'í scholars; Births and deaths; Mashhad, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 28 Nov | Construction began on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of `Ishqábád with the laying of its cornerstone. [BFA2:116-17; YSxvii]
Foundation Stone: Late 1902 by General Subotich, the governor-general of Turkistan who had been delegated by the Czar to represent him. Construction Period: Initial step had been undertaken during the lifetime of Bahá'u'lláh. Superstructure: 1902 – 1907. External Ornamentation: 1919 Site Dedication: No record of a dedication ceremony on completion of the building can be found although the external ornamentation was completed in 1919 it is probable that the building had been in use for some years by this time. Architects: `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself delineated the general design. More specific design was by Ustad Ali-Akbar-i-Banna and a Russian architect, Volkov, planned and executed the details of the construction under the supervision of Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí, the son of Hájí Siyyid Muhammad, the uncle of the Báb for whom Bahá'u'lláh had revealed The Kitáb-i-Íqán. [AB109] Seating: Dimensions: Cost: Dependencies: two Bahá'í schools, a travellers' hostel, a medical dispensary and Hazíratu'l-Quds Expropriation:1928 Lease period: – 1938 Seizure; the building was turned into an art gallery Earthquake: 1948 Demolition: August 1963 the Universal House of Justice announced that it had been demolished by the authorities and the site cleared. References: AB109, BW14p479-481, GPB300-301, CEBF236, EB266-268, MF126-128 |
* Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Quick facts; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Dependencies of; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; Architecture; Architects; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; General Subotich; Krupatkin; Hájí Muhammad-Taqi Afnan (Vakilud-Dawlih); Afnan; Báb, Family of; Hájí Siyyid Muhammad; Ustad `Alí-Akbar-i-Banna; Volkov; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); - Bahá'í inspired schools; - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Ashgabat; Turkmenistan | |||||||||||||||||||
1902 - 1903 C. | One of the chief promoters of Mírzá Muhammad-'Ali in India was Mírzá Husayn-'Alíy-i-Jahrumí.
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Mírzá Husayn-`Alíy-i-Jahrumí; Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí; Covenant-breakers; Mumbai, India; India; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 (In the year) | The passing of Mullá Zaynu'l-'Ábidín, surnamed Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín (the Ornament of the Near Ones) in 'Akká. He is sometimes referred to as Jináb-i-Zayn (The Excellent Zayn), or Harfu'z-Zá (the Letter Z). He was born in the month of Rajab, in one of the villages of Najafábád near Isfahán to a family of Muslim clerics in May 1818. He had first heard of the Báb's claim while on pilgrimage in Karbilá in 1844 and became a believer in 1851. He met Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád after His return from Kurdistán in 1856. He was among the believers who were exiled from Baghdád in July of 1868 and under his leadership and guidance the believers in Mosul became a model community. He was invited by Bahá'u'lláh to come to 'Akká in Sep-Oct 1885 and shortly after that Baha'u'lláh asked that the community in Mosul be abandoned. [EB274-276; MoF150-154; TN412-425] Jináb-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín was well versed in Islamic jurisprudence. After the revelation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, he was authorized to submit questions concerning the laws. The treatise, titled Questions and Answers, an appendix to the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, is a compilation he made of Bahá'u'lláh's answers to questions concerning the laws of the Most Holy Book. It took more than two decades for "Questions and Answers" to be published in Persian and much longer to be published in English and other languages. [KA9] |
Zaynul-Muqarrabin (Mulla Zaynul-Abidin); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Laws; Questions and Answers (Kitáb-i-Aqdas); Risalih-i-Sual va Javab (Questions and Answers); Ethel Rosenberg; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran; Mosul, Iraq; Iraq | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 (In the year) | The Danish-American Bahá'í, Emily Olsen, translated The Hidden Words from English into Danish, the English translation having been done by Anton Haddad. It was probably the first Bahá'í text published in Danish. [SRRB15p237] | Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); Anton Haddad; Emily Olsen; * Translation; Denmark | the first Bahá'í text published in Danish. | ||||||||||||||||||
1903 Feb | Mírzá Badí'u'lláh, the fourth surviving son of Bahá'u'lláh, wrote to the Bahá'ís announcing his break with Muhammad-`Alí and giving his loyalty to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [AB102; GPB264]
"What deviation can be greater than breaking the Covenant of God! What deviation can be greater than interpolating and falsifying the words and verses of the Sacred Text, even as testified and declared by Badi'u'llah!" "...Ye know well what the hands of the Center of Sedition, Mirza Muhammad `Ali, and his associates have wrought. Among his doings, one of them is the corruption of the Sacred Text whereof ye are all aware, the Lord be praised, and know that it is evident, proven and confirmed by the testimony of his brother, Mirza Badi'u'llah, whose confession is written in his own handwriting, beareth his seal, is printed and spread abroad..." This reconciliation was short-lived. Badi'u'llah continued to plot unrepentantly against Abdu'l-Bahá and later, against Shoghi Effendi until his death in Israel 1950. [AB102] Again from the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá... "Gracious God! After Mirza Badi'u'llah had declared in his own handwriting that this man (Muhammad `Ali) had broken the Covenant and had proclaimed his falsification of the Holy Text, he realized that to return to the True Faith and pay allegiance to the Covenant and Testament would in no wise promote his selfish desires. He thus repented and regretted the thing he had done and attempted privily to gather in his printed confessions, plotted darkly with the Center of Sedition against me and informed him daily of all the happenings within my household. He has even taken a leading part in the mischievous deeds that have of late been committed. Praise be to God affairs recovered their former stability and the loved ones obtained peace. but ever since the day he entered again into our midst, he began afresh to sow the seeds of sore sedition. Some of his machinations and intrigues will be recorded in a separate leaflet." |
Mírzá Badiullah; Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Covenant-breakers; Forgery and interpolation; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 9 Feb | Lua Getsinger made an attempt to take a message from 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Eugénie, former Empress of France but she refused to meet her just as her husband, Napoleon III, had rejected two messages from Bahá'u'lláh. [LGHC80-81] | Lua Getsinger; Eugenie de Montijo; Napoleon III; Travel Teaching; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 Mar | Myron H. Phelps completed his work, Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi, when in Cairo in March 1903. The book was published by The Knickerbocker Press in New York in 1903 and in London by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1912.
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Myron Phelps; * Publications; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 7 Mar | Inspired by the news of the `Ishqábád Temple project, the Chicago House of Spirituality asked `Abdu'l-Bahá for permission to construct a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár. Two days later Mirza Asadu'lláh drafted a petition to be sent to 'Abdu'l-Bahá. His reply was received in late May and three other letters were received over the next several weeks containing statements about the Temple. [BFA2:XVI, 118; BW10:179; GPB348; DH4-5] | * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Petitions; Spiritual Assemblies; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan; Wilmette, IL; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 21 Mar | The passing of Gabriel Sacy, (b. Alexandria c. 1860) a Syrian Christian who had become a Bahá'í after contacting Mírzá Ábu'l-Faḍl and others in Cairo. He was the author of Du Règne de Lieu et de l'Agneau conn sour le nom de Babysme: se trove chez l'Auteur au Caire. It was printed privately in Cairo and dated June 12, 1902. [Materials for the Study of the Bábí Religion compiled by E G Browne p185; ABF135]
Also written by him was a booklet called Proofs that was published in Arabic in Cairo in 1902. It is believed to be the first book published in Arabic about the Faith although unpublished manuscript written in Arabic were circulated in Russia and the UK prior to this time. [A posting by Rowshan Mustapha 17 February 2024 on the tk list] L'implantation de la foi baha'ie en France et impact de la venue de Abdu'l Baha à Paris au début du XXème siècle Mémoire D.E.S. de Natalia Behnam includes him among the first Bahá'ís in France. iiiii Àbdu'l-Bahá is reported to have said of him:
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Ramleh, Egypt; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 May | Russian poet Isabella Grinevskaya wrote the play "Báb" which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904 and again in 1914 and once again in 1917. It was translated into French and Tatar (and later into German by Friedrich Fiedler) and lauded by Leo Tolstoy and other reviewers at the time. It is reported to have been Tolstoy's first knowledge of the Faith.
Ms. Grinevskaya's play about the Báb was first staged in St. Petersburg in January 1904. Mr. Tolstoy read the play and wrote Ms. Grinevskaya to praise her and share his sympathy with the Baha'í teachings, according to an article by Martha Root in the 1934-1936 edition of The Bahá'í World. |
Isabella Grinevskaya; Leo Tolstoy (author); * Publications; - Drama; - Plays; * Arts and crafts; St. Petersburg, Russia; Ramleh, Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Egypt; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey; Grodno, Belarus; Russia | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 03 May | Upheaval at Rasht. [BBRXXX, 373]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Rasht upheaval; Isfahan upheaval; - Upheavals; Russian consulate; Rasht, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 23 - 28 May | Upheaval in Isfahan: Muhammad-Javad-i-Sarraf seized was by students of Aqa Najafi and beaten severely; this caused a large number of Bahá'ís to take sanctuary in the Russian Consulate.
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Russian consulate; - Persecution, Mobs; Russian consulate; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 30 May | A letter from `Abdu'l-Bahá was received by the Chicago House of Spirituality giving His approval for the building of a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in North America. [BFA2:119] | Spiritual Assemblies; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Petitions; Wilmette, IL; Chicago, IL; USA | First Tablet approving building Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in North America | ||||||||||||||||||
1903 7 Jun | Eight days after `Abdu'l-Bahá's first Tablet arrived, a second Tablet arrived from Him approving the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár project. [BW10:179; CT41; GPB262, 349; MBW142] | Spiritual Assemblies; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Petitions; Wilmette, IL; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 8 Jun | Bahá'ís in Maláyir, Hamadán, are attacked, beaten and imprisoned. Two are killed. [BW18:385] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Maláyir, Iran; Hamadán, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 Jun-Jul | The Yazd Upheaval and in surrounding villages. [BBRXXX]
See BW18p385 for a chronicle of events by Moojan Momen:
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Yazd upheaval; - Upheavals; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; - Zoroastrianism; Yazd, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 20 Jul | `Abdu'l-Bahá commissioned the second restoration of the House of the Báb in Shíráz under the supervision of Áqá Mírzá Áqá, an Afnán and a nephew of `Abdu'l-Bahá. He had closed his business affairs in Egypt and moved his entire family to Shiraz to handle the project. Having been raised in the House Áqá Mírzá Áqá was the only living person who remembered the details of the house as it had been before the first major renovation. [AB108; EB236; GPB300; MBBA154, 176-177]
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Báb, House of (Shiraz); Restoration; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Aqa Mírzá Aqay-i-Afnan (Nurud-Din); Afnan; Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 Sep | At the request of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Hájí Mírzá Hadar-'Alí wrote Bahá'í Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD. | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Yazd upheaval; Yazd, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1903 Dec | Lua Getsinger made a second petition to the Sháh. It was presented through usual official channels. For several year following the presentation of these petitions there was a remarkable cessation of persecutions. [LGHC64-67]
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Persecution, Iran; Lua Getsinger; Muzaffarid-Dín Sháh; - Shahs; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Petitions; Mariam Haney; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 (In the year) | The publication of Bahá'í Martyrdoms in Persia in the Year 1903 AD by Hájí Mírzá Haydar-Alí Isfaháni* and translated by Youness Afroukhteh. A second edition was published in 1917. [Collins 7.1147-7.1149]
When the persecutions throughout Iran were at their peak, in midsummer of 1903, 'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote a proclamatory treatise outlining events leading to these pogroms, the motives and actions of the principle persecutors, and the intense sufferings of the Bahá'í community. In retrospect, it appears that 'Abdu'l-Bahá intended this treatise to be published in the West, galvanizing the support of prominent individuals, Bahá'í communities of the United States and Europe in general, and, the public at large. Towards this end, he instructed one of his secretaries, Dr. Younis Khan Afroukhtih, to translate this treatise, which presumably was done in collaboration with some English-speaking Bahá'ís visiting 'Akká at the time. This work was further assisted by an English-speaking pilgrim of Jewish-descent from Hamadan, Dr. Arastoo Hakim, and was completed on 19 September 1903. *The translated treatise was then sent to the United States It was received in Chicago on 29 October 1903 and its publication took place through the work of Bahá'í Publishing Society in 1904. However, for reasons not clear, it was published as a document prepared by Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí, a prominent Bahá'í residing in Haifa at that time. In this reference can be found a 2007 translation by Ahang Rabbani [Bahá'í Studies Review Vol 14 2007 p53-67] |
Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * Publications; Yazd upheaval; Yazd, Iran; Isfahan, Iran; Rasht, Iran; Ardakan, Iran; Taft, Iran; Manshad, Iran; Dih-Bala, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 (In the year) | The publication of The Book of Ighan (Kitáb-i-Íqán) by George V. Blackburne Co in New York. It had been translated by Ali Kuli Khan with assistance by Howard McNutt. This was the earliest translation into English of this book and was superseded by the publication of the translation by Shoghi Effendi. [Collins1.12]
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Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); `Alí Kulí Khán; Howard MacNutt; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 (In the year) | A compilation of Bahá'í writings in English was published by the Board of Counsel of New York. [BW10:179]
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- Compilations; * Publications; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 c. | The birth of Zikrullah Khadem, Hand of the Cause of God, in Tihrán. [ZK3] | Zikrullah Khadem; Births and deaths; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 (In the year) | At this point there were separate Spiritual Assemblies for the Jewish and Zoroastrian Bahá'ís in Hamadán and Tihrán. [BBRSM:151; CB371; CT33]
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Local Spiritual Assembly; Hamadán, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 (In the year) | Mahd-i-`Ulyá (Fátimih Khánum), the second wife of Bahá'u'lláh, died. She and all her four surviving children had been declared Covenant-breakers. [CB117] | Mahd-i-Ulya (Fatimih Khanum); Covenant-breakers; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 (In the year) | Through the year the Covenant-breakers plotted until the friendly governor of `Akká was replaced by one hostile to `Abdu'l-Bahá. Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí stirred up opposition in certain elements of the population. [AB111; CB232]
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Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Covenant-breakers; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Commission of inquiry; Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamid; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 (In the year) | Laura Clifford Barney made a number of extended visits to `Akká during this period. She brought with her questions to ask `Abdu'l-Bahá and she compiled His responses. These answers were approved by Him and published in the book Some Answered Questions. [AB81–2; BFA2:238]
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Laura Clifford Barney; Some Answered Questions (book); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; - Philosophy; Youness Afroukhteh (Yunis Afrukhtih); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
15 Apr - Jun | "Due to conflicting interpretations of the Teachings" a commission was appointed to "formulate a plan for the development of unanimity in work and effort for spreading the Bahá'í teachings." The report gave the "Outlines of the Bahá'í Teachings" and "Basic Concepts of the Bahá'í Revelation." [Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p9] | Teaching; New York, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 28 Oct | Ali Kuli Khan married Florence Breed, the first marriage between a Persian and a Western Bahá'í. [BFA2:147]
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`Alí Kulí Khán; Florence Breed; Firsts, other; Interracial marriage; Weddings; Hearst family; Phoebe Hearst; USA | First marriage between a Persian and a Western Bahá'í | ||||||||||||||||||
1904 29 Nov | Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl departed from the United States after a four year stay. He spent most of that time in the Washington, DC area. [BFA2:XVI. ASK20] | Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1904 1 Dec | Sydney Sprague arrived in Bombay, India. [BFA2:XVI]
This story is also available in Andalib magazine, year 7, no 25 and can be found in YBIB55-60. |
Sydney Sprague; Travel Teaching; Firsts, other; Mumbai, India; India; - Asia | First American travelling teacher in Asia; the first eastern Bahá’í to have sacrificed his life for his western brother. | ||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | Agnes Alexander arrived in Alaska, the first Bahá'í travelling teacher to visit the territory. [BBRSM:107] | Agnes Alexander; Alaska, USA; USA | First Bahá'í travelling teacher to visit Alaska | ||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | The first publication of The Seven Valleys in the West. It was translated from Persian into French by Hippolyte Dreyfus and Chirazi and was bound with The Hidden Words (Les Paroles cachées). This French translation was further translated into English by Julie Chanler in 1933 (or 1936), accounts differ. [About the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys; Collins1.112] | Haft Vadi (Seven Valleys); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Translation; * Publications; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; France; USA | first publication of the Seven Valleys in the West. | ||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | A second Commission of Inquiry, under the chairmanship of `Árif Bey, arrived in `Akká further to investigate the charges laid against `Abdu'l-Bahá. [AB117–25; BBR320 3; CB234–7; GPB269–71]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Commission of inquiry; Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamid; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | The passing of Ahmad (of "Tablet of Ahmad" fame) in Tehran at the age of 100. He was born in Yazd in 1805. [A Flame of Fire by Abu'l-Qasim Faizi] | Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Ahmad of Yazd; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | A.L.M. Nicolas published his book Seyyed Ali dit le Bab.
