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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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- |
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 (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 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 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 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 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 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 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 (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 |
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