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1930 (before) 192- |
It was reported that there were two Bahá'ís resident in Italy in this year.
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Edith Burr; Signora Maria Forni; Crevenna, Italy; Florence, Italy; Italy | first Baha'is in Italy |
1929 27 Nov 192- |
The Mansion at Bahjí was evacuated by the Covenant-breakers after the occupation by Muhammad-Alí and his relatives for about 40 years. [DH116; GPB355–6; PP231-232, SETPE1p174]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahji); Covenant-breakers; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Bahji, Israel | |
1929 6–26 Nov 192- |
The case of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád was taken before the sixteenth session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations. [BW4:237]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; Montfort Mills; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1929 14 Sep 192- |
The Green Acre Trustees were appointed by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. [GAP118] | Trustees; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; USA | |
1929 9 Sep 192- |
The British Bahá'ís opened their new centre, at Walmar House, Upper Regent Street, London. [PSBW46–7] | Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); London, England; United Kingdom | |
1929 Sep 192- |
Shoghi Effendi sailed from England to Cape Town and proceeded overland to Cairo. [PP180–1, SETPE1p163]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; United Kingdom; Cape Town, South Africa; South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt; - Africa | |
1929 End of Aug 192- |
Martha Root arrived in Albania, the first Bahá'í to set foot in the country. [MR317]
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Martha Root; King Zog I; Albania | first Bahá’í to visit Albania |
1929 12 Aug 192- |
Green Acre became a fully fledged Bahá'í summer school when the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada obtained legal title to the property. [BBD91; GAP118; GPB340; SBBH126, Green Acre] | Summer schools; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; USA | |
1929 summer 192- |
Shoghi Effendi made plans to hold an international conference to consider, among other things, how to establish national spiritual assemblies as a prelude to the Universal House of Justice. [PP250]
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Universal House of Justice; Spiritual Assemblies; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | |
1929 4 May 192- |
When the British Mandate in Palestine had been set up, an Order-in-Council had been enacted that allowed each of the recognized religious communities to be administered in all affairs of personal status according to their own religious laws and courts. The Bahá'í community had not, however, been accorded this "recognized" status and was thus compelled to submit to the Muslim Courts. In 1929 Shoghi Effendi asked Mountfort Mills to raise the matter with the authorities and the Bahá'í Community of Haifa formally petitioned the government that the Bahá'í laws on personal status be recognized in Palestine. [BBR459; PP284]
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Recognition (legal); Haifa, Israel; Palestine | |
1929 May 192- |
The American National Spiritual Assembly incorporated as a voluntary Trust. [BBRSM122; GPB335]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Voluntary Trust; USA | |
1929 25 Apr 192- |
Shoghi Effendi made the sacrifice of a priceless carpet to be sold to contribute to the Mashriqu'lAdhkar Fund. Mr. George Spendlove, a believer exceptionally qualified by expert knowledge and experience was asked to undertake the responsible task of arranging for the sale of this rug. It was valued at some $20,000
"Am sacrificing the most valuable ornament of Baha'u'llah's Shrine in order to consecrate
and reinforce the collective endeavors of the American believers speedily to consummate Plan
for Unified Action. Appeal for unprecedented self-sacrifice."--Cablegram, April 25, 1929. "Soon. shipping silken carpet from Baha'u'llah's Shrine as crowning gift on altar of Bahá'í sacrifice."--Cablegram, April 28, 1929. "Moved by an impulse that I could not resist, I have felt impelled to forego what may be regarded as the most valuable and sacred possession in the Holy Land for the furthering of that noble enterprise which you have set your hearts to achieve. With the hearty concurrence of our dear Bahá'í brother, Ziaoullah Asgarzadeh, who years ago donated it to the Most Holy Shrine, this precious ornament of the Tomb of Bahá'u'lláh has been already shipped to your shores, with our fondest hope that the proceeds from its sale may at once ennoble and reinforce the unnumbered offerings of the American believers already accumulated on the altar of Bahá'í sacrifice." Letter, October 25, 1929. "Shoghi Effendi informs you that the rug can be offered for sale among Baha'is and nonBahá'í alike."-Soheil A/nan, December 12, 1929. [BN No 38 February 1930 insert] |
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Funds; Chicago, IL | |
1929 Apr 192- |
Shoghi Effendi announced that the Council of the League of Nations had pronounced in favour of the Bahá'í petition regarding the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad. Unfortunately, King Faisal, a Sunni, relented under the pressure of the Shi'iah element and the property was never returned. [Bahá'í News Letter, no. 31 (April 1929), p.6, SETPE1p169]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; King Faisal; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland | |
1929 Apr 192- |
The New History Society was founded in New York by 'Abdu'l-Bahá's former secretary and interpreter Ahmad Sohrab along with Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and his wife Julie as an indirect way of spreading the teachings of the Baha'i Faith. The New History Society gave rise in 1930 to the Caravan of East and West and the Chanler's New York house was henceforth called "Caravan House". This foundation was designed to prepare children and youth to join the New History Society. This group had a quarterly magazine called The Caravan. [BRRSM124, LDG2p134] iiiii | Covenant-breakers; New History Society; Ahmad Sohrab; Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler; Julie Chanler; Caravan of East and West; Caravan House; The Caravan; New York, USA; USA | |
1929 18 Mar 192- |
The International Bahá'í Bureau was recognized by the League of Nations. [BIC History Timeline] | International Bahá'í Bureau; League of Nations; Bahá'í International Community; New York City, NY | |
1929 16 Mar 192- |
In December of 1925 the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of United States and Canada adopted the "Unified Plan of Action" and among the resolutions was to raise some $400,000 over the following three years to construct the first unit of the superstructure of the Temple. By the end of 1926 only $51,000 had been collected and the following year was just as disappointing. At the National Convention in 1928 Fred Schopflocher's donation of $25,000 inspired contributions and the Fund rose to about $87,000 by March 1929. On this day Fred and Lorol Schopflocher contributed a further $100,000. [LoF388-389, SETPE1p162-163]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Fred Schopflocher; Lorol Schopflocher; Unified Plan of Action, US and CA; Funds; Montreal, QC; Canada; Wilmette, IL; USA | |
1929 4 Mar 192- |
The Council of the League of Nations adopted the conclusion reached by the Mandates Commissions upholding the claim of the Bahá'í community to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. They directed the Mandatory Power (Great Britain) to make representations to the government of Iraq with a view of the immediate redress of the injustice suffered by the petitioners (NSA of Iraq). Also, the International Baha'i Bureau was asked by the League's Publishing Bureau for a short historical account that appeared in that same year's publication.
[BW3:50-55; BIC History page 18 Mar 1928]
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League of Nations; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Geneva, Switzerland | |
1929 27 Feb 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada forwarded a pamphlet published by Ruth White to Shoghi Effendi. His advice was to abstain from any provocation and to avoid hurting her feelings. [SETPET1p157, Bahá'í News p230, 298]
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Covenant-breakers; Ruth White | |
1929 14 Feb 192- |
Work began on the three additional chambers of the Shrine of the Báb after the rock had been excavated from behind the building during the previous year. [DH154]
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Báb, Shrine of; International Bahá'í Archives; Hájí Mahmud Qassabchi; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel | |
1929 11 Feb 192- |
William 'Harry' Randall, (b. 1863), passed away in Medford, MA. After his death, Shoghi Effendi named him one of the 19 Disciples of Abdu'l-Baha, a "Herald of the Covenant". [BBD71]
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William Harry Randall; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Medford, MA; Massachusetts, USA | |
1929 (In the year) 192- |
The passing of Gulsurkh Bagum, given name Fátímíh-Sultán Bagum (b. 1855 Isfahan) [ARG171-186] | Gulsurkh Bagum; Fatimih-Sultan Bagum; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1929 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Abdul Baha in Egypt by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab for the New History Foundation. The publication was approved by the publishing committee of the National Spiritual Assembly. | `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Ahmad Sohrab; East Lansing, MI | |
1929 (In the year) 192- |
Shoghi Effendi completed the construction of the building at 10 Haparsim Street, which was designed as a hostel for western pilgrims, and adopted the custom of taking the evening meal with them in the dining room on the lower level. He usually met with the eastern pilgrims in the pilgrim house next to the Shrine of the Báb. [Bahá'í Pilgrimage] | Pilgrimage; Pilgrim Houses; Pilgrim House, Western; Haifa, Israel | |
1928 31 Dec 192- |
Ruth White, who had met 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York in 1912 and who had been on pilgrimage in 1922, wrote to the High Commissioner of Palestine with a charge that the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá was a forgery. [SETPE1p157]
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Covenant-breakers; Ruth White; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; Palestine; New York, USA; USA | |
1928 20 Dec 192- |
Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, (b. 12 Apr 1873, Paris, France, d. 20 Dec 1928, Paris, France), Disciple of Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in Paris. He was buried in Cimetiere de Montmartre in Paris. [UD84–5; BN No 29 January 1929 p2]
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Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Paris, France; France | |
1928 3 Dec 192- |
The pronouncement of the verdit of the court in the case of the official inquiry into the activities of the Bahá'í Faith.
As the result of being mistaken for a secret political society, the members of the Spiritual Assemblies of Constantinople and Smyrna were seized and imprisoned at the police station overnight. After cross–examination for eight consecutive hours by high state officials, they were acquitted and released the following day. The result was that all newspapers carried the story with front page headlines, and the population was made thoroughly aware of the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW3 p121; Bahá'í Administration> p151-152; Bahá'í Administration p167-169] |
Persecution, Turkey; Smyrna, Turkey; Turkey; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |
1928 13 Dec 192- |
The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Bahá'ís of Turkey was brought before a criminal tribunal. [PP316]
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Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution; Court cases; Human Rights; Turkey | |
1928 Nov 192- |
It was recommended to the Council of the League of Nations to request that the British Government make representations to the Iraqi Government to redress the denial of justice to the Bahá'ís with reference to House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad. [GBF35]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Geneva, Switzerland | |
1928 26 Oct-13 Nov 192- |
The case of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád was taken before the fourteenth session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations. [BW3:207]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; Imam Husayn; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1928 Oct 192- |
A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Bahá'ís began in Turkey. [BBR474]
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Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Turkey | |
1928 11 Sep 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iraq submitted a petition to the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations for the return of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [BW3:198–206]
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Petitions; League of Nations; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1928 27 Aug 192- |
The word 'Bahá'í' was registered with the United States Patent Office as a trademark. [BW6:348] | United States Patent Office; Copyright and trademarks; USA | |
1928 Jul 192- |
The first International Religious Congress for World Peace was held at The Hague. It was attended by Martha Root. [BW3:45] | - International peace conferences; Martha Root; - First conferences; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands | first International Religious Congress for World Peace |
1928 Jun 192- |
Martha Root visited the parents of Milosh Wurm in Brno. He had been the first to become a Bahá'í in Czechoslovakia and the first to have translated a book into Czech when he was only seventeen years of age. He lost his life in the Great War. [BW3p44, Bahá'í Historical Facts 26 March, 2018] | Martha Root; Milosh Wurm; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Brno, Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic | first to become a Baha'i in Czechoslovakia; first to translate a book into Czech; |
1928 27 May 192- |
Hájí Amín, Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikání, Hand of the Cause of God and Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, passed away in Tihrán. [BBD7; EB263]
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Hájí Amin (Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani); - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; In Memoriam; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1928 26–30 Apr 192- |
The National Convention of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was held in the Foundation Hall of the House of Worship for the first time. [BW2:180; CT167; BN No 24 June 1928]
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Conventions, National; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Firsts, other; Allen McDaniel; Alfred Lunt; Horace Holley; Carl Scheffler; Roy C. Wilhelm; May Maxwell (Bolles); Louis G. Gregory; Amelia Collins; Nellie French; Wilmette, IL; Chicago, IL; USA | first time National Convention held in the Foundation Hall of the House of Worship, Wilmette |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad, known as Ibn-i-Asdaq. He was born in Mashhad in 1850/1851. [Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project]
Today, the greatest of all deeds is service to the Cause. Souls that are well-assured should with utmost discretion teach the Faith,lll this martyrdom is no confined to the destruction of life and the shedding of blood. A person enjoying the bounty of life may yet be recorded as a martyr in the Book of the Sovereign Lord.[OLOMP46N12] |
In Memoriam; Ibn-i-Asdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad); - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Hands of the Cause; Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Ismullahul-Asdaq (Mulla Sadiq Khurasani); Names and titles; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Tehran, Iran; Mashhad, Iran; Iran | |
1928 Apr 192- |
As part of a general anti-religious campaign launched under Stalin, the Soviet authorities abrogated the constitution of the Spiritual Assembly of 'Ishqábád (now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan) and the Assembly was dissolved.
