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1925 (In the year)
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1925-00-00-09
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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] * Translation; Belém, Brazil; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Paraguay; Paris Talks (book); Portuguese language
1925 (In the year)
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1925-00-00-08
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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)
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1925-00-00-07
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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)
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1925-00-00-06
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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]
  • Her autobiographical book, Sunburst, p150, gives a somewhat different account of this incident.
  • Baghdad, Iraq; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Iraq; King Faisal; Lorol Schopflocher
    1925 (In the year)
    192-
    1925-00-00-05
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    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] * Publications; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Bahá'í World volumes; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; United States (USA)
    1925 (In the year)
    192-
    1925-00-00-04
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    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-
    1925-00-00-03
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    The Bahá'í Esperanto magazine, La Nova Tago (The New Day) was first published. [BBRSM150]
  • It continued publication until 1937. [BBRSM150]
  • * Publications; - Periodicals; Esperanto; La Nova Tago (The New Day) first publication La Nova Tago (The New Day)
    1925 (Early in the year)
    192-
    1925-00-00-02
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    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]
  • In the period 1925 to 1957 she corresponded with the Guardian. The correspondence includes more than one hundred letters, mostly on the subject of translation. [SBBR14p235]
  • For a history of the development of the Faith in Denmark see The Circle, the Brotherhood, and the Ecclesiastical God: The Bahá'í Faith in Denmark, 1925-1987 by Margit Warburg in Bahá'ís in the West SBBH Vol 14 pp229-263. It is also available on Bahai-Library.com.
  • See The Circle, the Brotherhood, and the Ecclesiastical Body: The Bahá'í Faith in Denmark 1925-1987 by Margit Warburg. [SBBH14p222]
  • Denmark; Hawaii, USA; Johanne Sorensen first Dane to accept the Faith
    1925 (In the year)
    192-
    1925-00-00-01
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    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]
  • See the instructions given by Bahá'u'lláh regarding the preservation of Texts in Archives, Bahá'í: Preserving and Safeguarding the Sacred Texts by / on behalf of Universal House of Justice.
  • Note that the function of the archives was written into the Constitution of the Universal House of Justice:

      "To ensure the preservation of the Sacred Texts and to safeguard their inviolability; to analyse, classify, and coordinate the Writings; and to defend and protect the Cause of God and emancipate it from the fetters of repression and persecution;"
  • Messages were sent by Shoghi Effendi and on behalf of Shoghi Effendi regarding the Importance of collecting and safeguarding Bahá'í Writings as well as establishing local archives. This and subsequent appeals included a call for the donation of relics related to the history of the Faith as well as transcriptions of talks given by the Master.. [Writings, Bahá'í: Importance of collecting and safeguarding compiled by Bahá'í International Archives, published in Bahá'í Studies Review 11, pages 100-102 (2003)
  • * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; - Bahá'í World Centre; Archives; Archives; International Bahá'í Archives
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