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Date 1933-10-23-01, sorted by date, descending

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1933 23 Oct
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Keith Ransom-Kehler died of smallpox in Isfahán after a year of intensive travel around Iran. [BW5 p389-410; BN No 80 January 1934 p11; LoF99-109]
  • For her obituary see BW5:389–410.
  • She was buried near the grave of the King of Martyrs. [BW5:398]
  • For a picture of her grave see BW5:399.
  • Shoghi Effendi named her America's 'first and distinguished martyr'. [BW5:398] As well as "the first Western martyr on Persian soil" . [DND46]
  • Shoghi Effendi elevated her to the rank of Hand of the Cause on 28 October, 1933. [BW5:398, MoCxxii]
  • See message from the Guardian dated 30 October 1933.
  • For her mission in Iran see BW5:23–27.
  • See also PP306–7.
  • See Other People Other Places by Marzieh Gail (pages 176-181) for a pen portrait of Keith Ransom-Kehler.
  • See FMH51-52]
  • See Bahá'í Chronicles.
  • Photo of her grave. [BW9p68]
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