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1954 11 Aug
195- |
American librarian Fred Schechter arrived in South Africa by way of Djibouti, Nairobi and Addis Ababa. During his time in South Africa he assisted in the preparations for the election of the Regional Spiritual Assembly which was held at the Sears farm.
In 1958 he and Bill Sears Jr travelled to Uruguay, arriving in 1959. they participated in a campaign to raise up the second Local Spiritual Assembly in the country with Julia Bulling, a pioneer fro Chile. In 1960 Fred and Julia were married. They were sent to the Dominican Republic in preparation for the election of the first National Spiritual Assembly but were diverted to Ecuador prior to the first elections in that country because Covenant issues had arisen. Their first son was born there. A few months later the Hands of the Cause requested that they move to Uruguay where they both served on the National Spiritual Assembly. Their second son was born in Uruguay. In 1965 they had to move back to the USA because of economic conditions. Their daughter was born in the United States. Fred served on the Auxiliary Board and the the Continental Board of Counsellors from 1993 to 1998 and was a Counsellor at the International Teaching Centre. [KoB50-57] |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Cape Town, South Africa; Chile; Continental Board of Counsellors; Ecuador; Fred Schechter; Uruguay | |
1954 19 Apr
195- |
John and Valera Allen arrived in Swaziland from the United States and became the second and third Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for that country. Later that summer they were later joined by sons Dale and Kenton and Valera's 82 year old mother, Maude Fisher.
John, Dale, and Valera served on the National Assembly of South and West Africa for several years before the National Spiritual Assembly of Swaziland was formed. [PHBR16; KoB112-114] For John Allens story see BW18p725. For Maude Fisher's story see BW13p902. |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Travel teachers and pioneers, First; John Allen; Maude Fisher; Setsembiso Sebunye High School, Swaziland; Valera Allen | |
1954 or 1955
195- |
"The sacred dust of the Báb's infant son, extolled in the Qayyum-i-Asma, was respectfully and ceremoniously transferred on the anniversary of his Father's martyrdom, in the presence of pilgrims and resident believers to the Bahá'í cemetery in Shiraz, the prelude to the translation to the same spot of the remains of the Báb's beloved and long-suffering consort." [CBN No 65 June, 1955 p1]
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Ahmad (son of the Báb); Iran; Shíráz, Iran | |
1953 Aug
195- |
'Abbás Vakíl arrived in Cyprus and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Cyprus | |
1953 Late in the year
195- |
'Abdu'l-Karím Amín Khawja became a Bahá'í in Algeria, the first person to accept the Faith in that country. [BN No277 p8] | - Africa; - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Algeria | first Bahá'í in Algeria |
1954 15 Jan
195- |
'Abdu'l-Rahmán Zarqání, from India, arrived in the Seychelles and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Africa; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; India; Seychelles | |
1953 Nov
195- |
'Alí Akbar Rafí'í (Rafsanjání) and his wife, Sháyistih, and their 19-year-old son, 'Abbás, arrived in Tangier and all were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Morocco | |
1955 15 Nov
195- |
'Alí Muhammad Varqá was appointed a Hand of the Cause to succeed his father. [GBF111; MBW91] | - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Varqá, `Alí-Muhammad; Varqá (disambiguation) | |
1953 Oct
195- |
'Amín Battáh, an Egyptian, arrived in Río de Oro (Western Sahara) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Africa; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Amin Battah; Western Sahara | |
1954 (In the year)
195- |
'Aynu'd-Dín and Táhirih 'Alá'í arrived in Southern Rhodesia and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Zimbabwe | |
1954 Feb
195- |
'Azízu'lláh and Shamsí Navídí with their daughters Vida and Giuilda arrived in Monaco and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]
A celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Bahá'í Faith in the Principality was held on 24-25 April 2004 at the Theatre des Varietes in Monte Carlo, and opened with the reading of a welcoming message from the National Council of the Principality. [Newspaper Archive on BLO] |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Monaco | |
1953 6 Jun
195- |
'Izzatu'lláh Zahrá'í (Ezzat Zahrai) arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Africa; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Zimbabwe | |
1955 Ridván
195- |
(The) design (for the) Mother Temple (in the) cradle (of the) Faith (was) unveiled (in the) presence (of) pilgrims (and) resident believers assembled (within the) Haram-i-Aqdas (on the) first day (of) Ridvan. SHOGHI [CBN No65 Jun 1955 p1] | Bahji, Israel | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Rolf Haug settled in Crete and iwa named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for that island. [BW13:450] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Crete, Greece; Rolf Haug | |
1957 Nov-1963 Apr
195- |
Interregnum
Following the passing of Shoghi Effendi the international administration of the Faith was carried on by the Hands of the Cause of God with the complete agreement and loyalty of the National Spiritual Assemblies and the body of the believers. This was in accordance with the Guardian's designation of the Hands as the "Chief Stewards of Bahá'u'lláh's embryonic World Commonwealth." [Message of 9 March 1965] The beginning of the six year ministry of the Hands of the Cause residing in the Holy Land, or 'Custodians'. [BW16:90; WG45–6] |
* Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Bahá'í World Centre; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Hands of the Cause; Appointed arm; Covenant; Custodians; Haifa, Israel; Hands of the Cause, Activities; International Bahá'í Council (1951-1963); Interregnum (1957-1963); Ministry of The Custodians (book); Shoghi Effendi, Passing of; Universal House of Justice | |
1957 4 Nov
195- |
Passing of Shoghi Effendi
Shoghi Effendi passed away in London of coronary thrombosis after a bout of Asian influenza. [CB377; PP446 BW13:207-225]
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* Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Biography; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Appointed arm; Covenant; International Archives Building (Haifa); London, England; Shoghi Effendi, Passing of; Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; United Kingdom | |
1953 23 Aug
195- |
A memorial service was held for Hand of the Cause Siegfried Schopflocher at the Maxwell House. It was attended by the members of the National Spiritual Assembly who were meeting in Montreal that weekend. [CBN #45 Oct 1953 p2] | Fred Schopflocher | |
1954 Apr
195- |
A mere eight months after settling in British Cameroons, Enoch Olinga, along with
the community of new believers at his pioneering post received a cable from Shoghi
Effendi asking for African believers to settle in British Togoland, French Togoland, the Ashanti Protectorate and in the Northern Territories Protectorate before the following Ridván. Although Bahá'ís for only a few months, their response was instantaneous; the largest difficulty arose in limiting themselves to the four names required to fulfill the designated posts. This was determined by a vote. David Tanyi, Edward Tabe, Benedict Eballa, and Martin Manga were duly selected. Samuel Nyki was sent to French Cameroon. Each one established a Local Spiritual Assembly in their assigned posts within two years. [A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p4; KoB71] |
- Pioneers; Ashanti Protectorate, Ghana; Benedict Eballa; British Togoland (Ghana); Cameroon; David Tanyi; Edward Tabe; Enoch Olinga; French Togoland (Togo); Martin Manga; Northern Territories Protectorate; Samuel Njiki | |
1954 Oct
195- |
A National Haziratu'l-Quds was established in Kabul. [MBW70; 81] | Afghanistan; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Kabul, Afghanistan | |
1958 (In the year)
195- |
A new edition of Some Answered Questions was published by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee which resulted in some discussion with Laura Dreyfus Barney. At some point she had given the copyright to the Bahá'í Publishing Committee but she expected to be consulted on matters related to the book. She said that she did not consider Some Answered Questions "my book" but that "it is in my trust".
