Chronology: Date 1909-03

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date	event	tags	firsts
1909 (Months following Mar) 190-	Construction of the Eastern Pilgrim House in Haifa begins. [BBD178] Mírzá Ja`far Rahmání, (also know as Áqá Mírzá Ja'far Shírází) a believer from `Ishqábád, was given permission by `Abdu'l-Bahá to build it. [DH177, SES25-26] 'Abdu'l-Bahá composed an inscription that was placed above the entrance that read, "This is a spiritual Hostel for Pilgrims, and its founder is Mírzá Ja'far Rahmani. AH 1327." This was the first property to be granted tax exemption by the civil authorities. [GPB307, SES43-47]	Pilgrim House, Eastern (Haifa); 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 21 Mar 190-	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] It was held in the home of Corinne True. [CT82–3] It was attended by 39 delegates from 36 cities. [GPB262; SBBH1:146] The Convention established the 'Bahá'í Temple Unity', incorporated to hold title to the Temple property and to provide for its construction. A constitution was framed and an Executive Board of the Bahá'í Temple Unity elected. This body became the future National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. [BBD39; BBRSM:106; BW10:179; GPB349; PP397; SBBH1:146] iiiii	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; United States (USA); Canada; Executive Board of the Bahá'í Temple Unity	First American Bahá'í Convention
1909 21 Mar 190-	The first printing of Volume 1 of Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by the Bahá'í Publishing Society in Chicago. Laura Dreyfus-Barney was credited as being one of the translators. [ABF9not53]	Tablets of `Abdu'l-Bahá (book); * Publications; Laura Clifford Barney; Chicago, IL; United States (USA)
1909 21 Mar 190-	`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] See AB126–30, CT84 and GPB273–8 for details of the occasion and its history. The Shrine was a simple rectangular structure of six rooms. [DH71, ZK284] The marble sarcophagus used for the remains of the Báb was a gift from the Bahá'ís of Rangoon. [AB129; MC155] For details of the sarcophagus see RB3:431.	Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Báb, Sarcophagus for; Sarcophagus; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (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; United States (USA)
1909 Mar 190-	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]	* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Nayriz, Iran; Iran; Constitutional Movement (Iran)


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