[BW3:37-43; BW8p88; SETPE1p154; YS2]
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Persecution, Russia; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Moojan Momen; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan; Soviet Union; Russia | |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
In this year there were 579 localities in the world in which Bahá'ís lived, 102 local spiritual assemblies, nine national spiritual assemblies, and about eight languages into which Bahá'í literature was translated. [BBRSM160–1] | National Spiritual Assembly; Local Spiritual Assembly; Statistics | |
1928 Mar (date approximate) 192- |
In early Spring Louise Gregory sailed for Dresden, Germany where she spent 11 days renewing old acquaintances. [SYH149]
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Louise Gregory; Pilgrimage; Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Czech Republic; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bulgaria; Trencianske Teplice, Slovakia; Slovakia; Vienna, Austria; Austria; Haifa, Israel | the first Bahá’í to settle in Bulgaria. |
1928 11 - 12 Feb 192- |
The 'Conference for Inter-Racial Amity' was arranged by Inter-Racial Amity Committee of the Bahá'ís of Montreal'. There were three sessions in three venues: the YMCA, Channing Hall, and the Union Congregational Church. Speakers included Louis Gregory ('International Lecturer on Race Relations') and Agnes MacPhail, first Canadian woman Member of Parliament. [The Bahá'í 'Race Amity' Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America: Alain Locke and Robert Abbot by Christopher Buck page 34, Bahá'í Studies Review, 17, pages 3-46, 2011, BW7p660]
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Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Agnes MacPhail; Louis G. Gregory; Montreal, QC; Quebec, Canada; Canada | |
1928 Jan (toward the end of the month) 192- |
The Chicago community held its first Race Amity Conference. Louis Gregory was a speaker at that gathering. [SYH147] | Louis G. Gregory; Race; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Chicago, IL | |
1928 Jan 192- |
A Covenant-breaker, Jamil Irani, tried to stir up trouble by implicating the Bahá'ís with Saláru'd-Dawlih, an ambitious brother of Muhammad-'Ali Sháh who had been deposed by the 1909 Revolution in Iran. The allegation was investigated by Lord Plummer, the British High Commissioner in Palestine who learned the truth of the matter. [SETPE1p151-152] | Covenant-breakers; Jamil Irani; Plummer, Lord; Iran; Haifa, Israel | |
1928 Jan 192- |
A charter was granted by the State of New York to World Unity Foundation, a body of trustees administering the Conferences, the Institute of World Unity, and also assisting in the promotion of World Unity Magazine. The purpose of the Foundation, as set forth in the Charter, is "to maintain facilities for promoting those ethical, humanitarian and spiritual ideals and principles which create harmony and understanding among religions, races, nations and classes; and for cooperating with established educational, scientific and religious bodies working ior these ends." The Charter was granted to the following as trustees: John Herman Randall (a Christian Minister), Mary Rumsey Movius, Melbert B, Cary, Florence Reed Morton, Alfred W. Martin, Horace Holley and Mountfort Mills. [BN No 20 Nov 1927 p8; BN No 22 Mar 1928 p8] | Conferences, World unity; World Unity Foundation; World Unity (magazine); New York, USA; USA | |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Bahá'í Administration, a collection of communications to the American Bahá'í community from the Guardian between 1922 and 1929. Revisions were published in 1933, 1936, 1941 and 1945. Additional messages and an expanded index was added in 1968. [WOBpv, BAiv] "His letters to Bahá'í institutions and to Bahá'ís in general began almost at once, and many will be found in Bahá'í Administration, beginning January 21, 1922. Early or late, his communications were not merely writings, they were the dynamic that moved the Bahá'í world. These letters in effect built the Administrative Order, its most vital features being found there. They taught the Bahá'í Assemblies how to be, how to consult, what their duties were. The book also contains the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws drawn up by the international lawyer Mountfort Mills, carefully reviewed by Shoghi Effendi, and adopted in 1926 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada, at this time under one jurisdiction. (Khan, back in America by then. Shoghi Effendi wished all National Spiritual Assemblies to adopt, with necessary local adaptations, this Declaration of Trust and ByLaws, which set forth the character and objectives of Bahá'í communities worldwide." [Cited from AY304] |
Bahá'í Administration (book); * Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Publications; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Declaration of Trust and By-laws; Mountfort Mills; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Administrative Order; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies | |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
The first publication of Kalil Gibran's book, Jesus (The Son Of Man: His Words And His Deeds As Told And Recorded By Those Who Knew Him) in New York by A.A. Knopf. It was re-published in 1946 and 1995 again by Knopf Doubleday, by Oneworld in 1993 2008 and 2012 and by Green Light Ebooks in Los Angeles in 2011. Around 1911–1912, Gibran met with ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to draw His portrait when He visited the United States The meeting made a strong impression on Gibran. One of Gibran's acquaintances later in life, Juliet Thompson reported that Gibran was unable to sleep the night before meeting him. This encounter with ʻAbdu'l-Bahá later inspired Gibran to write Jesus the Son of Man that portrayed Jesus through the "words of seventy-seven contemporaries who knew him – enemies and friends: Syrians, Romans, Jews, priests, and poets." After the passing of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Gibran gave a talk on religion with Baháʼís and at another event with a viewing of a movie of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Gibran would rise to talk and proclaim in tears an exalted station of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and leave the event weeping. [Wikipedia] |
Jesus the Son of Man (book); Kahlil Gibran | |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
The first local assembly of Shanghai was formed. [PH28; Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 17 min 34 sec ] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Shanghai, China | first LSA Shanghai |
1928 to 1938 192- |
The third Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh was Hájí Ghulám-Ridá (entitled Amín-i-Amín) (Trustee of the Trustee). He had been Hájí Amín's assistant for several years and so was chosen to succeed him. He had been born into the wealthy merchant class in Tehran. [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 25 March, 1985]
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Huqúqu'lláh; Huququllah, Trustees of; Hájí Ghulam-Rida (Amin-i-Amin); Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1927 10 - 11 Nov 192- |
The third convention for amity in inter-racial relations in Washington was held in the Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church. [BW2p285; SYH146] | Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |
1927 Nov 192- |
"Muḥammad-'Alí and Majdiddin [his cousin] has sent a message requesting us to repair the roof which may collapse at any time. He has been told emphatically that we shall not proceed with any repair unless and until they evacuate the entire building." [PP231] | Covenant-breakers; Muhammad-`Alí; Majdid-Din; Bahji, Israel | |
1927 Oct 192- |
The first issue of the monthy called World Unity Magazine. Its editors were John Herman Randall, John Herman Randall Jr. and Horace Holley. The concluding volume of the magazine stated its unique character proceeded from the outlook of its founders, who "realized the inter-dependence of religion, science and sociology in the movements simultaneously destroying the past and forming a new era in human history." During its last years of publication, it was openly a Bahá'í journal. [The Cause of Universal Peace]
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World Unity (magazine); Conferences, World unity; John Herman Randall Sr.; John Herman Randall Jr; Horace Holley; New York, USA; USA | |
1927 (Mid-Oct) 192- |
Shoghi Effendi announced the defection of 'Abdu'l-Husayn Ávarih (Abd al-Hosayn Ayati). He had been a very successful teacher and the author of a book on the history of the Faith but opposed Shoghi Effendi's efforts to build the Administrative Order. He was insistent that the Universal House of Justice be formed at that time. He was denounced by the believers in Egypt and Iran. [SETPE1p149, BA137-139, Ruhi8.2-20, CoC294-296; MBW53; PP120; ; BKC118-120]
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Covenant-breakers; `Abdu'l-Husayn Ávárih; Avarih; Haifa, Israel | |
1927 Oct 192- |
Shoghi Effendi entrusted Dr William Slater and his wife Ida Slater, who were visiting Haifa on a 19-day pilgrimage, with carpets from the Shrines of the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá for the House of Worship in Chicago. [SETPE1p149] | William Slater; Ida Slater; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Báb, Shrine of; Carpets; Gifts; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Haifa, Israel; Wilmette, IL; USA | |
1927 (Mid-Oct to 1 Nov) 192- |
Shoghi Effendi retired to the mountains of Switzerland to rest and re-gain his strength. (SETPE1p150, DND20] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland | |
1927 13 Sep 192- |
Dr George Augur, (b. 1 Oct 1853 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Sep 1927 Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA), Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in Hawaii. He was buried in the O'ahu Cemetery in Honolulu. [SBR198]
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George Augur; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Honolulu, HI; Hawaii, USA | |
1927 9 Sep - 2 Dec 192- |
Leonora Holsapple (later Armstrong) made a teaching trip through Latin America and the Caribbean, becoming the first Bahá'í to visit Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Curaçao, Trinidad (2–12 Oct), the Guianas (29 Oct), Barbados (Dec) and several islands in the Antilles group. | Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Latin America; Caribbean | first Bahá’í to visit Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Curaçao, Trinidad, the Guianas, Barbados and several islands in Antilles group |
1927 1 Aug 192- |
Geyserville Bahá'í Summer School, the first American Bahá'í summer school, was established on property in California donated by John Bosch. It was to operate until 1973 when a new road project divided the property. The land was sold and the funds used to purchase land in the mountains above the coastal town of Santa Cruz. The new school was named In honour of John and Louise Bosch. [BBD87; BW10:180; GPB340, Bosch]
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Summer schools; - Bahá'í schools (conference centres); First summer and winter schools; John Bosch; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Geyserville, CA; California, USA; USA | first American Bahá’í summer school |
1927 (Summer) 192- |
The first Race Amity Conference was held in Green Acre. It was organized by Louis Gregory, Agnes Parsons, Dr Zia Bagdadi, Alain Locke, and Pauline Hannen. [GAP118, SYH146] | Race amity; Louis G. Gregory; Agnes Parsons; Zia Bagdadi; Alain Locke; Pauline Hannen; Green Acre, Eliot, ME | |
1927 7 Jul 192- |
Mr. Mountfort Mills received a cable from Shoghi Effendi through the Greatest Holy Leaf suggesting the American Assemblies send cables to His Excellency the High Commissioner in Baghdad, Iraq urging that the houses belonging to the Bahá'ís be restored to their rightful owners. [Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p26] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); New York, USA; Baghdad, Iraq | |
1927 19 Jun 192- |
Karbalá'í Asadu'lláh-i-Saqat-furúsh was martyred in Kirmán, Iran. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Kirman, Iran; Iran | |
1927 Jun 192- |
Shoghi Effendi left Palestine destined for Switzerland in the company of his sister. [Ambassador at the Court Chapter 8] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland | |
1927 May 192- |
The funeral of a believer resident in the Holy Land, Mírá Moshen Afnán, was the first entirely Bahá'í funeral to take place in Palestine showing the strong independence of the Faith. [SETPE1p147] | Mira Moshen Afnan; Funeral; Haifa, Israel; Palestine; Firsts, other | first entirely Bahá'í funeral to take place in Palestine |
1927 May 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada drew up and published a 'Declaration of Trust' and 'By-laws of the National Spiritual Assembly'. [BW2:89, BW10:180]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Horace Holley; Mountfort Mills; Constitutions (Bahá'í); By-laws; Recognition (legal); Firsts, other; USA; Canada | The first document of this sort to establish a clear legal basis for the National Spiritual Assembly |
1927 29 Apr - 1 May 192- |
The third National Convention of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was held at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal, the hotel where 'Abdu'l-Bahá stayed during His visit in 1912. [Bahá'í News No. 17 April, 1927]
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Conventions, National; Allen McDaniel; Roy C. Wilhelm; Horace Holley; Carl Scheffler; Florence R. Moron; May Maxwell (Bolles); Amelia Collins; Alfred Lunt; Louis G. Gregory; Edwina Powell; Sadie Oglesby; Montreal, QC; Quebec, Canada; Canada; USA | |
1927 Apr-May 192- |
Martha Root journeyed through the Baltic States and become the first Bahá'í to visit Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (2 May). [MR272–4] | Martha Root; Baltic States; Latvia; Lithuania; Estonia | first Bahá’í to visit Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia |
1927 29 Apr 192- |
The British delegates, at their first National Convention, elected ten members because there were an equal number of votes for ninth and tenth places. [EJR253; UD70–1]
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National Spiritual Assembly; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Conventions, National; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); First conventions; United Kingdom | First National Convention of the United Kingdom |
1927 8 - 10 Apr 192- |
The second conference for racial amity in Washington was held at the Mt Pleasant Congregational Church with the cooperation and participation of other like-minded groups and persons. [BW2p284]
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Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |
1927 27 Mar 192- |
Martha Root left Shanghai for Hong Kong. At the end of May she sailed for Australia and New Zealand. During her stay in Hong Kong she made a trip to mainland China visiting Guangzhou and made another sortie to Saigon and Cambodia. [P35] | Martha Root; Shanghai, China; Hong Kong; Saigon, Vietnam; Cambodia; Laos | |
1927 25 Mar 192- |
Áqá 'Abdu'l-'A'zím, Amínu'l-'Ulamá' was martyred in Ardibíl, Iran, by the order of the mujtahid. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Ardibil, Iran; Iran | |
1927 11 Mar 192- |
Sadie Oglesby and her daughter Bertha Parvine arrived in Haifa, the first black American women to make the pilgrimage. [TMW173, 206, SETPE1p141-145] | Pilgrims; First pilgrims; Haifa, Israel | first black American women to make pilgrimage |
1927 Mar 192- |
Shoghi Effendi retranslated the Hidden Words.