When she received a copy of the new edition in March she made suggestions about the Introduction of the last printing of the book as she did not feel the length and character of the Introduction did not "harmonize" with the text that followed and they did not make any point about the authenticity of the material with was equivalent to a Tablet that had been signed and sealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. She clarified that when posing questions and obtaining the answers she had not wished to trust her notes and that was why at least four people were present during the sessions. She also clarified that all of the talks had taken place in Akka, not in Haifa. Three hundred copies if the book had been printed and it would have been costly to eliminate the Introduction and the dust jacket so a promise was made to include her suggestions on subsequent printings. [LB322-327] This was probably about the 8th edition of Some Answered Questions in English. Subsequent editions were done in 1964, 1968, 1970, 1971 and in 2014 by the Bahá'í World Centre. [BEL3.117-3.130] |
Chicago, IL; Laura Clifford Barney; Some Answered Questions (book) | |
1959 Mar
195- |
A number of Bahá'ís, members of the local spiritual assembly, were arrested in Ankara, Turkey. [MC306]
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- Persecution; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Court cases; Ankara, Turkey; Court cases; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Persecution, Turkey; Turkey | |
1954 Nov
195- |
A plot of land of slightly less than half an acre (1,300 metres) owned by Farah Sprague (Farahangiz Khanum), a Covenant-breaker, was purchased (after expropriation by the Finance Minister of the state of Israel on the recommendation of the mayor of Haifa), overcoming the final obstacle to beginning the construction of the International Bahá'í Archives. This concluded a thirty-year struggle in the acquisition of land on the Arc for the Guardian. [LI210-211; DH169; MBW73–4; CBN No 60 January 1955 p1]
The ownership of this plot will now enable us to locate the site, excavate the foundations, and erect the structure, of the International Bahá'í Archives, designed by the Hand of the Cause, Mason Remey, President of the International Bahá'í Council, which will serve as the permanent and befitting repository for the priceless and numerous relics associated with the Twin Founders of the Faith, with the Perfect Exemplar of its teachings and with its heroes, saints and martyrs, and the building of which constitutes one of the foremost objectives of the Ten-Year Plan. [CBN No 60 January 1955 p1] |
- Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Covenant-breaking; Farah Sprague (Farahangiz Khanum); Haifa, Israel; International Archives Building (Haifa); Mount Carmel; Purchases and exchanges | |
1957 25 Nov
195- |
A proclamation was issued stating that Shoghi Effendi left no heir and made no appointment of another Guardian. [BW13:341–5; MC25–30]
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* Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Bahá'í World Centre; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Appointed arm; Covenant; Custodians; Guardianship; Haifa, Israel; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Shoghi Effendi, Passing of | |
1956 (In the year)
195- |
A Roman Catholic priest lodged a complaint against the Bahá'ís of Morocco with the Moroccan Security Service. | Morocco; Persecution, Morocco | |
1953 13 Dec
195- |
A separate department for the Bahá'í Faith was established by the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs. [GBF137; PP 291; PP320] | - Bahá'í World Centre; Israel; Recognition (legal) | |
1958 14 Sep
195- |
A week before the fifth Intercontinental conference is due to convene in Djakarta, Indonesia, the government withdrew the permit to hold the conference. [BW13:331]
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- Conferences, Intercontinental; - Persecution; - Persecution, Bans; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; Indonesia; Persecution, Indonesia; Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963) | |
1950 3 Jan
195- |
A woman named Sughrá and her five children were brutally murdered. Members of the Spiritual Assembly of fhte Bahá'ís of Yazd were falsely accused of ordering the crime. The accusations were orchestrated by the judicial authorities from Yazd who were influenced by Mullá Khálisizádih. The trial of these innocent individuals occurred in Tehran with the help of fundamentalist religious authorities. As a result the guilty were never prosecuted and many innocent individuals were imprisoned and executed. [SCF123117] | Abarqu, Yazd, Iran; Iran; Mulla Khalisizadih; Yazd, Iran | |
1952 Jun
195- |
Aaron ('Arthur') B. Wellesley Cole, a Sierra Leonean barrister, returned to Sierra Leone from England, the first Bahá'í to enter the country. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Sierra Leone | first Bahá’í resident Sierra Leon |
1953 Sep
195- |
Ada Schott, Elizabeth Hopper, Sara Kenny and Ella Duffield arrived in the Madeira Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. BW13:453] | - Europe; - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Madeira; Portugal | |
1954 Ridván
195- |
Adelaide Sharp, who had been in Iran since 1929, was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, the first woman elected to that body. [BFA2:361] | Adelaide Sharp; Firsts, other; Iran; NSA; Women | first woman elected NSA Iran |
1953 Dec
195- |
Adíb Baghdádí arrived in Hadhramaut and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Hadhramaut, Arabian Peninsula; Yemen | |
1958 (In the year)
195- |
Adrienne and Dempsey Morgan went to Vietnam and over succeeding years helped establish administrative procedures among the Local Spiritual Assemblies of Vietnam. For lack of visa they left for Thailand in 1959, staying for two years before continuing to Phnom Penh. They returned to Saigon in 1961 before the end of the year. [Servants of the Glory p5-9; Bahaipedia] | Adrienne Morgan; Dempsey Morgan; Vietnam | |
1956 after 2 May
195- |
After the annual reports were received from the 12 National Conventions Shoghi Effendi compiled a list of achievements made up to and including the two years since the start of the Ten Year Crusade. [MBW p76-86]
There were now 3,700 localities opened to the Faith over the surface of the entire planet |
* Texts in multiple languages; - Publishing Trusts; Covenant-breakers (individuals); Endowments; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); International Archives Building (Haifa); Local Spiritual Assemblies; Localities where Bahá'ís reside; Majdid-Din; National Spiritual Assembly, women; Statistics | |
