Bahá'í Faith, The: 1844-1950:
Information Statistical and Comparative

compiled by Shoghi Effendi
Wilmette, IL: Bahá'í Publishing Committee, 1950

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Dates of historic significance, 1844-1950	3
Countries opened to the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, 1844-1950	4
Languages in which Bahá'í Literature has been translated and printed	5
Languages in which Bahá'í Literature is being translated	5
List of the Báb's best-known works	6
Alphabetical list of Bahá'u'lláh's best-known writings	6
Races represented in the Bahá'í world community	8
Minority groups and races with which contact has been established by Bahá'ís	8
Bahá'í National Spiritual Assemblies	9
National Spiritual Assemblies in process of formation	9
Bahá'í National Administrative Headquarters in East and West	9
Incorporated Bahá'í Assemblies	9
Territories, Federal Districts and States of the United States where Bahá'í Marriage Certificates are officially recognized	11
Data concerning important national and international Bahá'í endowments	12
Principal Bahá'í historic sites in Persia owned by the Bahá'í community	12
American National Bahá'í Endowments	13
Estimated Value of American Bahá'í Properties	14
Successive stages in the transfer of the remains of the Báb from Persia to the Holy Land and the erection of His Mausoleum on Mount Carmel	15
Fate of those who persecuted the Báb	16
Data regarding the Bahá'í Temple in Wilmette, Illinois	18
Approximate number of localities where Bahá'ís reside in leading Bahá'í communities throughout the world	19
Localities where Bahá'ís reside in the United States of America	20
Localities where Bahá'ís reside in Persia	21
Bahá'í Centers in Latin America	22
Bahá'í Centers in India, Pákistán and Burma	23
Bahá'í Centers in Canada	24
Bahá'í Centers in Australia and New Zealand	25
Bahá'í Centers in the British Isles	26
Bahá'í Centers in Germany and Austria	26
Bahá'í Centers in the ten European countries opened to the Faith by the American Bahá'í Community under the Second Seven Year Plan	27
Bahá'í Centers in Territories of the Arabian Peninsula	28
The Badí' or Bahá'í Calendar	28
Bahá'í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting	30
Bahá'í Holy Days on which work should be suspended	30
Chronological List of significant events related to Bahá'u'lláh's historic pronouncement in His Súriy-i-Múlúk in 1863	30
Stages in Bahá'u'lláh's successive exiles from Tihrán to 'Akká	31
Cities visited by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the course of His three-year Travels 1911-1913	33
Prominent personages who have paid tribute to the Bahá'í Faith	34
Map of the Bahá'í World

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Declaration of the Mission of the Báb in Shíráz	May 23, 1844
Departure of the Báb on His pilgrimage to Mecca	September, 1844
Arrival of the Báb in Máh-Kú, Ádhirbáyján	Summer, 1847
Incarceration of the Báb in Chihríq, Ádhirbáyján	April, 1848
Conference of Badasht	June, 1848
Interrogation of the Báb in Tabríz, Ádhirbáyján	July, 1848
Martyrdom of the Báb in Tabríz, Ádhirbáyján	July 9, 1850
Attempt on the life of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh	August 15, 1852
Imprisonment of Bahá'u'lláh in the Siyáh-Chál of Tihrán	August, 1852
Banishment of Bahá'u'lláh to Baghdád	January 12, 1853
Withdrawal of Bahá'u'lláh to Kurdistán	April 10, 1854
Return of Bahá'u'lláh from Kurdistán	March 19, 1856
Declaration of the Mission of Bahá'u'lláh	April 22, 1863
Arrival of Bahá'u'lláh in Constantinople	August 16, 1863
Arrival of Bahá'u'lláh in Adrianople	December 12, 1863
Departure of Bahá'u'lláh from Adrianople	August 12, 1868
Arrival of Bahá'u'lláh in 'Akká	August 31, 1868
Death of the Purest Branch	June 23, 1870
Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh	May 29, 1892
First public reference to the Faith in America	September 23, 1893
Establishment of the first Bahá'í center in the West	February, 1894
Arrival of the first group of Western pilgrims in 'Akká	December 10, 1898
Arrival of the Báb's remains in the Holy Land	January 31, 1899
Reincarceration of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká	August 20, 1901
Commencement of the construction of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of 'Ishqábád	1902
Release of 'Abdu'l-Bahá from His incarceration	September, 1908
Interment of the Báb's remains on Mt. Carmel	March 21, 1909
Opening of the first American Bahá'í Convention	March 21, 1909
'Abdu'l-Bahá's departure for Egypt	September, 1910
'Abdu'l-Bahá's arrival in London	September 4, 1911
'Abdu'l-Bahá's arrival in America	April 11, 1912
Laying of the corner-stone of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois, by 'Abdu'l-Bahá	May 1, 1912
'Abdu'l-Bahá's return to the Holy Land	December 5, 1913
Unveiling of the Tablets of the Divine Plan	April, 1919
Commencement of the construction of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois	December, 1920
Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá	November 28, 1921
Verdict of the Muhammadan Court in Egypt pronouncing the Faith to be an independent religion	May 10, 1925
Martha Root's first interview with Queen Marie of Rumania	January 30, 1926
Resolution of the Council of the League of Nations upholding the claim of the Bahá'í Community to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád	March 4, 1929

