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1938 25 Dec | Shoghi Effendi addressed The Advent of Divine Justice, a book-length letter, to the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada. [ADJ; PG215]
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* Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Advent of Divine Justice (letter); Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre | ||
1938 27 Nov | In a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles, Shoghi Effendi outlined the attitudes and obligations of Bahá'ís regarding military service. [BW17:384–5; UD122–3] | Armed Forces; Military; Weapons; War; United Kingdom | ||
1938 11 Nov | The passing of Pocahontas Kay (Grizzard) Pope (b. 1864 or 1865 Pocahontas Kay in Halifax County, NC, USA) in Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland. She is buried in National Harmony Memorial Park Cemetery in Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. Her original burial location fell into obscurity after 1960 when her grave, along with 37,00 others, was moved from Columbian Harmony Cemetery to National Harmony Memorial Park. None of the original markers was retained, rendering her grave essentially anonymous. The site of her grave was located thanks to the research efforts of local Bahá'ís. [Bahá'í Teachings; Find a grave]
On the 30th of April, 2018 the Bahá'ís of the Washington, DC Metro Area unveiled a grave marker for Pocahontas Pope, the city's first African American Bahá'í, in National Harmony Memorial Park. Another ceremony was held on the 19th of May to honour her. A history of her life and accomplishments was read and a monologue in her voice was performed. [DC Bahá'í Community website; Bahá'ís of the US website] Pocahontas Pope was employed by Alma Knobloch to help her as a seamstress in her dressmaking business. In 1906 she became a Bahá'í and wrote a letter of declaration to 'Abdu'l-Bahá. In His reply He wrote in part,
The complete Tablet can be found at Bahá'í Chronicles, In Alma Sedonia Knobloch p392 by Jennifer Redson Wiebers and in Aflame with Devotion p.67-68 by Judy Hannen Moe. From that point until at least 1918 she hosted talks in her home, and one of the people she led to the Faith was Alain Locke, "Father of the Harlem Renaissance" among many others who would go on to render service to the Cause. [ Bahá'ís of the US website] See as well The Bahá'í Faith in America Vol 2 p 225-226 by Robert Stockman, Alma Sedonia Knobloch p27-29, 33 by Jennifer Redson Wiebers. |
In Memoriam; Pocahontas Pope; Hyattsville, Maryland; Maryland, USA; USA; Washington, DC, USA; USA | First African American Baha'i in Washington, D.C. | |
1938 Sep | The first Bahá'í summer school to be held in India took place in Simla. [BBRSM194; BW8:199] | Summer schools; First summer and winter schools; Shimla, India; Himachal Pradesh, India; India | first Bahá’í summer school held in India | |
1938 25 Jul | The passing of Queen Marie of Romania. [BBD144; GPB395]
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Queen Marie of Romania; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Romania | ||
1938 Jul | The first Finnish Bahá'í, Pastor Väinö Rissanen, accepted the Faith. He was taught by Miss Josephine Kruka [BW8:935; BW17:129]
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First Bahá'ís by country or area; Finland | first Finnish Bahá’í | |
1938 June | In the June issue of Bahá'í News Shoghi Effendi recommended the translation of the Qur'an as done by Sales as being the best English translation. He said it was the most accurate rendering available, and it was the most widespread. [BN Issue 116 June 1938 p1] See also Recommendations Concerning Translations of the Qur'án and Introductory Books on the Bahá'í Faith by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice (2002), for guidance on more recent translations of the Qur'án. |
Quran; Quran translations | ||
1938 1 May | The National Convention was held in Chicago. Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were: Dorothy Baker, Allen McDaniel, Horace Holley, Roy Wilhelm, George Latimer, Seigfried Schopflocher, Amelia Collins, Harlan Ober, and Charles Ioas. [BN Issue 116 June 1938 p4]
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Grace Robarts Ober; In Memoriam; Dorothy Baker; Allen McDaniel; Horace Holley; Roy C. Wilhelm; George Latimer; Seigfried Schopflocher; Amelia Collins; Harlan Ober; Charles Ioas; Conventions, National; National Assembly, election of; Chicago, IL; USA | ||
1938 30 Apr | Munírih Khánum, the Holy Mother, wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away. [BBD166; BW8:260; CB358; DH161]
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Munirih Khanum; In Memoriam; Monument Gardens; Cemeteries and graves; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel | ||
1938 27 Apr | In a message addressed to the Thirtieth National Convention the Guardian announced:
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* Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Alvah-i-Shaarat (Tablets of the Hair); Amelia Collins; Conventions; Conventions, National; Gifts; Hair (general); Relics; Chicago, IL; USA | ||
1938 Ridván | The National Spiritual Assembly of India, (Pakistan) and Burma launched a Six Year Plan, the Indian Six Year Plan (1938-1944). [Ruhi 8.2 p46, BBRSM158; The Spiritual Conquest of the Planet (Supplement) p2]
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- Teaching Plans; - Teaching Plans, National; India, Pakistan and Burma Six Year Plan; India; Pakistan; Myanmar | ||
1938 Apr | The first local spiritual assembly in the whole of Latin America was formed in Mexico City. [bahai.org;Wikipedia] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Mexico City, Mexico | first LSA in Latin America | |
1938 15 Mar | Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper (Maryam Khánum), the first Bahá'í of the British Isles, passed away in Kensington, London.