It was the first work by a western author dedicated entirely to the Báb, His movement and His teachings. (Conflict: See 1865)
It is "(a) history of the Bábí movement up to 1852. Nicolas gives a list of sources for this book on pp. 48-53. It is interesting to note that among his oral sources are four of the leading Bahá'ís of that period, who had been designated by Bahá'u'lláh as 'Hands of the Cause': Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad, 'Ibn-i-Asdaq: Mullá 'Al-Akbar-i-Sháhmírzádí, Hají Akhund; Mírzá Muhammad-Táqíy-i-Abharí, 'Ibn-i-Abhar; and Mírzá Hasan-i-Adíb. The other two oral sources named are Siyyid 'Ismu'lláh, who was presumably Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dihají, and Mírzá Yahyá, Subh-i-Azál." [BBR38-39]
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* Báb, Writings of; A.L.M. Nicolas; Criticism and apologetics; William McElwee Miller; Bábísm; - First publications; * Publications; Paris, France; France | The first work by a western author dedicated entirely to the Báb | ||||||||||||||||||
1905 (or 1904) | A Bahá'í group was established in Germany soon after the arrival of the first Bahá'í in the country, Dr. Edwin Fischer, in Stuttgart. He was dentist and a returned emigrant to the United States. German-born Alma Knobloch also became a Bahá'í in the United States 1903, before Fischer, arrived in Germany in 1907. [BBRSM:107, 219; BWNS390]
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Edwin Fischer; Alma Knobloch; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany | first German Baha'i | ||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | The publication of Le Beyan Arabe in Paris by A. L. M. Nicolas. It was a French translation of the Arabic Bayán. [BBR39]
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* Báb, Writings of; Bayan-i-Arabi (Arabic Bayan); A.L.M. Nicolas; * Translation; * Publications; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | Muhammad-'Alí sent his eldest son Shu'á'u'lláh to North America as his representative. It would appear that he did not work with Kheiralla but rather aligned himself with the group of Behaists in Kenosha. [BFA1p180; GPB319]
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Covenant-breakers; Muhammad-`Alí; Shuaullah; Kenosha, WI | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | A Bahá'í group was established in Germany. [BBRSM219] | Statistics; Germany | first Bahá'í group was established in Germany. | ||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year) | The publication of The New Revelation: Its Marvelous Message by Nathan Ward Fitz-Gerald.288p
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Nathan Ward Fitz-Gerald; * Publications; Tacoma, WA; Washington, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 (In the year or later) | Following the dispatch of his eldest son Shu'áu'lláh to North America, Muhammad-'Ali sent Mírzá Ghulámu'lláh, son of Áqá Muhammad-Javád-i-Qazvíní, one of the most inveterate adversaries of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. Enroute he Ghlámu'lláh visited Professor E G Browne at Cambridge. [AB86]
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Covenant-breakers; Shuaullah; Muhammad Ali; Ghulamullah; Aqa Muhammad Javiad Qazyini; Cambridge, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 c. 30 Mar | Hájí Kalb-`Alí was shot and killed in Najafábád. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 29 Apr | Birth of `Alí-Akbar Furútan, Hand of the Cause of God, in Sabzivár, Khurásán. | `Alí-Akbar Furútan; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Sabzevár, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
23 May or 2 Jun | A Nineteen Day Feast was celebrated in New York City, the first known to have been held in North America. [BFA2:XVI, 245]
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Nineteen Day Feast; Howard MacNutt; Mary MacNutt; Julia Grundy; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Pilgrims; New York, USA; USA | First Nineteen Day Feast celebrated in West | ||||||||||||||||||
1905 4 Jul | 'Abdu'l-Bahá had been promising visiting pilgrims that He would visit America when the friends became united. A petition was sent to 'Abdu'l-Bahá signed by 422 of the American believers...
They had covenanted together, so they wrote, to remain at one in all things, and the signatories one and all had pledged themselves to make sacrifices in the pathway of the love of God, thus to achieve eternal life.[SWABp243] |
Petition | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 5 Sep | The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904–05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905,[1] after negotiations from August 6 to August 30, at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, United States.[2] U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was instrumental in the negotiations and won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. Were it not for US diplomacy and the military restraint displayed by the other European nations, the Russo-Japanese war might have become the first world war. [Wikipedia]
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Portsmouth Peace Treaty; Theodore Roosevelt; Peace; War; History (general); Peace treaties; Kittery, ME; New Hampshire, USA; USA; Russia; Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
1905 - 1911 | The `Constitutional Revolution' took place in Iran. [BBRSM:87, 219]
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Constitutional Revolution; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 c. | Birth of `Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, Hand of the Cause of God, in Qum. | Abu'l-Qasim Faizi; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Qom, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 (In the year) | The first translation of The Seven Valleys into English was done Ali Kuli Khan and reprinted frequently by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee. A revised translation done by him and his daughter, Marzieh Gail, in 1945. An introduction was added in 1952. [Collins1.114; About the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys; RG48]
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* Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Haft Vadi (Seven Valleys); `Alí Kulí Khán; Marzieh Gail; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 (In the year) | The first Bahá'í of Hungarian origin, Countess Aurelia Bethien, declares her faith in the USA. [http://www.bahai.hu] | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Hungary; USA | First Hungarian Bahá'í | ||||||||||||||||||
1906 Mar | Mrs Whyte, the wife of a well-known Scottish clergyman, made a pilgrimage to `Akká with Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper. In answer to a letter that Mrs Whyte left for `Abdu'l-Bahá upon their departure, He revealed the Tablet the `Seven Candles of Unity'. [AB361–2, SCU4554]
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Seven Candles of Unity; Unity; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Jane Whyte; Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper; Pilgrims; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 summer | Bahá'ís in Sangsar, Khurásán, were persecuted such that they took refuge in the hills. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Sangesar, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 summer/autumn | Hippolyte Dreyfus, Marianne Jerard and Laura Barney visited Russian Turkistan and Iran, specifically Tabriz, Máh-Kú ,and Ishqabad. While in Iran, they witnessed the disturbances associated with the constitutional revolution, which had reached its climax that summer. [BFA2:XVI]
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Marianne Jerard; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; Firsts, other; Iran | First Western Bahá'ís to visit Iran | ||||||||||||||||||
1906 5 Aug | After an almost bloodless revolution Muzaffari'd-Din Sháh was forced to sign a royal decree called the "Golestān Palace Agreement" promising the establishment of a constitutional government with a National Assembly to be elected from amount the working guilds, landowners merchants and the nobles. The parliament was opened on the 7th of October and the constitution signed on the 30th of December. This marked the beginning of a period of constitutional governance in the country. [AY p24; Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Bahá's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East1 by Kamran Ekbal p6] | Iran, General history; History (general); Muzaffarid-Dín Sháh; - Shahs; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 Oct-Nov | Several Bahá'ís in Sangsar and Shahmírzád were killed or injured by bullets; six Bahá'ís were arrested. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Sangesar, Iran; Shahmirzad, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 10 Nov | Harlan Ober and Hooper Harris sailed from Hoboken, New Jersey for Naples and 'Akká on their teaching trip to India at the behest of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. (Tablet 12 March, 1906) Dr. William Moore, brother of Lua Getsinger, had been chosen to accompany Hooper Harris but he died unexpectedly. Harlan did not have the means for such a trip but Lua Getsinger loaned him the necessary funds. [BW13p868]
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Harlan Ober; Hooper Harris; Travel Teaching; Hoboken, NJ; New Jersey, USA; India; Pakistan; Myanmar; Mumbai, India; Pune, India; Kolkata, India; Lahore, India; Yangon, Myanmar; Mandalay, Myanmar | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 29 Nov | The publication of Compilation of Utterances from the Pen of Abdul-Baha Regarding His Station. 19p. The compilation was prepared in response to "different opinions and statements" regarding the station of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. It was prefaced by a letter from Mirza Assad'ullah. M. Ahmad Esphahani, credited as translator, is actually Mirza Ahmad Sohrab; this was before he adopted that last name for himself. The document does not state if it was compiled by Assad'ullah as well, but it seems likely from the cover letter. Similarly, it is not stated if the entire collection was translated by Sohrab or just the cover letter. [Collins3.35] | * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of | |||||||||||||||||||
1906 30 Dec | The Constitution of Iran was re-established. The Bahá'ís were not included among the recognized religions. [BBR354; B114; CB57; GPB298]
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Constitutions (general); Iranian constitution; Human Rights; Prophecies; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | `Abdu'l-Bahá started to move His family to the house that He had designed and built in the German colony at the foot of Mount Carmel in Haifa. [BBD107; DH145]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, House of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Laura Clifford Barney; Purchases and exchanges; Architecture; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | Six rooms of the Shrine of the Báb were completed. [GBF103]
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Báb, Shrine of; Mulla Abu-Talib; Ahmadpúr family; Haifa, Israel; Bandar Anzali, Iran; Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | Lady Blomfield and her daughter Mary learned of the Faith at a reception in Paris. [CH1–2; ER95; SBR22; SEBW101, SCU17]
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Lady Blomfield (Sara Lousia Ryan, Sara Blomfield, Sitarih Khanum); Mary Basil Hall (Mary Esther Blomfield, Parvine Khanum); Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | It was estimated that there were from 1,000 to 1,100 believers in North America by this date, with about 12 believers in Montreal and six Bahá'ís in other localities in Canada. [BFA2:230] | Statistics; USA; Montreal, QC; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | Hájar, an elderly Bahá'í woman, was shot dead in Nayríz. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Nayriz, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | Pritam Singh, an Assistant Master of Economics at Chiefs College in Lahore, accepted the Faith, the first Sikh to do so. [BFA2:269] | Pritam Singh; - Sikhism; First believers by background; Lahore, India; Pakistan | First Sikh to accept Faith | ||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | The first Bahá'í fund (Šerkat-e ḵayrīya) was established in Tehran to financially support Bahá'í teachers, facilitate the education of Bahá'í children, provide sufficient care of Bahá'í orphans, the aged and handicapped, and be of assistance to students of higher education. [BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran by V. Rafati] | Funds; Tehran, Iran; Iran | first Baha'i fund to support education and support of children | ||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | The publication of A Call of Attention to the Behaists or Babists of America by August J Stenstrand. He was a member of the "Society of Behaists" founded by Ibrahim Kheiralla, and was voted out of that group in 1906 and became the only self-professed Azali in America. He published at least five of these booklets from 1907 to 1917. [Collinsp294, 12.125-12.127a] | August Stenstrand; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Chicago, IL; * Publications; Covenant-breakers | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | The publication of Tablets Containing Instructions 19p. It was translated by Ahmad Sohrab and Ali-Kuli Khan and was published in Washington by the Bahai Assembly. Described by 'Abdu'l-Bahá as a few Tablets revealed for believers in Persia; if they are translated and spread in the West it will not be without effect ... Print them and circulate them amongst the believers in all those parts. (paraphrased from intro) [Collins3.147] | * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the year) | Alma Knobloch, the sister of Pauline Hannen, settled in Stuttgart. [SYH13; BW9p642] | Alma Knobloch; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 (In the Year) | Edward 'Saffa" Kinney and his wife Carrie "Vaffa" were in pilgrimage during this year. 'Abdu'l-Bahá later described them as being "Pillars of th Faith in the City of the Covenant" for their steadfastness in the Cause. [SYH45] | Pilgrimage; Edward Kinney; Carrie Kinney; - Bahá'í World Centre | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 8 Jan | The death of Muzaffari'd-Dín Sháh just a few days after he had signed the constitution. [BBR354, 482] | Muzaffarid-Dín Sháh; - Shahs; Qajar dynasty; Births and deaths; Iran, General history; History (general); Constitutions (general); Iranian constitution; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 19 Jan | The accession of Muhammad-`Alí Sháh to the throne of Iran. He reigned until 1909. He attempted to rescind the constitution and abolish parliamentary government. After several disputes with the members of the Majlis in June, 1908 he bombed the Majlis building, arrested many of the deputies and closed down the assembly. In July 1909 constitutional forces deposed him and he went into exile in Russia from where he attempted to regain his throne. [BBR354, 482, AY218]
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Muhammad-`Alí Sháh; - Shahs; - Shahs, Throne changes; Qajar dynasty; History (general); Iran, General history; - Persecution; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 25 Feb | Corinne True travelled to `Akká to present `Abdu'l-Bahá with a scroll with the signatures of 800 (or 1,000) names of Bahá'ís calling for construction to start on the American House of Worship. [CT51–3]
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Corinne True; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Petition; Akka, Israel; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 spring | A census of religions in the United States counted 1280 Bahá'ís. [BFA2:XVI] | Statistics; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 31 Mar | The Bahá'í calendar was used in North America for the first time. BFA2:247–8] | - Badi calendar; Firsts, other; North America; USA | First time Bahá'í calendar used in North America | ||||||||||||||||||
1907 Easter | Having obtained 'Abdu'l-Bahá's permission to publish in 1906, Laura Barney travelled to Paris to work on Some Answered Question by Easter Ethel Rosenberg come from London had settled into the same hotel and the collaboration began. [AB82; EJR85] | Some Answered Questions (book); Ethel Rosenberg; Laura Clifford Barney; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 Apr | Roy Wilhelm, accompanied by his mother, went on a pilgrimage to attain the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá at 'Akka in the Holy Land. The words of welcome uttered by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, as translated into English, were written down by Mr. Wilhelm immediately afterward and quoted in a letter written to his fellow Bahá'í teacher, Mrs. Mariam Haney: "Welcome! Very welcome! I have been waiting for your coming. It is with God's help that you have reached 'Akka . . . You represent all the American believers . . . Thank God that you came." [Roy Wilhelm] | Roy C. Wilhelm; Pilgrimage; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 25 Apr | Karbalá'í Sádiq was martyred in Tabríz. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Tabríz, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 summer | The first Universal Congress of Esperanto was held in Boulogne. [BW2:270] | World Esperanto Congress; Boulogne, France | First Universal Congress of Esperanto | ||||||||||||||||||
1907 15 Jun – 18 Oct | The Second Peace Conference in The Hague was attended by the representatives of 44 states. Again the proposal for the limitation of armaments was not accepted. The conference did, however, adopt several conventions relating to comportment of nations in time of war. It was resolved to hold another conference in eight years and although the conference scheduled for 1915 failed to meet because of the outbreak of World War I, the conference idea strongly influenced the creation of the more highly organized League of Nations after the war. [Encyclopaedia Britannica] | - International peace conferences; League of Nations; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; Peace; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 19 Jul | The Chicago `Bahai Assembly' filed an affidavit of incorporation, the first Bahá'í community to acquire legal status. [BFA2:278]
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Spiritual Assemblies; Local Spiritual Assembly; Incorporation; Recognition (legal); Firsts, other; Chicago, IL; USA | First Bahá'í community to acquire legal status | ||||||||||||||||||
1907 31 Aug | Anglo-Russian Convention relating to Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet, was signed in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The convention brought shaky British–Russian relations to the forefront by solidifying boundaries that identified respective control in the three countries. It delineated spheres of influence in Persia, stipulated that neither country would interfere in Tibet's internal affairs, and recognized Britain's influence over Afghanistan. [AY p47-48; Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Bahá's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p6] | Iran, General history; History (general); Colonialism and imperialism; St. Petersburg, Russia; Russia; Iran; Afghanistan; Tibet | |||||||||||||||||||
1907 26 Nov | The first national Bahá'í conference was held in America. [BFA2:XVI; BW10:179]
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- Conferences; Conferences, Bahá'í; - Conferences, National; Spiritual Assemblies; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); - First conferences; Chicago, IL; USA | First national Bahá'í conference; first Baha'i convention | ||||||||||||||||||
1908 (In the year) | `Abdu'l-Bahá's house in Haifa was completed. [BBD 107] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, House of; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 (In the year) | `Alí Ádharí was martyred in Kirmán. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Kirman, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 (In the year) | The publication of Daily Lessons Received at Acca January, 1908 by Helen S Goodall and Ella Goodall Cooper. Published by the Bahai Publishing Society in Chicago. | Daily Lessons Received at Acca January, 1908; Helen Goodall; Ella Goodall Cooper; Chicago, IL | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 (In the year) | Marion Jack was in 'Akká and taught 'Abdu'l-Bahá's children. [FMH45] | Marion Jack; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 (In the year) | The outer structure of the House of Worship in `Ishqábád was completed and the dome was in place. [AB110, EB267]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Ashgabat; Turkmenistan | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 Mar | The book Some Answered Questions; Collected and Translated from the Persian of Abdu'l-Baha was published simultaneously in Great Britain in English (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co in London) and was translated into French by Hippolyte Dreyfus under the title Les Leçons de Saint Jean-d'Acre (Ernest Leroux in Paris) and the Persian edition (Al-Núru'l-Abhá fi Mufavi∂áti-'Abdu'l-Bahá)(The Light of Bahá Shining in Discourse with 'Abdu'l-Bahá and had the sub-title Talks During Luncheon ( E.J. Brill in Holland). [AB82; BBD212–13; BFA2:238; ABF8; M9YA 314-219, 340-345; LB108-117]
