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1940 1 Aug
194-		 The first four people to become Bahá'ís in Costa Rica accepted the Faith after Gayle Woolson and Amelia Ford from the United States arrived in Puerto Limón on 29 March 1940.
  • The first to enrol was Raul Contreras, followed by his cousin Guido Contreras, and by José Joaquin Ulloa and then Felipe Madrigal.
    		•  - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Central America; Costa Rica first four Bahá’ís in Costa Rica
    1940 Aug
    194-    		 Daoud Toeg, then resident in Baghdad, made a trip to the district of Sulaymáníyyih in Kurdistán to try to determine where Bahá'u'lláh took refuge during His time there 1854 10 April - 1856 19 March. He photographed four possible sites. The story of his trip was published by Newsletter of the Haifa Spiritual Assembly and reprinted in Bahá'í News No 145 p11 and 12.
  • Also see BW16:528 for a brief account of the trip. iiiii
    		• * Bahaullah (chronology); Caves; Daoud Toeg; Iraq; Kurdistan; Sar Galu Mountain (Iraq); Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq
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