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Passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf	July, 1932
Inception of the First American Seven-Year Plan	April, 1937
Completion of the exterior ornamentation of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois	December, 1942
Centenary celebration of the Founding of the Bahá'í Faith and opening of first All-American Bahá'í Convention	May 23, 1944
Inception of the Second American Seven-Year Plan	1946
Completion of the Arcade and Parapet of the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel	1950
Commemoration of the Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Báb	July 9, 1950

Period of the Báb's Ministry (1844-1853):

1. 'Iráq

2. Persia

Period of Bahá'u'lláh's Ministry (1853-1892):

3. Burma	7. Lebanon	11. Syria
4. Caucasus	8. Israel	12. Turkey
5. Egypt	9. Pákistán	13. Turkistán
6. India	10. Súdán

Period of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Ministry (1892-1921):

14. Australia	21. Great Britain	27. Japan
15. Austria	22. Hawaiian Islands	28. Russia
16. Brazil	22. Hawaii Islands	29. South Africa
17. Canada	23. Hijáz	30. Switzerland
18. China	24. Holland	31. Jordan
19. France	25. Hungary	32. Tunisia
20. Germany	26. Italy	33. United States of America

Period since 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Ascension (1921-1950):

34. Abyssinia	48. Chile	62. Finland
35. Aden Protectorate	49. Colombia	63. Formosa
36. Afghánistán	50. Corsica	64. Gold Coast
37. Ahsá	51. Costa Rica	65. Guatemala
38. Alaska	52. Cuba	66. Honduras
39. Argentina	53. Czechoslovakia	67. Iceland
40. Bahrayn Island	54. Denmark	68. Indo-China
41. Balúchistán	55. Dominican Repubiic	69. Indonesia
42. Belgian Congo	56. Dubai	70. Jamaica
43. Belgium	57. Ecuador	71. Kenya
44. Bermuda	58. Eire	72. Koweit
45. Bolivia	59. El-Salvador	73. Luxemburg
46. Bulgaria	60. Eritrea	74. Malaya
47. Ceylon	61. Fiji	75. Mexico

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76. Morocco 77. Newfoundland 78. New Zealand 79. Nicaragua 80. Nigeria 81. Norway 82. Panama 83. Paraguay

84. Peru 85. Philippine Islands 86. Poland 87. Portugal 88. Puerto Rico 89. Qatar 90. Siam 91. Spain 92. South Rhodesia

93. Sweden 94. Tasmania 95. 'Ummán 96. Uruguay 97. Venezuela 98. Yemen 99. Yugoslavia 100. Haiti

1. Abyssinian 2. Albanian 3. Arabic 4. Armenian 5. Assamese 6. Bengali 7. Bulgarian 8. Burmese 9. Chin 10. Chinese 11. Croatian 12. Czech 13. Danish 14 . Dutch 15. English 16. Eskimo 17. Esperanto 18. Finnish 19. French 20. German

21. Greek 22. Gujrati 23. Gurmukhi 24. Hebrew 25. Hindi 26. Hungarian 27. Icelandic 28. Italian 29. Japanese 30. Kashmiri 31. Kinarese 32. Kurdish 33. Maharatti 34. Malyalam 35. Maori 36. Nepalese 37. Norwegian 38. Oriyya 39. Persian 40. Polish

41. Portuguese 42. Punjabi 43. Pushtoo 44. Rajestani 45. Rumanian 46. Russian 47. Serbian 48. Sindhi 49. Sinhalese 50. Spanish 51. Swahili 52. Swedish 53. Tahitian 54. Tamil 55. Tatar 56. Telegu 57. Tigrinia 58. Turkish 59. Urdu 60. Welsh

1. Chinyanja 2. Erso 3. Hausa 4. Ilocano 5. Kachin

6. Karen 7. Latvian 8. Lithuanian 9. Malay 10. Red Indian

11. Shans 12. Siamese 13. Slovak 14. Ukranian

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1. The Persian Bayán 2. The Arabic Bayán 3. The Qayyumu'l-Asmá' 4. The Sahífatu'l-Haramayn 5. The Dalá'il-i-Sab'ih 6. Commentary on the Súrih of Kawthar 7. Commentary on the Súrih of Val-'Asr 8. The Kitáb-i-Asmá' 9. Sahífiy-i-Makhdhúmmíyyih 10. Sahífiy-i-Ja'faríyyih 11. Zíyárat-i-Sháh-'Abdu'l-'Azím 12. Kitáb-i-Panj-Sha'n 13. Sahífiy-i-Radavíyyih 14. Risáliy-i-'Adlíyyih 15. Risáliy-i-Fiqhíyyih 16. Risáliy-i-Dhahabíyyih 17. Kitábu'r-Rúh 18. Súriy-i-Tawhíd 19. Lawh-i-Hurúfát 20. Tafsír-i-Nubuvvat-i-Khássih 21. Risáliy-i-Furú'i-'Adlíyyih 22. Khasá'l-i-Sab'ih 23. Epistles to Muhammad Sháh and Hájí Mírzá Áqásí

N.B.—The Báb Himself states in one passage of the Persian Bayán that His writings comprise no less than 500,000 verses.

