Chronology: Date 1922-01

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date	event	tags	firsts
1922 30 Jan 192-	Mírzá Muhammad-`Alí and Badí`u'lláh seized the keys to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. [BBR456-7; CB288-9, 333; ER205; GBF18; PP53] The governor of `Akká ordered that the keys be handed over to the authorities and posted a guard at the Shrine. [BBR457; PP53-4] For Western accounts of the episode see BBR456-7.	Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Mírzá Badiullah; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Bahji, Israel
1922 24 Jan 192-	Dr Sarah A. Clock passed away in Tihrán. She had gone there in 1911 to assist Dr Moody at the Tarbíyat School. [BFA2:361; SW12, 19:309]	Sarah Clock; Susan Moody; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Tehran, Iran; Iran
1922 21 Jan 192-	Shoghi Effendi wrote to the two major communities of the Faith, Persia and America, urging the believers to arise in service for the triumph of the Cause. [BA15-17; CB298-300; CT154] See SoW Vol 13 No 1 21 March 1922 p17-18 for the letter to the Bahá'ís of America..	* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Bahá'í World Centre
1922 16 Jan 192-	The Greatest Holy Leaf cabled the United States with the news that Shoghi Effendi had been appointed Guardian. [PP48]	Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Guardianship; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; - Bahá'í World Centre; USA
1922 9 Jan 192-	William H. Hoar, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in Fanwood, New Jersey. [SW12, 19:310] For his obituary see SW12, 19:310-12.	William Hoar; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Fanwood, NJ; New Jersey, USA; USA
1922 7 Jan 192-	The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá was read publicly at his house to an assembled gathering of Bahá'ís from many countries. [EJR199-200] Shoghi Effendi was again absent. [EJR200] The Greatest Holy Leaf sent two cables to Persia, informing the Bahá'ís that Shoghi Effendi had been appointed Guardian and instructing them to hold memorial services for `Abdu'l-Bahá. [PP47]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Guardianship; `Abdu'l-Bahá, House of; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Haifa, Israel
1922 6 Jan 192-	A memorial feast for 600 people of Haifa, `Akká and the surrounding area was held 40 days after the passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá. [BW15:122; ER195] More than a hundred poor were also fed. [BW15:122; ERT95-6] For details of the memorial service see ER195-9 and SW13, 2:404.	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel
1922 3 Jan 192-	The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá was read aloud for the first time, to a group of nine men, mainly senior members of `Abdu'l-Bahá's family. [BBRSM115; CB286; ER194; GBF14; PP45] Shoghi Effendi was not present at the reading. [CB286; ER194] Shoghi Effendi was appointed Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith. [WT11] Shoghi Effendi had no fore-knowledge of the institution of the Guardianship nor that he would be appointed Guardian. [CB285; PP423] The fact that Shoghi Effendi was to become 'Abdu'l-Bahá's successor was a well-guarded secret. The person who was privy to this appointment was the Greatest Holy Leaf. Another was a non-Bahá'í woman, Dr J. Fallscheer, a German physician who lived in Haifa and attended the ladies of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's household. When Shoghi Effendi was a child, 'Abdu'l-Bahá clearly stated to her that Shoghi Effendi would be His successor. But this information was not communicated to anybody else. [CoC30; PP1-2] For a list of topics covered by the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá see GPB328.	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Ascension of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Guardianship; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Condensed; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Covenant; Bahji, Israel


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