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; * Translation; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); George Townshend; Ethel Rosenberg; * Publications; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1927 Jan (Towards end of the month) 192- |
Chicago held its first Race Amity Conference. Louis Gregory spoke. [SYH147] | Race amity; Louis G. Gregory; Chicago, IL | |
1927 13–16 Jan 192- |
A World Unity Conference was held in Dayton, Ohio, one of many such conferences to be held in the year in major cities of the United States. [TMW159, 165]
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Conferences, World unity; Dayton, OH; Ohio, USA; USA | |
1927 8 Jan 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada appointed seven people to a National Race Unity Committee. [SBR94; TMW166]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Race; Race unity; Race amity; USA; Canada | |
1927 (In the year) 192- |
Martha Root gave a talk to the International Esperanto Conference in the Free City of Danzig*. [SYH159]
*The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; Kashubian: Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 towns and villages in the surrounding areas. It was created on 15 November 1920 in accordance with the terms of Article 100 (Section XI of Part III) of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles after the end of World War I. [Wikipedia] |
Esperanto; Martha Root; The Free City of Danzig | |
1927 (In the year) 192- |
Leonora Armstrong was the first Bahá'í to visit and speak about the Bahá'í Faith in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Trinidad, Barbados, Haiti, British Guiana and Dutch Guiana (now Suriname). [Biographical Profile] | Travel Teaching; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Colombia; Venezuela; Ecuador; Trinidad and Tobago; Barbados; Haiti; British Guiana; Suriname | the first Bahá'í to visit and speak about the Bahá'í Faith in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Trinidad, Barbados, Haiti, British Guiana and Suriname. |
1927 (In the year) 192- |
Abu'l-Qásim Faizi, a 19-year-old student who had attended the Tarbiyát School in Tehran but was now enrolled at the American University at Beirut, visited Haifa to meet Shoghi Effendi. Like Hasan Balyuzi before him, he was immediately possessed by a great desire to serve him. [SETPE1p146-7] | Abu'l-Qasim Faizi; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; American University of Beirut; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Haifa, Israel; Tehran, Iran; Iran; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon | |
1927 (In the year) 192- |
The Baghdád believers took photographs of the cave in the Sargul Mountain near Sulaymáníyyih where Bahá'u'lláh spent two years in solitude. [BW2Surveyp.33, SETPE1p141] | Photography; Caves; Mountains; Sar Galu Mountain; * Bahaullah (chronology); Baghdad, Iraq; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq; Kurdistan; Iraq | |
1926 26 Dec 192- |
Howard MacNutt, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, (b. 13 July, 1858 in Philadelphia) passed away in Florida after being struck by a motorcycle while walking to a meeting in a "Coloured" area. [Bahaipedia]
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Howard MacNutt; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Dade City, FL; Pasco County, FL; Florida, USA; USA | first Nineteen Day Feast in America |
1926 30 Nov 192- |
Sir Ronald Storrs (b. 1881 - d. 1955) was appointed Governor of Cyprus (30 Nov 1926 - 29 Oct 1932) | Ronald Storrs; Cyprus | |
1926 14 Nov 192- |
Iraq's highest tribunal ruled against the Bahá'ís in the question of ownership of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. Shoghi Effendi immediately sent a cable urging the American National Assembly and all local assemblies to write or cable the Iraq High Commissioner through the British Consular authorities, to the King of Iraq and to the British central authorities to protest against the injustice. [SETPE1p138] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1926 15 Oct 192- |
Shoghi Effendi returned from Switzerland where he had been joined by his mother and sister in August. [SETPE1p133, Ambassador at the Court chapter 8] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland | |
1926 1 Oct 192- |
The office of the National Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was moved from Green Acre to 48 West 10th Street in New York, in the house that was so richly blessed by the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá many times during His visit. [BN No 12 June - July 1926 p1] | National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; New York City, NY | |
1926 Sep 192- |
In a letter addressed to the Persian Baha'is he emphasizes the importance of compiling a general history of the Faith. | Iran | |
1926 6 Aug 192- |
The Shah of Iran was asked to "stay the slaying of Bahá'ís." The Press notice of the appeal to the Shah to protect Bahá'ís from persecution was published August 9th. [Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p26] | - Persecution; - Sháh; Persecution, Iran; Iran | |
1926 2 and 4 Aug 192- |
Two Bahá'í Esperanto conventions were held in conjunction with the Eighteenth Universal Esperanto Congress in Scotland. [BW2:266] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Other; Esperanto; Scotland; United Kingdom | |
1926 12 Jul (Or 16 Jul) 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada made representations to the Iranian government concerning the martyrdoms in Jahrum and asking the Sháh to intervene on behalf of the oppressed Bahá'ís. They included in their submission a list of all the places in North America were Bahá'ís resided. [BBR469; BW2:287]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Petitions; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Human Rights; USA; Jahrum, Iran; Iran | |
1926 29 Jun 192- |
Three Bahá'ís were martyred in Zavárih, near Isfahán. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Zavarih, Iran; Iran | |
1926 24 Jun 192- |
Enoch Olinga, future Hand of the Cause of God, was born in Abaango, Uganda. | Enoch Olinga; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Abaango, Uganda; Uganda | |
1926 May (Near end) 192- |
Shoghi Effendi departed Palestine for Switzerland. [PP97, SETPE1p131, GBF36] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland | |
1926 4 May 192- |
Queen Marie of Romania wrote three articles as a testimonial to the Bahá'í Faith for a syndicated series entitled 'Queen's Counsel', which appeared in over 200 newspapers in the United States and Canada. [BBR61, HEC57-58, MR245, BW2p174-6]
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Queen Marie of Romania; Newspaper articles; USA; Romania | |
1926 7 Apr 192- |
Eight or perhaps as many as twelve Bahá'ís were beaten to death in Jahrum, Fárs, Iran. [BW18:388, SETPE1p128, GBF36, UD49-53]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Jahrum, Iran; Fars, Iran; Iran | |
1926 Apr c. 192- |
Lidia Zamenhof, a daughter of the founder of Esperanto Ludwik Zamenhof, became a Bahá'í, the first Pole to accept the Faith. [Lidia71]
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Lidia Zamenhof; Ludwik Zamenhof; Poland | first Pole to accept the Faith |
1926 Ridván 192- |
The National Convention was held at the Hotel Whitcomb on Market Street in San Francisco. Because of the difficulty and expense of travel, only 32 of the 93 delegates attended in person. Those elected to the National Assembly were: Horace Holley, Montfort Mills, Florence Morton, Siegried Schopflocher, Roy Wilhelm, Amelia Collins, Allen McDaniels, Carl Scheffler, and Ali Kuli Khan. [BN No 12 June-July 1926 p3] | Conventions, National; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Horace Holley; Montfort Mills; Florence Morton; Siegfried Schopflocher; Roy C. Wilhelm; Amelia Collins; Allen McDaniel; Carl Scheffler; `Alí Kulí Khán; San Francisco, CA; USA | |
1926 14 Feb 192- |
In a ceremony, dust from the Tomb of Bahá'u'lláh brought back by pilgrims (including Margaret Stevenson) from the Holy land, was placed into the soil of New Zealand at the Stevenson's home. [Arohanui pg94] | Margaret Stevenson; Pilgrims; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Boxes containing dust, earth or plaster; New Zealand | |
1926 7 Feb 192- |
Carter G. Woodson, author, historian and professor, (1875-1950), initiated the first celebration of Negro History Week which led to Black History Month, to extend and deepen the study and scholarship on African American history, all year long. [Zinn Education Project] | Carter G. Woodson; African Americans; Washington, DC, USA; USA | |
1926 First week in Feb 192- |
Martha Root arrived in Bulgaria, the earliest documented visit to that country by a Bahá'í. [MR247]
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Martha Root; Bulgaria | first documented visit to Bulgaria |
1926 30 Jan 192- |
Martha Root's first interview with Queen Marie of Romania. The date of the meeting was 10 May 1925 according to his account. [BW14p555]
See Martha Root: Herald of the Kingdom compiled by Kay Zinky p105-115. This meeting is dated as 30 January 1926 (p105-106) See as well Martha Root Lioness at the Threshold by M R Garis p240-247. This meeting is dated as 30 January 1926 (p242) |
Bucharest, Romania; Romania | |
1926 30 Jan 192- |
Martha Root met with Queen Marie of Romania for the first time. [BBR59; GBF42; GPB390; PP107, HEC49]
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Martha Root; Queen Marie of Romania; - Bahá'í royalty; Royalty; Bucharest, Romania; Romania | first meeting with Queen Marie |
1926 28 Oct 192- |
One again Louise Gregory embarked from Boston to Liverpool on the SS Winifredian of the Leyland Line where she arrived on the 28th of October. After spending some time in Liverpool and York she stayed for a while in Bruessels and then went to Graz in Austria where she reconnected with the active Bahá'í group there. Her next stop was Vienna and then on to her destination, Budapest.
In the spring of 1927 she went to Sofia, Bulgaria.where Martha Root had visited for 12 days in February. In June of 1927 Louise returned to New York in the United States from Boulongne-sur-Mer, France. During this trip she had visited Liverpool, York and London in England, Brussels in Belgium, Graz and Vienna in Austria, Budapest, Hungary and Sofia in Bulgaria. [SYH140-145, 240] |
Louise Gregory; Teaching; Liverpool, England; United Kingdom; Brussels, Belgium; Belgium; Graz, Austria; Austria; Vienna, Austria; Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bulgaria | |
1926 28 Jan 192- |
Martha Root sent a note and a copy of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era to Queen Marie of Romania. [GBF42; GPB390; MR242] | Martha Root; Queen Marie of Romania; Esslemont; Romania | |
1926 25 Jan 192- |
The passing of Professor Edward Granville Browne, (b. on the family estate in Gloucestershire, 7 February, 1862. d. near Cambridge). He is buried at Elswick Cemetery in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Find a grave.
Browne was a British orientalist who published numerous articles and books of academic value in the areas of Persian history and literature. He had a number of private interviews with Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí in 1890. He was the only Westerner to have met Bahá'u'lláh and to have left a description of the experience (see Scholar Meets Prophet: Edward Granville Browne and Bahá'u'lláh).
Browne's Publications
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Edward Granville Browne; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Montfort Mills; Hajji Mírzá Jani Kashani; Mírzá Yahya (Subh-i-Azal); Mírzá Husayn Hamadani; Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Manikchi Limji Hataria; Nabil-i-Akbar (Aqa Muhammed-i-Qaini); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England; Cambridge, England | |
1926 Jan 192- |
Orcella Rexford and her husband Dr Gayne Gregory (the first to accept the Faith in Alaska) went to Haifa on pilgrimage and were technically the first from Alaska to do so. They were in the process of moving from Alaska to the Continental USA. [SETPE1p112-113
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First Bahá'ís by country or area; Orcella Rexford; Haifa, Israel; Alaska, USA; USA | First person to accept the Faith in Alaska, first Alaskan pilgrims |
1926 (In the year) 192- |
The Bahá'í World was first published. [BW1:4; GT77; PP209; SBR232; BWNS1289]
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- Bahá'í World volumes; - First publications; * Publications; - Periodicals; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); USA | first publication The Bahá’í World |
1926 (In the year) 192- |
For most of the year severe restrictions were placed on the Bahá'ís of Marághih in Ádharbáyján, the governor of the district effectively suspended all constitutional and civil rights of the Bahá'í community. [BBR472; BW18:388]
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Persecution, Adharbayjan; - Persecution; Human Rights; Maraghih, Iran; Azerbaijan | |
1926 (In the year) 192- |
Green Acre came under the direct supervision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. [GAP118]
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Green Acre, Eliot, ME; National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; USA; Canada | |
1926 (In the year) 192- |
Martha Root visited Budapest and taught the Faith to one of the grandsons of Arminius Vámbéry, Mr. György Vámbéry. He was 21 at the time and passed away some two years later. [www.bahai.hu] | Martha Root; Arminius Vambery; Gyorgy Vambery; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary | first Hungarian Bahá'í György Vámbéry? |
1926 (In the year) 192- |
Opposition to the Faith began in Russia. [BW3:35; BBR473]
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Persecution, Russia; - Persecution; Russia; Soviet Union | |
1925 13 Dec 192- |
The keys to Bahá'u'lláh's house in Baghdád were given to the Shí'ís. [UD45] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1925 13 Dec 192- |
Ridá (or Reza) Sháh acceded to the throne of Iran. The Pahlaví dynasty commenced. [BBR482]
During the period of the later Qajar shahs, namely Muzaffar al-Din (r. 1896–1907) , Muhammad-'Ali (r. 1907–9) and Ahmad (r. 1909–25) , the Iranian state became steadily weaker and sank into anarchy as a result of years of revolution, war, corruption, injustice, insecurity, and foreign intervention and occupation, all of which took a heavy toll on the local population. The country was thoroughly disappointed with the outcome of its hard-won freedom, the incompetence of successive cabinets, the inefficiency of the shahs, and the corruption of the bureaucracy. The continuous interference of foreign powers in Iran's affairs, especially Britain and Russia, combined with their excessive consular rights were a constant source of national humiliation and impotent dissension, which by 1921 had turned into loud, nationalistic protests throughout the country. The people looked for a strong government that would overcome these weaknesses. [The Forgotten Schools: The Bahá'ís and Modern Education in Iran, 1899–1934 p107] |
Reza Shah Pahlavi; Pahlavi dynasty; - Shahs; - Shahs, Throne changes; History (general); Iran, General history; Iran | |
1925 Dec 192- |
The Guardian expressed his "heartfelt and abiding gratitude" to Milly Collins and seven others who had donated the necessary funds to complete the Western Pilgrim House construction project. It had been started in 1919 with a donation from Ruth and Harry Randal but had come to a halt when the funds ran out. [Millyp7; DH180; PSBW76] | Pilgrim House, Western; Pilgrim Houses; Amelia Collins; Donations; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | |
1925 Dec 192- |
A Plan of Unified Action to Spread the Bahá'í Cause Throughout the United States and Canada January 1, 1926-December 31, 1928 was formulated by The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada in response to Shoghi Effendi's message to the annual National Convention. [BA86-89]
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- Teaching Plans; - Teaching Plans, National; USA; Canada | |
1925 30 Nov 192- |
Shoghi Effendi appointed Dr. John Esslemont a Hand of the Cause of God.
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Esslemont; - Hands of the Cause; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Haifa, Israel | |
1925 22 Nov 192- |
John Esslemont, Hand of the Cause of God, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in Haifa. [BW3p84-85, BBD81, SETPE1p108-110]
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Esslemont; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Vakilud-Dawlih; In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; Cemeteries and graves; Haifa, Israel | |
1925 21 Nov 192- |
On his way from Iran to study at the American University of Beirut (then called the Syrian Protestant College) the 17-year-old Hasan Balyuzi spent two days in Haifa. Although from a prominent Bahá'í family he was neither knowledgeable nor confirmed in his faith. After having spent more than one hour with Shoghi Effendi his faith was confirmed and the course of his life was set. [SETPE1p110-111, BW18p637-651]
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Hasan Balyuzi; American University of Beirut; Syrian Protestant College, Lebanon; Haifa, Israel; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon | |
1925 31 Oct 192- |
Ahmad Sháh was deposed and the Qájár dynasty (1785-1925) was formerly terminated by declaration of the National Consultative Assembly. He was replaced by Reza Shah Pahlavi. [BBD190; BBR482; BBRSM87, PDC66-69, AY46-47] | Ahmad Shah; Qajar dynasty; Reza Shah Pahlavi; - Shahs; - Shahs, Throne changes; Iran, General history; Iran | |
1925 Oct 192- |
Faced with the possibility of Jewish developments on land near the Shrine of the Báb, Shoghi Effendi appealed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada to purchase the land in question. They responded quickly to the request. [BA92-3, SETPE1p108, PP97] | Báb, Shrine of; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Purchases and exchanges; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel | |
1925 1 Sep 192- |
Dr. Arthur Eduard Heinrich Brauns (b. March 15, 1883 Goslar, Germany d. September 1, 1925 Switzerland) was a prominent early German Bahá'í named as a Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. He heard of the Faith at a lecture given by William Herrigel likely in Carlsruhe, Germany. He was among the group of Christian Scientists that enrolled in the Faith. Later he introduced his father-in-law, August Forel, to the religion. His wife, Marta Brauns-Forel, was also a prominent member of the German Bahá'í community. He was survived by her and their five children when he drowned while on a rafting trip.