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Some Answered Questions (book); Pilgrims notes; * Publications; * Translation; - Authenticity; House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá; Youness Afroukhteh (Yunis Afrukhtih); Laura Clifford Barney; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl; Ethel Rosenberg; Mírzá Munir; USA; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 9 Apr | Two building plots for the future House of Worship were purchased in Wilmette for the sum of $2000. By 1909 they had purchase 12 more building plots. [BFA2:XVI; BW10:179, GPB262; SYH66] | Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Purchases and exchanges; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Wilmette, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 25 Apr | Charles Mason Remey and Sydney Sprague sailed from New York for Iran and Russia. [BFA2:289]
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Charles Mason Remey; Sydney Sprague; Tahirih Khanum; Isabella Brittingham; New York, USA; USA; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 23 Jun | Muhammad-`Alí Sháh undertook a successful coup d'état in Iran and abolished the Constitution. [BBR369]
During a tense period of political struggle, a bomb was thrown into the Iranian Majlis (parliament) while it was in session. The explosion caused damage to the building and injured several parliamentarians, but there were no fatalities. The identity of the individual or group responsible remains a subject of historical debate. Some believe it was an attempt to disrupt the growing influence of the constitutionalists and the Majlis, while others suspect foreign interference. The event had significant political repercussions. It galvanized public opinion and further fuelled the demand for constitutional government and the rule of law. [Wikipedia] |
Muhammad-`Alí Sháh; - Shahs; - Shahs, Throne changes; Qajar dynasty; Iranian constitution; Constitutions (general); History (general); Iran, General history; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 23 Jul | The Young Turks issued a declaration demanding the restoration of the old constitution of Midhat Páshá and threatening the overthrow of the government. [AB123] | Young Turks; History (general); Midhat Páshá; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 24 Jul | In Constantinople, a bomb intended for Sultán 'Abdu'l-Hamíd as he returned from the mosque on Friday, killed and injured a number of people. This event prompted the authorities to recall all the members of the Commission who were gathering evidence against 'Abdu'l-Bahá at the time. Some months later the "Young Turk" revolutionaries demanded the release of all political and religious prisoners. 'Abdu'l-Bahá was free by in September. [AB123; BBD4; BBRXXX; CB237; DH71; GPB272]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Commission of inquiry; Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamid; Young Turks; History (general); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 30 Aug | A "Feast of Rejoicing" was held at the home of Howard MacNutt at 935 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn to celebrate the "freedom of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. It had been forty years since the exiles had been sent to Akka. [Bahá'í Bulletin Vol 1 No 1 p6; WMSH58-59] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Howard MacNutt; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 31 Aug | "When the tyrannous regime of Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid ended, the gates of 'Akká were thrown open and 'Abdu'l-Bahá came forth free upon the fortieth anniversary of His entrance into that neglected and unspeakable place. This was August 31, 1908." [BW2p222; PUP Intro to the 1922 edition page xix]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Universal House of Justice, Election of; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 Sep |
The Bahá'í Bulletin was succeeded a year later by the Bahá'í News which subsequently became Star of the West a year after that. [BWNS1289] See 1910 21 March |
Bahá'í Bulletin; Bahá'í News; - Periodicals; - First publications; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); New York, USA; USA | Believed to be the first English-language Baha'i news publication. [BWNS1289] | ||||||||||||||||||
1908 7 Sep | The birth of Hasan Muvaqqar Balyuzi, Hand of the Cause of God. [SBBR5:XI] | Hasan Balyuzi; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 30 Sep | The passing of Amalie Knobloch (b.Böblitz Germany 11 May 1858 d. 30 September 1908 in Washington, DC) She was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery in Washington. She was the mother of Fanny Knobloch (1859-1949), Alma Knobloch (1865-1943) and Pauline Knobloch Hannen (1874-1939). [ASK5-6, 7]
Janet Ruhe-Schoenin in Champions of Oneness: Louis Gregory and His Shining Circle p77, noted that 'Abdu'l-Bahá recognized race amity matriarch Mrs. Amalie Knobloch and revealed a Tablet to be read when visiting her grave:
O, thou divine, beloved Maid-Servant! Although thou didst disappear from the mortal eyes, yet thou didst train and educate thy daughters, each of whom has arisen to serve the Kingdom like unto thee and is engaged in the guidance of the souls. In the Assembly of wisdom they are the lighted candles; they sacrifice their lives in the Path of God; they are gardening in thy orchard and irrigating thy rose-garden. Happy is thy condition, for thou art enjoying Eternal Life in the Kingdom of Everlasting Glory and hast left in this world kind and loving Remembrances. Happy are those souls who visit thy luminous resting-place and through thy commemoration receive and acquire spiritual Powers! See Aflame with Devotion Chapter 9, "Loss of a Matriarch" pp99-109 for moving description of the passing a believer that was so beloved of Àbdu'l-Bahá. |
In Memoriam; Amalie Knobloch; Böblitz, Germany; Germany; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1908 Sep | The Bahá'í Publishing Society was founded in Chicago. [BW10:179] | Bahá'í Publishing Society; Publishing Trusts; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 (In the year) | Karl Kruttner, a professor in Bohemia, became a Bahá'í, the first person to do so in the Austro-Hungarian empire. [Bahaipedia 1909] | Karl Kruttner; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Bohemia, Czech Republic; Germany | The first person to become a Bahá'í in the Austro-Hungarian empire.. | ||||||||||||||||||
1909 (In the year) | Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, became a Bahá'í. [BFA2:156]
In the same year he was married to May Bolles. [WMSH16-17] |
Sutherland Maxwell; - Hands of the Cause; Montreal, QC; Quebec, Canada; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 (In the year) | The passing of Robert Turner (b. 15 October, 1855 or 1856, Virginia d. 1909 California)
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Robert Turner; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Firsts, other; Phoebe Hearst; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Virginia, USA; California, USA; USA | the first African-American Baha'i | ||||||||||||||||||
1909 (In the year) | Juliet Thompson made a pilgrimage to 'Akka and met with 'Abdu'l-Bahá., [ABF19] | Juliet Thompson; Pilgrims; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 (In the year) | The publication of Observations of a Bahai Traveller 1908 by Charles Mason Remey. The book was a narrative of travels in 1908 among the Bahá'ís of the Holy Land, Iran and Turkestan. [Collins 7.2254] | Observations of a Bahá'í Traveller 1908; Charles Mason Remey; East Lansing, MI | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 (In the year) | The publication of A Year With the Bahá'ís of India and Burma by Sydney Sprague.
It was published by Priory Press in London. PDF1908 [Collins 7.2467]
The book was republished in 1986 by Kalimat Press. PDF1986.
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the first visit by a Western Bahá'í to South and Southeast Asia | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 (In the year) | The Bahá'í community of Saint Paul, Minnesota began in 1909 when Dr. Clement Woolson, who became a Bahá'í in New York City in 1899, moved to Saint Paul to establish a Bahá'í community there. Both Clement and his wife Leona were osteopathic doctors and active Bahá'ís. The Woolsons held weekly Bahá'í gatherings in their home in Saint Paul. In 1912 Clement was a delegate to the 4th Bahá'í National Convention in Chicago and Leona was the alternate delegate representing the Bahá'ís of Saint Paul. At the end of the convention, on May 1st, 1912, they were able to attend the large gathering in Wilmette, Illinois when Abdu'l-Bahá laid the cornerstone for the House of Worship. On September 20th, 1912, Abdu'l-Bahá spoke in the Woolson home on spiritual education. Dr. Clement Woolson was an eloquent speaker and as a result of their firesides, others were soon declaring their faith. By 1922 there were nine Bahá'ís in Saint Paul. Among those attending the gatherings at the Woolsons were the Abas, Kadrie and Hider families. These three families from Syria moved to New York in 1902 and on to Saint Paul in 1922. First Hassen Abas attended the gatherings and soon after Alex Kadrie and Kamel Hider were attending talks at the Woolson home. By 1930 or soon after all three had become Baha'is on fire with the Cause of Baha'u'llah. These were large families; Hassen Abas and his wife Madie had nine children of their own. Their daughter Gayle Abas accepted the Baha'i Faith in 1932 at the age of 19. Three years later, after Dr. Woolson's his first wife Leona died, Gayle Abas married Clement. Dr. Woolson passed away a few months later. In 1976 Gayle Woolson wrote a biography about the Abas, Kadrie and Hider families. [A Saint Paul Bahá'í Community History: The Early Years] |
St. Paul, MN; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 (In the Year) | Martha Root became a Bahá'í. [SYH58] | Martha Root | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 Jan c. | Isabella Brittingham organized 12 Bahá'í women into a `Unity Band' to write monthly to the 12 Bahá'í women's clubs formed in Iran. [BFA2:294] | Isabella Brittingham; Women; Writing; New Jersey, USA; USA; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 Mar | The third upheaval in Nayriz. Eighteen or nineteen Bahá'ís were brutally assassinated in Nayríz when the Constitutionalists took control of the city. [BBR369; BW18:386; DH71, 138; GPB298; RB1:268] | Constitutionalists; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Nayriz, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 21 Mar | `Abdu'l-Bahá laid the sacred remains of the Báb in their final resting place at the Shrine in Haifa. [AB126; BBD210; DH138; GBF103; GPB276]
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Báb, Shrine of; Báb, Sarcophagus for; Sarcophagus; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Marble; Gifts; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel; Yangon, Myanmar; Myanmar; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 21 Mar | The first printing of Volume 1 of Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by the Bahá'í Publishing Society in Chicago.
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Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá (book); * Publications; Laura Clifford Barney; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 21 Mar | On the same day as the interment of the sacred remains of the Báb on Mount Carmel the first American Bahá'í Convention opened in Chicago. [BFA2:XVII, 309; BW13:849; MBW142–3; SBBH1:146]
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Conventions, National; Corinne True; Bahá'í Temple Unity; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; First conventions; National Spiritual Assembly; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Chicago, IL; USA; Canada | First American Bahá'í Convention | ||||||||||||||||||
1909 (Months following Mar) | Construction of the Eastern Pilgrim House in Haifa begins. [BBD178]
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Pilgrim House, Eastern; Pilgrim Houses; Mírzá Jafar Rahmani; Aqa Mírzá Jafar Shirazi; Pilgrimage; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | First property granted tax exemption | ||||||||||||||||||
1909 Mar–Apr | Bahá'ís of Námiq, Khurásán, were attacked and Kad-khudá Ismá'íl was killed. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Námiq, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 22 Apr | Three Bahá'ís are killed in Hisár, Khurásán, and their wives seriously injured. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Hisar, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 27 Apr | `Abdu'l-Hamid II was deposed. [BBR486] Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid II lived from 1842 to 1918) and reigned from 1876 to 1909. During his reign large portions of the Ottoman Empire were lost. Following his defeat in the war with Russia in 1878, Tunisia was occupied by France (1881), and Egypt was controlled by Britain (1882). In 1897, the Empire was forced by the Europeans to recognize the autonomy of Crete. The Sultán ruled as a despot, and brutally repressed the Armenians between 1894-6. In 1908, due to the lack of support among the army and the rise of the Young Turks, 'Abdu'l-Hamid was forced re-enact the Constitution of 1876 which he had suspended earlier, and which, for the first time in an Islámic state, defined the rights of both the ruler and his subjects. He was ultimately deposed when he attempted to plot a counterrevolution against the Young Turks and was exiled to Salonika, where he died in disgrace. The last Ottoman Sultán, Muhammad VI, was deposed and was succeeded briefly by a cousin, but in 1924, the caliphate was abolished by Ataturk. The seat of the Caliphate had been located in Istanbul since 1517. [ALM3; PDC98-102] |
`Abdu'l-Hamid II; - Sultans; Muhammad-Rishad VI; Armenian genocide; Caliphate; Ottoman Empire; History (general); Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 Summer | Sir Ronald Storrs, then a student of Arabic of Edward Granville Browne, visited 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Akka. [BW10p192; CH226] | Ronald Storrs; Edward Granville Browne; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 16 Jul | After an armed revolt, Muhammad-`Alí Sháh abdicated and the Iranian Constitution was resurrected. [BBR354, 482; Wikipedia]
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Muhammad-`Alí Sháh; Qajar dynasty; Iranian constitution; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 18 Jul | The accession of Ahmad Sháh Qajar, the boy-king, to the throne of Iran. He was twelve years old and because of his youth a regency was established under Azudu'l-Mulk, the head of the Qájár family. Ahmad's official coronation took place on the 21st of July, 1914. His reign formerly lasted until October 1925 when he was deposed by the Majles while he was absent in Europe. He was the last of the Qajar dynasty which had begun around 1789. [BBR482; CBM57]
The period of this reign was of the so-called pénétration pacifique, the technical term used euphemistically in contemporary Western works, during which the country was subjugated by the Western Powers and lost its sovereignty as well as its natural resources. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Bahá's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p6] |
Ahmad Shah; - Shahs; Qajar dynasty; - Shahs, Throne changes; History (general); Iran, General history; Colonialism and imperialism; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 July 23 | Louis George Gregory accepted the Bahá'í Faith after investigating since 1907 when he attended a lecture given by Lua Getsinger. Joseph and Pauline Hannen were his teachers and became friends for life. At the time of his acceptance of the Faith the Washington community was not fully integrated. [Wikipedia] | Louis G. Gregory; - Hands of the Cause; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 28 Jul | Bahá'ís in Námiq, Khurásán, were killed. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Námiq, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 20 Aug | Birth of Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God, in Chicago.
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Paul Haney; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Mariam Haney; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá gradually moved His family from `Akká to Haifa. [DH214] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, House of; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 Oct | The Persian-American Educational Society was founded and inaugurated in Washington DC on the January 1910. [BFA2:XVII; 355–8; Washington Herald 9 January 1910]
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Bahá'í associations; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Education; Washington, DC, USA; USA; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 Nov | Charles Mason Remey and Howard Struven left the United States on the first Bahá'í teaching trip to circle the globe. [BFA2:348, GPB261]
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Charles Mason Remey; Howard Struven; Travel Teaching; Hawaii, USA; Japan; Shanghai, China; China; Singapore; Myanmar; India; Akka, Israel | First teaching trip to circle globe | ||||||||||||||||||
1909 8 Nov | Hájí Haydar, a leading Bahá'í of Najafábád, was shot and killed at Isfahán. [BBR432]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 25 Nov | Dr Susan Moody, a famed American homeopathist, arrived in Tihrán. She and four Persian Bahá'í doctors started the Sehat Hospital. Because the hospital was only accessible to the wealthy she established a private practice that was open to all women regardless of their ability to pay. [BFA2:359-360]
Dr Sarah Clock sailed from New York for Iran on 8 December 1910. She served the Bahá'í community of Iran with great sacrifice for years. While her main task was treatment of the sick, she never ceased educating the youth. She was an energetic tolerant and contented woman. Very often needy people were not only exempted from paying her meagre honoraria, but also received medicaments for free. She was highly respected by the Bahá'í community and non-Bahá'í alike. Finally after twelve years of devoted service, she died of pneumonia in Tehran.[OLOMp43-44] |
Susan Moody; Sehat Hospital; Sarah Clock; Elizabeth Stewart; Women; Social and economic development; Homeopathy; Names and titles; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1909 26 Nov | Within a year of her arrival in Persia, Dr. Susan Moody opened the Tarbíyat School for Girls in Tihrán. [BBD221–2; BFA2:360–1] Some of those serving at the school were: Susan Moody, Sydney Sprague, Lillian Kappas, Sarah Clock and Elizabeth Stewart. [GPB261] |
Tarbiyat School, Tihran; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Susan Moody; Lillian Kappes; Genevieve Coy; Adelaide Sharp; Clara Sharp; Elizabeth Stewart; Women; Social and economic development; Munirih Khanum Ayadi; Karim Ayadi; Tehran, Iran; Iran; Sydney Sprague | First Tarbíyat School for Girls | ||||||||||||||||||
1909 Dec | Charles Mason Remey and Howard Struven spoke at the first Bahá'í public meeting held in Honolulu. [BFA2:348; SBR189] | Charles Mason Remey; Howard Struven; Firsts, other; Honolulu, HI; Hawaii, USA | First public meeting in Honolulu | ||||||||||||||||||
1909 24 Dec | The constitutional revolution effectively ended when the Shah's minister oversaw the expulsion of the deputies of the Second Majis with the support of 12,000 Russian troops. [Wikipedia] | Iranian revolution; Iran, General history; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | Agnes Parsons made a pilgrimage to Akka to see 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [Luminous Journey 30:02] She had become a Bahá'í in 1908. During her pilgrimage Agnes extracted a promise from 'Abdu'l-Bahá that he would stay with them when he came to Washington. On returning from her pilgrimage she had a hourse built especiall for 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [SYH57239Days Day 11] | Agnes Parsons; Pilgrimage; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | Charles Mason Remey and Howard Struven arrived in Shanghai and met with Áqá Mírzá `Abdu'l-Baqí Yazdí. They were probably the first Bahá'ís from the West to go to China. [PH25; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 5min45sec] | Charles Mason Remey; Howard Struven; Aqa Mírzá `Abdu'l-Baqi Yazdi; Firsts, other; Shanghai, China; China | First Bahá'ís from West to go to China | ||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | The publication of The Oriental Rose, or, The teachings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá which trace the chart of "The Shining Pathway" by Mary Hanford Finney Ford. [Collins7.983]
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Mary Hanford Ford; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Introductory; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pen portraits; Pen portraits; Portraits; * Publications; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | The publication of Questions and Answers in the East. It was a document comprising exclusively of answers Bahá'u'lláh revealed in response to questions about the laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. Questions were submitted in writing and answers were likewise revealed in writing. It is by nature of small size regarded as an appendix to the Most Holy Book. Its compiler was Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín, one of the erudite, devoted and trusted followers of Bahá'u'lláh. He was a mujtahid (specialized in Islamic jurisprudence) before embracing the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths. Bahá'u'lláh authorized him not only to ask questions about the laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, but also to compile Risálih-i-Su'ál va Javáb (Questions and Answers).
