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Date 1951-12-24, sorted by date, descending

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1951 24 Dec
195-		 Shoghi Effendi appointed 12 Hands of the Cause of God, the first contingent of Hands to be appointed. BBRSM127; BW12:38–40, 374–5; BW13:333–4; MBW20; PG223-224]
  • They were Sutherland Maxwell, Mason Remey, Amelia Collins (she had been appointed in 1946, but her appointment had not been made public), Valíyu'lláh Varqá, Tarázu'lláh Samandarí, 'Alí-Akbar Furútan, Horace Holley, Dorothy Baker, Leroy Ioas, George Townshend, Hermann Grossmann and Ugo Giachery [GBF110–11; MBW20; PP253–4]
    		•  - Hands of the Cause; `Alí-Akbar Furútan; Amelia Collins; Charles Mason Remey; Dorothy Baker; George Townshend; Haifa, Israel; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Contingents; Hands of the Cause, First Contingent; Hermann Grossmann; Horace Holley; Leroy Ioas; Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí; Ugo Giachery; Varqa, Valiyullah; Varqá (disambiguation); William Sutherland Maxwell
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