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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.
  • For a history of the development of the Faith in Australia and in New Zealand, from 1920 when the Hydes arrived until 1947 when the National Spiritual Assembly initiated a systematic teaching campaign, see Outpost of a World Religion: The Bahá'í Faith in Australia, 1920-1947 by Graham Hassall in Bahá'ís in the West SBBH Vol 14 pp201-226.
  • It is also available on Bahai-Library.com.
    		• 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]
  • Momen reports the year of martyrdom as 1921. [Bahá'í History of Gílán by Moojan Momen]
    		•  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]
  • For `Abdu'l-Bahá's attitude to the administration see BBR339.
  • For British accounts of `Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'ís in this period see BBR339-43 and CH225-8.
  • For details see SA140-3.
    		•  British history; History (general); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Palestine; Israel
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