The text of Questions and Answers, though compiled during Bahá'u'lláh's ministry, remained unpublished until 1910. Its English translation was published together with the authorized English translation of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in 1992-3. The reason for the delay in the publication of Questions and Answers was the necessity for Bahá'u'lláh's Book of Laws to be translated and annotated under the aegis of the Universal House of Justice. Without the Book, the appendix would have had no source of reference. [Lights of Irfán vol. 18 p430-432] |
Zaynul-Muqarrabin (Mulla Zaynul-Abidin); Risalih-i-Sual va Javab (Questions and Answers); Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; * Publications | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | The publication of Fifty-Three Years in Syria by Reverend H. H. Jessup. (Apologies: this link does not have the same text as found on SBBR1p78) [Collins10.818]
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Criticism and apologetics; Henry Jessup; Christian missionaries; USA; Syria | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | The publication of God's Heroes: A Drama in Five Acts by Laura Clifford Barney, (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1910). The play, based on the life of the Báb, centred on Táhirih. | Laura Clifford Barney; - Plays; - Drama; Tahirih (Qurratu'l-'Ayn, Zarrín-Táj); Báb, Life of (chronology); London, England | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | The publication of The Splendor of God Being Extracts from the Sacred Writings of the Bahais with introduction by Eric Hammond. Published by E P Dutton and Company in New York.
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Splendor of God (book); Eric Hammond; * Publications; New York, USA; New York, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | The publication of The Mysterious Forces of Civilisation; Written in Persian by an eminent Bahai Philosopher translated y Johanna Dawud in London by Cope & Fenwick and in Chicago by the Bahá'í Publishing Society in 1910 and 1918. [BEL 3-79 p12] | Yuhanna Dawud (John David); London, England | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 4 Mar | The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Hájí Mullá 'Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí, (Hájí Akhund). He was born in Shahmírzád around 1842/3. [Bahaipedia]
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Hájí Ákhúnd (Mullá `Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí); Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Activities; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Tehran, Iran; Shahmirzad, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 21 Mar | The first issue of the Bahá'í News was published in Chicago. [BFA2:XVII; BW10:179; BWNS1289]
For an access to the Star of the West archives see http://www.starofthewest.info. This site is not searchable. |
Star of the West; Bahá'í News; - Periodicals; - First publications; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Chicago, IL; USA | First issue of Bahá'í News; first Bahá'í magazine | ||||||||||||||||||
1910 25 - 26 Apr | The Second Annual Convention of the Bahá'í Temple Unity was held in Corinthian Hall, 17th Floor of the Masonic Temple at State and Randolph Streets.
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Honoré Jaxon; Conventions, National; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Chicago, IL | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 10 May | Talk by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa to some American pilgrims. [SoW1 Vol 8] | Pilgrims; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 13 May | Talk by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa to to a number of Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian and Mohammedan Bahais. | Interfaith dialogue; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 18 - 29 May | The Paris International Air Navigation Conference of 1910, also known as the Conférence internationale de navigation aérienne, was the first diplomatic conference to consider formulating international aviation law. It was proposed by the French government who were concerned about aircraft from foreign nations flying over their territory and was attended by representatives from 19 European nations. The conference went into recess in June 1910 but did not reconvene due to differences of opinion and then later the outbreak of the First World War. Hence, no agreement was signed. Its deliberations, however, influenced the development of international aviation law.
For obvious reasons, the treatment of aviation matters was a subject at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The conference was the first political effort to develop the doctrines of international law relating to aerial navigation. Delegates disagreed about the right of foreign aircraft to fly over national territory. It was resolved to create an Aeronautical Commission charged to prepare a convention on international aerial navigation. The result was the creation of the International Commission for Air Navigation under the authority of the League of Nations. This Paris Convention was the first successful attempt at common regulation of international air navigation and laid the foundations of air law. A proposal was formally taken up by France and submitted to the other principal Allied powers who received it favourably. This action then resulted in the drawing up of the International Air Convention, which was signed by 26 of the 32 Allied and Associated powers represented at the Paris Peace Conference and was ultimately ratified by 38 States. It should be noted that this Convention took over all the principles that had already been formulated by the Conference that had been held in 1910 in Paris. The Convention was ultimately in force for thirty-three States by 1940. The U.S. government extended an invitation to 55 States to attend an International Civil Aviation Conference in Chicago in 1944. Known then and today more commonly as the 'Chicago Convention', this landmark agreement laid the foundation for the standards and procedures for peaceful global air navigation. It set out as its prime objective the development of international civil aviation "…in a safe and orderly manner", and such that air transport services would be established "on the basis of equality of opportunity and operated soundly and economically." On 4 April 1947, upon sufficient ratifications to the Chicago Convention, the International Civil Aviation Authority came into being. The first official ICAO Assembly was held in Montreal in May of that year. On 3 October 1947 the ICAO became a UN specialized agency. Today the ICAO has 193 Members States with headquarters located in the Quartier international de Montréal of Montreal, Quebec, Canada with seven Regional Offices throughout the world. [Chicago Convention; 1919 Paris Convention; ICAO website] |
United Nations; International relations; International Standards; Paris, France; Chicago, IL; Montreal, QC | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 Aug | Having moved all His family to Haifa, `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself moved from the House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá to His new home at 7 Haparsim (Persian) Street, Haifa. [BBD13, 107; DH145]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, House of; House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; Laura Clifford Barney; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 8 Aug | Birth of Mary Sutherland Maxwell, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, Hand of the Cause of God, in the borough of Qeens, New York City. | Mary Maxwell; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 29 Aug | `Abdu'l-Bahá departed for Egypt on board the steamer Kosseur London accompanied by two attendants, Mírzá Munír-i-Zayn and 'Abdu'l-Husayn. Upon arrival he telegrammed the Bahá'í in Haifa that he was in Egypt. Shoghi Effendi was asked to come two days later. [AB133-168; ABF5; BBRXXX; GPB280; AB134-135; Bahá'í News #12 16Oct1910 pg206; the Message from the Universal House of Justice dated August 29, 2010]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Proclamation; Firsts, other; Isabella Grinevskaya; Ships; Kosseir; Haifa, Israel; Port Said, Egypt; Ramleh, Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Cairo, Egypt; Zaytun (Zeitoun), Iran; Egypt | The first public proclamation of the Faith. | ||||||||||||||||||
1910 (In the year) | The Ottoman officials, architects and masons came from Constantinople for the express purpose of planning a city outside of the old prison walls. They opened two large gateways through the thick, solid and ancient walls of the old fort of Acca. Both opened out on the green plain in front of Bahji. -Ameen U. Fareed (Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 9, August 20, 1910) | History (general); Akka, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 20 Sep | Muhammad-Ja`far-i-Sabbágh was martyred at Najafábád. [BW18:387] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1910 Nov | Wellesley Tudor Pole met 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Alexandria. An interview with him appeared in Christian Commonwealth (1910 28 Dec), "A Wonderful Movement in The East" (reproduced in SoW Vol 1 Issue 18 p1-4. [SYH6] | Wellesley Tudor Pole; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 (In the year) | A group of Bahá'ís developed in South Africa. [A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nance Ororo-Robarts and Selam Ahderrom p2] | Statistics; South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 (In the year) | A systematic teaching campaign was launched in India with the assistance of two American women and a 19-member teaching council was elected. [BBRSM:194 220] | Teaching campaigns; India | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 - 1914 | The publication of Le Beyan Persan in Paris by A. L. M. Nicolas. It was a French translation of the Persian Bayán and was published in four volumes. [BBR39] | * Báb, Writings of; A.L.M. Nicolas; Bayan-i-Farsi (Persian Bayan); * Translation; * Publications; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 (In the Year) | The publication of The Mountain of God by E. S. (Ethel Stefana) Stevens (later Mrs E M Drower, Lady Drower) in London by Mills and Boon. The romantic novel is noteworthy for the author's pen portrait of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and it records impressions of the Bahá'í community as well as life in 'Akká and Haifa in 1911.
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E.S. Drower (E.S. Stevens); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pen portraits; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 10 Mar | 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent Lua Getsinger and Dr Ameen Farid to California where they spoke to some 5,000 people delivering lectures on "Bahá'í Reformation" or referring to it in the course of lectures on other subjects. She spent two weeks visiting friends in Chicago and then departed for California on the 10th of March. [LGHC123]
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Lua Getsinger; Travel Teaching; Ameen Fareed (Amin Farid); `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; California, USA; USA; Tijuana, Mexico; Mexico; San Quentin State Prison | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 9 Apr c. | Louis Gregory visited Ramleh where 'Abdu'l-Bahá was staying in preparation for His first visit to Europe. During their first conversation 'Abdu'l-Bahá immediately cut "to the substance of the issue." "What of the conflict between the white and colored races?" he asked. "Work for unity and harmony between the races," 'Abdu'l-Bahá told him. "The colored people must attend all the unity meetings. There must be no distinctions." [239Days Day 12; SoW Vol 2 No 10 September 8 1911 p5; SYH6]
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Louis G. Gregory; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Louise Gregory; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Ramleh, Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 28 Apr | The marriage of Laura Barney and Hippolyte Dreyfus. [See Some Answered Questions" and Its Compiler by Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani published in Lights of Irfan, 18, pages 444] | Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; Weddings | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 May | Louis Gregory travelled to Stuttgart after his visit with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt. There he renewed his acquaintance with Alma Knobloch, he had learned of the Faith in the Hannen household.
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Louis G. Gregory; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 3 May | Aurelia Bethlen, a Hungarian who had come to the United States in 1892 and had become a Bahá'í in New York City about 1905-6, departed from San Francisco on the first around the world teaching trip undertaken by a Bahá'í woman. [BFA2:351–3] | Aurelia Bethlen; Travel Teaching; San Francisco, CA; Hungary | First around the world teaching trip by Bahá'í woman | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 11 May | W. Morgan Shuster was an American chosen by the Persian Chargé d'Affaires at Washington, Mirza Ali Kuli Khan, to serve as Treasurer-General of Persia for a period of three years. His mandate was to organize and conduct the collection and disbursements of the revenues. Four American assistants were likewise engaged to serve under the Treasurer-General. Since the Anglo-Russian agreement of 1907 the country was under the influence of the Russians in the north and the British in the south. The purpose in engaging Shuster was to put the country's financial affairs in order so that they might attract investment from other nations.
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`Alí Kulí Khán; Iran, General history; History (general); Colonialism and imperialism; Iran; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 15 May | Talk by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa on the day of the commemoration of the Báb's Declaration. | Báb, Declaration of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 18 May | Talk by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa to to Mr. Charles Mason Remey and Mr. Howard C. Struven on the day of their departure. | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 3 Jun | Ghodsea Khanoum Ashraf (Qudsíyyih Ashraf) (b. 22 November 1889 in Majidābād, d. 16 April 1976 in Tehran) arrived in the United States together with Dr. Lutfullah Hakim and four others. On the final leg of her journey from Southhampton to New York City aboard the RMS Mauretania, she was accompanied by Louis Gregory. She was the first Persian woman to travel to the country and as such, received considerable press coverage. [BFA2:358]
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Ghodsieh Ashraf (Qudsiyyih Ashraf); Firsts, other; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; Majidabad, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Iran; USA | The first Persian woman to travel in the USA. | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 26 - 29 Jul | The First Universal Races Congress was held at the University of London. It was the first important conference in which the British Bahá'ís participated. It was an international symposium on the theme of the brotherhood of humankind and attracted leading politicians, theologians and scholars from the whole of the British Empire and from Europe as well as North America. During the Congress itself there were several presentations from Bahá'ís including the reading of a letter from 'Abdu'l-Bahá who was in Egypt at the time. [NBAD45]
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Conferences, Race Amity; Race amity; Race; Race unity; Firsts, other; Alain Locke; Wellesley Tudor Pole; Thornton Chase; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; London, England; United Kingdom | first important conference in which the British Bahá'ís participated. | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 Aug | Hájí Muhammad-Taqí Afnán, Vakílu'd-Dawlih, the cousin of the Báb largely responsible for the building of the House of Worship in `Ishqábád, was buried in the newly acquired Bahá'í cemetery in Haifa, the earliest recorded burial in the cemetery. [BBD51; DH182]
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In Memoriam; Hájí Muhammad-Taqi Afnan (Vakilud-Dawlih); Afnan; Báb, Family of; Cemeteries and graves; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Firsts, other; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Haifa, Israel | First known use of the Bahá'í Cemetery in Haifa. | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 9 Aug | When 'Abdu'l-Bahá was about to depart on his first voyage to the West, He wrote to Albert Smiley, host of the annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration. On the 22nd of August, 1911 while in Thonon-les-Bains, France, He wrote to H.C. Phillips, secretary of the Mohonk arbitration institution. These letters were unique because He usually didn't initiate correspondence. He was, undoubtedly, making arrangements to speak at their annual conference as Ali Kuli Khan had recently done.