Alváh-i-Laylatu'l-Quds	Lawh-i-'Abdu'l-'Azíz-Va-Vukalá
Asl-i-Qullu'l-Khayr	Lawh-i-'Abdu'l-Vahháb
Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí	Lawh-i-'Abdu'r-Razzáq
Báz-Áv-u-Bidih-Jámí	Lawh-i-Ahbáb
Bishárát (Glad-Tidings)	Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad)
Chihár-Vádí (Four Valleys)	Lawh-i-Amváj
Haft-Vádí (Seven Valleys)	Lawh-i-Anta'l-Káfí
Halih-Halih-Yá-Bishárat	Lawh-i-Aqdas
Húr-i-'Ujáb	Lawh-i-Ashraf
Hurufát-i-'Allín	Lawh-i-'Áshiq-va-Ma'shúq
Ishráqát (Effulgences)	Lawh-i-Áyiy-i-Núr
Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih (Words of Paradise)	Lawh-i-Bahá
	Lawh-i-Baqá
Kalimát-i-Maknúnih (Hidden Words)	Lawh-i-Basítatu'l-Haqíqih
Kitáb-i-'Ahd (Book of Covenant)	Lawh-i-Bismílih
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)	Lawh-i-Bulbulu'l-Firáq
Kitáb-i-Badí'	Lawh-i-Burhán
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)	Lawh-i-Dunyá (Tablet of the World)
Kitáb-i-Sultán (Tablet to the Sháh of Persia)	Lawh-i-Fitnih
	Lawh-i-Ghulámu'l-Khuld

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Lawh-i-Habíb Lawh-i-Haft-Pursish Lawh-i-Haqq Lawh-i-Hawdaj Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) Lawh-i-Hirtík Lawh-i-Húríyyih Lawh-i-Husayn Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhi'b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf) Lawh-i-Ittihád Lawh-i-Jamál Lawh-i-Karím Lawh-i-Karmil Lawh-i-Kullu't-Ta'am Lawh-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria) Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rús (Tablet to the Czar of Russia) Lawh-i-Malláhu'l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner) Lawh-i-Manikchí-Sáhib Lawh-i-Maqsúd Lawh-i-Maryam Lawh-i-Mawlúd Lawh-i-Mubáhilih Lawh-i-Násir Lawh-i-Napulyún I (First Tablet to Napoleon III) Lawh-i-Napuiyún II (Second Tablet to Napoleon III) Lawh-i-Nuqtih Lawh-i-Páp (Tablet to the Pope) Lawh-i-Pisar-'Amm Lawh-i-Qiná' Lawh-i-Quds Lawh-i-Rafí Lawh-i-Ra'ís (Tablet to Ra'ís) Lawh-i-Raqshá Lawh-i-Rasúl Lawh-i-Rúh Lawh-i-Ru'yá Lawh-i-Saháb Lawh-i-Salmán I Lawh-i-Salmán II Lawh-i-Sámsún Lawh-i-Sayyáh Lawh-i-Shaykh-Fání Lawh-i-Tawhíd

Lawh-i-Tibb Lawh-i-Tuqá Lawh-i-Yúsuf Lawh-i-Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín Lawh-i-Ziyarih Madínatu'r-Ridá Madínatu't-Tawhíd Mathnaví Munájátháy-i-Síyám Qad-Ihtaraqa'l-Mukhlisún Qasídiy-i-Varqá'íyyih Rashh-i-Amá Ridvánu'l-'Adl Ridvánu'l-Iqrár Sahífiy-i-Shattiyyih Salát-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) Sáqí-Az-Ghayb-i-Baqá Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand Subhána-Rabbíya'l-A'la Subhánaka-Yá-Hú Súratu-lláh Súriy-i-Ahzán Súriy-i-Amín Surly-i-Amr Súriy-i-A'ráb Súriy-i-Asháb Súriy-i-Asmá Súriy-i-Bayán Súriy-i-Burhán Súriy-i-Damm Súriy-i-Dhabíh Súriy-i-Dhibh Súriy-i-Dhikr Súriy-i-Fadl Súriy-i-Fath Súriy-i-Fu'ád Súriy-i-Ghusn (Tablet of the Branch) Súriy-i-Hajj I Súriy-i-Hajj II Súriy-i-Haykal Súriy-i-Hifz Súriy-i-Hijr Súriy-i-'Ibád Súriy-i-Ism Súriy-i-Ismuna'l-Mursil Súriy-i-Javád Súriy-i-Khitáb Súriy-i-Ma'ání Súriy-i-Man'

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Súriy-i-Múlúk Súriy-i-Nida Súriy-i-Nush Súriy-i-Qadír Súriy-i-Qahír Súriy-i-Qalam Súriy-i-Qamís Súriy-i-Sabr' Súriy-i-Sultán Súriy-i-Vafá Súriy-i-Zíyárih Súriy-i-Zubur Súriy-i-Zuhúr

Tafsír-i-Hú Tafsír-i-Hurúfát-i-Muqatta'ih Tafsír-i-Súriy-i-Va'sh-Shams Tajallíyát (Revelations) Tarázát (Ornaments) Zíyárat-Námih (The Visiting Tablet) Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Awlíyá Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Bábu'l-Báb va Quddús Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Bayt Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Maryam Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Siyyidu'sh-Shuhadá

1. Abyssinian 2. Arab 3. Armenian 4. British 5. Bulgarian 6. Burmese 7. Chinese 8. Czech 9. Dutch 10. Eskimo

11. Finnish 12. French 15. German 14. Hungarian 15. Irish 17. Indian 18. Italian 19. Japanese 20. Kurdish 21. Maori

22. Negro 23. Persian 24. Polish 25. Red Indian 26. Russian 27. Scandinavian 28. Spanish 29. Sudanese 30. Turkish 31. Yugoslavian