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In Memoriam; Goslar, Germany; Germany | |
1925 Sep 192- |
Bertram Dewing began publication of the Bahá'í magazine Herald of the South in Auckland. [Collins174; SBR163; BWNS1289] | Herald of the South (magazine); - Periodicals; - First publications; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Auckland, NZ; New Zealand | first publication Herald of the South |
1925 4 Jul – 9 Jul 192- |
The Seventeenth Annual Convention of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was held at Green Acre. [GAP117; SBR94]
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Horace Holley; Mountfort Mills; Florence Morton; Fred Schopflocher; Roy C. Wilhelm; Allen McDaniel; Carl Scheffler; `Alí Kulí Khán; Amelia Collins; Conventions, National; National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada; National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Green Acre, Eliot, ME | first National Spiritual Assembly of United States and Canada; first full-time secretary NSA United States and Canada |
1925 (Spring) 192- |
The International Bahá'í Bureau was created by the English Bahá'í Jean Stannard (1865–1944) at the encouragement of Shoghi Effendi who wanted the center to serve as an intermediary between the Bahá'í centre of Haifa and the various Bahá'í centres, but without having any international authority in the movement. [BW4:257, 261; BBD118]
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International Bahá'í Bureau; Bahá'í Information Bureau; Jean Stannard; Julia Culver; Emogene Hoagg; Firsts, other; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland; - Europe | first establishment International Bahá’í Bureau |
1925 10 May 192- |
A Muslim Court in Egypt pronounced the Faith to be an independent religion. [BBRSM173; BW2:31;BW3:49]
"an attack which, viewed in the perspective of history, will be acclaimed by future generations as a landmark not only in the Formative Period of the Faith but in the history of the first Bahá'í century. Indeed, the sequel to this assault may be said to have opened a new chapter in the evolution of the Faith itself, an evolution which, carrying it through the successive stages of repression, of emancipation, of recognition as an independent Revelation, and as a state religion, must lead to the establishment of the Bahá'í state and culminate in the emergence of the Bahá'í World Commonwealth. [GPB364] "the presentation of a petition addressed by the national elected representatives of that community to the Egyptian Prime Minister, the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Justice (supported by a similar communication addressed by the American National Spiritual Assembly to the Egyptian Government, see BW4p166), enclosing a copy of the judgment of the Court, and of their national Bahá'í constitution and by-laws, requesting them to recognize their Assembly as a body qualified to exercise the functions of an independent court and empowered to apply, in all matters affecting their personal status, the laws and ordinances revealed by the Author of their Faith--these stand out as the initial consequences of a historic pronouncement that must eventually lead to the establishment of that Faith on a basis of absolute equality with its sister religions in that land." [GPB367] "it became a lever which the Egyptian Bahá'í community, followed later by its sister-communities, readily utilized for the purpose of asserting the independence of its Faith and of seeking for it the recognition of its government. Translated into several languages, circulated among Bahá'í communities in East and West, it gradually paved the way for the initiation of negotiations between the elected representatives of these communities and the civil authorities in Egypt, in the Holy Land, in Persia and even in the United States of America, for the purpose of securing the official recognition by these authorities of the Faith as an independent religion. " [GPB366] Background Information "It was in the village of Kawmu's-Sa`áyidih, in the district of Beba, of the province of Beni Suef in Upper Egypt, that, as a result of the religious fanaticism which the formation of a Bahá'í assembly had kindled in the breast of the headman of that village, and of the grave accusations made by him to both the District Police Officer and the Governor of the province--accusations which aroused the Muhammadans to such a pitch of excitement as to cause them to perpetrate shameful acts against their victims--that action was initiated by the notary of the village, in his capacity as a religious plaintiff authorized by the Ministry of Justice, against three Bahá'í residents of that village, demanding that their Muslim wives be divorced from them on the grounds that their husbands had abandoned Islám after their legal marriage as Muslims." [GPB364-365]
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Recognition (legal); - Islam; Interfaith dialogue; Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Kawmu's-Sa`áyidih, Egypt; Egypt | first charter of liberty emancipating the Bahá’í Faith from the fetters of orthodox Islam’ |
1925 May 192- |
Louise Gregory travelled from Graz, Austria to Budapest where she met Frau Szirmai, the president of the Women's League for Peace and Freedom. Frau Szirmai had met 'Abdu'l-Bahá when He visited in 1913. During her time there she made the acquaintance of the Szántó family, who she would meet on subsequent trips.
After a stay of three weeks she travelled to Wiesbaden in Germany to visit a contact and spent five days at the home of the Schweitzers in Suffenhausen. She visited friends in Esslingen and stayed one night in Frankfurt before sailing from Antwerp on the 17th of June for the United States. During this trip she visited Liverpool in England, Luxembourg, Vienna and Graz in Austria, Budapest in Hungary, Zuffenhausen, Esslingen, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden and Nuremberg in Germany as well as Spa and Brussels in Belgium. [SYH132-134, 240] |
Louise Gregory; Teaching; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary; Wiesbaden, Germany; Zuffenhausen, Germany; Esslingen, Germany; Germany | |
1925 (During the year) 192- |
National Spiritual Assemblies were formed in the Caucasus (Baku) and in Turkistan (Ashkhabad)about this time. Because these Assemblies were not chosen by the election of the members of the local spiritual assemblies or by representatives of the Bahá'í population as is the current practice, they should be considered as preliminary local and national Assemblies. [BW24p44]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan; Bandar Anzali, Iran; Caucasus | |
1925 10 Apr 192- |
Shoghi Effendi wrote to the American National Spiritual Assembly indicating that the word 'assembly' was to apply only to the elected body of nine believers in each locality or to the national assembly, not to the believers as a whole. They had been using the term to mean the community of Bahá'ís. [BA83; SBBH258] | - Administration; National Spiritual Assemblies; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Spiritual Assemblies; USA | |
1925 5 Apr 192- |
The death of Mohammad-Ali Shah Qajar (b. 21 June 1872 in Tabriz, Azerbaijan, Persia) in exile in San Remo, Italy. He was buried at the Shrine of Imam Husain, Karbala, Iraq. His son and successor, Ahmad Shah Qajar was the last sovereign of the Qajar dynasty. [Wikipedia] | Mohammad-`Alí Sháh Qajár; Ahmad Shah Qajar; San Remo, Italy; Italy | |
1925 Apr 192- |
Louise Gregory travelled from Luxembourg to Vienna where she met William Herrigel. She accompanied him to Graz where he delivered a couple of lectures. Louise stayed in Graz for about one month. [SVH130-132]
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Louise Gregory; Teaching; William Herrigel; Lydia Zamenhof; Lidia Zamenhof; Vienna, Austria; Graz, Austria; Austria | |
1925 192- |
Of the 38 localities where Bahá'ís resided in Europe, 26 were in Germany. [BBRSM182] | Statistics; - Europe; Germany | |
1925 192- |
There were 43 local spiritual assemblies in North America by this date. [BBRSM121] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Statistics; North America; USA | |
1925 20- 22 Mar 192- |
The Palace Hotel, the city's first premier luxury hotel, was the site for the first World Unity Conference in San Francisco. The three day event was organized by Leroy Ioas, Ella Goodall Cooper and Kathryn Frankland in cooperation with Rabbi Rudolph Coffee. Dr. David Starr Jordan, founding president of Stanford University, served as the honorary chairman of the conference. Those who addressed the conference were Rabbi Coffee and Dr. Jordan but also the senior priest of the Catholic Cathedral, a professor of religion, a Protestant minister of a large African-American congregation, distinguished academics, and a foreign diplomat. The last one to address the conference was the Persian Bahá'í scholar, Mírzá Asadu'llah Fádil Mázandarání, the only Bahá'í on the program.
During 1926 and into 1927, eighteen communities held World Unity Conferences using the San Francisco model. These included Worcester, Massachusetts; New York, New York Oct 10-12; Montreal, Canada; Cleveland, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Hartford, Connecticut; New Haven, Connecticut; Chicago, Illinois; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; and Buffalo, New York. [BN No 12 Jun-Jul 1926 p6-7; The Cause of Universal Peace: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Enduring Impact by Kathryn Jewett Hogenson; LI45-49; BN No 20 Nov 1927 p5] |
Conferences, Race Amity; Conferences, World unity; Leroy Ioas; Ella Goodall Cooper; Kathryn Frankland; San Francisco, CA; California, USA; USA | |
1925 Mar 192- |
In the Bahá'í News Letter the bulletin of the National Spiritual Assembly of the US and Canada, the secretary, Horace Holley, announced that the National Assembly had made a comprehensive series of excerpts from all the general letters of Shoghi Effendi written from 21 January 1922 to 27 November 1924 and had the Publishing Committee print it in booklet form entitled Letters from Shoghi Effendi. [Bahaipedia; Bahá'í News Letter No 3 March 1925 p1] | * Shoghi Effendi, letters of; New York City, NY | |
1925 16 Jan 192- |
Shoghi Effendi reported in a letter that the case of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád was then before the court of the First Instance and had been postponed for some time. He stated that, should the appeal be successful, the opponents were likely to refer the case to the Court of Appeal and, should that happen, the government would likely delay the return of the keys for the House. [BA76] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1925 Jan 192- |
The American Bahá'ís published Shoghi Effendi's revised Hidden Words. [EJR255]
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Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; * Translation; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); * Publications; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; USA | |
1925 Jan 192- |
The Spiritual Assembly of Alexandria was established, the second assembly to be formed in Africa. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Alexandria, Egypt; - Africa | first Spiritual Assembly in Alexandria |
1925 (In the year) 192- |
The first book translated into Portuguese by Leonora Armstrong was published, Paris Talks, in the original in English, or Lectures by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris as published today by Editora Bahá'í of Brazil. [Biographical Profile] | Paris Talks (book); Portuguese language; * Translation; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Belém, Brazil; Paraguay | |
1925 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of A Series of Twelve Articles Introductory to the Study of the Bahá'í Teachings Treating briefly of the Revelation of Bahá'u'lláh, History, Organization, Religious and Secular Doctrines and Institutions by Charles Mason Remey. It was published by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee of New York. 184p. | * Publications; Charles Mason Remey; New York, USA; New York, USA | |
1925 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of The Universal Consciousness of the Bahá'í Revelation by Charles Mason Remey. It was described as a brief treatise introductory to the study of the Bahá'í Revelation. | * Publications; Charles Mason Remey | |
1925 (In the year) 192- |
Lorol Schopflocher was sent by the Guardian to speak with King Feisal of Iraq. The King was not receiving visitors so she made an unorthodox entrance by driving her car through the gates at high speed and coming to an abrupt stop in front of the palace. [SETPE1p105]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Lorol Schopflocher; King Faisal; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1925 (In the year) 192- |
At the suggestion of Horace Holley a Bahá'í yearbook was published under the name Bahá'í Year Book and subsequent editions were called The Bahá'í World, A Biennial International Record. Although it was published by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, Shoghi Effendi was the editor-in-chief. Volume 13 (1954-1963) saw publication shift to the Bahá'í World Centre and in 1992 the format changed. The last year of publication was 2006. [PP209-212, SETPE1p107] | - Bahá'í World volumes; * Publications; * Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; USA; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1925 (In the year) 192- |
Fanny Knobloch and her sister Pauline Hannen were the first Bahá'ís to visit Southern Rhodesia. | Fanny Knobloch; Pauline Hannen; Southern Rhodesia | first Bahá’ís to visit Southern Rhodesia |
1925 (In the year) 192- |
The Bahá'í Esperanto magazine, La Nova Tago (The New Day) was first published. [BBRSM150]
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Esperanto; La Nova Tago (The New Day); * Publications; - Periodicals | first publication La Nova Tago (The New Day) |
1925 (Early in the year) 192- |
Johanne Sorensen became a Bahá'í in Hawaii, the first Dane to accept the Faith. She returned to Denmark soon afterwards and remained the only Bahá'í there for 21 years. [SBBR14p233; Bahá'í Chronicles Johanne Sorensen Hoeg]
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Johanne Sorensen; Hawaii, USA; Denmark | first Dane to accept the Faith |
1925 (In the year) 192- |
Shoghi Effendi established the International Bahá'í Archives on Mount Carmel, one site adjoining the Shrine of the Báb and the other was located in the immediate vicinity of the resting-place of the Greatest Holy Leaf. [GPB347]
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International Bahá'í Archives; Archives; Archives; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1924 24 Dec 192- |
The first Bahá'í News Letter, forerunner of Bahá'í News, was published in New York by the National Assembly of the United States and Canada with Horace Holley as the editor. [BBRSM122; BW10:180; BW13:856; SBR232]
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- Newsletters; Bahá'í News; Horace Holley; * Publications; - First publications; - Periodicals; New York, USA; USA | |
1924 Dec 192- |
Martha Root gave the first African radio broadcast about the Bahá'í Faith, in Capetown. | Martha Root; Radio; Cape Town, South Africa; - Africa | first African radio broadcast about the Bahá'í Faith, in Cape Town. |
1924 21 Nov 192- |
Dr John E. Esslemont arrived in Haifa to help Shoghi Effendi with his work. [DJEE31; SBR233] | Esslemont; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Haifa, Israel | |
1924 Nov 192- |
The Supreme Court of Iraq decided against the Bahá'ís in the dispute over the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [UD37-8; BN No 9 Dec 1925/Jan 1926 p1] | Court cases; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Persecution, Iraq; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Iraq | |
1924 22 - 23 Oct 192- |
The fourth Race Amity Convention was held in Philadelphia. Because there were few Bahá'ís in the city at that time it required assistance from other communities. Roy Williams played a key role as he had in Springfield. Louis Gregory spent one month writing articles for the newspapers, speaking and serving in other ways.