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Albert Smiley; H.C. Phillips; `Alí Kulí Khán; Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Egypt; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France; Lake Mohonk, NY | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 11 Aug | The beginning of `Abdu'l-Bahá's first Western tour [AB139]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; S. S. Corsica; Orenoque; Ships; Funds; Donations; - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Musa Naghiyev; Musa Naqiof; Bandar Anzali, Iran; Alexandria, Egypt; Egypt; Marseilles, France; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France; London, England; United Kingdom | First Western tour by `Abdu'l-Bahá' | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 | Star of the West volumes chronicled both the first and second Western journeys of `Abdu'l-Bahá. | Star of the West; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour | First Western journey of `Abdu'l-Bahá | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 16 Aug | After four and half days of travel over 2500 kilometres L'Orénoque arrived in Marseilles, France's major port on the Mediterranean. 'Abdu'l-Bahá was met by Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney who had recently married (28 April). He and his wife would be 'Abdu'l-Bahá's constant companions in France and would later be in His company in England and the eastern United States. They had already met 'Abdu'l-Baha in Palestine and Laura stayed there between 1904 and 1906. [ABF8]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; Orenoque; Ships; Marseilles, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 18 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá had an exchange of telegrams with Wellesley Tudor Pole from the Theosophical Summer School in Derbyshire, England where he had just presented a lecture on the Bahá'í Faith. [ABF9-10, SoW Vol 2 no10 p.7] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Wellesley Tudor Pole; Theosophical Society; Marseilles, France; France; Derbyshire, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 19 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent a telegram to Charles Mason Remey in America inviting him to join Him in Europe. [SoW vol2 no.12 (16 October 1911) p9, ABF10] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Charles Mason Remey; Marseilles, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 20 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá and His party left Marseilles and traveled by train to Geneva, arriving late in the day and checking into the Hôtel de la Paix. | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Marseilles, France; France; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 21 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá and His party took a ferry from Geneva to Thonon-les-Bains and were met by Laura Dreyfus-Barney. They stayed at the Hôtel du Parc. He wrote to His sister, Bahíyyih Khánum. It was she that He had placed in charge of the affairs of the Faith in His absence. [ABF12-13, LTDT172-173]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Munirih Khanum; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 22 Aug | The Master sent for Juliet Thompson who had been waiting in London for His permission to join Him. [DJT157, ABF14-15]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Juliet Thompson; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 23 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá went for a carriage ride in the nearby hills. ["With 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Switzerland" by Juliet Thompson, SoW Vol 2 no 14 (Nov 23, 1911) p9-13, ABF15]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Zillus-Sultan; Annie Boylan; Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 22 Aug - 3 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá took up residence at Thonon-les-Bains on Lake Leman (Lake Geneva). [AB140; GPB280; SBR219]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Board of Council; Spiritual Assemblies; Unity; Zillus-Sultan; - Persecution; Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Juliet Thompson; Horace Holley; Elizabeth Stewart; Lillian Kappes; Ships; Thonon-les-Bains, France; Lake Geneva; Marseilles, France; France; Switzerland; Italy; London, England; United Kingdom; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 24 Aug | Tammaddun'ul-Mulk and Juliet Thompson arrived in Thonon-les-Bains from London via Geneva. She had landed in Southampton on board the Lusitania from America on the 25th of July. Juliet Thompson had been in Paris in 1899 and had been part of the nascent Bahá'í community there along with May Maxwell and Lua Getsinger. In addition, she had met 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká in 1909. |
Tammaddunul-Mulk; Juliet Thompson; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; London, England; United Kingdom; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 25 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá spent the morning with Juliet Thompson, part of the afternoon with Bahrám Mírzá and then visited the Gorges du Pont du Diable on the Dranse river at Le Jotty some 15 km south of Thonon-les-Bains. He travelled by automobile and was accompanied by Juliet and the Dreyfus-Barneys. [ABF27-28, DJT174-178]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Gorges du Pont du Diable; Dreams and visions; Thonon-les-Bains, France; Le Jotty, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 26 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk to those gathered at the hotel on the theme of unity. Present was Annie Boylan, a New York believer who had made the journey to present her case against another New Yorker, Howard MacNutt whom she believed was unfit to serve the Cause. [ABF31-33, DJT180-184] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Howard MacNutt; Annie Boylan; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 27 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá and His party took a ferry to Vevey, a resort town on the other side of Lake Geneva (Lake Leman). Vevey was the location of the Dreyfus summer home and it was near here that Lady Blomfield and her daughters finalized the translation of Paris Talks [ABF33-44, DJT186, SoW vol 2 no 14]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Lady Blomfield (Sara Lousia Ryan, Sara Blomfield, Sitarih Khanum); Edith Sanderson; Lillian Kappes; Elizabeth Stewart; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Paris Talks (book); Thonon-les-Bains, France; Vevey, Switzerland; Switzerland; Evian-les-Bains, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 28 Aug | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visitor was Sultán-Husayn Mírzá, the eldest son of Zillu's-Sultán. Between 1879 and 1906 he had served as either governor or deputy governor of Khuzestán, Lorestán, Yazd, Fárs, Burujerd and Kurdistan. He was responsible for the martyrdoms in Yazd in 1891 and again in 1903. He had been exiled with his father in 1908.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Sultan-Husayn Mírzá; Mohsen Enayat; Seven martyrs of Yazd; Seven martyrs of Hurmuzak; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Yazd upheaval; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France; Yazd, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 29 Aug | Horace Holley and his wife Bertha arrived from Italy with their baby daughter Hertha. They stayed two days. He described their experience in A Pilgrimage to Thonon published in 1911 and in Religion for Mankind p232-237. [ABF49-51; Collins7.1220] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Horace Holley; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 30 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá spent the morning in Thonon-les-Bain and took the ferry to Geneva after dinner. He stayed at the Hôtel de la Paix located at 11, Quai du Mont-Blanc. [ABF5154, DJT208]
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Horace Holley; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Thonon-les-Bains, France; France; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 31 Aug- 4 Sep | During His stay in Geneva 'Abdu'l-Bahá most likely returned the visits of Zillu's-Sultán Sultán-Mas'úd Mírzá and his four sons, Sultán-Husayn Mírzá, Bahrám Mírzá, Fírúz Mírzá, and Ismá'íl Mírzá. [DJT214-215, ABF54-60]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Zillus-Sultan; Sultan-Masud Mírzá; Sultan-Husayn Mírzá; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 4 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in London accompanied by His secretary, Mírzá Mahmúd and Khusraw, His servant. This marked His first visit to the country and lasted 29 days. [ABL53, AB140; GBP280; SBR22, 148, BW4p378, In the Footsteps of the Master p.5]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; Portraits; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Death threats to; Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper; Ethel Rosenberg; Juliet Thompson; Louise Waite; Mountfort Mills; Charles Mason Remey; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Jalalud-Din-Dawlih; Mírzá Mahmud-i-Zarqani; Khusraw; Edward Granville Browne; Wellesley Tudor Pole; Emmeline Pankhurst; Lutfullah Hakim; James Lafayette; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 5 Sep | 'Abdu'l-Bahá was interviewed by the editor of The Christian Commonwealth, Mr Albert Dawson, and later met with the Rev R. J. Campbell. The Christian Commonwealth was a weekly newspaper. On 13 September it printed, on its front cover, an article which included the interview between 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Rev R. J. Campbell that had taken place on 5 September. The following week the front cover had another article, entitled 'The Vanishing of the Veil', about 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to St John's, Westminster. Other issues also had substantial articles about His visits. [In the Footsteps of the Master p.7] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Interviews; Newspaper articles; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 8 Sep | In the morning He received a small party in Lady Blomfield's drawing room. [SoW Vol 2 No 12 October 16, 1911 P3] 'Abdu'l-Bahá visited the home of Miss Ethel Jenner Rosenberg for a Unity meeting at White Lodge, 8 Sunnyside, Wimbledon (since demolished). [ABL44-45, In the Footsteps of the Master p.9, SYH40] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Ethel Rosenberg; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 9 Sep | 'Abdu'l-Bahá visited the home of Mrs Thornburgh-Cropper at
31 Evelyn Mansions, Carlisle Place, Victoria. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Alice Buckton; Eager Heart (play); - Drama; - Plays; Education; Byfleet, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 10 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá gave His first public address in the West in the City Temple Church in Holborn, London to an audience of over 2,000 people. He proclaimed that "This is a new cycle of human power…the gift of God in this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and the fundamental oneness of religion." [ABL17-20, AB140; BW2:227; GPB283–4, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p11]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; Firsts, other; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); London, England; United Kingdom | first public address in West by `Abdu'l-Bahá | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 11 Sep | Mrs. Thornburgh-Cropper gave an "At Home" to the believers and between fifty and sixty were present to meet Him. [SoW Vol 2 No 12 October 12, 1911 p2] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 12 Sep | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk at a meeting of the friends at the home of Mrs. Thornburgh-Cropper in London. It has been entitled "A Heavenly Meeting". ['Abdu'l-Bahá Speaks] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 13 Sep (or possibly 14 Sep) | Mrs Thornburgh-Cropper gave a reception for 'Abdu'l-Bahá at her home
31 Evelyn Mansions, Carlisle Place, Victoria for about 45 people. [ABL46-47, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p12, SYH40]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 14 Sep | At a meeting at the office of the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Freemasons and Theosophists 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk that has been entitled "Abdu'l-Baha sends greetings to the Theosophical Society". ['Abdu'l-Bahá Speaks] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 17 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá addressed the congregation of St John's, Westminster, His second address to a Western audience. He also met with members of the Salvation Army who were singing outside. [ABL21-25, AB145; SBR8, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p13, SYH38]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; Westminster, England; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 21 Sept | Reverend Peter Z Easton called on Àbdu'l-Bahá. Apparently he wanted a sparring match but Àbdu'l-Bahá did not give him the satisfaction. Shortly after he published an article "Bahaism: A Warning," in the September and October, 1911, issue of the British magazine Evangelical Christendom. Easton characterized Bahá'u'lláh as a "betrayer, assassin, and blasphemer — a worthy successor of that long line of Persian antichrists from the beginning of its history down to the present day." [AB149-151]
By December the article found its way to Mirzá Abu'l-Fazl in Beirut who wrote a fitting response to the attack on the Faith. Abu'l-Fazl signed it, and mailed it to 'Àbdu'l-Bahá, "so that He can, in his wisdom, decide what to do with it." Àbdu'l-Bahá received the manuscript in New York on June 19, 1912. He had it translated and printed, and called it The Brilliant Proof. "Each one of you should have a copy," he told the Americans. "Read, memorize and reflect upon it. Then, when accusations and criticisms are advanced . . . you will be well armed." [239 Days Website] |
London, England; United Kingdom; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 21 Sept | During Àbdu'l-Bahá's first visit to Britain, he was invited into churches and welcomed warmly by many Christian clergymen. This outraged more conservative Christian ministers, and an attack on the Bahá'í Faith and its Central Figures was published in the journal Evangelical Christendom by Peter Z Easton. When the article, Bahá'ísm: A Warning, was shown to Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, who was at that time in Beirut, he immediately penned a reply and sent a copy to Àbdu'l-Bahá who received the manuscript in New York on June 19, 1912. He had it translated and printed, and called it The Brilliant Proof.
The Brilliant Proof was first translated by Ali Kuli Khan and published by the Bahá'í News Service in Chicago in 1912 in which it said: "Written in response to published attacks on the Bahá'í Religion by the British clergyman Peter Z Easton" (1846-1915). [Collins7.15 p41] Peter Easton (1846-1915) was a Presbyterian in the Synod of the Northeast in New York who had been stationed in Tabriz from 1873 to 1880. While Àbdul'Bahá was in England Easton attempted to meet and challenge him. He made those around him uncomfortable and 'Abdu'l-Bahá withdrew him to a private conversation and then after which he left. Later he was able to have printed a polemic attack on the religion, Bahaism — A Warning, in the Evangelical Christendom newspaper of London (Sept.-Oct. 1911 edition.) It was published in the Appendix of The Brilliant Proof (p70-80) [Bahaipedia]
Lady Blomfield in her book The Chosen Highway (p183) described such a visit and the affect it had on Àbdu'l-Bahá. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 22 Sep | 'Abdu'l-Bahá visited the home of Misses Marion Jack and Elizabeth Herrick, at 10 Cheniston Gardens, Wright's Lane (sometimes given as
137a High Street, Kensington. About 80 people were present.
[ABL48-49, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p14; SoW Vol 2 No 12 October 16, 1911 p5]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Elizabeth Herrrick; Marion Jack; * Publications; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 23 Sep | Abdu'l-Bahá travelled by train from London to Bristol going from Paddington Station to Bristol Temple Meads arriving at mid-day. He stayed at the Clifton Guest House at 17 Royal Crescent which was owned by Major Wellesley Tudor Pole. After a short rest carriages were ordered and an extensive drive was taken through some of the world-renowned beauty spots around Bristol and neighbourhood. After the evening meal 'Abdul-Bahá addressed a gathering of about 80 friends in the Guest House Salon
[SoW Vol 2 No. 12 October 16, 1911 p7; AB156, ABL81-84, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p15-16, SYH39-40; Some Sacred Spaces in the United Kingdom Slides 2-21]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Wellesley Tudor Pole; Trains; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; Clifton Guest House, England; Bristol, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 25 Sep | The Master rose early, as was His custom, and from 5 to 8AM dictated letters and cablegrams. He then breakfasted with all the members of the party and guests. Another country drive followed and then He gave several private interviews to friends who had just arrived from London, Edinburgh and elsewhere.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Clifton Guest House, England; Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 28 Sep | 'Abdu'l-Bahá visited Byfleet for a second time by motorcar. He stayed the night and returned the evening of the next day. [ABL86, 99, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p.17]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Cars; Byfleet, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 29 Sep | A farewell reception was given for 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the hall mof the Passmore Edwards' Settlement in Tavistock Place. The Settlement movement of the late 19th century was intended to bridge the ever-widening gap between the poor and the middle classes. A purpose-built building would be constructed in a working class area and young solicitors, doctors, architects and other middle class professionals would be encouraged to live there while at the same time the working classes would be free to use the building and mix with them, using the building more or less as a community centre.
It was attended by a capacity crowd of some 460 people. [SYH41, ABL31-39, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p.18; SoW Vol 2 No 13 November 4, 1911 p4]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; John Passmore Edwards; Byfleet, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 29 Sep | The start of the Italo-Turkish war which lasted until the 18th of October 1912 when the Ottoman Empire signed a treaty in Ouchy in Lausanne called the First Treaty of Lausanne, (often also called Treaty of Ouchy to distinguish it from the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne), (the Second Treaty of Lausanne). Italy's victory led to the annexation of the Ottoman Tripolitania Vilayet, including sub-provinces like Fezzan, Cyrenaica, and Tripoli itself. These regions later became Italian colonies known as Italian Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, which eventually merged into Italian Libya. Italy established control over Libya and would govern the region until the end of World War II.