1955 18 Apr
195- |
After the violent storm of persecutions against the Bahá'í's in Iran broke loose, the Bahá'í International Community delegates presented their case and Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, intervened with the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and brought an immediate end to the physical persecution and lifted the danger of a massacre. [Bahá'í International Community History, 18 April 1955] | * Persecution, Iran; Bahá'í International Community; Iran; United Nations | |
1956 Ridván
195- |
After their pilgrimage Harlan and Elizabeth Ober travelled to South Africa where they helped form the first all-African Local Spiritual Assembly in Pretoria as had previously been request of them by the Guardian. They returned in December as pioneers. [BW13869] | - Pioneers; Elizabeth Kidder Ober; Haifa, Israel; Harlan Ober; Pretoria, South Africa | first all-African Local Spiritual Assembly |
1957 27 Mar
195- |
Agnes Alexander was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God on the passing of Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend. [GBF112; MBW174; PP255] | - Hands of the Cause; Agnes Alexander; George Townshend; Hands of the Cause, Appointments | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Albert Nyarko Buapiah became a Bahá'í in Ghana, the first Ghanaian to become a Bahá'í in the country. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Albert Nyarko Buapiah; Ghana | first Ghanaian Bahá’í |
1953 (In the year)
195- |
Alfred Amisi (Maragoli), Jacob Kisombe (Mtaita), Laurence Ouna (Mluhya), Labi Mathew (Zulu), and Zablon Bob (Luo) were among the first Kenyans to become Bahá'ís. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Kenya | first Kenyans Bahá’ís |
1954 1 Mar
195- |
Alvin J. Blum and his wife, Gertrude (née Gewertz), arrived in Honiara and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Solomon Islands. They were accompanied by their eight-year-old daughter Keithie. [BW13:456; BWNS291] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Solomon Islands | |
1952 26 Mar
195- |
Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum was appointed Hand of the Cause of God to replace her father. [GBF111; MBW132–3] | Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Haifa, Israel; Hands of the Cause, Appointments | |
1953 Jul - Aug
195- |
Amín and Sheila Banání, a Persian-American couple, settled in Athens-Kifissia in August 1953 and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Greece. [BW452]
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- In Memoriam; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Amin Banani; Athens, Greece; Greece; Sheila Banani | |
1953 Aug
195- |
Amír Húshmand Manúchihrí arrived in Liechtenstein and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Europe; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Liechtenstein | |
1954 Jan
195- |
Andrew and Mina Matthisen arrived in the Bahamas and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahamas; Caribbean | |
1953 (In the year)
195- |
Anjoman-e Hojjatieh ("Society of Allah's Proof Over Creation"), also called the Hojjatieh Society was founded specifically as an anti-Bahá'í organization by a charismatic Shiite Muslim cleric, Shaikh Mahmoud Halabi in the aftermath of the coup d'état of 1953. Between the early 1950s and the early 1970s a great number of the future elite of the Islamic revolution were trained by Hujjatieh. During the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Society was to play an important role in stirring animosity against Bahá'ís. However, in part because of differences in theology—among other things the Hojjatieh believe a truly Islamic state cannot be established until the return of the 12th Imam—the Society fell into disfavour and was banned by the regime in 1984. [Hojjatieh Society, Wiki] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Hojjatieh Society; Iran | |
1954 1 Oct
195- |
Anthony and Mamie Seto arrived in Hong Kong. | - Asia; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Anthony Seto; Hong Kong; Mamie Seto | |
1955 Aug
195- |
Appeals were made by National Spiritual Assemblies around the world through the Bahá'í International Community to the UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld to ask the Iranian government to halt the attacks on the Bahá'ís. [BW13:789–91; BW16:329; MBW88–9; PP304, 311; CBN No 81 October 1956 p1]
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* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Bahá'í International Community; Human rights; Iran; NSA; New York, USA; United Nations; United States (USA) | |
1953 (In the year)
195- |
Áqá Rahmán Kulayní-Mamaqání was martyred in Durúd, Iran. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Durúd, Iran; Iran | |
1953 Jul
195- |
Arthur and Ethel Crane arrived in Key West and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW16:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Key West, FL | |
1956 21 Jul
195- |
As a result of the intervention of the UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold in July of 1955, promises were given by the Iranian government officials that the persecutions would cease however, that was not the case. The Bahá'í International Community, as an accredited member of the Non-Governmental Organizations at the United Nations, sent delegates to Geneva to attend the meetings of the Economic and Social Council and to present the Bahá'í case to the sub-Committee on the Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. At Geneva the Bahá'í representatives met a number of delegates to the Economic and Social Council enlisting their sympathy in the case and requesting them to inform their Foreign Offices. Following a news conference held by the Bahá'í representatives a full story appeared in the New YorkTimes of July 21, 1956. [CBN No 81 October 1956 p1-2] | * Persecution, Iran; Iran | |
1957 Feb
195- |
As authorized by the Guardian, Mrs. Morassa (Yazdi) Rawhani arrived as a pioneer to Rabat, Morocco. She actively participated in the formation of two Assemblies, that of Rabat and Sale, and although of advanced age, she was occupied in deepening the friends and teaching the children in these two localities.
She was born in 1887 and named Akkawiya (the one who belongs to ‘Akká) by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. She was the granddaughter of Hadji Abderrehim Yazdi, one of the first bearers of the Sacred Standard. Born in the fortress of ‘Akká, she grew up in the Sacred Household under the shelter of the Greatest Holy Leaf.