The first session was attended by some 600 people, and, thanks to the excellent press coverage, 900 were present the second day. The following day, on the 24th of October, the Bahá'í supported a Conference on Inter-racial Justice organized by the Quakers. Followup meetings were held on the 25th and the 26th of October. [SYD147-149] |
Race amity; Roy Williams; Louis G. Gregory; Philadelphia, PA; USA | |
1924 (Latter part) 192- |
In the latter part of 1924, Shoghi Effendi began the process of recording the recollection of the believers who had witnessed the early years of the Bábí and Bahá'í Dispensations. He called for a systematic campaign to assemble such narratives. In the Holy Land,
companions of Bahá'u'lláh such as Áqá Husayn-i-Áshchí were interviewed for what they remembered of the days of Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá. Sometimes, as in the case of Áshchí, this happened literally on the person's deathbed. In addition, during the
next two decades, the Guardian wrote to the Bahá'ís of Iran urging them to prepare detailed histories of each local community. He
further called upon believers who had witnessed the unfolding of the Heroic Age to commit their experiences to writing.
In the 19 February 1925 issue of the Baha'i News in Persian, Akhbar-i-Amri, there is an item indicating that the Central Assembly in Tehran had "recently" sent a circular letter to localities in Iran and abroad and appointed a committee to compile the history of the Faith. |
Mírzá Habib Afnan; Ahang Rabbani; - Memoirs and chronicles; Bábí history; Bahá'í history | |
1924 22 Sep - 3 Oct 192- |
The conference `Some Living Religions within the British Empire' was held in London. [BW2:225; ER233; GPB342]
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Conferences, Other; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Horace Holley; Mountfort Mills; Ruhi Afnan; Afnan; Richard St. Barbe Baker; Interfaith dialogue; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1924 Sep 192- |
Shoghi Effendi returned to the Holy Land after an absence of some six months. [BA65-7; BBRSM117; UD279] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Haifa, Israel | |
1924 18 Jul 192- |
American Vice-Consul Major Robert Imbrie was murdered in Tihrán for being a Bahá'í, which he was not, straining relations between the Persian and American governments. When Washington threatened to sever diplomatic relations, Persia arrested some two hundred mullás, formally apologized to the United States and accepted Washington's terms for full reparations. [BBR462-5; BW18:388, [AY277-279]
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Major Robert Imbrie; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Tehran, Iran; Iran; USA | |
3 Jul 192- |
Louise Gregory embarked from Boston to Liverpool on the SS Winifredian of the Leyland Line. She spent the summer in the north of England and them visited a friend in Liverpool.
In September she travelled to Luxembourg where she stayed six months finding accommodations again in the old city centre in the Place d'Armes. She was disappointed that her teaching efforts did not meet with more success. In April of 1925 she travelled to Austria. [SYH123, 130] |
Louise Gregory; Teaching; Liverpool, England; United Kingdom; Luxembourg | |
1924 Jul 192- |
The second local spiritual assembly in Australia was formed in Perth. | Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Perth, Australia; Australia | |
1924 22 Jun 192- |
Aqá Husayn-`Alí was martyred in Firúzábád, Fárs, Iran. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Firuzabad, Iran; Fars, Iran; Iran | |
1924 Ridván 192- |
The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Egypt. It was the first national body in Africa. [BBRSM121; GPB333]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Egypt | The National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt was formed, the first national body in Africa. |
1924 5 Apr 192- |
Shaykh `Abdu'l-Majíd was beaten to death in Turshíz, Khurásán, Iran. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Turshíz, Iran; Khurásán, Iran; Iran | |
1924 2 Apr 192- |
Bahá'ís in Turbat-i-Haydarí, Iran, were attacked; some were arrested and imprisoned and others were forced to leave the town permanently. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Turbat-i-Haydari, Iran; Iran | |
1924 28 - 30 Mar 192- |
A public conference devoted to Inter-racial Harmony and Peace, the third Race Amity Convention, was held at the public auditorium of the Community Church of NY on Park Avenue at 34th Street and at the Meeting House of the Society for Ethical Culture at 2 West 64th Street. Its organization was a collaborative effort with the NAACP, the National Urban League and the Bahá'í community participating. Presenters included Mr. Mountfort Mills, Mr. Franz Boas, Dr. Loro, Taracknath Das, Mr. Stephen S. Wise, Dr. Alain Locke, Mr. James Weldon Johnson, Ms. Ruth Morgan and Mr. John Finley. It was the third Racial Unity conference to be held. [Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p23; BW2:282-3; SBR93; TMW1467; SYH126] | Race amity; Race unity; - Conferences; New York, USA | |
1924 late Mar 192- |
Shoghi Effendi left the Holy Land in an effort to recuperate his health. [BKC200-208] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Haifa, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1924 9 Mar 192- |
Two Bahá'ís were imprisoned for several months in Marághih, Iran, after two mullás stirred up trouble against the Bahá'ís. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Maraghih, Iran; Iran | |
1924 28 Jan 192- |
Isabella Brittingham, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away at the Revell home in Philadelphia. [SEBW138]
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Isabella Brittingham; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Philadelphia, PA; USA | |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of The Divine Art of Living by Mary M Rabb. It had been serialized in Star of the West from
Vol 7 No 16 (Dec 31, 1916) to
Vol 8 No 13 (Nov 4, 1917)
and later in
World Order Vol 1 No 1 April 1940 to
Vol 6 No 1 April, 1940. In 1924 was published in a leather bound volume and was reprinted in 1926 by Brentan's of New York. [Collins3.39 - 3.40]
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Divine Art of Living (book); Mary Rabb; New York City, NY | |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of The Book of Assurance (The Book of Ighan) translated by Ali Kuli Khan with assistance from Howard MacNutt published by Brentano's Publishers for the Bahá'í Publishing Committee in New York. It was published a second time in 1929. [Collins1.10-11] | Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); `Alí Kulí Khán; Howard MacNutt; New York, USA; USA | |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Abdul Baha's First Days in America from the Diary of Juliet Thompson by Juliet Thompson. Note that portions of these extracts differ from The Diary of Juliet Thompson published in 1983 by Kalimat Press. | Pilgrims notes; Diary of Juliet Thompson; Juliet Thompson; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; East Aurora, NY | |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
In 1924 Amelia Collins became the first to visit Iceland when she and her husband had a two-days stopover while on a cruise. During the time spent in Reykjavik she became friends with Hólmfríôur Árnadóttir with whom she corresponded about the Faith for many years. This same lady was then able to open many doors for Martha Root who followed in July of 1935. Hólmfríôur is considered the first believer in Iceland. [Bahá'í News No 417 10 December 1965 p10-11] | Amelia Collins; Martha Root; Travel Teaching; Holmfriour Arnadottir; Reykjavik, Iceland; Iceland | first Baha'i in Iceland |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Episodes in the Life of Moneereh Khanum. Moneereh Khanum translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab by the Persian American Publishing Company.
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Munirih Khanum; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology) | |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
The passing of Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání (b. c1875).
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Mírzá Mahmud-i-Zarqani; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Mahmuds Diary; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh | |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
Memorials of the Faithful was published in Farsi under the auspices of the Haifa Bahá'í Assembly. [MFxii] | Memorials of the Faithful (book); * Publications; Haifa Bahá'í Assembly; Haifa Spiritual Assembly; Haifa, Israel | first book printed in Haifa under the Guardianship. [MFxi] |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
Miss Nora Lee, who became a Bahá'í in New Zealand, was the first Bahá'í to travel to Fiji, working as a nanny in Labasa from 1924 to about 1930.
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First Bahá'ís by country or area; First travel teachers and pioneers; Clara Dunn; Hyde Dunn; Fiji; Tasmania, Australia; Hobart, Australia; Launceston, Australia; Devonport, Australia | first Bahá'í to travel to Fiji; first Bahá'í in Tasmania |
1924 (In the year) 192- |
'Abdu'l-Hamid Khemiri arrived in Haifa from Tunis. He was the first from that country to make a pilgrimage. [BWNW1577] | Pilgrims; - Bahá'í World Centre; Tunis, Tunisia; Tunisia | First pilgrim from Tunisia. |
1923 20 Dec 192- |
The Peace Court ruled in favour of giving the Bahá'ís possession of House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád, however, the Council of Ministers, with the approval of King Feisal, ordered that the property not be returned until ownership could be established. [SETPE1p26]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Peace Court; Firsts, other; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | First time public opinion was rallied to support a miscarriage of justice against the Bahá'is |
1923 Dec 192- |
The first local spiritual assembly in Australia was formed in Melbourne. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Melbourne, Australia; Australia | The first local spiritual assembly in Australia is formed in Melbourne. |
1923 14 Nov 192- |
In a message addressed to "the beloved of the Lord and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout America" Shoghi Effendi expressed the following:
I cherish the hope that, from now on the Beloved may bestow upon me all the strength and vigour that will enable me to pursue over a long and unbroken period of strenuous labour the supreme task of achieving, in collaboration with the friends in every land, the speedy triumph of the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh. This is the prayer I earnestly request all my fellow-brethren and sisters in the Faith to offer on my behalf.
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Shoghi Effendi, Prayer for; Prayer; * Prayer texts; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1923 Nov (Sometime before 14 Nov) 192- |
Shoghi Effendi returned from Switzerland. [PP73] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland; Haifa, Israel | |
1923 4 Nov 192- |
The first recorded Bahá'í Feast in China was held in Beijing. [PH33]
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Nineteen Day Feast; Martha Root; Agnes Alexander; Beijing, China; China | |
1923 18 Oc 192- |
The Nairn Transport Company was a pioneering motor transport company that operated a trans-desert route from Beirut, Haifa and Damascus to Baghdad, and back again, from 1923. Their route became known as "The Nairn Way". The firm continued, in various guises, until 1959. [Wikipedia]
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Beirut, Lebanon; Haifa, Israel; Damascus, Syria; Baghdad, Iraq | |
1923 13 Oct 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Britain met for the first time, at the home of Ethel Rosenberg. [EJR228; UD13, 163]
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Ethel Rosenberg; United Kingdom; British Isles | |
1923 Sep 192- |
The Dawn began publishing in Burma, in Burmese, English, and Persian. [BWNS1289] | Dawn, The (newsletter); - Periodicals; - Newsletters; - First publications; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Myanmar | first Baha'i periodical in Burma |
1923 Early Sep 192- |
J. E. Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era was published in Britain by George Allen and Unwin. [DJEE28; RG77]
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Esslemont; Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (book); Introductory; * Publications; * Translation; United Kingdom | |
1923 24 Jul 192- |
The Treaty of Lausanne, signed on July 24, 1923, concluded the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) and was an important international agreement that officially ended the hostilities and conflicts stemming from World War I and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It is primarily known for recognizing the Republic of Turkey as the successor state to the Ottoman Empire and for defining the borders of modern Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is considered the founding father of the Republic of Turkey serving as its president from 1923 until his death in 1938.
The treaty was significant because it prescribed for a population exchange between Turkey and Greece. It resulted in the forced relocation of around 1.5 million Greek Orthodox Christians from Turkey to Greece and about 500,000 Muslim Turks from Greece to Turkey. This exchange was intended to create ethnically homogeneous nation-states and minimize tensions between these groups. Another provision of the treaty is that it established the international status of the Turkish Straits, including the Bosporus and the Dardanelles. It guaranteed their neutral status and regulated the passage of ships through these strategically important waterways. This arrangement sought to prevent the militarization of the Straits and maintain freedom of navigation. [Colonialism, Nationalism and Jewish Immigration to Palestine: Abdu´l-Baha's Viewpoints Regarding the Middle East by Kamran Ekbal p6] |
Ethnic divisions; Lausanne, Switzerland; Switzerland | |
1923 (In July or earlier) 192- |
Lorol Schopflocher made a visit to King Feisel as reported in the Ottawa Citizen 13 July, 1923 p16 and The Winnipeg Tribune 31 July 1923 p16. She was accorded several audiences to discuss the question of the seizure of the keys to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [Bahá'í Chronicles]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Lorol Schopflocher; King Faisal; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1923 Jul 192- |
The Bahá'ís appealed to the Peace Court for possession of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [SETPE1p26] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1923 Jun 192- |
Shoghi Effendi left Haifa for Switzerland. [PP72; BBRSM116]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland; Haifa, Israel | |
25 Apr 192- |
Martha Root left Osaka for northern China. [PH31; [Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 11 min 35 sec and 15 min 40 sec]
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Martha Root; Beijing, China | first Feast in Beijing 4 November 1923 |
1923 Ridván 192- |
The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of Germany and Austria. [GPB333] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany | |
1923 Ridván 192- |
The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma.. It was incorporated in 1932. [GPB333; BW6p303] | National Spiritual Assembly, formation; New Delhi, India; India; Myanmar | |
1923 Ridván 192- |
The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of England. [GPB333]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1923 Ridván 192- |
"...Ridvan messages: As early as 1923 Shoghi Effendi sent a letter of encouragement and greeting to the American national Bahá'í convention at Ridvan. It became his regular practice to write a Ridván letter to the Bahá'ís of the world summarizing the progress of the Faith in the previous year and setting out general directions for the coming year. The Universal House of Justice has continued this practice. Other Bahá'í institutions, especially national spiritual assemblies, also sometimes issue Ridvan letters." [SA241] | * Ridvan messages; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1923 12 Mar 192- |
Shoghi Effendi wrote to Bahá'ís in America, Great Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Japan and Australasia about Bahá'í administration, outlining the process for annual elections of assemblies and calling for the establishment of local and national funds. [BA34-43; PP330]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Administration; - Transliteration and diacritics; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies; Elections; Funds; Haifa, Israel | |
1923 Mar 192- |
An article entitled `Bahai Organization: Its Basis in the Revealed Word' was published in Star of the West. [SW13, 12:323-8]
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- Administration; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies | |
1923 23 Feb 192- |
In a message to the Bahá'ís in America, Great Britain, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy, Japan and in Australia, Shoghi Effendi instructed that local assemblies must be established in localities where the number of believers, aged twenty-one and over, was nine or more and he delineated the responsibilities of those assemblies. [BA37-39]
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National Spiritual Assembly; National Assembly, election of; Local Spiritual Assembly; Local Spiritual Assembly, election; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1923 16 Feb 192- |
Declaration of the first native Hawaiian Bahá'í, Mae (Mary) Keali'i Kahumoku Tilton Fantom. She was from Maui. [Native Bahá'í - Indigenous Bahá'í] | Mae (Mary) Kealii Kahumoku Tilton Fantom; Maui, HI; Hawaii, USA | first native Hawaiian Bahá'í. |
1923 12 Feb 192- |
Bahai Scriptures, edited by Horace Holley, was published. [SBR231; Collins4.71-4.72]
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Horace Holley; Bahá'í Scriptures (book); * Publications; - First publications; New York, USA; USA | |
1923 8 Feb 192- |
The keys to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh were returned to Shoghi Effendi. [GBF23; PP71] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Bahji, Israel | |
1923 3 Feb 192- |
Shoghi Effendi wrote to the editors and manager of the Star of the West Albert Vail Miss Edna True Dr. Zia M. Baghdádí Mírzá Aḥmad Sohrab. He reported that he had requested every Spiritual Assembly throughout Persia, Turkestan, Caucasus, India, Egypt, 'Iráq, Turkey, Syria and Palestine to contribute periodically carefully written articles to the magazine, and submit regularly for publication a special report on their spiritual activities and the progress of the Cause in their own province.