After defeating the Ottoman army they confiscated on large scale the lands of the Arab peasants on which Italian settlements were established and large numbers of Italian settlers were brought in for the cultivation of cash products. The war cost Italy 1.3 billion lire, nearly a billion more than Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti had estimated before the war. This ruined ten years of fiscal prudence. This war is notable for the introduction of new military technologies including the use of the airplane for reconnaissance and bombing. It also included the first instance of an airplane being shot down by ground fire. The Italians also used a wireless telegraph network established with the help of the Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. This war is considered by historians as a precursor of the First World War. Members of the Balkan League, seeing how easily Italy defeated the Ottomans and motivated by incipient Balkan nationalism, attacked the Ottoman Empire in October 1912, starting the First Balkan War a few days before the end of the Italo-Turkish War. [Wikipedia] The Battle of Benghazi was a preliminary to the fascist invasion of Ethiopia and Italy's ambitions to establish its own colonial empire. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p18] |
Colonialism and imperialism; History (general); Turkey; Italy; Libya | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 30 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá addressed the Theosophical Society in London, His last talk in England on this visit. He met the Theosophical society at their new Headquarters at the express request of their president Mrs. Annie Besant. After a general history of the movement and sympathetic words of welcome by Mr. A. P. Sinnett, 'Abdu'l-Bahá rose and delivered to the crowded assembly an address upon the distinctive notes of the Bahá'í teaching, warmly commending the eagerness of the Society in its search for Truth. The tenants of the Society were a belief in the brotherhood of man and the equality of all religions. [ABL26-30, 58 AB152, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p.19, SYH38] iiiii | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; Theosophical Society; Annie Besant; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 1 Oct | A young Persian couple asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá to marry them. The union was blessed at the Higher Thought Centre, 10 Cheniston Gardens, Kensington. The bride, Regina Núr Mahal Khánum, had travelled from Baghdad to meet and marry her bridegroom, Mírzá Yuhanna Dáwud. [AB:77, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p.20] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 2 Oct | Abdu'l-Bahá breakfasted with the Lord Mayor of London at the Mansion House, City of London. The Lord Major of London at the time of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit was Sir Thomas Vezey Strong (1858-1920). He was a teetotaler and a temperance advocate. He traded in paper and was the holder of a number of honours. [In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p.20; SoW Vol 2 No 12 October 16, 1911 p4] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Mayor of London; Mayors; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 3 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk that has been entitled, "Eleven essentials: the Bahai principles as taught by Abdu'l-Baha in London". ['Abdu'l-Bahá Speaks] He left London for Paris. [AB154; SBR25, In the Footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá p22] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Marion Jack; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; London, England; United Kingdom; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 4 Oct | The start of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's third stay in France. It lasted 2 month and 9 days.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Avenue de Camoens; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 5 Oct | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk at 46, avenue de Malakoff (today avenue Raymond Poincaré) at the home of Edith Sanderson and her mother Margaret Sanderson. [ABF62; The Holy Spirit is the source of Life] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Edith Sanderson; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 6 Oct | 'Abdu'l-Bahá invited a number of Persian students then in Paris to His apartment. [ABF63-65] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 14 Oct | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk at the home of Hippolyte and Laura Dreyfus-Barney. This was the first of His Parisian talks which were published. [ABF68] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris Talks (book); Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 15 Oct | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk at His apartment at #4 Avenue de Camoens. During the talk Muhammad Qazvíní and Siyyid Hasan Taqízásih entered the room. The former had written an introduction for and was the force behind the publication of Kitáb-i-Nuqtatu'l-Káf, a book that supposedly was an early history of the Faith but in reality was heavily biased to the the views of Mírzá Yahya. 'Abdu'l-Bahá had had Mírzá Abdu'l-Fadl write a refutation to the book. Both men had additional dinner engagements with 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His visit. ['Abdu'l-Bahá's Meetings with Two Prominent Iranians, World Order, Fall 1998 Vol 30, no 1 pp35-46, ABF71-76]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Kitáb-i-Nuqtatul-Kaf; Criticism and apologetics; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Muhammad Qazvini; Siyyid Hasan Taqizasih; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 16 Oct | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk before a group of English Bahá'ís which was given the title The Duty of Kindness and Sympathy towards Strangers and Foreigners. [PT15-17]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 17 Oct | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke in HIs apartment about doing the will of God and not just speaking about it. [SoW Vol 2 no 16 December 31, 1911 p3]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 18 Oct | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk entitled, The Power and Value of True Thought Depend upon Its Manifestation in Action. [PT17-19, ABF85-87, SoW Vol 2 no 16 December 31, 1911 p3-4] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 19 Oct | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke of healing. God is the Great Compassionate Physician Who Alone Gives True Healing. [PT19-21, ABF87-89; SoW Vol 2 No 16 December 31, 1911 p4] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 20 Oct | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke of the relationship between East and West, The Need for Union Between the Peoples of the East and West. [PT21-22,ABF89-90]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 21 Oct | News of the Battle of Benghazi (17 October) was headline news. It was one of the opening salvos of the Turko-Italian War and began on the 17th of October when Italian invasion forces began their bombardment of the Turkish garrison. The Turks were forced to abandon the city and there were many lives lost, Italians, Turks and civilians. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; War; History (general); Peace; Remy de Gourmont; Colonialism and imperialism; Paris, France; France; Benghazi, Libya; Libya; Turkey; Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 23 Oct | In the morning He gave a talk, The Light of Truth is now Shining Upon the East and West. [PT33-35; ABF103-104; SoW Vol 2 No 16 December 31, 1911 p5] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 24 Oct | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk, The Universal Love. [PT3539, ABF104-108] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 25 Oct | In the morning He spoke of His imprisonment. The Imprisonment of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [PT39-41; ABF108-109; SoW Vol 2 No 16 December 31, 1911 p6] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 26 Oct | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk at His apartment. God's Greatest Gift to Man. [PT41-43]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 27 Oct | In the afternoon 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk at His apartment on the relation between God and man entitled, The Clouds that Obscure the Sun of Truth. [ABF1118-119, PT43-45]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 28 Oct | 'Abdu'l-Bahá's morning talk at His apartment was on the theme that God was the creator of all existence and therefore all men are as brothers. It was named, Beauty and Harmony in Diversity. [ABF125-126, PT51-54] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 29 Oct | The title for 'Abdu'l-Bahá's morning talk was Worldly riches do not help Spirit. [ABF133, SoW vol 2 no 16 p4-5]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Gabriel Sacy; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 30 Oct | His morning talk was titled The True Meaning of the Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Christ. [ABF136-139, PT54-57] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 31 Oct | 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke at His apartment on the theme of The Holy Spirit, the Intermediary Power between God and Man. [ABF139-141, PT57-59] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 1 Nov | His talk this day, the Feast of All Saints, was The Two Natures in Man. [ABF143-144, PT60-62] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 2 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá's morning talk in His apartment concerned Material and Spiritual Progress. [ABF146-149, PT62-64] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 3 Nov | The morning talk in His apartment was on The Evolution of Matter and Development of the Soul. [ABF149-151, PT64-67]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 4 Nov | In the morning at His apartment 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about The Spiritual Meetings in Paris. [PT67-68, ABF152-153] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 5 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá delivered an address entitled The Two Kinds of Light. [ABF155-156, PT68-70] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 6 Nov | This morning's talk at His apartment was Spiritual Aspiration in the West. [ABF161-163, PT70-72]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | the first French Bahá'í from a Catholic background | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 7 Nov | His morning talk was on Bahá'u'lláh. [ABF165-169, PT75-79] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 8 Nov | His morning talk at His apartment was Good Ideas Must Be Carried into Action. [ABF169-170, PT79-81] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 9 Nov | The morning talk at 4, avenue de Camoëns was on The True Meaning of Baptism by Water and Fire. [ABF171-172, PT81-83]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; Emanuel Swedenborg; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 10 Nov | In the morning He gave a talk at His apartment on the The First Principle—Search after Truth. [PT135-137; ABF180-181, SoW Vol 3 no1 p3-4]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 11 Nov | In the morning at His apartment, 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk on The Second Principle—The Unity of Mankind and the third principle, that religion should be the cause of love and affection. [ABF186-191; PT138-141]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 12 Nov | In His apartment at 4 avenue de Camoëns, 'Abdu'l-Baha gave a talk on The Fourth Principle—The Acceptance of the Relation between Religion and Science. [ABF191-193; SoW Vol 3 No 1 21 March 1921 p5; PT141-146] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 13 Nov | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Baha gave a talk in His apartment on The Fifth Principle—The Abolition of Prejudices. [ABF193-195; PT146-151] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 14 Nov | In the morning in His apartment 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk on The Tenth Principle—Equality of Sex. [PT160-166; ABF196-197; SoW Vol 3 No 2 April 9, 1912 p4-5] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 15 Nov | In the morning in His apartment 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about The Sixth Principle—Means of Existence. [PT151-154; ABF198-200]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 16 Nov | In the morning in His apartment 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke on The Seventh Principle—Equality of Men. [PT154-155ABF201]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 17 Nov | In the morning in His apartment at 4 Avenue de Camoëns, He spoke on the theme of non-interference in religion and politics, the ninth principle. [PT157-160; ABF202-204]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 18 Nov | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke in His apartment on The Eleventh Principle—The Power of the Holy Spirit. [PT163-166; ABF209-210; SoW Vol 3 No 2 April 9, 1912 p6-7]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 19 Nov | In His morning talk 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about spiritual brotherhood and strongly condemned the war then being fought in Tripolitania. [The Bahá'ís Must Work with Heart and Soul to Bring About a Better Condition in the World; PT99-101] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 19 or 20 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá's talk on this day may have been a response to the attack on the Faith made three days earlier at the meeting of the French Anti-Masonry League. In 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris Jan Jasion suggests (p. 213) that this talk was a response to an attack on the Bahá'í Faith by Antoine Baumann at the meeting of the French Anti-Masonry League (La Ligue antimaçonnique) on Friday, November 17, 1911, but this supposes that Baumann's words were published at the time or reached 'Abdu'l-Bahá by report. They were later published in La Revue Antimaçonnique for December 1911 – February 1912. [Opposition and its beneficial effects; ABP213-216] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
21 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about material and spiritual progress and the tragedy of war. [ABF216-218] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 22 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk on Pain and Sorrow. [ABF218-220; PT109-112] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 23 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk on spiritually and virtues. [The Perfect Human Sentiments and Virtues; PT112] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 24 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about the press coverage given to a train accident that claimed the lives of some 20 people in Paris the previous day. He compared this to the apparent indifference to the news that 5,000 people had been killed in the bombing in Tripoli as the Turkish-Italian war raged on there. [ABF221-223; The Cruel Indifference of People towards the Suffering of Foreign Races]
In a comment not in the transcript of the talk in Promulgation of Universal Peace He is recorded as having said that the Italians left their country:
To Him the occupation of Libya was "an illegal assault. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Bahá's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p19] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Colonialism and imperialism; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 25 Nov | Further to the criticism that had been directed toward the Faith, 'Abdu'l-Bahá offered words of encouragement. [ABF227-229; We Must Not Be Discouraged by the Smallness of Our Numbers; PT116-118] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 26 Nov | 'Abdul-Bahá was invited to speak at Temple du Foyer de l'Ame at 7bis, rue Duval (today rue du Pasteru-Wagner). This was the church established by poet and orator Charles Wagner, a liberal Lutheran pastor who was involved in a movement to unite all the reform Protestant churches. [ABF230; Words Spoken by 'Abdu'l‑Bahá in Pastor Wagner's Church (Foyer de l'Ame) in Paris; PT119=123; SYH44] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Charles Wagner; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 27 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke in His own apartment in the morning and in the evening at the residence of Edwin and Josephine Scott. Neither of these talks has been translated into English. [ABF235-237] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Edwin Scott; Josephine Scott; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 28 Nov | In the morning he gave a short talk about the meaning of the spiritual principles on which be had been speaking previously. The talk has been entitled This Great and Glorious Cause [PT167-168; ABF237-238; Eleven Principles; PT127] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 29 Nov | In the morning he gave a talk in His apartment. It has not been translated into English.
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1911 30 Nov - 7 Dec | It was about this time that 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent four Bahá'ís to Germany to assist with the teaching and the consolidation of the Faith. They were: Lady Blomfield, a Mrs Earl, Mírzá Asadu'lláh-i-Isfáhaání and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab. They remained in Stuttgart until the 7th of December.
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Lady Blomfield (Sara Lousia Ryan, Sara Blomfield, Sitarih Khanum); Mrs Earl; Mírzá Asadullah-i-Isfahani; Mírzá Ahmad Sohrab; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Paris, France; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany; Vevey, Switzerland; Switzerland | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 1 Dec | In the evening in the home of Hippolyte and Laura Dreyfus Barney at 15 Rue Greuze 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave His last talk in Paris for this trip. [PT168-172; ABF240-243; SoW Vol 2 No 16 December 31, 1911 p6]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; Paris, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 2 Dec | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Paris for Marseilles by train from the Gare de Lyon arriving late in the day. Little is known about His stay in that city save for one talk. [ABF246]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Paris, France; Marseilles, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 6 Dec | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk on materialism at a meeting of theosophists, possible at 25, Boulevard Baille. For the text of this talk see ABF247-254. | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Theosophical Society; Marseilles, France; France | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 7 Dec | 'Abdu'l-Bahá departed Marseilles for Egypt on board Le Portugal. It travelled to Beirut via Alexandria and Port Said and reached Alexandria on the 12th of December. [ABF255-256; AB167; GPB280; SBR25]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Ships; Marseilles, France; France; Alexandria, Egypt; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1911 12 Dec | 'Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Egypt for His second stay in the country. This sojourn lasts 3 months and 14 days. | Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 c. | Mishkín-Qalam (b.1826, Shiraz, Iran) passed away in the Holy Land. He was buried in the Bahá'í Cemetery Bahjí. [BBD157; EB272]
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Mishkin-Qalam; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Haifa, Israel | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 (In the year) | The publication of Universal Principles of the Bahai Movement, Social, Economic, Governmental by The Persian-American Bulletin.
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Introductory; Persian-American Bulletin; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 (In the year) | There were about two dozen Bahá'ís in Canada by this year. [BFA2:158] | Statistics; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 (In the year) | By this year at least 70 Bahá'í books and pamphlets had been produced in English. [BBRSM:103–4] | Publishing; * Translation; Statistics; * Publications | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 (In the year) | Birth of `Alí Muhammad Varqá, Hand of the Cause of God, in Tihrán. | Varqá, `Alí-Muhammad; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Varqa; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 (In the year) | Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí and his wife were killed in Bárfurúsh (now called Babol), Mázandarán. [BW18:387] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Babul (Barfurush), Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Iran; Babul (Barfurush), Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 (In the year) | Margaret Stevenson was the first believer in New Zealand. [New Zealand Bahá'í News, May 1997]
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Margaret Stevenson; First Bahá'ís by country or area; New Zealand | first believer in New Zealand.; first group in New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||
1912 (In the year) | The publication of The Brilliant Proof by Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání in Chicago by the Bahai News Service, 1912. The first edition notes state that it was written December 28, 1911, in Syria, "by the pen of Mirza Abul Fazl Gulpaygan."
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Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Criticism and apologetics; Proofs; * Publications; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 In the year | The first publication of the book that has come to be titled Paris Talks initially called Talks by Abdul Baha Given in Paris. Prior to this, in the autumn of 1911, Mornings Spent with Abdul Baha Abbas in London and Paris had been published which, of course, did not include information from His visit the following year. |
Paris Talks (book); - First publications; * Publications; * Translation | first publications of Paris Talks. | ||||||||||||||||||
1912 3 Jan | In Sárí, Mázandarán, a mob attacked houses of Bahá'ís and four Bahá'ís were killed; a few days later another Bahá'í was killed. [BW18:387] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; - Persecution, Mobs; Sari, Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 4 Feb | Two Bahá'ís were killed in Máhfurúzak, Mázandarán. [BW18:387] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Mahfurúzak, Iran; Mazandaran, Iran; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 20 Mar | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk on the festival of Naw-Rúz at the Hotel Victoria in Ramleh, a suburb of Alexandria. This translation was released by the Research Department in 2016. In His talk 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about the importance of the day for the Persian people and for mankind in general. ['Abdu'l-Bahá's Talks] | * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Ramleh, Egypt; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 Mar | 'Abdu'l-Bahá ended His second stay in Egypt which lasted 3 months and 14 days. | `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 Mar-17 Jun 1913 | `Abdu'l-Bahá's second Western tour
'Abdul'-Bahá and His party embarked from Alexandria on the White Star Line Liner RMS Cedric for New York via Naples. They departed Naples on the 30th of March and made a call at Gibraltar. Three of His party were forced to leave the ship for supposed "medical' reasons. Among them was His grandson, Shoghi Effendi. [AB171; GPB281; ABF274; ABTM50-52; SYH50-51] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Louise Gregory; Percy Woodcock; Alexandria, Egypt; Egypt; Naples, Italy; Italy; Gibraltar; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 11 Apr | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in New York. [AB172; GPB281; APD3-5; SoW Vol 3 No 3 p3; Mahmúd's Diary p38-39] As the ship that finally brought "'Abdu'l-Bahá to the shores of the American continent passed by the Statue of Liberty, He threw His arms wide open in greeting, saying "There is the new world's symbol of liberty and freedom. After being 40 years a prisoner I can tell you that freedom is not a matter of place. It is a condition. Unless one accept dire vicissitudes he will not attain. When one is released from the prison of self, that is indeed a release." ['Abdu'l-Bahá in Their Midst p.56; SYH54]
He was accompanied by:
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Alí Kulí Khán; Edward Kinney; Topakian, Mr; - Consuls; Mahmuds Diary; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; New York, USA; USA | first private home where he gave a talk was at the Kinney’s | ||||||||||||||||||
1912 11 Apr | Hippolyte and Laura Dreyfus Barney sailed on the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria from Cherbourg for New York to be with 'Abdu'l-Bahá for a few months. [ABF285]
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Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Cherbourg, France; France; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 12 Apr | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard MacNutt, 935 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York,
[PUP4]
In this talk He commented on the actions of Italy in Libya and denounced Itally as a nations that does not follow Christian ideals:
[Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p19; PUPp4] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Howard MacNutt; Colonialism and imperialism; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 13 Apr | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Morten, 141 East Twenty-first Street, New York [PUP9; Mahmúd's Diary p41-42] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 14 Apr | `Abdu'l-Bahá spoke from the pulpit of the Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street, New York at the invitation of Percy Stickney Grant who was later reprimanded by his bishop, Bishop Burch, for inviting 'Abdu'l-Bahá, unbaptized, to sit in the red plush Bishop's Chair behind the alter rail. This was in violation of church protocol and created a great controversy. [ABF22, 239D:21–3, PUP11, 239 Days in America Day52; Mahmúd's Diary p43-44; SoW Vol 3 No 3 April 28, 1912 p6]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Percy Grant; New York, USA; USA | first public address given by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in North America. | ||||||||||||||||||
1912 15 Apr | Talk at the home of Mountfort Mills, 327 West End Avenue, New York. [PUP16; Mahmúd's Diary p44-45] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Mountfort Mills; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 15 Apr | The Titanic was the largest steamship ever built. She was 882 feet long, 96 feet wide, displacing 45,000 tons. Her luxurious appointments included a theatre seating 1,200, a church somewhat smaller, a ballroom accommodating 500 couples, beautiful salons, palm courts, gymnasium, bowling alley, tennis court and a swimming pool. She could accommodate nearly 4,000 passengers and carried a crew of 860. She set forth on her first and fatal voyage from Southampton, England, April 10, 1912, the pride of her builders and an admiring world. At 11:40 p. m., Sunday, April 14, she grazed a mammoth iceberg, tore open her hull, and in two and one-half hours sank in 2,000 fathoms, taking over 1,500 souls to a watery grave.—The Editors. [SoW Vol 4 No 12 16 Oct 1913 p210] | Titanic | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 16 Apr | Talk at Hotel Ansonia to Bahá'í Friends of New Jersey, Broadway and Seventy-third Street, New York. [PUP18; Mahmúd's Diary p45] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 17 Apr | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney, 780 West End Avenue, New York, [PUP23; Mahmúd's Diary p46] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 18 Apr | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall L. Emery, 273 West Ninetieth Street, New York. [PUP25; Mahmúd's Diary p46-47] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 19 Apr | Talk at Earl Hall,
Columbia University, New York. [PUP29; Mahmúd's Diary p47-48]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Columbia University, NY; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at universities; Charity and relief work; Social and economic development; Wealth and poverty; Edward Getsinger; Juliet Thompson; Bowery Mission; John Good; Bowery, NY; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 11 - 19 Apr | During His time in New York 'Abdu'l-Bahá saw a play by Charles Rann Kennedy called The Terrible Meek about the crucifiction of Christ.