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- Biography; Morocco | the first woman to become a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Alexandria |
1952 (In the year)
195- |
Aziz Yazdi from Persia joined Ted Cardell in Nairobi. In 1953 they were joined by Ursula Samandari from England. [A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nance Ororo-Robarts and Selam Ahderrom p2] | - Pioneers; Aziz Yazdi; Kenya; Nairobi, Kenya; Ted Cardell; Ursula Samandari | |
1957 (In the year)
195- |
Bahá'í activity in Czechoslovakia was banned by the authorities, several members of the Prague community were arrested and Vuk Echtner was imprisoned for two years. [BW20p196] | - Persecution; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Other; Czech Republic; Persecution, Czechoslovakia; Prague, Czech Republic | |
1955 9 May
195- |
Bahá'í houses were attacked and looted at Shíráz, Iran. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Iran; Shíráz, Iran | |
1951 (In the year)
195- |
Bahá'í women in Egypt were extended the right of membership on local spiritual assemblies. [MBW12]
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Egypt; Local Spiritual Assemblies; Women | |
1955 4 Feb
195- |
Bahá'í women in Hisár, Khurásán, Iran, were assaulted. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Hisar, Iran; Iran; Khurásán, Iran | |
1954 Apr
195- |
Bahá'í women in Iran were accorded full rights to participate in membership of both national and local Bahá'í assemblies. [MBW65]
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Equality; Iran; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies; Women | |
1952 (In the year)
195- |
Bahá'ís and their homes were attacked in Najafábád, Iran, and several houses were set on fire. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Destruction; Iran; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran | |
1953 (In the year)
195- |
Bahá'ís and their houses were attacked in Bushrúyih and Fárán, Iran. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Bushrúyih, Iran; Faran, Iran; Iran | |
1954 8 Dec
195- |
Bahá'ís in Ádharbáyján were dismissed from their employment in the Ministries of Health and Public Highways. [BW18p390] | - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Azerbaijan; Persecution, Adharbayjan | |
1951 Jun
195- |
Bahá'ís in Fárán, Iran, were attacked and several houses burned. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Destruction; Faran, Iran; Iran | |
1955 Sep-Oct
195- |
Bahá'ís in Iran continued to be dismissed from their employment. Bahá'í students were expelled from Shíráz University. [BW18p391] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Education; - Persecution, Other; Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Iran; Shíráz, Iran | |
1951 12 Mar
195- |
Bahá'ís in Taft, Iran, were attacked and one was killed. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Iran; Taft, Iran | |
1954 1 - 3 Oct
195- |
Bahá'ís of Germany and the European Hands of the Cause invited the Bahá'ís of Europe to the Haziratu'l-Quds in Frankfurt am Main to develop plans and to coordinate action in the work of the second phase of the Ten-Year Crusade. [BN No 285 Nov 1954 p5] | - Conferences; Conferences, Teaching; Frankfurt, Germany; Germany | first Bahá'í European Conference to meet in Germany |
1955 30 May
195- |
Bahá'ís were attacked and wounded and their houses attacked at Ábádih, Iran. [BW18p391] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Ábádih, Iran; Iran | |
1955 8 May
195- |
Bahá'ís were beaten at Dámghán, Khurásán, Iran. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Other; Damghan, Iran; Iran; Khurásán, Iran | |
1959 (In the year)
195- |
Bahá'í communities in the United States began the observation of World Peace Day to call attention to the need for world peace. [BBD175]
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International Day of Peace; Peace; United Nations; United States (USA); World Peace Day; World peace | |
1951 (In the year)
195- |
Bahá'ís in Árán, Káshán, Iran, were attacked, and one died. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Iran; Kashan, Iran | |
1953 (In the year)
195- |
Bahiyyih and Harry Ford were the first pioneers to establish themselves permanently in Johannesburg, Harry died within the first year of their arrival. His story is told in BW13p824.
Bahiyyih developed a career in African arts and crafts, becoming a sought after lecturer as an authority on the subject at lunches and functions held by church groups and other organizations such as Rotarians, Lions and Women's Institutes. Bahiyyih was named Margaret at birth and was given the name Bahiyyih by 'Abdu'l-Bahá during a visit to Haifa at the age of twelve with her father, Harry Randall who was an Apostle of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [PHBFp15] |
- Travel teachers and pioneers, First; Bahiyyih Ford; Harry Ford; Johannesburg, South Africa | first pioneers to establish themselves permanently in Johannesburg |
1953 Ridván
195- |
Bahjí was lit for the first time by 99 four-branched wrought iron lamp posts. [GBF32; PP89–90] | Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Bahji, Israel; Firsts, other; Haifa, Israel; Light | first time Bahjí lit |
1954 Apr
195- |
Benedict Eballa arrived in Ashanti Protectorate (Now part of Ghana) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449; BWNS249] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ashanti Protectorate, Ghana; Ghana | |
1953 16 Oct
195- |
Benjamin Dunham Weeden and his wife Gladys (née Anderson) arrived in Antigua and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Leeward Islands. [BW13:453]
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- Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Antigua and Barbuda; Leeward Islands | |
1954 Feb
195- |
Bernard H. Guhrke arrived on the Kodiak Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Kodiak Islands, AK | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Bertha Dobbins arrived in Port Vila on the island of Efate from Adelaide, Australia, and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the New Hebrides Islands (Vanuatu). [BW13:454] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bertha Dobbins; Efate, Vanuatu; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Vanuatu | |
1953 8 Aug
195- |
Bishop and Ruth Brown arrived in Durban. [PHBF15]
Ruth Randall Brown's story is told in BW15p463-465. |
- Travel teachers and pioneers, First; Durban, South Africa; Ruth Randall Brown | |
1950 Nov
195- |
Brian Burland, the first Bermudian to become a Bahá'í, accepted the Faith in Canada. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Bermuda; Canada | first Bermudian Bahá'í |
1953 Sep
195- |
Brigitte Hasselblatt arrived in Shetland and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Scotland; Shetland Islands; United Kingdom | |
1953 Sep
195- |
Brigitte Lundblade (nee Hasselblatt), (b. 1923 - d. 17 May 2008) arrived in the Shetland Islands and was later honoured with being named as Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [Bahaipedia] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Scotland; Shetland Islands; United Kingdom | |
1951 Dec
195- |
Brothers-in-law Fred Bigabwa, a Mutoro, and Crispin Kajubi, a Muganda, became Bahá'ís in Uganda, the first to accept the Faith in that country. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Uganda | first Bahá'ís in Uganda |
1954 21 Apr
195- |
Bruce Matthews arrived at Goose Bay and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Labrador. [BW13:453]
See Bruce Matthews, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Goose Bay, Labrador by Lynn Wright and Susan Gammage. |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Canada; Goose Bay, NL; Labrador, NL | |
1954 11 Apr
195- |
Bula Mott Stewart arrived in Swaziland and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Swaziland | |
1950 (In the year)
195- |
By this year the Bahá'í population of Black Africa was probably no more than 12. [BBRSM190–1] | - Africa; Statistics | |
1951 (In the year)
195- |
By this year the first Canadian Inuit had become a Bahá'í. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; - First believers by background; Canada; Inuit people | first Canadian Inuit Bahá'í |
1954 21 Feb
195- |
Charles ('Chuck') and Mary Dayton from the United States, settled in Charlotte Amalie, on St Thomas, and wre named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Leeward Islands. [BW13:453] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; Leeward Islands; St. Thomas Island | |
1954 15 Feb
195- |