[Uncompiled Published Letters p30 by Shoghi Effendi]
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Star of the West; Indian Bahá'í News; Dawn, The (newsletter); - Periodicals; - Newsletters; - First publications; * Publications; - Bahá'í World Centre; New York, USA; India; Myanmar | |
1923 Feb 192- |
Shoghi Effendi sent his early translation of The Hidden Words to America. [PP205] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; * Translation; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre; USA | |
1923 Jan 192- |
The Guardian sent `Abdu'l-Husayn, Ávárih, to Europe to deepen the believers. [CB335; SBR68; EJR223]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); `Abdu'l-Husayn Ávárih; Covenant-breakers; - Europe | |
1923 (In the year) 192- |
After the passing of his wife, the eldest daughter and son-in-law of Mr. Uskuli arrived in Shanghai as pioneers. Also arriving were his mother, Sarah Khanum and his two younger daughters Rohani (Rawhaniyyih), and Jalalia (Jalaliyyih) as well as his son Goudrat (Qudrat). In 1934 these three younger children, accompanied by their grandmother, left to study at the American University at Beirut. Ridvaniyyih and 'Ali-Muhammad Suleimani returned to Iran in August of 1950 due to the difficult conditions in China at the time. [PH39; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 7 min 57 sec] | Uskuli; Shanghai, China | |
1923 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Bahai Manuscripts. Suggestions for Their Preservation and Arrangement by Charles Mason Remey. This publication had the approval of the National Bahá'í Archives Committee of America and the National Bahá'í Reviewing Committee of America. | Archives; Manuscripts; Charles Mason Remey; Newport, RI | |
1923 (In the year) 192- |
The first Bahá'í Feast was held in New Zealand in the home of Margaret Stevenson. It was attended by Hyde Dunn from Australia. [SoW Vol 14 p25]
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Feast; Margaret Stevenson; Hyde Dunn; New Zealand | first Bahá'í Feast held in New Zealand |
1923 (In the year) 192- |
The keys for the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád were delivered to the Shi'as by the government. [PP94-5, GBF33] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1923 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Bahá'í Indexes: Suggestions for the Arrangement of a Bibliography and Reference Indexes of the Bahá'í Teachings with Practical Explanations How to Build Up Baha'i Index Systems by Charles Mason Remey with the approval of the National Spiritual Assembly. | - Indexes and catalogues; - Bibliography; Charles Mason Remey; East Lansing, MI | |
1923 (In the year) 192- |
Charles Mason Remey made preliminary plans for a monumental domed superstructure for the Shrine of the Báb. [BW6:723] | Mason Remey; Báb, Shrine of; Haifa, Israel | |
1922 15 Dec 192- |
Shoghi Effendi returned to the Holy Land to take up his duties as Guardian. [PP63-4]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Guardianship; Switzerland; Haifa, Israel | |
1922 10 Dec 192- |
The first local assembly of Montreal was formed. [BW8:639, OBCC157, TG26] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Montreal, QC; Quebec, Canada; Canada | first Local Spiritual Assembly in Canada, first spiritual assembly in Montreal |
1922 30 Oct 192- |
Louise Gregory landed in Liverpool from New York on board the Cunard vessel, the RMS Ausonia and visited family in Leeds and in France before going to Spa in Belgium. During this trip she visited Wiesbaden in Germany and she may have visited Stuttgart and then to Luxembourg where she was the first Bahá'í to teach the Faith. [SYH117-118, 237]
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Louise Gregory; Teaching; Liverpool, England | |
1922 (Autumn) 192- |
The Greatest Holy Leaf sent Shoghi Effendi's mother and other family members to Switzerland to ask him to return to the Holy Land. [PP63] | Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland; Haifa, Israel | |
1922 9 Jul 192- |
Bahá'ís gathered in the Foundation Hall of the Chicago House of Worship for the first time, to commemorate the martyrdom of the Báb. [CT158-9; SW13, 6:132]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Wilmette, IL; USA | |
1922 6 Jun 192- |
The All-England Bahá'í Council met for the first time. [SBR28; UD9, 468]
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All-England Bahá'í Council; Firsts, other; Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper; United Kingdom | first meeting of the future NSA of British Isles |
1922 (Late May) 192- |
The communities of London, Manchester and Bournemouth elected a Bahá'í Spiritual Assembly for England. [EJR213; SBR28, 67]
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Spiritual Assemblies; All-England Bahá'í Council; London, England; Manchester, England; Bournemouth, England; United Kingdom; Edward T. Hall; Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper; Lady Blomfield (Sara Lousia Ryan, Sara Blomfield, Sitarih Khanum); Ethel Rosenberg; John Esslemont | |
1922 25 Apr 192- |
A National Spiritual Assembly was elected in the United States to replace the Executive Board of the Bahá'í Temple Unity. [SBR94]
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Spiritual Assemblies; Executive Board; Bahá'í Temple Unity; Elections; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Chicago, IL; USA | |
1922 21 Apr 192- |
The Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb were electrically illuminated for the first time. [PP69]
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Electrification of the Shrines; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Báb, Shrine of; Light; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Bahji, Israel; Mount Carmel | |
1922 9 Apr 192- |
Work commenced on the Western Pilgrim House. [PP69] | Pilgrim House, Western; Pilgrim Houses; Haifa, Israel | |
1922 8 Apr 192- |
Bahíyyih Khánum wrote a general letter to the friends acknowledging the letters of allegiance received and saying that Shoghi Effendi was counting on the friends for their cooperation in spreading the Message adding that the Bahá'í world must, from now on, be linked through the Spiritual Assemblies and local questions must be referred to them, She announced Shoghi Effendi's temporary absence and his appointment of her as his representative. [GBF19] | Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Local Spiritual Assemblies; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1922 5 Apr 192- |
Shoghi Effendi left the affairs of the Faith in the hands of the Greatest Holy Leaf and departed the Holy Land for Europe, accompanied by his eldest cousin. On his way to the Bernese Oberland he went to Germany for medical consultations where they found that he had almost no reflexes [PP57; GBF19-20]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Haifa, Israel; - Europe | |
1922 Apr 192- |
To the United States and Canada Shoghi Effendi sent a message to transform the 'Executive Board' into a legislative institution. [CB293; CT160; ER211-12; PP56]
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Executive Board; Bahá'í Temple Unity; National Spiritual Assemblies; Spiritual Assemblies; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Chicago, IL; USA | |
1922 Apr c. 192- |
Shoghi Effendi, in a letter to Bahíyyih Khánum, advised her that he would be taking a leave of absence from his duties as the Guardian. He appointed her to administer all Bahá'í affairs in his absence in consultation with the family of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Assembly he had recently appointed. [GBF19; PP57, 276]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Haifa Spiritual Assembly; Haifa Bahá'í Assembly; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1922 Apr 192- |
Shoghi Effendi sent verbal messages through Consul Schwarz to Germany and Ethel Rosenberg to Britain to form local spiritual assemblies and to arrange for the election of a national spiritual assembly in each country. [CB293; ER209, 211-12; PP56] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Consuls; Albert Schwarz, Consul; Ethel Rosenberg; National Spiritual Assemblies; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Spiritual Assemblies; Executive Board; Germany; United Kingdom; USA; Canada | |
1922 5 Mar 192- |
Shoghi Effendi wrote to the American Bahá'ís calling for the establishment of local assemblies wherever nine or more believers reside and directing that all activities be placed under the authority of the local and national assemblies. [BA17-25; BBRSM120-1; CB300] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies; - Administration; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1922 4 Mar 192- |
Shoghi Effendi cabled for a list of all believers in the United States and Canada over 21 years of age. [Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p22] | Statistics; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1922 27 Feb 192- |
Shoghi Effendi wrote to Professor Auguste Forel, advising him of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's passing and enclosing an English translation of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's letter to Dr Forel written on the 21st of September, 1921. [The Life and Times of August Forel by Sheila Banani. [BW15p 37–43.] | Auguste Forel | |
1922 25 Feb 192- |
The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá was written entirely in 'Abdu'l-Bahá's own hand and it was Shoghi Effendi's first translation for the believers in the West. It was sent to New York and addressed to "The beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout the United states of America and Canada". The "Will" delineated the Bahá'í World Order, already founded in the Kitab-i-Aqdas, and of which 'Abdul'-Bahá was the architect. [AY304]iiiii | `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * Translation; Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Firsts, other; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Haifa, Israel; New York, USA; USA | first translation for the believers in the West. |
1922 22 Feb 192- |
King Feisal of Iraq ordered the Bahá'ís to be turned out of the Most Great House in Baghdád to keep the peace. [BW354; GPB343; PP54]
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King Faisal; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1922 22 Feb 192- |
Subsequent to the decision of the Court of Appeal the government of Iraq took over the keys for the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [SETPE1p26] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1922 19 Feb 192- |
Helen Goodall, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in San Francisco. [SEBW33]
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Helen Goodall; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; San Francisco, CA; USA | |
1922 12 Feb 192- |
Laura and Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney arrived in Haifa from their travel teaching trip in Burma and Bombay. [EJR208]
Between the years of 1920 to 1922 they stayed in many cities in China including Chengdu. |
Travel Teaching; Laura Clifford Barney; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Haifa, Israel; Myanmar; Mumbai, India; India | |
1922 Feb-Mar 192- |
Shoghi Effendi called together a group of well-known Bahá'ís to discuss the future development of the Faith and the possible election of the Universal House of Justice. It was the commonly held opinion of the members of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's family, the British officials in Palestine, many believers and indeed Shoghi Effendi himself as evidenced by his letter to Persia dated 16 January, 1922, that the Universal House of Justice would be elected. [BBRSM:120, 126; EJR207; PP247-8]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Universal House of Justice; Universal House of Justice, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1922 30 Jan 192- |
Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí and Badí`u'lláh seized the keys to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. [BBR456-7; CB288-9, 333; ER205; GBF18; PP53]
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Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Mírzá Badiullah; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Bahji, Israel | |
1922 24 Jan 192- |
Dr Sarah A. Clock passed away in Tihrán. She had gone there in 1911 to assist Dr Moody at the Tarbíyat School. [BFA2:361; SW12, 19:309] | Sarah Clock; Susan Moody; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1922 21 Jan 192- |
Shoghi Effendi wrote to the two major communities of the Faith, Persia and America, urging the believers to arise in service for the triumph of the Cause. [BA15-17; CB298-300; CT154]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1922 16 Jan 192- |
The Greatest Holy Leaf cabled the United States with the news that Shoghi Effendi had been appointed Guardian. [PP48] | Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Guardianship; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Bahá'í World Centre; USA | |
1922 9 Jan 192- |
William H. Hoar, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in Fanwood, New Jersey. [SW12, 19:310]
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William Hoar; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Fanwood, NJ; New Jersey, USA; USA | |
1922 7 Jan 192- |
The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá was read publicly at his house to an assembled gathering of Bahá'ís from many countries. [EJR199-200]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Guardianship; `Abdu'l-Bahá, House of; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Haifa, Israel | |
1922 6 Jan 192- |
A memorial feast for 600 people of Haifa, `Akká and the surrounding area was held 40 days after the passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá. [BW15:122; ER195]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel | |
1922 3 Jan 192- |
The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá was read aloud for the first time, to a group of nine men, mainly senior members of `Abdu'l-Bahá's family. [BBRSM115; CB286; ER194; GBF14; PP45]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Guardianship; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Covenant; Bahji, Israel | |
1922 (In the year) 192- |
Oswald Whitaker, a Sydney optometrist, and Euphemia Eleanor `Effie' Baker, a photographer, become Bahá'ís, the first Australians to accept the Faith. [BW14:320; SBR160-1, BW2p129]
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Oswald Whitaker; Effie Baker; Photography; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Australia; Iran | the first Australians to accept the Faith |
1922 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by 'Abdu'l‑Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912. Compiled by Howard MacNutt. Volume 2 was published in 1922 followed by Volume 2 in 1925. Volume 1 was published by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee in Chicago and Volume 2 by the same committee operating out of New York. [Collins3.98]
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Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Howard MacNutt; * Publications; Chicago, IL; New York, USA; USA | |
1921 (Late in the year) 192- |
Mírzá Husayn Tútí arrived in the Philippines, the earliest known visit by a Bahá'í to this country. He stayed for four months. | Mírzá Husayn Tuti; Philippines | |
1921 29 Dec 192- |
Shoghi Effendi arrived in the Holy Land from England by train from Egypt. [GBF14; PP42]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; United Kingdom; Egypt; Haifa, Israel | |
1921 16 Dec 192- |
Shoghi Effendi left England for Haifa in the company of Lady Blomfield and his sister Rouhangeze [Rúhangíz]. Lady Blomfield stayed on in the Holy Land for several months to assist Shoghi Effendi in his new role as the Guardian. [GBF13-14; PP42; SBR66]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Lady Blomfield (Sara Lousia Ryan, Sara Blomfield, Sitarih Khanum); Rouhangeze (Ruhangiz); London, England; United Kingdom; Haifa, Israel | |
1921 5-6 Dec 192- |
The second Convention for Amity between the White and Coloured Races was held in Springfield, Massachusetts. [BW2:282; SBR92; SYH113-114, 126]
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Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Springfield, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |
1921 4 Dec 192- |
On the seventh day after the passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá, corn was distributed in His name to about a thousand of the poor.