He later came to His hotel room to see Him. [Luminous Journey 21:42]
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The Terrible Meek (play); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Kahlil Gibran; New York, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 20 Apr | During `Abdu'l-Bahá's eleven days in New York He gave 15 formal talks and countless informal one in homes and private studios. He left New York and arrived in Washington DC after a five hour train. He was accompanied by Dr Getsinger, Dr Fareed, Mírzá Valiyu'lláh Nakhjavání and Mahmúd-i-Zarqání. [239D:37–8; AB178; SBR78, APD9; Luminous Journey 18:48]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Trains; Business; Agnes Parsons; Washington, DC, USA; New York, USA; USA; Iran | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 21 Apr | Talk at Studio Hall,
1219 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. [PUP37, APD14; SoW Vol 3 No 3 April 28, 1912 p9]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Studio Hall; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 22 Apr | Talk at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons, 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. [PUP43, APD22-24, AY86; Mahmúd's Diary p54-55] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Arthur Parsons; Agnes Parsons; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 23 Apr | Harriet Gibbs Marshall (1868-1941) became a Bahá'í while 'Abdu'l Bahá was visiting the US. It is possible that she heard Him speak on this day as He spoke at both Howard University and in a Black church later that same evening. This was the first occasion since His arrival in America that 'Abdul-Bahá addressed the race issue.
She was an extremely educated woman for the time, she studied piano, pipe organ, and voice culture at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and in 1889. Marshall was the first African American to complete the program and earn a Mus.B. degree (Bachelor of Music degree). In 1903 she founded the Washington Conservatory of Music. According to blackpast.org "Marshall's conservatory was a landmark in the history of black education. The Centre sponsored regular concerts for the black community, trained many prominent musical professionals and attracted the nation's most talented musicians as teachers. It remained in operation until 1960." [blackpast.org; Bahá'í Chronicles] |
Harriet Gibbs Marshall; Washington Conservatory, Washington, DC; Schools; Admiral Peary; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 23 Apr | Talk at Howard University, Washington, D.C. Howard University had been founded in 1867 to educate the newly freed slaves and by 1912 it was one of the foremost black universities in the country. It is reported that well over a thousand students, faculty members, administrators and guests jammed into the Rankin Chapel as 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke with Louis Gregory standing beside Him. The Howard University Journal, 26 April 1912, published His entire address. [PUP44, APD29, 239Dp40; Mahmúd's Diary p50-54; SoW Vol 3 No 3 April 28, 1912 p14]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at universities; Howard University, Washington, DC; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; Admiral Peary; `Alí Kulí Khán; Agnes Parsons; Washington, DC, USA; USA | first time 'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed the race issue in America | ||||||||||||||||||
1912 Apr | At some point during his stay in Washington, 'Abdu'l-Bahá was invited to tea by nine year-old Rene Hooper, her widowed mother Marie and their cook, Eurirhra. (In 1908 Herbert Hooper, an architect who had studied at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and who had accompanied Thomas Breakwell when he returned from his pilgrimage to Paris, died of tuberculosis.) 'Abdu'l-Bahá accepted the invitation on the condition that they invite Black friends as well. They were not from Washington and so the only such person they knew was Louis Gregory so they invited him. As it happened, Eurirhra's family was able to attend and so they had the bounty of serving them as well. [BW20p916; SYH61 | Herbert Hooper; Rene Hooper; Rene Welsh; Marie Hooper; Eurirhra; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 24 Apr | Talk at Children's Reception, Studio Hall, 1219 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. [PUP54; Sow Vol 3 No3 pg7; Mahmúd's Diary p56-59]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Alexander Graham Bell; `Alí Kulí Khán; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 Apr | Talk to Theosophical Society, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C.
[PUP58; SoW Vol 3 No3 pg22-23, ]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Theosophical Society; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Arthur Parsons; Esperanto; Theodore Roosevelt; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 26 Apr | 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke at President Taft's All Saints Unitarian Church to the Women's Alliance on the subject of the varieties of light, the effulgence of the Sun of Reality in its original essence, and of the waiting souls with pure hearts who are like unto clear spotless mirrors, whose eyes and ears become enlightened by the appearance of the Sun of Reality. [APD50; 239D45; MD62-64]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; John J. White; Agnes Parsons; Lee McClung; Orient-Occident Unity; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 27 Apr | During lunch at the Parsons' home 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke about the proper method of taxation. [APD53-57]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; General Adolphus Greely; Wainwright, Admiral; Peary, Admiral; Agnes Parsons; Taxation; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 27 Apr - 2 May | The Bahá'í Temple Unity held the 4th annual meeting in Chicago. [SoW Vol 2 No 18 February 7, 1912 p8] | Bahá'í Temple Unity; Chicago, IL | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 28 Apr | `Abdu'l-Bahá gave private interviews in the morning then called on the Turkish Ambassador, Diya Pasha. [APD56-59] . He spent considerable time with the Turkish ambassador, Zia Pasha while in Washington. [AY86-87; Luminous Journey 36:45]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; - Ambassadors; Arlington National Cemetery; Louise Gregory; Washington, DC, USA; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 29 Apr | Mírzá Yahyá died in Famagusta. [BBD243; BBR312]
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Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Covenant-breakers; Cyprus exiles; Births and deaths; Famagusta, Cyprus; Cyprus | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 30 Apr | Talk at Hull House, Chicago, Illinois where He spoke about racial unity. Hull House was a immigrant community centre, one of the earliest in Chicago, founded by Jane Addams of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. [PUP67, MD70; 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Historic Meeting with Jane Addams by Ruth Moffet]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Conventions, National; Bahá'í Temple Unity; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; W.E.B. Du Bois; National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 1 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá laid the cornerstone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette. [SYH67-68, CT102; 239D:51; AB186; GPB288, 349; MBW143; Luminous Journey 47:00]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Nettie Tobin; Foundation stones and groundbreaking; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Wilmette, IL; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 2 May | Talk at Hotel Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, [PUP72]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Chicago, IL | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 3 May | Talk at Hotel Plaza in Chicago. [PUP83]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Colonialism and imperialism; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 4 May | Talk to Theosophical Society, Northwestern University Hall, Evanston, Illinois. [PUP87; Luminous Journey 50:00] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Theosophical Society; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Evanston, IL; Illinois, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 5 May | Talk at Children's Meeting,
Hotel Plaza,
Chicago, Illinois. [PSBW134–5, PUP91]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 6 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Chicago, arriving in Cleveland the same day. [239D:57; AB189]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Chicago, IL; Cleveland, OH; Ohio, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 7 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Cleveland for Pittsburgh, arriving the same day. [239D:63; AB189]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Cleveland, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 8 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá took a morning train from Pittsburgh, arriving in Washington DC that night for His second visit to that city. [239D:64; AB189; SBR81]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Trains; Pittsburgh, PA; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 9 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to a capacity gathering at the Parsons' home. He noted that religious ministers in Washington were denouncing Him and the Cause. [APD61-63] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Agnes Parsons; Opposition; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 10 May | At the instigation of Agnes Parsons, `Abdu'l-Bahá's sat for sketches by prominent English sculptor Theodore Spicer-Simson who made a portrait medallion of the Master. See Medallions for pictures of his work. A second medallion was later designed by another well-known artist, Louis Potter. [Luminous Journey 33:21]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; Capitol; Washington Monument; Studio Hall; Agnes Parsons; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; Portraits; Racism; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 11 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Washington for New York City, arriving the same day. [239D:64–5, AB190, APD66-67] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; Washington, DC, USA; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 12 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá took a ferry to New Jersey then a train to Montclair where He addressed the congregation of the Montclair Unity Church before returning to New York to speak to the International Peace Forum at the Grace Methodist Episcopal Church on
West 104th Street, New York where He spoke to 2,000 people. [239D:66; AB191, PUP113, PUP116]
He used the situation in Libya as an example of the senselessness of war. See Promulgation of Universal Peace p119 and Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Bahá's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p19-20] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; - International peace conferences; Peace; Trains; Colonialism and imperialism; Montclair, NJ; New Jersey, USA; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 13 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá, very unwell, attended a reception and gave a talk to the New York Peace Society at the Hotel Astor where He was the guest of honour. [239D:67; AB192, PUP123, APD67]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Peace; Topakyan; India; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 14–16 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá attended the eighteenth annual Conference on International Peace and Arbitration at Lake Mohonk, presenting the first address during the second session of the conference. [239D:67–9; AB193; ABF15; MD101] "His early public references in North America to the purpose of His visit there placed particular emphasis on the invitation of the organizing committee of the Lake Mohonk Peace Conference for Him to address this international gathering." [BWNS1297] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; - International peace conferences; - Conferences, International; Peace; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration; Peace; Lake Mohonk, NY; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 19 May | In the morning He spoke at the Church of the Divine Paternity, Central Park West, New York.
[PUP126; DJT287] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Howard Colby Ives; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; Jersey City, NJ; New Jersey, USA; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 20 May | Talk at Woman's Suffrage Meeting, Metropolitan Temple, Seventh Avenue and Fourteenth Street, New York. [PUP133] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 22 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Boston, arriving the same day. [239D:71; AB198]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; New York, USA; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 23 May | The Bahá'ís of Cambridge, Massachusetts, celebrated `Abdu'l-Bahá's birthday at the Breed home with a cake bearing 68 candles. (Significantly, He did not stay for the festivities. He forgave this time, but had forbidden the celebration of His birthday. Six years before He had told Khan and other pilgrims that besides Naw-Rúz, the Holy Days were only for the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, that His birth on the twenty-second/twenty-third of May was 'only a coincidence'.) `Abdu'l-Bahá addressed the group on the importance of the Báb at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Francis W. Breed, 367 Harvard Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. [239D:72; AB199, PUP138; AY89]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Birth of; Day of the Covenant; Holy days; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at universities; Báb, Life of (chronology); Clark University; Universities; Worcester, MA; Cambridge, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 24 May | Talk at Free Religious Association, or Unitarian Conference, Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP140] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 May | Talk at Huntington Chambers, 30 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP143] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at other places; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 26 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Boston and returned to New York, arriving in the evening. [239D:73; AB201]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; Boston, MA; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 28 May | `Abdu'l-Bahá and His party were evicted from their hotel because of the `coming and going of diverse people' and the `additional labours and troubles' caused to the staff. [239D:74] Talk at Reception at Metropolitan Temple, Seventh Avenue and Fourteenth Street, New York. [PUP150] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 May | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney, 780 West End Avenue, New York. [PUP154] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Edward Kinney; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 30 May | Talk at Theosophical Lodge, Broadway and Seventy-ninth Street, New York. [PUP156] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Theosophical Society; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 31 May | At the request of William Hoar, 'Abdu'l-Bahá made a trip to Fanwood, New Jersey. He had been invited for a rest and to escape the oppressive heat of New York but He could not stay just to rest. He addressed a meeting at the Town Hall. He showed how the leaders of religion have contributed to the wakening of it foundations. [AB205-206]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Fanwood, NJ; New Jersey, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 1 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá returned to New York. [AB206]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Juliet Thompson; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; Portraits; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 2 Jun | Talk at Church of the Ascension, Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street, New York at the invitation of Percy Grant. [PUP163, ABF22; SoW Vol 3 No 10 September 24, 1912 p24] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; Percy Grant; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 3 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Milford, Pennsylvania. [AB208] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Milford, ON; Pennsylvania, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 4 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá returned to New York. [AB208] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 8 Jun | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York,
[PUP171]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; Philadelphia, PA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 9 Jun | Talk at Unitarian Church,
Fifteenth Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [PUP172]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Philadelphia, PA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 10 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Philadelphia and returned to New York, arriving the same day. [239D:88; AB211] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Philadelphia, PA; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 11 Jun | Talk at Open Committee Meeting,
Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney,
780 West End Avenue, New York. [PUP183]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Edward Kinney; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 12 Jun | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP187] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 15 Jun | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP189] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 16 Jun | Talk at Fourth Unitarian Church,
Beverly Road, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. [PUP190]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Howard MacNutt; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 17 Jun | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP204] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 18 Jun | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP205]
An authorized translation of the text of the recording has been made available. See here for more background information. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Voice recordings of; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 19 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá clarified His station as the Centre of the Covenant. It is widely believed that He named New York the `City of the Covenant' on this occasion but no substantiation can be found, however, Shoghi Effendi noted that He did call New York City the "City of the Covenant" (CoF158; GPB288 refer). [239D:93; AB220; BBD55, ABNY51; DJT315-316]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Covenant, City of; Covenant; Lua Getsinger; Juliet Thompson; Portrait; New York, USA; USA; Names and titles | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 20 Jun | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP206]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 21 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Montclair, New Jersey for a 9 day stay. [239D:97; AB221] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Montclair, NJ; New Jersey, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 23 Jun | Talk at Montclair, New Jersey. [PUP210]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Montclair, NJ; New Jersey, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 29 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá hosted a Unity Feast in the Evergreen Cabin at the Wilhelm properties in West Englewood, New Jersey. [239D:102; AB223, PUP213]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Unity Feast; Roy C. Wilhelm; Evergreen cabin; West Englewood, NJ; New Jersey, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 30 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá returned to New York after visiting Mr Topakyan, the Persian Consul General, in Morristown. [239D:103; AB225–6] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Topakian, Mr; - Consuls; New York, USA; Morristown, NJ; New Jersey, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 1 Jul | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP216]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Wealth and poverty; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 5 Jul | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York, the home of Howard MacNutt. [PUP218]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Howard MacNutt; Covenant-breakers; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 6 Jul | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP225] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 6 Jul | In obedience to 'Abdu'l-Bahá Lua Getsinger departed New York for California to prepare for His coming or as "just a bugler in the army of the Lord" as she stated her mission. [LGHC161-162] | Lua Getsinger; Travel Teaching; California, USA; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 14 Jul | Talk at All Souls Unitarian Church, Fourth Avenue and Twentieth Street, New York. [PUP228] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 15 Jul | Talk at Home of Dr. and Mrs. Florian Krug, 830 Park Avenue, New York. [PUP236]
Mahmud has dated this visit to the Krug home at 14 July. [MD169-170] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Florian Krug; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 21 Jul | 'Abdu'l-Bahá received an invitation from the Consul General of Turkey. He took the ferry then a tram to travel to the Consul General's house. The meeting was attended by a number of prominent men and statesmen. The Consul's brother-in-law requested permission to take His photograph.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks to ethnic groups; Armenians; New York, USA; New York, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 23 Jul | `Abdu'l-Bahá left New York, arriving in Boston the same day for His second visit. [239D:117; AB233]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Nancy Douglas Bowditch; New York, USA; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 24 Jul | Talk to Theosophical Society, The Kensington, Exeter and Boylston Streets, Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP239] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Theosophical Society; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 Jul | Talk at Hotel Victoria,
Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP244]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Gisu Mohadjer Cook; Rahmatullah Muhajir; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 26 Jul | `Abdu'l-Bahá's and His companions took up residence at one of the two Parsons home in Dublin, NH, a resort area. The house in question is named "Day-Spring". [APD7376]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Agnes Parsons; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 28 Jul | `Abdu'l-Bahá's spoke at the Parsons home. [APD79-80]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 4 Aug | 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to a group of 28 black people on the importance of unity and friendship between the races and announced that Louise Mathew and Louis Gregory were to be married. [SYH71]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Louise Mathew; Louis G. Gregory; Louise Gregory; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 5 Aug | Talk at Dublin Inn, Dublin, New Hampshire. [PUP245] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 6 Aug | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons, Dublin, New Hampshire. [PUP247] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Arthur Parsons; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 11 Aug | Howard Colby Ives visited 'Abdu'l-Bahá at an inn where He was staying in the mountain summer resort of Dublin, New Hampshire. At this time he was still the preacher of the Brotherhood Church and was studying all available literature on the Faith. Subsequent to the visit he received his first tablet from 'Abdu'l-Baha dated the 26th of August. [PtF124-131; SEBW144] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Howard Colby Ives; Dublin, Ireland; New Hampshire, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 16 Aug | `Abdu'l-Bahá journeyed to Green Acre by car, arriving the same day. [239D:123; AB240]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Cars; Fred Mortensen; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 17 Aug | Talk at Green Acre,