Charles Duncan (a musician and composer) and Harry Clark, both Americans, arrived in Brunei from Kota Kinabalu (Jesselton) in Sabah, where they had been waiting for several weeks, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451; PH63]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Brunei; Charles Duncan; Harry Clark; Thailand | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Charles Dunning arrived in the Orkney Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]
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- Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Orkney Islands, Scotland | |
1954 Jan
195- |
Charles M. Ioas arrived in the Balearic Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Balearic Islands, Spain | |
1957 (In the year)
195- |
Charles Winfield Small, a native of Barbados and the first to become a Bahá'í in the Bahamas, returned to Barbados, the first Bahá'í to settle in the country. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Barbados; Central America | first Bahá’í in the Bahamas; first Bahá’í to settle in Barbados |
1958 23 Sep
195- |
Chartered planes took the conference delegates to Singapore. | Singapore | |
1959 18 Aug
195- |
Cheong Siu Choi (John Z. T. Chang), the Chinese headmaster of the Leng Nam Middle School and a highly respected leader in Macau, arrived with his family on Hainan Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452]
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- Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Hainan Island, China | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Claire Gung arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. She spent 18 months in Salisbury (Harare) where she was a member of the first local spiritual assembly. [CG161] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe | first spiritual assembly of Salisbury (Harare) |
1951 25 Jan or 4 Feb
195- |
Claire Gung arrived in Tanganyika aboard the Warwick Castle and obtained employment as a matron in a boys' boarding school in Lushoto. She was the second Bahá'í pioneer to the country. [CG160; CBN No 18 Mar 1951 p10]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Claire Gung; Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania; Denis Dudley-Smith; Hassan Sabri; Isobel Sabri; Jalal Nakhjavani; Kutendele, LSA, formation; Tanzania | Denis Dudley-Smith Kutendele, the first to accept the Faith in Tanzania |
1959 Sep
195- |
Clifford and Catherine Huxtable arrived in the Gulf Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh (albeit on 14 September 1969 see LNW101). [BW13:457] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Catherine Huxtable; Clifford Huxtable; Gulf Islands, BC | first pioneers Gulf Islands |
1953 Sep
195- |
Cora Oliver arrived in British Honduras (Belize) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Belize; Cora Oliver | |
1954 Apr
195- |
Corporal Richard Walters and his wife, Evelyn, and Richard and Mary L. Suhm arrived in Tangier from the United States and were all named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Morocco; Tangier, Morocco | |
1953 20 Sep
195- |
Countries (in which) Bahá'ís residenow aggregate over (one) hundred fifty. over seventy (have been) added (in the) course (of the) nine years separating (the) first (and) second Jubilees. [From a letter from Shoghi Effendi CBN No 46 November 1953 p1] | - Bahá'í World Centre; Statistics | |
1954 2 May
195- |
Cynthia R. Olson of Wilmington, Delaware, settled in Barrigada, the largest village in Guam, and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Mariana Islands. [BW13:454; BWNS303] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Barrigada, Guam; Guam; Mariana Islands; Oceania | |
1952 12 Nov
195- |
Dagmar Dole, pioneer to Alaska and Denmark, passed away in Glion, Switzerland.
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Alaska, USA; Dagmar Dole; Denmark; Glion, Switzerland; Switzerland; United States (USA) | first to give life for Cause in the European project |
1955 Oct
195- |
Daniel Haumont arrived in the Loyalty Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Loyalty Islands | |
1954 Feb
195- |
David Schreiber, an American, arrived in Antigua and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Leeward Islands. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Antigua and Barbuda; Leeward Islands | |
1954 13 Apr
195- |
David Tanyi, a tailor, arrived in French Togoland from British Cameroons and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; French Togoland (Togo); Togo | |
1953 Sep
195- |
Diá'i'lláh Asgharzádih arrived in the Channel Islands and was named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Channel Islands, UK; Diá’u’lláh Asgharzádih | |
1953 Sep
195- |
Dick Stanton arrived in Keewatin and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Keewatin, NT | |
1959 7 May
195- |
Donald Corbin, a pioneer to Grenada Island, made a trip to Dominica specifically to try to reach the Carib Indians. [BN No 343 September 1959 p10-11] | - Pioneers; Dominica; Donald Corbin; Grenada; Indigenous people | |
1953 Sep
195- |
Doris Richardson arrived on Grand Manan Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Grand Manan Island, NB | |
1954 10 Jan
195- |
Dorothy Baker, (b. Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA 21 December, 1898) Hand of the Cause of God, was killed in a plane crash in the Mediterranean Sea, near the island of Elba. BOAC Flight 781 departed Rome, Italy on a flight to London, England. While climbing through 27,000 feet, the plane experienced a sudden in-flight break-up and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near the Island of Elba. All 35 passengers and crew on board were killed. Following this accident, the Comet fleet was taken from service and subjected to numerous modifications in areas believed to have been the origin of the yet-unknown failure. The fleet was returned to service in late March 1954. [BW12:670; FAA Website]
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- Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; Dorothy Baker; Elba, Italy; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, First Contingent; Italy; Mediterranean Sea | |
1955 Jan
195- |
Dorothy Senne became the first Bahá'í in South Africa. [BWNS270] | Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Dorothy Senne; South Africa | First Bahá'í in South Africa. |
1954 Apr
195- |
Dr John Fozdar arrived in Brunei in April 1954 and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Brunei; John Fozdar | |
1954 Jul
195- |
Dr John George Mitchell, an English physician who became a Bahá'í in 1950, arrived in Malta and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Malta | |
1950 25 May
195- |
Dr Khodadad M. Fozdar, a medical officer of the State Railways in India, arrived in Singapore, the first pioneer to the country. [BW13:393]
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Khodadad M. Fozdar; Shirin Fozdar; Singapore | first pioneer to Singapore |
1953 Nov
195- |
Dr Khodadad M. Fozdar, an Indian of Parsi background, arrived in the Andaman Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India; India; Khodadad M. Fozdar | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Dr Malcolm King, an American pioneer in Jamaica, arrived in British Guiana (now Guyana) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; British Guiana; Malcolm King | |
1953 Nov
195- |
Dr Mihdí Samandarí arrived in Italian Somaliland and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Somalia | |
1950 3 Feb
195- |
Dr Sulaymán Birgís was martyred in Káshán, Iran. [BW18:390]
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* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Iran; Kashan, Iran | |
1954 12 Jul
195- |
Dudley Moore Blakely, an artist, sculptor and designer, and his wife, Elsa ('Judy'), British citizens living in Maine, arrived on Tongatapu and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Tonga Islands. [BW13:456] They shared the honour with Dr. Stanley Bolton. [BWNS286] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Tonga | |
1952 (In the year)
195- |
Dudley Smith Kutendere from Zomba in the south of Malawi became a Bahá'í in Dar-es-Salaam, the first African to become a Bahá'í in Tanganyika and the first in all of Central and East Africa.
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Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania; Dudley Smith Kutendere; Malawi; Zomba, Malawi | first African Bahá’í in Tanganyika, and Central and East Africa |
1952 c. Jun
195- |
Dudley Smith Kutendere returned to his home in Nyasaland, becoming the first Bahá'í in the country.