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, House of; Haifa, Israel | |
1921 2 Dec 192- |
Ethel Rosenberg arrived in the Holy Land, having learned on the train from Port Said of the passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá. [EJR181-2] | Ethel Rosenberg; Haifa, Israel | |
1921 1 Dec - 7 Dec 192- |
Dr Esslemont made a trip from Bournemouth to London to visit Shoghi Effendi and offer support. He invited him back to Bournemouth where he stayed from the evening of the 2nd of December until the morning of the seventh. [PG199]
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Esslemont; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); London, England; Bournemouth, England; United Kingdom | |
1921 (Following `Abdu'l-Bahá's passing) 192- |
Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí published far and wide that he was the successor to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [CB277]
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Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Covenant-breakers; Succession; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; Egypt | |
1921 29 Nov 192- |
A cable was sent to London with news of `Abdu'l-Bahá's passing. Shoghi Effendi was summonsed to the office of Wellesley Tudor Pole, probably at at 61, St. James St. in London, and learned of his grandfather's passing about noon after seeing the cable on Tudor Pole's desk. [GBF13]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Wellesley Tudor Pole; Oxford, England; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1921 29 Nov 192- |
The Faith had spread to 35 countries, an increase of 20 since the passing of Bahá'u'lláh. [Patheos website]
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Statistics | |
1921 29 Nov 192- |
The funeral of `Abdu'l-Bahá. [BW15:115]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Báb, Shrine of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Shrine of; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Haifa, Israel; Bahji, Israel; Mount Carmel; Covenant-breakers; Mírzá Muhammad Ali | |
1921 28 Nov 192- |
Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abdu'l-Bahá passed away at about 1:00 a.m., in Haifa. [AB452; BBD4; BBR347; GPB311; UD170] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; Ages and Epochs; Heroic age; Formative Age; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Holy days; Covenant; Ronald Storrs; Herbert Samuel; Florian Krug; Grace Krug; John Bosch; Louise Bosch; Ethel Rosenberg; Johanna Hauff; Curtis Kelsey; Haifa, Israel | |
1921 23 Nov 192- |
A second suit for the possession of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad was decided in favour of the Shi'a claimants. This allowed them to apply to the Peace Court in 1922. [SETPE1p25]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1921 19 Nov 192- |
The passing of Mírzá Abu'l-Ḥasan Afnán, a Persian nobleman and descendant of the family of the Báb. He had lived a long time in the Holy Land, and was very close and attached to 'Abdu'l-Bahá. He realized the impending passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá he threw himself into the sea. [The Utterance Project; SoW Vol 12 No 18] | Mírzá Abu'l-Hasan Afnan; Suicide | |
1921 20 Oct 192- |
Áqá Siyyid Mustafá Tabátabá'í was poisoned in Sangsar. Continual agitation prevented the burial of the body for several days. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Sangesar, Iran; Iran | |
1921 6 Oct 192- |
Shoghi Effendi at Oxford - The Michaelmas Term 1921
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Oxford, England; United Kingdom | |
1921 (early) Oct 192- |
Shoghi Effendi visited the Bahá'í community of Manchester. At his first meeting with the friends he reported on 'Abdu'l-Bahá's reaction to the news that Nora Crossley had cut off her hair and offered it for auction to raise funds as her contribution for the construction of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Chicago.
...all thehonours that were showered on me by the Beloved Master, were NOT solely because of my gift to the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, as most people think, but because I loved Him so much, I was prepared to obey Him, and carry out His wishes, AT ALL COST." |
Manchester, England | |
1921 Fall 1921 - Spring 1922 192- |
Louis Gregory set out on his teaching trip that was described as "one of the most brilliant Baha'i Teaching Tours we have ever been privileged to have in they country". [TMW122]
He visited the following cities: Oberlin, OH; Cleveland, OH; Chicago, IL; Minneapolis, MH; St Paul, MN; Duluth, MN; Lincoln, NE; Omaha, NE; Denver, CO; Pueblo, CO; Salt Lake City, UT; Butte, MT; Helena, MT; Spokane, WA; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, BC; Portland, OR; San Francisco, CA; Berkley, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Oklahoma City, OK; Tulsa, OK; Topeka, KS; Kansas City, MO; St Louis, MO; Springfield, IL; Urbana, IL |
Louis G. Gregory; Teaching; USA | |
1921 21 Sep 192- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote a 4,000 word Tablet for Dr Auguste Forel in response to a letter He received from him. The Tablet can be found at bahai.org, as well as in The Bahá'í World Vol. XV, pp. 37–43. Shoghi Effendi wrote of this Tablet: [GPB307] The famous scientist and entomologist, Dr. Auguste Forel, was converted to the Faith through the influence of a Tablet sent him by 'Abdu'l‑Bahá—one of the most weighty the Master ever wrote. |
Auguste Forel; Tablet to Auguste Forel; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Haifa, Israel; `Alí Murad Davudi | |
1921 Sep - Apr 1922 192- |
Roy Wilhelm had sent three generators to the Holy Land and had asked permission from 'Abdu'l-Bahá to have Curtis Kelsey come and install them. His request was granted and Curtis spent from September, 1921 until April, 1922 in the Holy Land. The units were installed at the Shrine of the Báb, (See SETPE1p38) at Bahjí (See SETPE1p55) and at the home of 'Abdu'l-Bahá at #7 Haparsin Street. The work was completed at all three locations on the last day of Ridván, 1922. [BW15p468-473] | Electrification of the Shrines; Báb, Shrine of; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Roy C. Wilhelm; Curtis Kelsey; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel; Bahji, Israel | first lighting of the Holy Shrines. |
1921 20 Aug-19 Sep 192- |
Agnes Alexander visited Korea, the first Bahá'í to do so. [BW2:44] | Agnes Alexander; Korea | the first Bahá'í to visit Korea. |
1921 9 Jul 192- |
Mírzá Asadu'lláh Fádil-i-Mázandarání left the United States for the Holy Land. [AB443footnote] | Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; USA; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1921 Jul-Aug 192- |
Bahá'ís of Zoroastrian background were harassed by the Zoroastrian agent in Qum. [BW18:388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Qom, Iran; Iran | |
1921 20 Jun - 3 Oct 192- |
Shoghi Effendi at Oxford - The Long Vacation 1921
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Oxford, England; London, England; Bournemouth, England; Torquay, England; Manchester, England; United Kingdom | |
1921 summer 192- |
Siegfried Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, became a Bahá'í. | Siegfried Schopflocher; - Hands of the Cause | |
1921 29 May 192- |
Alessandro Bausani, the Italian Bahá'í who was an Islamic scholar, linguist and historian of comparative religions, was born in Rome. | Alessandro Bausani; Rome, Italy; Italy | |
1921 19-21 May 192- |
The first Race Amity Conference was held in Washington DC at the old First Congregational Church,
10th & G Streets NW. This church had a reputation for opposition to racial prejudice and had close ties with Howard University. It had a capacity of 2,000. [BW2:281; CoO197; SYH126]
Referring back to this historic event, Abdu'l-Baha, in a Tablet to Roy Williams (an African-American Baha'i from New York City), wrote:
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Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; - First conferences; Mabry Oglesby; Sadie Oglesby; Agnes Parsons; Louis G. Gregory; Martha Root; Mountfort Mills; Washington, DC, USA; USA | First Race Amity Conference |
1921 25 Apr - 23 Jun 192- |
Shoghi Effendi at Oxford - The Trinity Term at Balliol College 1921
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Reynold Nicholson; Oxford, England; United Kingdom | |
1921 Apr 192- |
The Minister of Justice overturned an earlier ruling and possession of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád was returned to the Bahá'ís. [SETPE1p25] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1921 spring 192- |
Dr Genevieve Coy was chosen as the director of the Tarbíyat School for Girls in Tihrán to replace Lillian Kappes. [SBR203] | Genevieve Coy; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1921 21 Mar 192- |
Construction began on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette. DP108]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Wilmette, IL; USA | |
1921 mid Mar - 20 Apr 192- |
Shoghi Effendi at Oxford - Spring Vacation 1921
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Oxford, England; Scotland; Sussex, England; United Kingdom | |
1921 Mar 192- |
Two Bahá'í publications began, Sonne der Wahrheit, meaning Sun of Truth, and Wirklichkeit, meaning Reality. [BWNS1289; German Bahá'í website archive] | Sonne der Wahrheit (Sun of Truth); Wirklichkeit (Reality); - Periodicals; - First publications; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Germany | first Baha'i publications in Germany |
1921 Feb 192- |
Ahmad Sháh, who succeeded to the throne at age 11, (reigned 1909–25) was deposed in a coup d'état led by Reza Khán who appointed himself prime minister. He ruled as Reza Sháh Pahlaví between 1925–41. | Ahmad Shah; Reza Shah Pahlavi; - Shahs; Qajar dynasty; - Shahs, Throne changes; History (general); Iran, General history; Iran | |
1921 1 Feb 192- |
Leonora Holsapple Armstrong, the first Bahá'í pioneer in Latin America, arrived in Rio de Janeiro. She had departed New York on the SS Vasari on the 15th of January. [Baha'iBlog]
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Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Brazil | |
1921 Feb 192- |
The Shi'a petition for the possession of the House in Baghdád was granted and the Bahá'is were evicted. [SETPE1p25] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1921 23 Jan 192- |
Mírzá Ya`qúb-i-Muttahidih was assassinated in Kirmánsháh. [BBRXXX, 446-50; BW18:387; GPB299]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Kirmánsháh, Iran; Iran | |
1921 Jan - mid Mar 192- |
Shoghi Effendi at Oxford - The Hilary Term 1921
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Oxford University Asiatic Society; Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Dawn, The (newsletter); - Newsletters; * Translation; Oxford, England; United Kingdom; Myanmar | |
1921 (In the year) 192- |
The first publication in Chinese was published by the Bahá'ís in Shanghai. [Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 7min40sec] | Shanghai, China | the first publication in Chinese was published by the Bahá'ís in Shanghai. |
1921 (In the year) 192- |
Mohi al-Din al-Kurdi, (Sheikh Muhyí's-Dín Sabrí) a Bahá'í from Egypt, from the noble elders of Al-Azhar, arrived in Tunisia to make known the message of Bahá'u'lláh. [Website of the Bahá'ís of Tunisia]
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Mohieddine Kurdi; Pioneering; Tunisia | |
1921 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Abdul Baha in London; Addresses, & Notes of Conversations (American edition). Published by the Bahai Publishing Society in Chicago. | Chicago, IL | |
1921 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Bahai: The Spirit of the Age by Horace Holley. It was published in New York by Brentano's Publishers. | Bahá'í: The Spirit of the Age; Horace Holley; * Publications; New York, USA; USA | |
1921 (After Mandate) 192- |
After the establishment of British control of Iraq and the appearance of religious freedom and greater security, 'Abdu'l-Bahá authorized repairs to begin on the House. The renovations attracted the attention of neighbouring Shi'as and, after the passing of the custodian, Muhammad Husayn Bábí, they sued for possession on the grounds that he had no heirs. [SETPE1p25] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1921 (In the year) 192- |
A journal called Bahá'í News started publishing in English and Persian. [BWNS1289] | Bahá'í News; - Periodicals; - First publications; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); India | first Baha'i periodical in India |
1921 (In the year) 192- |
The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration or Mandatory Iraq began. It would last until 1932. [Mandatory Iraq] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Iraq | |
1921 (In the year) 192- |
The birth of Eduardo Duarte Vieira, the first African Bahá'í martyr, was born in Portuguese Guinea. | Eduardo Duarte Vieira; Births and deaths; Portuguese Guinea; Guinea Bissau | |
1921 - 1936 192- |
The years 1921 to 1936 were labelled by the Guardian as a "Period of Preparation" during which there were no concerted plans of action assigned to national communities. "Its initiation, (The Tablets of the Divine Plan) officially and on a vast scale, had, for well nigh twenty years, been held in abeyance, while the processes of a slowly emerging administrative Order, were, under the unerring guidance of Providence, creating and perfecting the agencies for its efficient and systematic prosecution." [WOB78] |
Period of Preparation; - Teaching Plans | |
1921 - 1944/46 192- |
The beginning of The First Epoch of the Formative Age. [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 5 February 1986; Mess63-86 p710-716]
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Ages and Epochs; Formative Age | |
1921 - 1980 192- |
The Bahá'í community of Iran began publishing a monthly magazine called Aḵbār-e amrī, a publication whose name means "News of the Cause". Containing the holy writings of the Bahá'í faith, domestic and foreign Bahá'í news, official announcements of Bahá'í administrative bodies, and articles on various aspects of the Faith, the magazine became a vital means of communication and a register of the main historical events for six decades until its closing in 1980. It was published by "Lajnih-yi Nashr-i Nafahát" (Committee for the Diffusion of the Divine Fragrances) until 1978 and then by Mahfil-i Ruhání-yi Millí-yi Baháiyán-i Írán (National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iran) [BAHAISM v. The Bahai Community in Iran by V. Rafati; BWNS1289]
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Akhbar-i-Amri (News of the Cause); - Periodicals; - Newsletters; - First publications; * Publications; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Iran | |
1920 27-29 Dec 192- |
The first All-India Bahá'í Convention was held in Bombay with 175 in attendance. [AB446; BBRSM194; 115] | Conferences, Bahá'í; - First conferences; Mumbai, India; India | The first All-India Bahá'í Convention |
1920 1 Dec 192- |
Lillian Frances Kappes,(b. 1878 in Hoboken, New Jersey), died of typhus fever in Tihrán. [BFA2:361; SW11, 19:324-5, AY211-212]
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Lillian Kappes; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1920 Dec 192- |
The passing of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-Alí Isfaháni known as 'the Angel of Mount Carmel' in Haifa. He was buried in the Bahá'í Cemetery on Mount Carmel. [BBD98; EB250]
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Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí (Angel of Carmel); Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Cemeteries and graves; Haifa, Israel | |
1920 16 Oct 192- |
Shoghi Effendi at Oxford - The Michaelmas Term 1920
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Oxford, England; United Kingdom | |
1920 Oct 192- |
Mírzá Mustafá was killed at Farúgh, Fárs, and other Bahá'ís were imprisoned. [BW18:387]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Farugh, Iran; Fars, Iran; Iran | |
1920 Oct 192- |
Shoghi Effendi entered Balliol College, Oxford University. [CB284; DH149; GBF11-12]
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Balliol College, Oxford University; Universities; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Oxford, England; United Kingdom | |
1920 24 Sep 192- |
Boring began at the site of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette to determine the depth of the bedrock. [DP104]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Wilmette, IL; USA | |
1920 Sep 192- |
The tombs of the King of Martyrs and the Beloved of Martyrs in Isfahán were demolished by a mob. [BBR437; LB94]
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Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Cemeteries and graves; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; - Persecution, Mobs; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | |
1920 After Jul 192- |
The first Argentineans to become Bahá'ís, Hermann Grossmann and his sister Elsa Grossman, accepted the Faith in Leipzig in 1920.
