Chronology: Date 1953-10-00

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date	event	tags	firsts
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)
1953 Oct 195-	The superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb was completed. [BBD210; CB324–5; PP235; ZK85–6] Marble for the Shrine of the Báb came from Chiampo, Italy as did marble for the Archives Building, the Resting Place of Shoghi Effendi, the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, the Terraces Project, the Monument Gardens and the Houses of Worship in India and Samoa. It was cut and chiseled by a firm called Margraf, formerly known as Industria Marmi Vincentini. [BWNS1223] 'Abdu'l-Bahá described the Shrine of the Báb as the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár. [ABF18] In a letter from the International Bahá'í Council dated the 2nd of May 1955, they reported on the great interest that has been taken in the Shrine of the Báb since the completion. [CBN No65 Jun 1955 p1; BN 292 Jun 1955 p4]	Báb, Shrine of; Marble; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; - Bahá'í World Centre; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Margraf; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel; Chiampo, Italy; Italy
1953 Oct 195-	Muhammad Mustafá Sulaymán, an Egyptian, arrived in Spanish Sahara (Western Sahara) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. BW13:456] For the story of his life see BW18:768–71.	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Muhammad Mustafa Sulayman; Spanish Sahara
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] He was later joined by his wife Alicia and the first German Bahá'ís to pioneer to Africa, Martin and Gerda Aiff and their children. In 1955 Hilifa Andreas Nekundi, (also known as Tate Hilifa), was the first Namibian to become a Bahá'í. Mr. Nekundi later served on the first Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Windhoek, and the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Namibia. [BWNS280]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ted Cardell; Alicia Cardell; Martin Aiff; Gerda Aiff; Hilifa Andreas Nekundi; Tate Hilifa; Windhoek, Namibia; Namibia	first German Bahá’ís pioneers to Africa; the first Namibian to become a Bahá'í.
1953 Oct 195-	The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Edith Danielson in the Cook Islands. [BWNS265]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Cook Islands; Pacific
1953 Oct 195-	Katharine Meyer arrived on Margarita Island and was named Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Katharine Meyer; Margarita Island, Venezuela
1953 Oct 195-	Ursula von Brunn arrived in the Frisian Islands and was named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452]	Ursula von Brunn; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Frisian Islands
1953 Oct 195-	Helen Robinson arrived on Baranof Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449]	- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Baranof Island, AK


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