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Dudley Smith Kutendere; Malawi | first Bahá’í resident in Nyasaland; first Bahá’í in Nyasalan |
1953 Jun
195- |
Dunduzu Chisiza, a Nyasaland student who had recently become a Bahá'í in Uganda, arrived in Ruanda-Urundi (Burundi) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ruanda-Urundi | |
1953 18 Sep
195- |
Dwight and Carole Allen arrived in Athens and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Greece. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Athens, Greece; Greece | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Earle Render arrived in the Leeward Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Leeward Islands | |
1953 15 Oct
195- |
Eberhard Friedland arrived in French Guiana from the United States and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; French Guiana | |
1953 14 Oct
195- |
Edith M. Danielsen arrived on Aitutaki Island, 150 miles north of Rarotonga, before leaving for Avarua, Rarotonga, five days later and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Cook Islands. [BW13:450]
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- Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Cook Islands | |
1951 11 Oct
195- |
Edmund (Ted) Cardell, arrived in Kenya, the first Bahá'í pioneer to the country in the Africa Campaign. [UD488]
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Kenya; Marguerite Preston; Ted Cardell | first pioneer to Kenya in Africa Campaign |
1953 Oct
195- |
Edmund ('Ted') Cardell arrived in Windhoek and wss named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for South West Africa (Namibia). [BW13:456]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Alicia Cardell; Gerda Aiff; Hilifa Andreas Nekundi; Martin Aiff; Namibia; Tate Hilifa; Ted Cardell; Windhoek, Namibia | first German Bahá’ís pioneers to Africa; the first Namibian to become a Bahá'í. |
1954 Apr
195- |
Edward Tabe, a youth from Cameroon, no older than fourteen, and Albert Buapiah from the Gold Coast arrived in British Togoland and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450; KoB78-79; BWNS249] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Albert Buapiah; British Togoland (Ghana); Edward Tabe; Ghana | |
1953 Aug
195- |
Edythe MacArthur arrived in the Queen Charlotte Islands (now Haida Gwaii) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455; BWIM143-145] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Queen Charlotte Island, BC | |
1954 25 Dec
195- |
Edythe MacArthur, already a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Queen Charlotte Islands, (now Haida Gwaii), arrived from Canada. She pioneered to Zululand and Cape Town where she worked as a nurse. [KoBp272-273]
Her story was told in the above reference and in Memoriam 1992-1997 p143 and in CBN No. 175 August 1966 p4. |
- Travel teachers and pioneers, First; Cape Town, South Africa; Edythe MacArthur; Queen Charlotte Island, BC; South Africa | |
1954 May
195- |
Elinore Putney arrived in the Aleutian Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Alaska, USA; Aleutian Islands, AK; Russia; United States (USA) | |
1954 Feb
195- |
Elise Schreiber (later Lynelle) arrived on St Thomas Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Elise Schreiber (Lynelle); Sao Tome and Principe | |
1954 Jan
195- |
Elizabeth Bevan (later Mrs Golmohammed) arrived in Rhodes and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Rhodes, Greece | |
1954 4 May
195- |
Elizabeth Stamp, an Irish-American widow from New York City, arrived in St Helena and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456; KoB392]
See her short biography on the St. Helena website. |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; St. Helena | |
1953 26 Aug
195- |
Ella Bailey (b. 16 December, 1864, Houston, Harris County, Texas) passed away in Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya at the age of 88 years. [BW12:687]
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; Ella Bailey; Houston, TX; Libya; Names and titles; Texas, USA; Tripoli, Libya; United States (USA) | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Elly Becking arrived in Dutch New Guinea and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Dutch New Guinea; Indonesia | |
1953 Sep
195- |
Elsa Grossman arrived in the Frisian Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Elsa Grossmann; Frisian Islands | |
1953 24 Oct
195- |
Elsie Austin arrived in Tangier from the United States and Muhammad-'Alí Jalálí, an Iranian, also arrived. They were both named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Elsie Austin; Morocco; Muhammad-`Alí Jalálí; Tangier, Morocco | |
1954 16 Jul
195- |
Emeric and Rosemary Sala from Canada pioneered in Zululand and Port Elizabeth (currently Gqeberha) where they were instrumental in establishing the Faith. Rosemary established and international library at Cowan High School in New Brighton.
Rosemary's story can be found in BW18p713. Emeric's at BW20p993. Their biography Tending the Garden was written by Ilona Sala Weinstein. |
- Travel teachers and pioneers, First; Emeric Sala; Rosemary Sala; South Africa | |
1953 25 Mar
195- |
Enayat Sohaili, an Iranian, arrived in Mozambique from India, the first Bahá'í pioneer to the country. [BW13:290]
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- Persecution; - Persecution, Arrests; - Pioneers; - Travel teachers and pioneers, First; Enayat Sohaili; Mozambique; Persecution, Mozambique | first Bahá’í pioneer Mozambique |
1957 3 Feb
195- |
Enoch Olinga arrived in the Holy Land, the first black African Bahá'í to go on pilgrimage. [BW13p288] | - First pilgrims; Enoch Olinga; Haifa, Israel; Pilgrims | first black African Bahá’í on pilgrimage. |
1953 Oct
195- |
Enoch Olinga arrived in Victoria (Limbé) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the British Cameroons. [BW13:449]
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- First Bahá'ís by country or area; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; British Cameroon; Cameroon; Enoch Olinga; Limbé, Camaroon; Nigeria | first Cameroonian youth Bahá’í; first Cameroonian adult Bahá’í; first Cameroonian woman Bahá’í |
1952 Feb
195- |
Enoch Olinga became a Bahá'í, the third Ugandan and the first of the Iteso tribe to accept the Faith.
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Enoch Olinga; Uganda | first Bahá'í of Iteso tribe |
1952 Feb
195- |
Eric Manton and his son Terry arrived in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), the first Bahá'ís to settle in the country. They settled in the Copperbelt region from where he was able to raise a number of native believers who took the Faith to other parts of Zambia. [A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nance Ororo-Robarts and Selam Ahderrom p2]
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- Travel teachers and pioneers, First; Eric Manton; Northern Rhodesia; Terry Manton; Zambia | first residents in Northern Rhodesia |
1953 Jul
195- |
Eskil Ljungberg of Sweden, aged 67, arrived in the Faroe Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451]
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- Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Faroe Islands, Denmark | |
1953 13 Oct
195- |
Esther Evans and Lillian Middlemast arrived in Castries, St Lucia, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Windward Islands. BW13:457] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Castries, St. Lucia; St. Lucia; Windward Islands | |
1951 22 Oct
195- |
Ethel Stephens, the first black American pioneer to Africa, arrived in Accra, the first Bahá'í pioneer to Ghana. [UD273] | Ethel Stephens; Ghana | first black American pioneer to Africa; first pioneer to Ghana |
1953 Sep
195- |
Evelyn Baxter arrived in the Channel Islands and was named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Channel Islands, UK; Evelyn Baxter | |
1954 Feb
195- |
Faríburz Rúzbihyán (Feriborz Roozbehyan) arrived in The Gambia and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Gambia, The | |
1953 11 Oct
195- |
Fawzí Zaynu'l-'Ábidín and his wife, Bahíyyih 'Alí Sa'di'd-Dín, (Fauzi and Bahia Zein) and their sons Kamál and Sharíf arrived in Tetuán from Egypt and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Spanish Morocco. [BW13:456; KoB35]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahiyyih Ali Sadid-Din; Fawzi Zaynul-Abidin; Kamal Zaynul-Abidin; Morocco; Sharif Zaynul-Abidin; Tétouán, Morocco | |
1956 11 - 12 Nov
195- |
First All-Taiwan Teaching Conference was held in Tainan, Taiwan. The conference was attended by then Auxiliary Board Member Agnes Alexander from Japan. She would visit Taiwan two more times, in 1958 and 1962-as a Hand of the Cause. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p17] | - First conferences; Agnes Alexander; Auxiliary board members; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; Tainan, Taiwan; Taiwan; Teaching | first Teaching Conference held in Taiwan |
1957 28 - 30 Sep
195- |
First Bahá'í Summer School held in Taiwan. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p21] | First summer and winter schools; Summer schools; Taiwan | first Bahá'í Summer School held in Taiwan |
1955 18–22 Jan
195- |
Five Bahá'ís were arrested and beaten in Hisár, Khurásán, Iran; four of these are dragged around the town; Bahá'í houses were attacked, looted and set on fire. [BW18p390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Destruction; Hisar, Iran; Iran; Khurásán, Iran | |
1954 6 Apr
195- |
Five Continental Bahá'í Funds were inaugurated by Shoghi Effendi. [MBW59, 63] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Bahá'í World Centre; Funds; Funds, Continental | |
1952 21 Feb
195- |
For their part in the Africa Campaign, Egypt was asked to send pioneers to Libya and to Algeria. The first pioneer to Libya, Dr.
