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1932 (In the year) 193- |
The Iranian government introduced measures against the Bahá'ís throughout Iran. Restrictions were placed on the import of Bahá'í books and periodicals by post and on the publication of Bahá'í literature. Bahá'í marriages were not recognized. [BW18p388] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Iran | |
1932 (In the year) 193- |
Shoghi Effendi's translation of Nabíl's Narrative entitled The Dawn-Breakers was published. Maṭāleʿ al-anwār, as Nabíl's word was entitled, was the most authentic and the main primary source on the early history of the Bábí movement in Iran, was regarded by the Bahá'ís as the definitive account of the Bāb's dispensation. The work has been translated into many languages, and it has played a major role in familiarizing the Bahá'ís around the world with the historical background of their faith and helping them understand its link to the socio-religious climate of the Persian society in the early days of its development. The original Persian manuscript of Maṭāleʿ al-anwār, has been preserved at the International Bahá'í Archives in Haifa. It is comprised 1,014 pages of 22-24 lines.["Nabil-e aʿzam Zaranadi, Mollā Mohammad," by Vahid Rafati, Encyclopædia Iranica, GBF91; PP215]
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; Nabil-i-Azam; Dawn-Breakers (book); Effie Baker; George Townshend; * Publications; * Translation; Lady Blomfield (Sara Lousia Ryan, Sara Blomfield, Sitarih Khanum); Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Shoghi Effendi, Works of | |
1932 (In the year) 193- |
The publication of The Religion of the Baha'is by J R Richards, a CMS Missionary in Shiraz. Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in London. | The Religion of the Bahá'ís; J R Richards; London, England | |
1932 (In the year) 193- |
Johanne Sorensen translated and paid for the publication of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era in Danish. [SRR14p235] | Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (book); Johanne Sorensen; * Translation; Denmark | |
1932 (In the year) 193- |
Land for a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár was purchased at Ḥadiqa, northeast of Tehran, and a design for this building by Mason Remey was approved by Shoghi Effendi whom 'Abdu'l-Bahá had chosen as the architect. [MAŠREQ AL-AḎKĀR Encyclopaedia Iranica]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Tihran; Mason Remey; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1932 17 Feb 193- |
The Chicago Bahá'í Assembly incorporated, the first local spiritual assembly in the world to do so. This set the pattern for other Assemblies. [GPB336, Century of LIght p57] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Incorporation; Recognition (legal); Firsts, other; Chicago, IL; USA | First LSA in the world to incorporate. |
1932 27 Feb 193- |
Race Amity gatherings became an effective way promote the principle of racial equality. A number pf banquets were held and at one such gathering held in Los Angeles, the circle of racial amity activities was widened to include not only white and coloured but also Native Americans, as well as Chinese and Japanese. At the banquet dinner, Nellie French represented the National Assembly and Chief Luther Standing Bear, who attended in full regalia with a number of his tribesmen, offered a prayer and spoke of peace as a covenant among all races. A Native American tribal dance followed as part of the programme. [Louis Gregory, 'Racial Amity in America: An Historical Review', in BW7p652-666.] | Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Native Americans; Diaspora, Chinese; Diaspora, Japanese; Los Angeles, CA; California, USA; USA | |
1932 21 Mar 193- |
The first Local Spiritual Assembly of Tokyo, consisting of journalists and other professional people, was formed.
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Local Spiritual Assembly; Tokyo, Japan | first LSA Tokyo |
1932 Apr 193- |
Pilgrims were able to stay overnight at Bahjí for the first time. [GBF101; PP232] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahji); Pilgrims; Bahji, Israel | first time pilgrims stay overnight at Bahjí |
1932 (Spring) 193- |
Louise Gregory left Varna in the early Spring to go first to Prague Brno and, then to Budapest. She continued her tour around Europe and by July she was in Salzburg, Austria. She spent the summer in the coolness of the mountains of Germany and Austria. By the autumn of 1932 she was back in Varna once again having visited Hamburg, Leipzig, Vienna, Salzburg and Budapest. [NBAD176; SYH177]
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Louise Gregory; Varna, Bulgaria | |
1932 May or Jun 193- |
Two Bahá'ís from Germany settled in Sofia, Bulgaria to assist Marion Jack. Lina and George Benke had become Bahá'ís in Leipzig after hearing of the Faith from Harlan and Grace Ober and Alma Knobloch. From June 1931 and later in May 1932 the couple travelled to Sofia and settled there as pioneers where their contacts were mostly in the Esperanto community. In the few months they were there George travelled to Stara Zagora, Varna and Plovdiv, all towns some distance from Sofia. He was elderly and in frail health and passed away in November, 1932. [SYH176] | George Benke; Lina Benke; Sofia, Bulgaria; Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; Varna, Bulgaria; Plovdiv, Bulgaria; Bulgaria | |
1932 10 Jun 193- |
The American National Spiritual Assembly addresseed a petition to the Sháh of Iran requesting that the ban on Bahá'í literature be removed and asking that its representative, Mrs Keith Ransom-Kehler, be recognized to present in person the appeal. [BW5:390–1] | National Spiritual Assembly; Petitions; Reza Shah Pahlavi; - Shahs; Keith Ransom-Kehler; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; USA; Iran | |
1932 15 Jul 193- |
The Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahíyyih Khánum, 'outstanding heroine of the Bahá'í Dispensation' passed away in Haifa about one hour after midnight. [BW5:169; GPB108]
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Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Heroic age; Marjory Morten; In Memoriam; Monument Gardens; Architecture; Cemeteries and graves; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel | |
1932 15 Aug 193- |
Keith Ransom-Kehler met the Iranian Court Minister Taymur Tash. [BW5:392]
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Keith Ransom-Kehler; National Spiritual Assembly; Petitions; Reza Shah Pahlavi; - Shahs; Keith Ransom-Kehler; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Iran; USA | |
1932 3 Oct 193- |
The term of The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration or "Mandatory Iraq" came to an end. It had been created in 1921 following the Iraqi Revolt in 1920 and enacted via the 1922 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty. The British chose Faisal I bin Hussein bin Ali al-Hashimi as king of of Iraq and Syria. He fostered unity between Sunni and Shiite Muslims and tried to promote pan-Arabism with the goal of creating an Arab state in Iraq, Syria and the rest of the Fertile Crescent. Faisal died in Switzerland while there for a medical examination at the age of 48, under what some consider to be suspicious circumstances. [Wikipedia]
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King Faisal; History (general); British history; Colonialism and imperialism; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1932 Nov 193- |
A number of Bahá'ís were arrested in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474] | Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Adana, Turkey; Turkey | |
1932 3 Nov-6 Dec 193- |
Meeting of the 22nd Session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations in Geneva at which the Bahá'ís pleaded their case for the possession of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [BW5:351–4] | League of Nations; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Geneva, Switzerland; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1932 23 Nov 193- |
The passing of George Adam Benke (b. Fredericksfelt, south Russia in 1878) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Shoghi Effendi declared him to be "the first European martyr. [BW5:416–418, LDG1p263]
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George Benke; In Memoriam; George Adam Benke; Names and titles; Martyrs; Firsts, other; Fredericksfelt, Russia; Russia; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bulgaria | first European martyr |
1932 2 Dec 193- |
By this time there were 15 Bahá'ís under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474] | Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Adana, Turkey; Turkey |
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