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Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; London, England; United Kingdom | first Bahá’í of British Isles | |
1938 5 Feb | Bahá'ís in the Soviet Union were persecuted by the authorities. [BBR473, BW8p87-90, 179-81, BW14p479-481, SETPE1p155; YS6]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Persecution, Russia; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Local Spiritual Assembly; Soviet Union; Russia; Caucasus; Turkestan; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan; Kazakhstan; Iran; Mashhad, Iran | ||
1938 Jan | The National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand incorporated. [GPB336] | National Spiritual Assembly of Australia; National Spiritual Assembly of New Zealand; National Spiritual Assembly, incorporation; Incorporation; Recognition (legal); Australia; New Zealand | ||
1938 (In the year) | The Bahá'í Faith was banned in Austria. [SYH209] | Persecution, Austria; Austria | ||
1938 (In the year) | Felix Maddela became the first Filipino Bahá'í. His first encounter with the Bahá'í Faith was in 1924 when a purchase he made was wrapped in a piece of old newspaper which contained an article by Martha Root about the religion and a picture of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. As the author's address did not appear in the article, it was another 14 years before he encountered more about the religion. In the early spring of 1937, Loulie Albee Mathews arrived in Manila on board the "Franconia." As the boat was to dock for only a few hours, she managed to place a few pamphlets in a college library on the shelf of comparative religions. A few months later, on a visit to Manila from Solano, Nueva Vizcaya, Mr. Maddela came across the literature. This started a series of correspondence with the Bahá'í Publishing Committee of the United States. With Madella so fired up, he immediately taught his family and friends. Shortly before World War II, the Bahá'í's of Solano numbered around fifty. When war broke out all communications ceased. Immediately after the war, contact was re-established thru Alvin Blum, who was attached to the medical unit of the United States Army. Hitch-hiking to Solano, which was in ruins, he located the Maddelas living in impoverished conditions. Of the fifty enrolled Bahá'í's, twenty-five had been killed or were missing. The others had survived by hiding in rice fields for three years.
[WikipediaThe Bahá'í Faith in the Philippines]
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Felix Maddela; Loulie A. Mathews; Alvin Blum; Jamal Effendi; Martha Root; Siegfried Schopflocher; Manila, Philippines; Solano, Nueva Vizcaya; Philippines | first Filipino Bahá’í | |
1938 (In the year) | The publication of The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, a compilation of the communications to the North American Bahá'í community between 1929 and 1936. "These...communications unfold a clear vision of the relation between the Bahá'í community and the entire process of social evolution under the Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh." [WOBv; Collins5.145]
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World Order of Bahá'u'lláh (book); Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh (letter); World order; * Publications; * Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Peace; World peace; Shoghi Effendi, Works of | ||
1938 - 1939 | Shoghi Effendi disbanded the Haifa Spiritual Assembly which had been in operation since 1922, and sent the local community away. The 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine made local conditions dangerous with the Arab nationalist contending with the threat of the apparent open-ended Jewish immigration and land purchases and the stated goal of establishing a "Jewish National Home". Perhaps another factor in his decision was the impending war in Europe. [PP348]
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Haifa Spiritual Assembly; Local Spiritual Assembly; Haifa News Letter; - Newsletters; Haifa Bahá'í Assembly; Haifa, Israel | ||
1938 (In the year) | The publication of Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh. [P&M; Collins1.100]
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Prayers and Meditations of Bahá'u'lláh (book); * Bahá'u'lláh, Writings of; Prayer; Meditation; Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; * Translation; * Publications; Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre | ||
1938 (In the year) | Shoghi Effendi remained in Europe for the year owing to terrorist activities in Palestine. [PP219]
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Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; History (general); - Europe; Palestine | ||
1938 (In the year) | The first Bahá'í to be resident in Finland, Aminda Josephine Kruka, an American nurse, arrived in the country. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Finland | first Bahá’í resident Finland | |
1938 (In the year) | The first native person to become a Bahá'í in Canada, Melba Loft (née Whetung), a Chippewa, accepted the Faith. | Melba Loft; Canada | first native to become Bahá’í in Canada | |
1938 (In the year) | William DeForge became the first Bahá'í to visit the Dominican Republic. He made a one-day trip from Puerto Rico. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Dominican Republic; Central America | first Bahá’í visits the Dominican Republic | |
1938 (In the year) | Persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran continued throughout the country. [BW18p389]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iran; Tehran, Iran; Kirmánsháh, Iran; Záhidán, Iran; Mashhad, Iran | ||
1938 to 1955 | The fourth Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh was Jináb-i-Valíyu'lláh Varqá, the third son of Varqá the martyr. He was born in Tabriz and after the death of his father and brother he was raised by his grandmother, a fanatical Muslim. At the age of 16 his uncle removed him from the home and taught him the Faith. He attended the American University at Beirut and spent summers with 'Abdu'l-Bahá and accompanied the Master to America and served as His interpreter. He returned to Iran where he served on local and national assemblies and was made a Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh in 1938 at a time when the observance of the law spread throughout Iran. [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 25 March, 1985]
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Varqa, Valiyullah; Huququllah; Huququllah, Trustees of; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, Activities; American University of Beirut; Varqa; Tübingen, Germany; Germany; Tabríz, Iran; Iran; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon; Akka, Israel | ||
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