Hussein Gollestaneh, arrived in
Benghazi from Egypt.
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Benghazi, Libya; El Alamy; Gorrah family; Hussein Gollestaneh; Libya | first libyan to declare his Faith |
1956 Ridván
195- |
Formation of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Guam. | Guam; Local Spiritual Assemblies | first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Guam. |
1950 Sep - Oct
195- |
Four Bahá'ís in Iran were arrested on trumped-up charges. The trial lasted until 1954, when the accused were given prison sentences. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Court cases; Court cases; Iran | |
1954 Sep
195- |
Four people had become Bahá'ís in Zanzibar by this date. | Statistics; Zanzibar, Tanzania | |
1955 Sep
195- |
Fowzieh Sobhi arrived in British Somaliland from Egypt, the first Bahá'í to reside in the country. | British Somaliland; Fowzieh Sobhi | first pioneer to British Somaliland |
1953 20 Oct
195- |
Frances Heller arrived in Macau and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the island. [BW13:453; PH73]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Frances Heller; Macau | first Knight of Bahá’u’lláh to settle in Chinese territory |
1955 4 Jun
195- |
Frank Wyss of Australia arrived on Cocos and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia | |
1953 2 Aug
195- |
Fred Schechter, an American, arrived in Djibouti (the French Somaliland) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for French Somaliland. [BW13:45; KoB50-58,98,107]
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Counsellors; Djibouti, East Africa; Fred Schechter; French Somaliland; International Teaching Centre, Members of | |
1953 13 Oct
195- |
Frederick and Elizabeth Laws arrived in Basutoland (Lesotho) and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449, BWNS262 ]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Basutoland | first Bahá'ís in Basutoland (Lesotho) |
1953 Oct
195- |
Frederick and Jean Allen and Irving and Grace Geary arrived on Cape Breton Island and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Cape Breton Island, NS; Frederick Allen; Grace Geary; Irving Geary; Jean Allen | |
1957 Oct
195- |
From a message from the Guardian dated October 1957
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- Bahá'í World Centre; Endowments; Statistics | |
1950 Nov
195- |
From Switzerland, Shoghi Effendi invited five Bahá'ís—Lotfullah Hakim, Jessie and Ethel Revell, Amelia Collins and Mason Remey—to Haifa. [PP251]
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- Bahá'í World Centre; Amelia Collins; Ben Weeden; Charles Mason Remey; Ethel Revell; Gladys Anderson Weeden; Haifa, Israel; International Bahá'í Council (1951-1963); Jessie Revell; Lutfullah Hakim; Switzerland | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Gail and Gerald Curwin with their daughter Leeanna and Maurice and Ethel Holmes arrived in Nassau and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Bahamas Islands. [BW13:449] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahamas; Ethel Holmes; Gail Curwin; Gerald Curwin; Maurice Holmes; Nassau, Bahamas | |
1954 Feb
195- |
Gail Avery arrived in the Baranof Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Baranof Island, AK | |
1954 9 Apr
195- |
Gayle Woolson and her companion, Rebecca Kaufman, arrived in the Galapagos Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] [Heroes of God p59] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ecuador; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Geertrui Ankersmidt arrived in the Frisian Islands and was named Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Frisian Islands; Gertrud Ankersmidt; Netherlands | |
1953 18 Oct
195- |
George and Marguerite (Peggy) True arrived on Tenerif with their 12-year-old son Barry and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Canary Islands. [BW13:450; BW19p634] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Barry True; Canary Islands, Spain; George True; Margarite True; Peggy True; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Geraldine Graney arrived in the Hebrides and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Geraldine Graney; Hebrides | |
1953 Sep
195- |
Gertrude Eisenberg arrived in Las Palmas and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Canary Islands. [BW13:450] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Canary Islands, Spain; Las Palmas, Canary Islands | |
1953 Jun
195- |
Ghulám 'Alí Kurlawala arrived in Daman and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Daman, India | |
1950 (In the year)
195- |
Ghulam Reza Akhzari and his son Nur Allah were killed near Yazd and Bahram Rawhani was murdered in Taft. [Towards a History of Iran's Bahá'í Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 by Mina Yazdani.] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; - Persecution, Deaths; Iran; Taft, Iran; Yazd, Iran | |
1953 27 Dec
195- |
Gilbert and Daisy Robert, a French couple, become Bahá'ís in Madagascar, the first people to accept the Faith in the country. | Daisy Robert; Gilbert Robert; Madagascar | first Bahá'ís in Madagascar |
1953 29 Oct
195- |
Gladys ('Glad') Irene Parke and Gretta Stevens Lamprill arrived in Papeete from Australia and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Society Islands, French Polynesia. [BW13:455]
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- Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; French Polynesia; Papeete, French Polynesia; Society Islands, French Polynesia | |
1954 Feb
195- |
Grace Bahovec arrived in the Baranof Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Baranof Island, AK | |
1953 (In the year)
195- |
Grant Mensah, a Ghanaian, became a Bahá'í in Ruanda-Urundi, the first person to accept the Faith in that country. | Grant Mensah; Ruanda-Urundi | first Bahá’í in Burundi |
1954 Mar
195- |
Greta Jankko arrived in the Marquesas Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Greta Jankko; Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia | |
1954 Apr
195- |
Habíb Isfahání arrived in Dakar and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for French West Africa. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Dakar, Senegal; French West Africa; Habib Isfahani | |
1954 29 May
195- |
Haik (Haig) Kevorkian arrived in the Galápagos Islands and settled on the island of Santa Cruz. He was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. Haig had been present in Guayaquil as an itinerant pioneer-teacher in 1945 when the first local Assembly of that city was formed. He returned in 1954 to fill the virgin goal of the Galapagos. [BW13:452; Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p24; 61]
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- Biography; - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ecuador; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; Haig Kevorkian | |
1958 21 Sep
195- |
Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas arrived in Indonesia and was plunged into negotiations regarding the holding of the conference.
