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1907 (In the year) 190- |
`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 (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) 190- |
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) 190- |
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) 190- |
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) 190- |
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) 190- |
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) 190- |
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) 190- |
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) 190- |
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) 190- |
Alma Knobloch, the sister of Pauline Hannen, settled in Stuttgart. [SYH13; BW9p642] | Alma Knobloch; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany | |
1907 (In the Year) 190- |
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 190- |
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 190- |
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 190- |
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 190- |
A census of religions in the United States counted 1280 Bahá'ís. [BFA2:XVI] | Statistics; USA | |
1907 31 Mar 190- |
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 190- |
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 190- |
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 190- |
Karbalá'í Sádiq was martyred in Tabríz. [BW18:386] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Tabríz, Iran; Iran | |
1907 summer 190- |
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 190- |
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 190- |
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 190- |
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 190- |
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 |
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