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| 1947 May |
Clarence Iverson visited the Bahamas, the first recorded visit to the islands by a Bahá'í. |
Bahamas |
First Bahais by country or area; Islands |
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| 1953 Oct |
Gail and Gerald Curwin with their daughter Leeanna and Maurice and Ethel Holmes arrived in Nassau and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Bahamas Islands. [BW13:449] |
Nassau; Bahamas |
Knights of Bahaullah; Islands; Gail Curwin; Ethel Holmes; Gerald Curwin; Maurice Holmes |
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| 1954 Jan |
Andrew and Mina Matthisen arrived in the Bahamas and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] |
Bahamas; Caribbean |
Knights of Bahaullah; Islands |
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| 1954 Oct |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in Nassau, Bahamas, Winfield Small, a young police officer from Barbados, enrolled.
Mr Small opened Barbados to the Faith. |
Nassau; Bahamas; Barbados |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1955 Apr |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in the Bahamas, Molly Newbold, enrolled.
As she did not remain a Bahá'í, Arnold Wells, a tinsmith who became a Bahá'í on 20 April, is regarded as the first Bahá'í. Christine Thompson, who owned a small fruit and vegetable shop, and Frank Ferguson, who owned a gas station, also enrolled on 20 April. |
Bahamas |
First Bahais by country or area; Islands |
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| 1955 Ridván |
The first local spiritual assembly in the Bahamas was formed in Nassau. |
Nassau; Bahamas |
Local Spiritual Assembly |
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| 1975 2 May |
The first teaching institute of the Bahamas took place in Nassau. [BW16:207] |
Nassau; Bahamas |
Teaching institutes; Firsts, Other; Islands |
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| 1978 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahamas was formed with its seat in Nassau. [BW17:162, 348] |
Nassau; Bahamas |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1987 16 – 17 Jan |
The first Youth Conference of the Bahamas was held with representation from three islands. [BINS173:9] |
Bahamas |
Conferences, Bahai; Conferences, Youth; Youth; First conferences |
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| 1987 Mar |
The first Bahá'í Winter School held on San Salvador Island, Bahamas, took place. [BINS164:11] |
San Salvador Island; Bahamas |
First summer and winter schools |
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from the Main Catalogue
- Memoirs of Shamsi Sedaghat, The, by Shamsi Sedaghat (2023). Early years in Ashgabat and Iran; pilgrimage in 1955; pioneering to Africa, Cyprus, and the Bahamas; travel teaching to Kampala, Brighton, Palermo, Kampala, Brighton, Palermo, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean, Central America, Liberia, and United States. [about]
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