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- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Indonesia; Leroy Ioas | |
1957 25 Mar
195- |
Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend passed away in Dublin, Ireland. (b.14 June, 1896) [BBD226, BW02-03p169]
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; Dublin, Ireland; George Townshend; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, First Contingent; Ireland | |
1955 12 Nov
195- |
Hand of the Cause of God Valíyu'lláh Varqá passed away in Stuttgart.
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; Germany; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Stuttgart, Germany; Varqa, Valiyullah; Varqá (disambiguation) | |
1951 20 Dec
195- |
Hand of the Cause Roy C. Wilhelm, (b.17 September, 1875) passed away in Lovel, Maine. He was buried in the Wilhelm Family Cemetery in Stoneham, Maine. [BW12:662]
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - Hands of the Cause; - In Memoriam; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Lovel, ME; Maine, USA; Martha Root; Roy C. Wilhelm; United States (USA) | |
1957 15 Nov
195- |
Hands of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum, Mason Remey, Amelia Collins and Leroy Ioas, accompanied by Hand of the Cause Ugo Giachery, entered the apartment of Shoghi Effendi and sealed with tape and wax the safe where his important documents were kept as well as the drawers to his desk. [BW13:341]
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- Hands of the Cause; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Amelia Collins; Charles Mason Remey; Haifa, Israel; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Leroy Ioas; Shoghi Effendi, Passing of; Ugo Giachery | |
1954 Jun
195- |
Harold and Florence Fitzner arrived in Portuguese Timor and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; East Timor; Florence Fitzner; Harold Fitzner; Portuguese Timor | |
1953 Oct
195- |
Helen Robinson arrived on Baranof Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Baranof Island, AK | |
1957 8 – 21 Jun
195- |
Hokkaido Island was opened to the Faith by Rouhollah Mumtazi and Gekie Nakajima with the enrolment of new believers Kinkichi Shimatani and Yoshiro Sasaki of Sapporo, Japan. | Hokkaido Island, Japan; Japan | first Bahá'í on Hokkaido Island |
1952 8 Oct
195- |
Holy Year, "The Great Jubilee", October 1952 to October 1953, was inaugurated. [MBW16-18; BW12:116; DG84; PP409–10; SBR170–1]
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Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Centenaries; Great Jubilee (1952-1953); Holy Years; India; Kampala, Uganda; New Delhi, India; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Stockholm, Sweden; Sweden; Uganda; United States (USA); Wilmette, IL | |
1954 3 Jan
195- |
Howard and Joanne Menking arrived in the Cape Verde Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Islands; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Cape Verde | |
1954 Apr
195- |
Howard Gilliland arrived in Labrador and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Labrador, NL | |
1953 Sep
195- |
Howard Snider arrived in Key West and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Key West, FL | |
1953 Sep
195- |
Hugh McKinley and his mother, Violet, arrived in Cyprus and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450]
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- Biography; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Cyprus; Famagusta, Cyprus; Hugh McKinley; Ismael Velasco; Olive McKinley; Violet McKinley | |
1954 Feb
195- |
Husayn Halabi arrived in Hadhramaut and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Hadhramaut, Arabian Peninsula; Yemen | |
1953 Nov
195- |
Husayn Rawhání Ardikání and his wife, Nusrat, arrived in Tangier with their daughter, Shahlá, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Husayn Rawhani Ardikani; Morocco; Nusrat Ardikani; Sahla Ardikani; Tangier, Morocco | |
1956 25 Feb
195- |
Husayn Uskuli, (b. 1875) long-time pioneer to Shanghai from 'Ishqábád, passed away in Shanghai at the age of 82 and was buried in the Kiangwan Cemetery in Shanghai. [PH29, BW13p871-873]
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- Biography; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; China; Husayn Uskuli; Ishqabad (Ashgabat); Shanghai, China; Turkmenistan | |
1952 27 Apr
195- |
Hyde Dunn was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously in a cable sent to the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand. [BW13:861; SBR169] | - Hands of the Cause; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; John Henry Hyde Dunn | |
1955 21 April
195- |
In 1843, the Báb's only child, Ahmad, was still-born or died soon after birth. Khadíjih Bagum had a very difficult delivery and almost died as a result. The child was buried under a pine (or cypress) tree in the shrine of Bíbí-Dukhtarán (meaning Matron or Mistress of the Maidens).
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* Báb, The (chronology); - Biography; - Births and deaths; Ahmad (son of the Báb); Báb, Family of; Cemeteries and graves; Cypress trees; Iran; Shíráz, Iran | |
1950 (Early June)
195- |
In 1950 Sutherland Maxwell suffered from a severe illness from which he never recovered. He returned to Montreal in early June, 1951. [From CBN undated Memorial Issue] | Canada; Haifa, Israel; Montreal, QC; William Sutherland Maxwell | |
1955 5 Aug
195- |
In a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles he requested that Bahá'ís withdraw from Churches, Synagogues, Freemasonry and other secret societies. A number of letters had been written before and were written after on the same subject. [LoGno.1387; LoGno.1388 (1956); LoGno.1389 (1956); LoGno.1390 (1956); LoGno.1391 (1951)]
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Freemasonry; Membership of other organizations; Secret Societies | |
1951 25 Feb
195- |
In a letter from the Guardian addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles, concerning its Two Year Plan which immediately preceded the Ten Year Crusade, he made a reference to the election of the Universal House of Justice:
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- Bahá'í World Centre; Universal House of Justice, Election of | |
1952 1 Jun
195- |
In a letter written on behalf of the Guardian by the Assistant Secretary, the National Spiritual Assembly was informed that Ahmad Sohrab had cabled the Israeli Minister of Religion to influence the court case brought by the Covenant-breakers, against the Guardian, and which resulted in complete vindication of the Guardian's control of the Bahá'í Shrines and properties. Sohrab's cable identified the Caravan with the Covenant-breakers and stated that the organization was not under the authority of Shoghi Effendi. In a letter dated May 25, 1941, the Guardian wrote through his Secretary that Sohrab "is no doubt the most subtle, resourceful and indefatigable enemy the Faith has had in America." | Covenant-breaking; Mirza Ahmad Sohrab; New History Society; United States (USA) |
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