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Hermann Grossmann; Elsa Grossmann; Harlan Ober; Grace Robarts Ober; Theosophical Society; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Leipzig, Germany; Germany | The first Argentineans to become Bahá'ís, Hermann Grossman and his sister Elsa Grossman, |
1920 28 Jul 192- |
Shoghi Effendi journeyed from Oxford to London to attend the weekly public Bahá'í meeting at Lindsay Hall in Notting Hill Gate. Ethel Rosenberg welcomed Shoghi Effendi, Dr. John Esslemont, who was visiting from Bournemouth, Helen Grand and Grace and Harlan Ober from the United States also attended. After short introductory remarks from Miss Rosenberg, both Grace and Harlan Ober spoke. Shoghi Effendi chanted a Persian prayer. [EJR228] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Ethel Rosenberg; John Esslemont; Helen Grand; Grace Robarts Ober; Harlan Ober; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1920 19 Jul 192- |
Shoghi Effendi departed from France two weeks after receiving 'Abdu'l-Bahá's permission to study at Oxford. According to Dr J. Fallscheer, the German woman physician that 'Abdu'l-Bahá had engaged to attend to the ladies of His household, 'Abdu'l-Bahá had decided to send Shoghi Effendi to England while he was still in high school. [PG137-138] | Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Balliol College, Oxford University; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Josephine Fallscheer; Paris, France; France; Oxford, England; United Kingdom | |
1920 8 Jul 192- |
August Rudd, a Swede who had becme a Bahá'í in America, returned to his native country, to become the first Bahá'í in Sweden. [BWT8:980-2]. | August Rudd; Sweden | The the first Bahá'í in Sweden |
1920 1 Jul 192- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá sent His second Tablet to The Hague.
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Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Second Tablet to The Hague; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands | |
1920 Jul 192- |
Harlan and Grace Ober made a pilgrimage to visit 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa. They returned via Germany and England where they had the privilege of meeting Shoghi Effendi, then a student at Oxford.
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Harlan Ober; Grace Robarts Ober; Pilgrimage; Hermann Grossmann; Lina Benke; George Benke; Haifa, Israel; Germany; Leipzig, Germany; Oxford, England | |
1920 Jul-Aug 192- |
Fanny Knobloch, the first Bahá'í teacher in South Africa, arrived in Cape Town. [BW2:40].
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Fanny Knobloch; Cape Town, South Africa; South Africa | first Bahá'í in South Africa; the first Bahá'í teacher in South Africa |
1920 11 Jun 192- |
Shoghi Effendi made application to Balliol College at Oxford University as a non-collegiate student for a period of two years. [PG134] | Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Balliol College, Oxford University; Universities; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Neuilly, France; France; Oxford, England; United Kingdom | |
1920 24 May 192- |
Charles Greenleaf, (b. 6 May, 1857 in Wisconsin), Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away at the home of William Harry Randall in Boston. He was interred in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Show Map Section K Lot 42. [SBR105; Find a grave]
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Charles Greenleaf; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; William Harry Randall; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | |
1920 21 May 192- |
The execution at Sultánábád of Hájí `Arab by hanging. [BBRXXX, 444-6; BW18:387] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Sultanabad, India; Iran | |
1920 17 May 192- |
The Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace was delivered to the Executive Comittee in The Hague.
Ahmad Yazdáni and 'Alí Muhammad 'Ibn-i-Asdaq learned that the Central Organization had been all but dissolved and that the Executive Committee's objective, to hold a third peace conference, had been surpassed by their country's membership in the recently formed League of Nations in Geneva. [AB438; BBD1 15; GPB308; EB176] On the 12th of June, the Executive Committee of the Central Organization for a Durable Peace in The Hague responded to 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet. Ahmad Yazdani immediately forwarded it to Haifa. |
* `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Ibn-i-Asdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad); Peace; World peace; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; Haifa, Israel; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands | |
1920 mid July - mid October 192- |
Shoghi Effendi arrived in England to take up his studies at Oxford. His stated objective was:
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Translation; London, England; Oxford, England; Bournemouth, England; United Kingdom | |
1920 27 Apr 192- |
The design for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois, was finally chosen by the forty-nine delegates present at the Twelfth Annual Convention of Bahá'í Temple Unity, being held at the Hotel McAlpin, New York. Excavation at the site began on the 24th of September and construction commenced on the 20th of December. | Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Architecture; New York, USA; USA; Wilmette, IL | |
1920 27 Apr 192- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá was invested with the insignia of the Knighthood of the British Empire as Sir Abbas Effendi in a ceremony in Haifa. [AB443; BBRXXX, 343-5; CH214; DH149; GPB306; The Glorious Journey by Craig Weaver and Helen Bond p19]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Knighthood (KBE); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); World War I; British; Charity and relief work; Social and economic development; Lady Blomfield (Sara Lousia Ryan, Sara Blomfield, Sitarih Khanum); - Basic timeline, Expanded; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Haifa, Israel; Abu-Sinan, Israel; Palestine; Israel | |
1920 20 Apr 192- |
Shoghi Effendi left Haifa for France with the intention of taking up his study of English at Oxford University. As instructed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá he stayed in a sanitarium in Neuilly (Maison d'Hydrothérapie et de convalescence du Parc de Neuilly, 6 Boulevard du Château, Neuilly-sur-Seine) before leaving for England in July. [SEO58]
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Balliol College, Oxford University; Haifa, Israel; Oxford, England; United Kingdom; Neuilly, France; France | |
1920 10 Apr 192- |
Clara and Hyde Dunn arrived in Sydney, Australia. [AB445] SBR158 says this was 18 Apr 1919.
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Clara Dunn; Hyde Dunn; - Hands of the Cause; Sydney, Australia; Australia | the first Bahá'í pioneers to have arrived at their post after the release of the Tablets of the Divine Plan |
1920 3 Apr 192- |
The founders of Teheran branch of Societé Nonahalan 'Children's Savings Fund' were Mirza Mohammed Tabib, Miss Lillian Kappes, Mirza Nuredin, Doctor Susan Moody, and Goodsea Ashraf Khanom. [Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran]
The Bahá'í Children's Savings Company, known in Iran as Shirkat-i Nawnahalan, began as a savings bank for Bahá'í children in 1917 and was founded through 'Abdu'l-Bahá's encouragement. [Bahá'í Teachings 4 Oct 2012] |
Childrens Savings Fund; Nonahalan Society; Mírzá Mohammed Tabib; Lillian Kappes; Mírzá Nuredin; Goodsea Ashraf Khanom; Nawnahalan; Tehran, Iran; Iran; Susan Moody | |
1920 Apr 192- |
Louis Bourgeois was selected as the architect for the Chicago House of Worship. [DP94; GPB303; SBBH1:145]
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Louis Bourgeois; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Architecture; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); - Architects; Wilmette, IL; Chicago, IL; USA | first House of Worshp |
1920 Apr 192- |
Mírzá Asadu'lláh Fádil-i-Mázandarání arrived in North America with Manúchihr Khán in time to speak at the National Convention. [AB443; SBR88; PG127]
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Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Manuchihr Khan; Conventions, National; USA | |
1920 Mar 192- |
John and Louise Bosch pioneered in Tahiti until September, the first Bahá'ís to travel to the island.
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Louise Bosch; John Bosch; Tahiti | the first Bahá'ís to travel to Tahiti |
1920 27 Jan 192- |
The passing of Joseph H. Hannen, (b. January 27, 1920, Allegheny, Pennsylvania) Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá a week after he was knocked down by a truck in Washington, DC. [Washington Evening Star 29 Jan 1920] It was Joseph Hannen who served as a note-taker for many of the talks of 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His tour in the United States. A number of the entries in Promulgation of Universal Peace have been accredited to him. [The Washington Times 28 January, 1928] 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent the first Tablet of the Divine Plan to the southern states in care of Joseph. He and his wife Pauline taught the Faith to African Americans; among those they taught were Louis Gregory and Mrs. Pocahontas Pope. [Bahá'í Chronicles, Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy pp 38-39 by Christopher Buck, Kalimat Press] He was buried with his wife, Pauline Amalie Knobloch Hannen (b. 29 August, 1874 d. 4 October, 1939) in Prospect Hill Cemetery, in Washington, DC. iiiii |
Joseph Hannen; Pauline Hannen; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Cemeteries and graves; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Pocahontas Pope; Washington, DC, USA; Allegheny, PA; USA | |
1920 Jan 192- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá wrote a Tablet to a group in Chile. [SWAB:246-50] | * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Chile | |
1920 early Jan 192- |
The arrival of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's hand-built seven-seater Cunningham touring car made in Rochester NY by James Cunningham and Sons. The automobile probably cost in the range from $7,500 to $8.000 and was a gift from Mrs Ella Goodall Cooper. [Coachbuilt website] Mr. Fujita accompanied the shipment from the United States to Haifa where he maintained the car and was one of the drivers. The Master gave Shoghi Effendi instructions to see that it was cleared and delivered to the house after receiving notice of its arrival from Port Said. Although it was not a business day, he succeeded in getting the car delivered by taking the papers to the homes of various officials, asking them to sign the documents and give the necessary orders for the car of Sir 'Abdu'l-Baha 'Abbas to be delivered to Him at once. Although Abdul-Baha rode in the Cunningham car on occasions, it was predominantly used for transporting the pilgrims. The car has since been restored and pilgrims have the opportunity to see it. [PP28, Reflections on the Bahá'í Writings; PG126] |
* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Ella Goodall Cooper; Saichiro Fujita; Cars; Gifts; Pilgrimage; Haifa, Israel | |
1920 - 1922 192- |
Laura and Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney visited China and the Far East from 1920 to 1922. [Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 8 min 23 sec ] | Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; China | |
1920 (In the year) 192- |
Agnes Parsons made her second pilgrimage. It was during this visit that 'Abdu'l-Baha charged her with the responsibility to arrange a convention for amity between the the coloured and the white races in Washington. [SYH124-125; TMW136] | Agnes Parsons; Pilgrimage; Race amity; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel; Bahji, Israel | |
1920 (in the year) 192- |
Fanny Knobloch arrived in Mozambique, the first Bahá'í to visit this country. She gave some `drawing room talks' at the mansion of the Portuguese Governor-General and spoke at various clubs. [BW2p40] | Fanny Knobloch; Mozambique | first Bahá'í to visit Mozambique |
1920 (In the year) 192- |
George Townshend became a Bahá'í, and sent a letter of acceptance of the Faith to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [GT49] | George Townshend; - Hands of the Cause; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland | |
1920 (in the year) 192- |
Hyde and Clara Dunn arrived in Samoa enroute to Australia, the first Bahá'ís to visit the islands.
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Hyde Dunn; Clara Dunn; Islands; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Samoa | first to visit Samoa |
1920 (in the year) 192- |
Mírzá Ibráhím Khán, Ibtiháju'l-Mulk, was martyred in Rasht at the hands of the Jangalís. [BW18:387]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Rasht, Iran; Iran | |
1920 (in the year) 192- |
The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád was seized by Shí'ís. [BBD109; GBF33; GPB356-7] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1920 (in the year) 192- |
The British Mandate for Palestine began. [BBR488]
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British history; History (general); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Palestine; Israel |
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