Eskimos in Alaska Laps in Scandinavia Maoris in New Zealand Mayans in Yucatan Cherokee Indians in North Carolina Inca Indians in Peru Mexican Indians in Mexico Oneida Indians in Wisconsin Patagonian Indians in Argentina Indians of San Bias Islands Indians of Chichicastenango, Guatemala Omaha Indians in Nebraska Indians of La Paz, Bolivia

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1. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States	1925
2. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles	1923
3. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Germany and Austria	1923
4. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Egypt and Súdán	1924
5. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of 'Iráq	1931
6. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma	1923
7. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Persia	1934
8. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia and New Zealand	1934
9. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada	1948

10. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central America	1951
11. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South America	1951

1. Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Wilmette, Illinois. 2. Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of Persia, Tihrán. 3. Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of Germany, Frankfurt A/M. 4. Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma, New Delhi. 5. Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of Egypt and Súdán, Cairo. 6. Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, New South Wales. 7. Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of 'Iráq, Baghdád.

1. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States	1929
2. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma	1933
3. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Egypt and the Súdán	1934
4. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia and New Zealand	1938
5. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles	1939
6. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada	1949

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Anchorage, Alaska 2. Albuquerque, N. M. 3. Alhambra, Calif. 4. Atlanta, Ga. 5. Baltimore, Md. 6. Berkeley, Calif. 7. Beverly, Mass. 8. Binghamton, N.Y.

9. Birmingham, Ala. 10. Boise, Idaho 11. Boston, Mass. 12. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 13. Chicago, Ill. 14. Cincinnati, O. 15. Cleveland, O. 16. Columbus, O.

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17. Dayton, O. 18. Denver, Colo. 19. Detroit, Mich. 20. Evanston, Ill. 21. Flint, Mich. 22. Helena, Mont. 23. Honolulu, T. H. 24. Indianapolis, Ind. 25. Jamestown, N. Y. 26. Jersey City, N. J. 27. Kansas City, Mo. 28. Kenosha, Wisc. 29. Lima, O. 30. Los Angeles, Calif. 31. Miami, Fla. 32. Milwaukee, Wisc. 33. Minneapolis, Minn. 34. Muskegon, Mich. 35. New York, N.Y.

36. Oakland, Calif. 37. Pasadena, Calif. 38. Peoria, Ill. 39. Philadelphia, Penna. 40. Phoenix, Ariz. 41. Portland, Ore. 42. Racine, Wis. 43. Richmond Highlands, Wash. 44. San Francisco, Calif. 45. Seattle, Wash. 46. Springfield, Ill. 47. St. Paul, Minn. 48. Teaneck, N.J. 49. Urbana, Ill. 50. Washington, D. C. 51. Wauwatosa, Wis. 52. West Chester, Penna. 53. Wilmette, Ill. 54. Winnetka, Ill.

INDIA AND PAKISTAN

1. Ahmedabad 2. Andheri 3. Bangalore 4. Baroda 5. Bombay 6. Calcutta 7. Delhi 8. Hyderabad, Deccan 9. Hyderabad, Sind 10. Karachi

11. Kariafghanan 12. Kolhapur 13. Lahore 14. Panchgani 15. Poona 16. Secundarabad 17. Serampore 18. Sholapur 19. Srinagar 20. Vellore

BURMA

1. Daidanow Kalazoo
2. Mandalay
3. Rangoon

LATIN AMERICA

1. Asunción, Paraguay 2. Bogotá, Columbia 3. Caracas, Venezuela 4. El-Salvador, San Salvador 5. Guatemala City, Guatemala 6. Havana, Cuba 7. La Paz, Bolivia 8. Lima, Peru

9. Mexico City, Mexico 10. Panamá City, Panamá 11. Port-au-Prince, Haiti 12. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13. Santiago, Chile 14. San José, Costa Rica 15. Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic

CANADA

1. Montreal
2. Toronto

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AUSTRALIA

1. Adelaide
2. Sydney

NEW ZEALAND

Auckland

BALUCHISTAN

Quetta

GERMANY

Esslingen

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Solano

1. Alabama 2. Territory of Alaska 3. Arizona 4. California 5. Delaware 6. District of Columbia 7. Georgia 8. Territory of Hawaii 9. Idaho 10. Illinois

11. Maryland 12. Massachusetts 13. Michigan 14. Minnesota 15. New Jersey 16. New Mexico 17. New York 18. Ohio 19. Pennsylvania 20. Wisconsin

Bahá'í Marriage Certificate recognized by the Israel civil authorities.

Bahá'í Marriage Certificate recognized by Courts of First Instance throughout the Kingdom of 'Iráq.

Bahá'í Holy Days recognized by the Educational Department of the State of Victoria, Australia.