Eliot, Maine. [PUP261] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 22-27 Aug | The International Moral Education Congress was an international academic conference held in Europe six times between 1908 and 1934. It convened because of an interest in moral education by many countries beginning a decade before the inaugural event. The Second Congress was held at The Hague, August 22–27, 1912. Twenty-three countries sent official government delegates. Over 1,000 members were officially enrolled for the congress. Over 200 papers of some 2,000 words each were contributed and appeared in the five published volumes of more than 1,200 pages. [Wikipedia] From Alexandria, Egypt, 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent a paper called Universal Education. |
Peace; Education; Moral education; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands; Alexandria, Egypt; Egypt | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 23 Aug | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Malden, Massachusetts, for a week-long stay, making trips to Boston and Cambridge. He stayed in the home of Miss Marie P. Wilson [239D:131; AB251–2; BW5p84; Abdu'l-Bahá in America 1912-2012]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Weddings; Malden, MA; Massachusetts, USA; Boston, MA; Cambridge, England; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 Aug | Talk at the New Thought Forum, Metaphysical Club, Boston, Massachusetts about women's rights. [PUP276, 239Dp131] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 26 Aug | Talk at Franklin Square House, Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP280] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 27 Aug | Talk at Metaphysical Club, Boston, Massachusetts. [PUP284] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 29 Aug | Talk at Home of Madame Beale Morey, 34 Hillside Avenue, Malden, Massachusetts. He spoke on "Religions of the World". [239Dp132, PUP289] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 30 Aug | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Malden for Boston. He left Boston by train for Montreal, arriving at midnight. [239D:132; AB132; BW8:637]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Trains; Maxwell residence; Montreal Shrine; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal; May Maxwell (Bolles); Sutherland Maxwell; Malden, MA; Boston, MA; Montreal, QC; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 1 Sep | 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk at the Church of the Messiah, corner of Simpson and Sherbrooke Sts in Montreal. (Architects: The Maxwell Bros. Built 1907, destroyed by fire 1937) [PUP297]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; May Maxwell (Bolles); Sutherland Maxwell; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal; Montreal, QC; Quebec, Canada; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 2 Sep | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. William Sutherland Maxwell, 716 Pine Avenue West, (now 1548 avenue des Pins, ouest) Montreal, Canada. [PUP308] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; May Maxwell (Bolles); Sutherland Maxwell; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal; Montreal, QC; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 5 Sep | Talk at St. James Methodist Church, 463 Saint Catherine Street, West,
Montreal, Canada. [PUP312]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal; Montreal, QC; Canada | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 9 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá was taken to the Grand Trunk Railway station where departed Montreal on His way to Buffalo arrived in Buffalo by train from Montreal. [239D:139; AB265] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Trains; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Montreal; Montreal, QC; Canada; Buffalo, NY | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 12 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Buffalo for Chicago, passing by Niagara Falls and arriving at about 8PM at the LaSalle Station where He was received by the awaiting friends. Among them was Saichiro Fujita. [239D:142; MD257-259]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Corinne True; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 13 Sep | The True home was inundated with visitors and among them, a group of black believers. 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a talk in the evening. The three large rooms on the ground floor were filled to capacity and He walked from room to room as He spoke. [MD260-262] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Corinne True; Chicago, IL | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 14 Sep | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá walked along the shores of Lake Michigan. In the afternoon He spoke to the Theosophical Society to a rousing response.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Corinne True; Chicago, IL | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 15 Sep | In the morning`Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to Dr. William Frederick Nutt, a friend of Kheiralla. (Nutt later broke the Covenant) Observers say that both Dr. Nutt and the interpreter were left trembling after He made his remarks.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Trains; Chicago, IL; Kenosha, WI; Wisconsin, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 16 Sep | In the morning 'Abdu'l-Bahá departed for Chicago
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Corinne True; Kenosha, WI; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 17 Sep | Mírzá 'Alí-Akbar Nakhjavání arrived from Malden and was allowed to join the group along with Fujita. [MD270]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Alí Akbar Nakhjavaní; Fujita; Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MN | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 20 Sep | Talk at Home of Mr. Albert L. Hall,
2030 Queen Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. [PUP325]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Omaha, NE; Nebraska, USA; Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 21 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá visited Omaha, left at midnight and arrived three hours later in Lincoln, Nebraska. [239D:151] News reached Àbdu'l-Bahá of the impending conflict in the Balkan Peninsula. [Àbdu'l-Bahá in America |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Omaha, NE; Lincoln, NE; Nebraska, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
22 or 27 Sep | The marriage of Louis G. Gregory and Louisa ("Louise") A. M. Mathew, the first interracial Bahá'í couple, who met while on pilgrimage and whom 'Abdul-Bahá had encouraged to marry. They exchanged Bahá'í vows after the rites performed by Rev. Everard W. Daniel, curate of St. Philip's Protestant Episcopal Church, perhaps the most prestigious African American church in the country, in a private ceremony in his residence. In a "Tablet" (translated March 14, 1914). She was 46 and he was 8 years younger. [SYH73-75, 91]
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Marriage; Louis G. Gregory; Louisa Mathew Gregory; Firsts, other; Race; Unity; Interracial marriage; Weddings; Louise Gregory; New York, USA; USA | the first interracial Bahá’í couple | ||||||||||||||||||
1912 22 Sep | While passing through Lincoln, Nebraska 'Abdu'l-Bahá's intention was to return the visit of William and Mary Bryan who had met Him in Akka in 1906. Upon telephoning they learned that Mr Bryan was not at home but Mrs Bryan invited Him to their home for tea. (Mr Bryan was on a campaign tour for the future president, Woodrow Wilson. Bryan later become his Secretary of State.) [MD281; 239D152; ABW74; SoG221] iiiii | William Jennings Bryan; Mary Elizabeth Baird; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Lincoln, NE; Nebraska, USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 23 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Denver in the afternoon. [239D:152; SoG221-222; MD282-283] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Denver, CO; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 24 Sep | Talk at Home of Mrs. Roberts Denver, Colorado. [PUP334] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Denver, CO; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 Sep | Talk at Second Divine Science Church, 3929 West Thirty-eighth Avenue, Denver, Colorado . [PUP337] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at churches; Denver, CO; Colorado, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 26 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Denver and arrived in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. [239D:158] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Denver, CO; Glenwood Springs, CO; Colorado, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 27 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Glenwood Springs for Salt Lake City. [239D:159] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Denver, CO; Glenwood Springs, CO; Salt Lake City, UT; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 28 Sep | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Salt Lake City. [239D:159] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Salt Lake City, UT; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 30 Sep | Thornton Chase, the first American Bahá'í, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in California before 'Abdu'l-Bahá'í and His retinue arrive. He was buried at Inglewood. He had been named Thábit (Steadfast) by the Master. [BBD71; BFA2:XVII]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Thornton Chase; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Cemeteries and graves; Los Angeles, CA; California, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 Oct | Shoghi Effendi was enrolled in the preparatory school associated with the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut. The 1912-1913 academic year was a turbulent time in the Middle East region because the Italo-Turkish war had spilled over into the area. Owing to the fact that the Syrian Protestant College flew an American flag it had some degree of protection from the warring factions. [PG8-9] | Syrian Protestant College, Lebanon; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 1 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in San Francisco about midnight. [239D:165; AB286] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; San Francisco, CA; California, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 3 Oct | After the visitation of many friends in the morning, in the afternoon, at the invitation of Mrs Goodall, the Master and friends went to the Golden Gate Park outside of the city where again He met with visitors and answered questions of reporters.. [MD303-304; SoW Vol 4 No 12 October 16, 1913 p206-207] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; San Francisco, CA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 7 Oct | Talk to Japanese Young Men's Christian Association,
Japanese Independent Church, 576 Sycamore Street, Oakland, California. [PUP343]
He said in part:
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; Oakland, CA; California, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 8 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá spoke at Leland Stanford Junior University in Palo Alto. [239D:166 AB288, PUP348; ]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at universities; Universities; Palo Alto, CA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 8 Oct | The start of the the First Balkan War when Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia constituting the Balkan League and having large parts of their ethnic populations under
Ottoman sovereignty, attacked the Ottoman Empire, terminating its five centuries of rule in the Balkans. The seven-month campaign ended in the Treaty of London (30 May 1913) brokered and mediated by the great powers of Europe, including the United Kingdom, Russia, France, Germany, and Austria-Hungary. They sought to prevent further conflicts in the Balkans and to maintain stability in the region.
The main provisions included the following: In a talk at the Japenese Independ |
Colonialism and imperialism; Ethnic divisions; History (general); Balkans; London, England; United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 10 Oct | Talk at Open Forum, San Francisco, California [PUP355] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; San Francisco, CA; California, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 12 Oct | Talk at the synagogue Temple Emmanu-El, 450 Sutter Street, San Francisco, California. [PUP361, ABF408] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at synagogues; Interfaith dialogue; - Judaism; San Francisco, CA; California, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 13 or 14 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá visited Phoebe Hearst at her estate, at her invitation. [239D:168; AB307]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Phoebe Hearst; Hearst estate; Misconduct of believers; California, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 16 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá returned to San Francisco. [AB308; 239 Days] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; San Francisco, CA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 17 Oct | 'Abdu'l-Bahá discovered His signet ring was missing and for the rest of His trip He signed, rather than seal, every Tablet He wrote or dictated. [Historical Dictionary of the Bahá'í Faith pg. xxxvii, AY101-102] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Rings; Seals; Oakland, CA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 18 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá left San Francisco for Los Angeles, arriving the same day. [239D:169; AB309]
Having heard that 'Abdu'l-Bahá was in Los Angeles, Mabel Rice-Wray took children Edris and Colston to the hotel where the Master was staying. They spent over an hour with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in His room. Both Edris and Colston sat on 'Abdu'l-Bahá's knee and were given cookies. Some years later, in response to a letter from their mother, 'Abdu'l-Bahá bestowed the name Rawshan ("brilliance") on Edris, and Ruqi on Colston, and revealed in their honour the well-known prayer for children that begins: "O my Lord! O my Lord! I am a child of tender years. Nourish me from the breast of Thy mercy ... " [Find a grave Edris Rawshan Wray] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, prayers of; Mabel Rice-Wray Ives; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 19 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá visited the grave of Thornton Chase in Inglewood. [239D:169; AB309; MD337-339]
"As many times as possible-at least once a year-you should make it a point to visit his tomb, for his spirit will be exhilarated through the loyalty of the friends, and in the world of God will it be happy. The friends of God must be kind to one another, whether it be in life or after death." [SoW Vol 4 No 13 p225] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Thornton Chase; Cemeteries and graves; Inglewood, CA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 20 Oct | Shu'áu'lláh, who had been living in Pasadena at the time, had persuaded a newspaper editor to write two misleading articles in which he tried to show that because of his biological relationship he was bound to inherit the station of the Prophets. At a public meeting a reporter pressed 'Abdu'l-Bahá about him and His reply was to quote Christ when asked about His relationship with His brothers. [MD339-340, 490n325]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Covenant-breakers; Shuaullah; Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 21 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Los Angeles for San Francisco. [AB310] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 25 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá left San Francisco for Sacramento and arrived at noon the same day. [239D:171]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; San Francisco, CA; Sacramento, CA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 26 Oct | Talk at Assembly Hall, Hotel Sacramento,
Sacramento, California. [PUP376]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at public places; Sacramento, CA; California, USA; Denver, CO; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 28 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Denver at midnight. [239D:175; AB316] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Denver, CO; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 29 Oct | During a 24-hour stopover in Denver, Àbdu'l-Bahá met Cardinal John Murphy Farley who had come from New York to dedicate the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on behalf of the Pope. [239 Days website; MD356-357]
See a provisional translation of a talk Àbdu'l-Bahá gave in Port Said on the 23rd of Jun 1913 on His meeting with the Cardinal. In the afternoon He gave a public talk at the home of Mrs Sidney Roberts and in the evening He spoke at the Church of the Messiah. [MD357; 239Days175] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Denver, CO; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 30 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Denver for Chicago. [239D:175] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Denver, CO; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 31 Oct | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Chicago and gave a talk at the Plaza Hotel. The subject of this talk was The Covenant. [239D:176; PUP381].
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1912 1 Nov | Talk at Home of Mrs. Corinne True, 5338 Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. The subject of this talk was The Covenant. [PUP383] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Corinne True; Chicago, IL; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 4 Nov | `Abdu'l-Bahá left Chicago and arrived in Cincinnati the same day. [239D:179] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; Ohio, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 5 Nov | Talk at Grand Hotel,
Cincinnati, Ohio. [PUP388]
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1912 6 Nov | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Washington DC. [239D:179]
"How savage and fearful the ferocity of man against his fellowman! Consider what is taking place now in the Balkans, what blood is being shed. Even the wild beasts and ferocious animals do not commit such acts. The most ferocious wolf kills but one sheep a day, and even that for his food. But now in the Balkans one man destroys ten fellow beings. The commanders of armies glory in having killed ten thousand men, not for food, nay, rather, for military control, territorial greed, fame and possession of the dust of the earth. They kill for national aggrandizement, notwithstanding this terrestrial globe is but a dark world of grossest matter. It is a world of sorrow and grief, a world of disappointment and unhappiness, a world of death. |
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1912 7 Nov | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons, 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D. C. [PUP397]
"Consider events in the Balkans today where a great conflagration of war is furiously raging and so much blood is being shed. Virtually the whole world of humanity is mourning and lamenting because of the revival of these calamitous conditions. Governments are in the process of change and transformation. The sovereignty of oriental nations is tottering; outcomes are wrapped in the greatest uncertainty." |
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1912 8 Nov | Talk at Eighth Street Temple, Synagogue, Washington, D. C. [PUP411]
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1912 9 Nov | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons,
1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D. C .[PUP411]
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1912 10 Nov | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons,
1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D. C .[PUP421]
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1912 11 Nov | `Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Baltimore by train and arrived at Camden Station at 11AM. He was accompanied by Dr. Ameen Fareed and Mirza Ahmad Sohrab (interpreters), Mirza Mahmud, Mirza 'Ali Akah, Mirza Valiollah Khan, Dr. Zia Bagdadi, and Saya Assadollah [239D:183; AB329]
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1912 12 Nov | `Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in New York at 1:00 a.m. He and His party stayed at the "Champney House" located on Riverside Drive near the Hudson River at 309 West 78th Street. [AB329]
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1912 15 Nov | Talk at Home of Miss Juliet Thompson, 48 West Tenth Street, New York. [PUP431; PtF147] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Juliet Thompson; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 16 Nov | Talk at 309 West Seventy-eighth Street, New York. [PUP437] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 17 Nov | Talk at Genealogical Hall, 252 West Fifty-eighth Street, New York. [PUP437] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks other; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 18 Nov | `Abdu'l-Bahá visited the library of J. Pierpont Morgan and inscribed his album with a blessing for his philanthropy. [239D:186–7]
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1912 18 Nov | `Abdu'l-Bahá had instructed MacNutt to meet with a group of potential Covenant-breakers in Chicago and warn them of the danger. He also ordered MacNutt to break all communication with Ibrahim Kheiralla and other Covenant-breakers. He had failed to do as directed. They met in the Kenny's home for the first time since his trip, where `Abdu'l-Bahá advised him that he had violated the Covenant himself and commanded him to repent before a group of New York Bahá'ís gathered there, which he did, reluctantly. [DJT371; AY121] | Covenant-breakers; Howard MacNutt; Ibrahim George Kheiralla; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 23 Nov | A farewell banquet was held for `Abdu'l-Bahá at the Great Northern Hotel, 118 West Fifty-seventh Street, in New York. [239D:187; AB331, PUP447]
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1912 24 Nov | `Abdu'l-Bahá and the white Bahá'ís served the Black Bahá'ís at a dinner at the Kinney's. [239D:187] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Kinney; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 26 Nov | 'Abdu'l-Bahá had no time to meet with visitors individually in the morning as He was attending to correspondence.
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1912 29 Nov | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney, 780 West End Avenue, New York. [PUP449] | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Talks at homes; Edward Kinney; New York, USA; USA | |||||||||||||||||||
1912 2 Dec | Talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Kinney, 780 West End Avenue, New York. [PUP452]
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