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1911 11 Aug
191-		 The beginning of `Abdu'l-Bahá's first Western tour [AB139]
  • `Abdu'l-Bahá departed from Egypt with a party of four on the S. S. Corsica for Marseilles, Thonon-les-Bains and London. [AB139; GPB280; SBR22, SoW Vol 2 no.10 8 September, 1911 p7]
  • Subsequent research has shown that the ship was not the S.S. Corsica as stated in GPB280 but rather the L'Orenoque. See 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris page 6 note 47.
  • See BW1:130 for a list of cities He visited between 1911 and 1913.
  • It is believed that funds for 'Abdu'l-Bahá's teaching journeys to the West were provided by an oil-rich believer in Baku, Áqa Músá Naqiof (alternate spelling Musa Naghiyev)(yet another alternate spelling Báqirof) (1849-1919). [AY11; ABF295note684]
    		• * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Alexandria, Egypt; Bandar Anzali, Iran; Donations; Egypt; France; Funds; London, England; Marseilles, France; Musa Naghiyev; Musa Naqiof; Orenoque; S. S. Corsica; Ships; Thonon-les-Bains, France; United Kingdom First Western tour by `Abdu'l-Bahá'
    1911
    191-    		 Star of the West volumes chronicled both the first and second Western journeys of `Abdu'l-Bahá. `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Star of the West First Western journey of `Abdu'l-Bahá
    1911 16 Aug
    191-    		 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]
  • He stayed at the Hôtel Louvre de la Paix at 53, la Canebière (today a C&A department store). [ABF9]
  • Thus began His first trip to France. It lasted 4 days.
    		•  `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; France; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; Marseilles, France; Orenoque; Ships
    1911 19 Aug
    191-    		 '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; France; Marseilles, France
    1911 18 Aug
    191-    		 '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; Derbyshire, England; France; Marseilles, France; Theosophical Society; United Kingdom; Wellesley Tudor Pole
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