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Estimated value of Bahá'í national endowments in the United States of America	$2,663,701.06
Area of land purchased as the site of the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of Persia	3,819,000 sq. meters
Area of land surrounding and dedicated to the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel	167,100 sq. meters
Area of land dedicated to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh in 'Akká	4,000 sq. meters
Area of land dedicated to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh in the district of Gaza	10,530 sq. meters
Area of land dedicated to the Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb in the Jordan Valley	2,354,108 sq. meters
Area of land dedicated to the Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb in Israel and registered in the name of the Israel Branch of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States of America	55,000 sq. meters
Area of land dedicated to the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel and registered in the name of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma, Israel Branch	2,480 sq. meters
Total cost of the construction of the Arcade of the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel	$240,000
Total cost of the construction of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Ill	$2,084,564.00
Cost of the National Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of India, Pakistan and Burma	575,000 rupees
Cost to date of the National Hazíratu'l-Quds of the Bahá'ís of Persia	50,000 pounds
Area of land dedicated to the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of South America, in Santiago, Chile	90,000 square meters

House of the Báb in Shíráz and several adjoining houses.
Ancestral Home of Bahá'u'lláh in Tákur, Mázindarán.
House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tihrán.
House owned by the Báb's maternal uncle in Shíráz.
Shop belonging to the Báb in Búshihr.
A quarter of the village of Chihríq in Ádhirbáyján.
House of Hájí Mírzá Jání in Káshán where the Báb stayed on His way to Tabríz.
House of Imám-Jum'ih in Isfáhán.
Public bath used by the Báb in Shíráz and some adjacent houses.

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Half of the house owned by Vahíd in Nayríz.
Part of the house owned by Hujjat in Zanján.
The three gardens rented by Bahá'u'lláh in Badasht.
Burial-place of Quddús in Bárfurúsh, Mázindarán.
House of Mahmúd Khán-i-Kalantar in Tihrán where Táhirih was confined.
Public Bath visited by the Báb when in Urúmíyyih, Ádhirbáyján.
House owned by Mírzá Husayn-'Alíy-i-Núr in Tihrán where the Báb's remains were concealed.
The Bábíyyih in Mashhad, Khurásán.
The house owned by Mullá Husayn in Mashhad, Khurásán.
The residence of the Sultánu'sh-Shuhadá (King of Martyrs) and of the Mahbúbu'sh-Shuhadá (Beloved of Martyrs) in Isfáhán.
Apartments occupied by the Báb in Urúmíyyih, Ádhirbáyján.
Spot where the heads of two hundred martyrs were buried in Ábádih, Fárs.
House where the Báb's remains were concealed in Qum.
Site of martyrdom and burial-place of the "Seven Martyrs" of 'Iráq in Sultán-Ábád, Iráq.
Caravansarai occupied by the Báb in Zanján.
Burial-place of Ashraf and his mother in Zanján.
House where the Báb's remains were concealed in Kirmánsháh.
Room occupied by Vahíd and other rooms in the Fort of Khájih in Nayríz.
Land adjoining the Fort of Khájih, site of the martyrdom of Vahíd and some of his companions.
Site of martyrdom and burial-place of the "Four Martyrs" of 'Iráq in Sultán-Ábád, 'Iráq.


MASHRIQU'L-ADHKÁR, WILMETTE, ILLINOIS

Temple
Caretaker's Cottage
Land

HAZÍRATU'L-QUDS, WILMETTE, ILUNOIS

National Bahá'í Office
Supplementary Administrative Office
Bahá'í Publishing Committee Office
Collins House

GREEN ACRE BAHA'I SCHOOL, ELIOT, MAINE

Bahá'í Hall
Dormitory and Dining Room
Studio
Three Cottages, Supplementary Dormitories
Ole Bull Cottage
Arts and Crafts Studio
Schopflocher Cottage
Rogers Cottage
Lucas Studio

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Fellowship House
Reeves Camp
Atkinson Cottage
Thompson Cottage
Vaugh Cottage
Nine Gables, Schopflocher Estate; House, Studio, Farm Buildings
138 acres of land, including area on Monsalvat

WILHELM PROPERTY, WEST ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY

Wilhelm House
Evergreen Cabin
Cottage, Garage
Land, including pine grove where 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave the unity feast in 1912

GEYSERVILLE BAHA'I SCHOOL, GEYSERVILLE, CALIFORNIA

Bosch House
Bahá'í Hall
Dormitory
Ranch Buildings
Land

INTERNATIONAL BAHA'I SCHOOL PINE VALLEY, COLORADO

Mathews House
Ranch Buildings
20 acres of land

CENTRAL STATES SUMMER SCHOOL

Eggleston House
Library
Dormitory
Cottages

WILSON PROPERTY, MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS

Wilson House, where 'Abdu'l-Bahá rested in 1912
Land

MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN

Land

Mashriqu'l-Adhkár Hazíratu'l-Quds Green Acre Wilhelm Property Geyserville School International School Central States School Wilson House TOTAL

$2,381,012.91* 25,526.42 126,718.73 79,000.00 48,500.00 51,500.00 64,700.00 7,000.00 $2,783,958.06

* Includes the estimated total cost of interior ornamentation, $860,000.

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+P15


Execution of the Báb in Tabríz and the exposure of His mangled body on the edge of the moat outside the city, July 9, 1850.

Wrapping of His remains in a cloak, their secret removal to the silk factory owned by one of the believers of Mílán and their deposition in a small wooden casket, July 11, 1850.

Transportation in accordance with Bahá'u'lláh's instructions, of the casket to Tihrán and its concealment in the shrine of Imám-Zádih Hasán.

Removal of the remains to the home of Hájí Sulaymán Khán and their subsequent transfer to the shrine of Imám-Zádih Ma'súm.

