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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. |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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 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- |
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; United States (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 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; United States (USA) | |
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Jul 192- |
The second local spiritual assembly in Australia was formed in Perth. | Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Perth, Australia; Australia | |
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 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; United States (USA) | |
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 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 |
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