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1971 13 Oct 197- |
Following the banning of Bahá'í activities in Egypt in 1960, Egyptian Bahá'ís submitted a petition to the Supreme Constitutional Court asking for redress and for justice to be upheld. [BW15:173]
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Persecution, Egypt; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution, Bans; - Persecution; Court cases; Egypt | |
1971 16 Oct 197- |
The inauguration of Shahyad Tower ("King's Memorial Tower") in Tehran. The tower was built in honour of the shah on the occasion of the commemoration of the 2,500th anniversary of the Persian Empire and has become an iconic symbol of the city of Tehran. It has been described as being a tower, an arch, a gate and an obelisk in one and is 50 meters (164 ft) tall and completely clad in some eight thousand blocks of cut marble from Isfahan Province. The main financing was provided by a group of five hundred Iranian industrialists.
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Hossein Amanat (Husayn Amanat); Architecture; - Architects; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1971 Nov 197- |
The first Bahá'í Youth Conference of the Antilles took place in the Dominican Republic. [BW 15:217] | Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Youth; Youth; - First conferences; Dominican Republic | first Bahá’í Youth Conference of the Antilles |
1971 26 – 28 Nov 197- |
The fiftieth anniversary of the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá was commemorated. [BW15:125–8; VV14]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; * Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | |
1971 Dec - 1972 Jan 197- |
The first youth summer school for southern Africa was held at the Leroy Ioas Teacher Training Institute in Mbabane and is attended by 67 people from eight countries. | First summer and winter schools; Mbabane, Eswatini; Swaziland | first youth summer school for southern Africa |
1971 24 Dec 197- |
The murder of American pioneer Martha (Marty) Ross Dean on a train from Wankie destined for Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). She was killed by an intruder who had entered her sleeping compartment and strangled her. She had been in Rhodesia since late 1970 and was enrolled in the Bulawayo School of Nursing at the time of her death. [BW15p508]
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Martha Ross Dean; Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
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