Instructions issued by Bahá'u'lláh, while in Adrianople, to Mullá 'Alí Ákbar-i-Sháhmírzádí and Jamál-i-Burújirdí, to transfer the casket to a safer hiding place, and its temporary concealment within a wall of the Masjid-i-Másha'u'lláh outside the gates of the capital, 1867-1868.

Detection of the hiding place of the casket and its smuggling into Tihrán and its deposition in the house of Mírzá Hasan-i-Vazír, a believer and son-in-law of Hájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alíy-i-Tafríshí, the Majdu'l-Ashraf.

Discovery of the hiding place by a number of believers and the consequent removal of the casket by Hájí Sháh Muhammad-i-Manshádí, surnamed Amínu'l-Bayán, in accordance with Bahá'u'lláh's instructions, to the shrine of Imám-Zádih Zayd, and its burial beneath the floor of the inner sanctuary, whence it was again removed to a series of private homes in Tihrán.

Bahá'u'lláh's visit to Mount Carmel, the revelation of the Tablet of Carmel, and the appointment by Him, in the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, of the site to serve as the permanent burial-place for the remains of the Báb.

Despatch of Mírzá Asadu'lláh by 'Abdu'l-Bahá with specific instructions to transport the body of the Báb to the Holy Land, and the transfer of the remains to Isfáhán, and thence, via Kirmánsháh, Baghdád and Damascus, to the Holy Land, arriving at their destination on January 31, 1899, fifty lunar years after the Báb's execution in Tabríz.

Purchase by 'Abdu'l-Bahá of the site designated by Bahá'u'lláh, and the construction of a marble sarcophagus by the Burmese believers in accordance with 'Abdu'l-Bahá's suggestion, designed to receive the body of the Báb.

Laying of the foundation-stone of the Shrine of the Báb by 'Abdu'l-Bahá with the participation of Ibráhim Khayru'lláh, while on his pilgrimage to 'Akká, following the establishment of the Faith in the United States of America, 1899.

Construction by 'Abdu'l-Bahá of six chambers constituting the initial stage in the erection of the mausoleum of the Báb.

Downfall of Sultán 'Abdu'l-Hamíd II, whose Commission of Inquiry had visited the Shrine and was contemplating its destruction; the release of

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+P16

'Abdu'l-Bahá from His incarceration and the placing by Him of the wooden casket in the marble sarcophagus on the day coinciding with the inauguration of the first American Bahá'í Convention, March 21, 1909.

Purchase of extensive properties on the slope of Mt. Carmel in the immediate vicinity of the Shrine of the Báb and their permanent dedication to His memory.

Construction of three additional chambers marking the completion of the preliminary structure contemplated by 'Abdu'l-Bahá.

Opening of terraces stretching from the Shrine to the foot of Mount Carmel; the exemption by the British High Commissioner of the entire area dedicated to the Mausoleum of the Báb from taxation; the establishment of the Palestine Branches of the American and Indian National Spiritual Assemblies; and the subsequent transfer of a part of the dedicated properties to the name of these newly formed branches.

Entombment of the remains of the Purest Branch and of the Mother, sister and wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in the vicinity of the Shrine, as a prelude to the establishment of the World Administrative Center of the Faith in that same neighborhood.

Unveiling of the model designed by W. S. Maxwell for the superstructure of the Shrine on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the Declaration of the Báb in Haifa on May 23, 1944.

Placing of successive contracts for the masonry and ornamentation of the Arcade and Parapet of the Shrine, amounting to approximately eight hundred tons, and their transportation from Italy to Haifa.

Completion of the Arcade and Parapet of the Shrine on the occasion of the centenary of the Báb's martyrdom, July 9, 1950.


MUHAMMAD SHÁH, who disregarded the appeal of the Báb to meet Him in person and plead His Cause, sustained a sudden reverse of fortune, and succumbed, at the age of forty, to a complication of maladies.

NÁSIRI'D-DÍN SHÁH, during whose reign the Báb was executed, and under whose ageis the greatest massacre of the Bábis took place, was, in the plenitude of his power, dramatically assassinated on the eve of his jubilee. The Qájár dynasty to which he belonged was subsequently brought to an ignominious end.

HÁJÍ MÍRZÁ ÁQÁSÍ, the Grand Vazír of Muhammad Sháh and chief instigator of the outrages perpetrated against the Báb, was disgraced by his sovereign, lost his fortune, was expelled to Karbilá, and became a victim of disease and poverty.

MÍRZÁ TAQÍ KHÁN, the Amír Nizám, the Grand Vazír of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh, who was directly responsible for the execution of the Báb, was disgraced and put to death by the royal order in the bath of the Palace of Fín, near Káshán.

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+P17



MÍRZÁ HASAN KHÁN, who carried out the execution of the Báb, was subjected, two years after, to a dreadful punishment which ended in his death.

MÍRZÁ 'ALÍ-ASGHAR, the Shaykhu'l-lslám of Tabríz, who inflicted the bastinado on the Báb with his own hand, was stricken, in that same year, with paralysis, and died a miserable death.

THE REGIMENT, which constituted the firing squad that executed the Báb, lost, in that same year, two hundred and fifty of its officers and men in an earthquake near Ardibíl, while the remaining five hundred were shot, two years later, in Tabríz, for mutiny. The head of the regiment, Áqá Ján Big, lost his life, six years after the martyrdom of the Báb, during the bombardment of Muhammarih by the British.

