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Date 1937-03-25, sorted by date, descending

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1937 25 Mar
193-		 Shoghi Effendi married Mary Maxwell, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum. [PP151; UD115; BN No107 April 1937 p1]]
  • For a description of the simple wedding see GBF68–9 and PP151–2.
  • Shoghi Effendi stressed that the marriage drew the Occident and the Orient closer together. [GBF69–70; PP153]
  • The American Bahá'í community sent $19 from each of its 71 Assemblies as a wedding gift. [GBF70; PP153]
  • An extension was built onto Shoghi Effendi's apartment on the roof of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's house in Haifa to accommodate the couple. [BBD107; DH152]
  • See also MA89.
    		•  * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Basic timeline, Expanded; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Gifts; Haifa, Israel; Interracial marriage
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