Chronology: Date 1953-09

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date	event	tags	firsts
1953 30 Sep 195-	Manúchihr Hizárí and Hurmuz Zindih arrived in Tangier and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). [BW13:454]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Tangier, Morocco; Morocco
1953 26 Sep 195-	The martyrdom of Rahmán Kulayní Mamaqání. He was stabbed by a ruffian in a mob. [BW12p710-711]	* Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Mobs; Durúd, Iran; Iran
1953 23 Sep 195-	Ted and Joan Anderson arrived in Whitehorse, Canada, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Yukon. [BW13:457]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ted Anderson; Joan Anderson; Whitehorse, YT; Canada
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]	Statistics; - Bahá'í World Centre
1953 20 Sep 195-	The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Mr. Max Kanyerezi in Middle Congo (now called Republic of Congo). At this time the country was, together with the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, and Gabon, part of a much larger French territory called the Federation of French Equatorial Africa which was dissolved in 1958. [BWNS246; A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p8] Max and his wife Florence later moved back to Uganda where he had been raised. [CG106-107] The website of the Bahá'ís of the Republic of the Congo gives a different date for the arrival of Max Kanyerezi... "Le premier bahá'í au Congo était Max Kanyerezi. Il fut déposé par Violette et Ali Nakhjavani en 1955." (Translation) "The first Bahá'í in Congo was Max Kanyerezi. He was dropped off by Violette and Ali Nakhjavani in 1955." [Reference]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Congo, Democratic Republic of; - Africa
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 Sep 195-	Hugh McKinley and his mother, Violet, arrived in Cyprus and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] Violet passed away in 1959 and she was laid to rest in Famagusta. Hugh remained in Cyprus until 1963. He died in Suffolk in 1999 was was buried in Lawshall, Suffolk. He had been born on the 18th of February, 1924. See Ismael Velasco's paper entitled In Memoriam: Hugh McKinley. See Life of Hugh McKinley, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh by Olive McKinley. See Memoram: Hugh McKinley by Ismael Velasco.	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Hugh McKinley; Violet McKinley; Ismael Velasco; Olive McKinley; Cyprus; Famagusta, Cyprus; Biography
1953 Sep 195-	Elsa Grossman arrived in the Frisian Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452]	Elsa Grossmann; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Islands; Frisian Islands
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; Diaillah Asgharzadih; Channel Islands, UK
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-	Dick Stanton arrived in Keewatin and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Keewatin, NT
1953 12 Sep 195-	Nellie French arrived in Monaco and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] Then 85, she was the first Bahá'í to arrive in Monaco, but she passed away a few months later. For her act of service in bringing the Faith to the country, she received the accolade Knight of Baha'u'llah from Shoghi Effendi. 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; Biography
1953 Sep 195-	Cora Oliver arrived in British Honduras (Belize) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449]	Cora Oliver; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Belize
1953 9 Sep 195-	José (d. 1985) and Hilda (née Summers) Xavier Rodrigues, a Portuguese-English couple, arrived in Bissau from Portugal as the first Bahá'í pioneers to Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau) and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Portuguese Guinea; Guinea Bissau
1953 9 Sep 195-	Rooho'llah Mavadatt arrived in Algeria as a pioneer. [BN No277 p8]	Algeria
1953 8 Sep 195-	Jameson and Gale Bond arrived in Arctic Bay in the District of Franklin and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451, SDSC127]	Jameson Bond; Gale Bond; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Arctic Bay, NU; Franklin, QC
1953 Sep 195-	Doris Richardson arrived on Grand Manan Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Islands; Grand Manan Island, NB
1953 Sep 195-	Julius Edwards arrived in the Northern Territories Protectorate (now part of Ghana) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Northern Territories Protectorate; Ghana
1953 Sep 195-	Kathleen Weston arrived in the Magdalen Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Islands; Magdalen Islands, QC
1953 Sep 195-	The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Enayat Sohaili in Nyasaland (now known as Malawi) [BWNS240]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Malawi; - Africa
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]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Islands; Shetland Islands; Scotland; United Kingdom
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]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Islands; Madeira; Portugal; - Europe
1953 Sep 195-	Evelyn Baxter arrived in the Channel Islands and was named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450]	Evelyn Baxter; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Channel Islands, UK
1953 Sep 195-	Gertrude Eisenberg arrived in Las Palmas and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Canary Islands. [BW13:450]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Islands; Las Palmas, Canary Islands; Canary Islands, Spain
1953 Sep 195-	Brigitte Hasselblatt arrived in Shetland and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; - Islands; Shetland Islands; Scotland; United Kingdom


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