THE SHI'AH SACERDOTAL ORDER, which violently opposed the Báb, aroused the populace and instigated the government against Him, was discredited, fell from power, and ceased to exercise its paramount influence on both the people and the government.

SULTÁN 'ABDU'L-HAMÍD II, who lent his support to the enemies of the Faith in their efforts to obstruct the construction of the Shrine of the Báb, was deposed and made a prisoner of state. The Caliphate was subsequently abolished and the Sultánate ceased to exist.

THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY, who were appointed by 'Abdu'l-Hamíd to investigate the activities of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and who misrepresented the Shrine of the Báb as a fortress and vast ammunition depot on Mt. Carmel, suffered an ignominious fate, one being shot, another robbed of all his possessions, the third exiled, and the fourth sinking into abject poverty.

JAMÁL PÁSHÁ, the Turkish Commander-in-Chief, who threatened the destruction of the Holy Tomb, was defeated in battle, fled, and was slain while a refugee in the Caucasus.

MÍRZÁ MUHAMMAD-'ALÍ, the Arch-Breaker of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, who was the chief instigator of the enemies of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and exerted his utmost to obstruct the construction of the Shrine of the Báb, was stricken with paralysis, and lived to see every hope he had cherished dashed to the ground.

THE INVADING FORCES OF GENERAL ROMMEL, whose threat to Alexandria constituted the gravest danger to the Holy Land, and whose victory would have precipitated the direst crisis in the fortunes of the Faith at its World Center, and imperiled its institutions, was routed from the continent of Africa, and the peril of a régime inimical to the Faith removed forever.

THE ARAB COMMUNITY living in the neighborhood of the Shrine of the Báb, which violated the sacredness of its precincts, in the course of the disturbances in the Holy Land, and supported the schemes of the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, who had threatened to extirpate the Faith, fled in ignominy and joined the great army of refugees that was seeking shelter in the adjoining territories.

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+P18

Cost of Temple property	$51,100
Area of Temple property	6.97 acres
Materials used in ornamentation:	crystalline quartz, opaque quartz and white Portland cement.
Total cost of the structure of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois (1921-1943)	$1,342,813
Estimated cost of the interior ornamentation of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette, Illinois	$860,000
Height from floor of basement to culmination of the dome ribs	191 feet
Depth of caissons	120 feet
Diameter at the foundation floor	204 feet
Height of dome	49 feet
Outside diameter of dome	90 feet
Inside diameter of dome	72 feet
Number of sections of ornamentation comprising the dome and ribs	387
Perforation of dome surface	30%
Height of mainstory pylons	45 feet
Seating capacity of Auditorium	1,600
Number of Temple visitors from 1932-1950	400,000
Letter addressed by Bahá'ís of 'Ishqábád to the Bahá'ís of Chicago	1902
Petition addressed to 'Abdu'l-Bahá by the "House of Spirituality" of the Bahá'ís of Chicago appealing for permission to construct a Bahá'í Temple in America	March, 1903
'Abdu'l-Bahá gives His approval through a Tablet dated	June, 1903
Delegates of various American Bahá'í Assemblies meet in Chicago and choose a site for the Temple	November, 1907
First two building lots purchased	April, 1908
First American Bahá'í Convention establishes Bahá'í Temple Unity	March, 1909
'Abdu'l-Bahá lays dedication stone of the Temple	May, 1912
Purchase of Temple property completed	1914
Bahá'í Convention selects design of L. J. Bourgeois	April, 1920
Contract awarded for the sinking of the nine caissons (completed 1921)	December, 1920
Contract awarded for the construction of the basement structure (completed 1922)	August, 1921
Contract awarded for the erection of the superstructure (completed May, 1931)	August, 1930
Contract awarded for the exterior ornamentation of the dome (completed January, 1934)	June, 1932
Ornamentation of the clerestory completed	July, 1935
Ornamentation of the gallery unit completed	November, 1938
Ornamentation of the mainstory begun	April, 1940
Ornamentation of the mainstory completed	July, 1942
Steps placed in position	December, 1942
Completion of exterior ornamentation of Temple	1943
First contract interior ornamentation	November, 1947
Date fixed for the completion of the interior ornamentation	1953

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+P19


1. "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens."
2. "The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest Me."
3. "My love is My stronghold; he that entereth therein is safe and secure."
4. "Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art thyself a sinner."
5. "Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent."
6. "I have made death a messenger of joy to thee; wherefore dost thou grieve."
7. "Make mention of Me on My earth, that in My heaven I may remember thee."
8. "O rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust."
9. "The source of all learning is the knowledge of God, exalted be His glory!"


1. "All the prophets of God proclaim the same faith."
2. "Religion is a radiant light and an impregnable stronghold."
3. "Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch."
4. "So powerful is unity's light that it can illumine the whole earth."
5. "Consort with the followers of all religions with friendliness."
6. "O Son of Being! Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee."
7. "O Son of Being! Walk in My statutes for love of Me."
8. "Thy Paradise is My love; thy heavenly home reunion with Me."
9. "The light of a good character surpasseth the light of the sun."

St. Peter's in Rome — Total height	450 feet
Inside diameter of dome	137 feet
St. Paul's in London — Total height	366 feet
Inside diameter of dome	112 feet
St. Sophia in Constantinople — Total height	180 feet
Inside diameter of dome	107 feet
Pantheon in Rome — Inside height	142 feet
Inside diameter of dome	142 feet

Ten European Goal Countries	Over thirty localities.
Germany and Austria	Over forty localities.
British Isles	Over fifty localities.
Australia and New Zealand	Over sixty localities.
Dominion of Canada	Over eighty localities.
India, Pakistan and Burma	Over eighty localities.
Latin America	Over one hundred localities.
Persia	Over seven hundred localities.
United States of America	Over eleven hundred localities.

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+P20

State or Territory	Assemblies	Groups	Isolated	Total
Alabama	1	2	5	8
Alaska	1	4	7	12
Arizona	3	4	12	19
Arkansas	2	1	8	11
California (No.)	10	10	40	60
California (So.)	19	23	30	72
Colorado	2	3	14	19
Connecticut	3	4	9	16
Delaware	1	1	3	5
Washington (D. C.)	1	0	0	1
Florida	3	4	23	30
Georgia	2	0	9	11
Hawaii	2	0	0	2
Idaho	2	0	6	8
Illinois (No.)	10	8	37	55
Illinois (So.)	5	3	17	25
Indiana	3	2	15	20
Iowa	2	0	7	9
Kansas	1	3	2	6
Kentucky	0	3	4	7
Louisiana	1	0	5	6
Maine	2	2	9	13
Maryland	1	3	11	15
Massachusetts	5	18	29	52
Michigan	9	22	33	64
Minnesota	3	0	9	12
Mississippi	1	0	7	8
Missouri	3	3	5	11
Montana	3	1	5	9
Nebraska	1	0	7	8
Nevada	1	0	3	4
New Hampshire	1	2	4	7
New Jersey	10	6	52	68
New Mexico	1	6	0	7
New York (No.)	8	12	44	64
New York (So.)	2	4	30	36
North Carolina	1	0	10	11
North Dakota	1	0	3	4
Ohio	8	16	46	70
Oklahoma	1	0	3	4
Oregon	1	3	12	16
Pennsylvania	4	6	29	39
Puerto Rico	1	0	1	2
Rhode Island	1	2	4	7
South Carolina	2	1	6	9

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+P21

State or Territory	Assemblies	Groups	Isolated	Total
South Dakota	1	0	4	5
Tennessee	2	1	7	10
Texas	3	1	17	21
Utah	1	1	4	6
Vermont	1	1	3	5
Virginia	2	4	15	21
Washington	7	4	29	40
West Virginia	1	1	4	6
Wisconsin	8	12	33	53
Wyoming	1	0	4	5
TOTALS	172	207	731	1114

Districts	Asemblies	Groups	Isolated	Total
Ábádih	11	16	19	46
Ahváz	15	4	12	31
Bábul	7	2	1	10
Bandar-I-Jaz	4	3	1	8
Bírjand	5	13	2	20
Hamadán	12	7	2	21
'Iráq	5	12	1	18
Isfahán	27	35	14	76
Káshán	11	8	0	19
Kirmán	9	11	14	34
Kirmánsháh	6	1	3	10
Mashad	21	26	16	63
Nayríz	3	0	0	3
Qazvín	7	7	7	21
Rasht	8	4	8	20
Sangsar	5	4	0	9
Sárí	12	4	8	24
Shíráz	21	14	9	44
Tabríz	33	19	10	62
Tihrán	29	46	29	104
Yazd	24	16	22	62
Záhidán	5	1	1	7
TOTALS	280	253	179	712

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+P22

LOCAL ASSEMBLIES	Jamaica	Honduras
Costa Rica	10. Kingston	20. Taulebé
1. San José	11. Spanishtown	Mexico
Cuba	Mexico	21. Coatepec
2. Havana	12. Mexico City
	13. Puebia	Nicaragua
Dominican Republic		22. Granada
3. Ciudad Trujillo	Nicaragua
	14. Managua	Puerto Rico
El Salvador	Panama	23. Rio Piedras
4. San Salvador	15. Panamá	ISOLATED CENTERS
Guatemala	16. Colon	Canal Zone
5. Chichicastenango	Puerto Rico	24. Ancón
6. Guatemala	17. San Juan	El Salvador
Haiti	GROUPS	15. Armenia
7. Port-au-Prince	Costa Rica	26. Santa Ana
Honduras	18. Punta Arenas	Mexico
8. San Pedro Sula	Cuba	27. Tehuacán
9. Tegucigalpa	19. Cienfuegos

LOCAL ASSEMBLIES	Ecuador	Peru
Argentina	15. Quito	30. Callao
1. Buenos Aires	16. Guayaquil	Paraguay
2. Córdoba	Peru	31. Asunción
Bolivia	17. Lima	Uruguay
3. La Paz	Venezuela	32. Montevideo
Brazil	18. Caracas	ISOLATED CENTERS
4. Bahía	GROUPS	Bolivia
5. Rio de Janeiro
6. Sao Pauio	Argentina	33. Catavi
	19. Ezeiza	34. Cochabamba
Chile	20. Rosario	Brazil
7. Santiago	21. La Plata	35. Belém
8. Valparaiso	Bolivia	36. Niteroi
9. Viña del Mar	22. Sucre	Chile
10. Punta Arenas	Chile	37. Chuquicamata
Colombia	23. Puerto Montt	38. Sewell
11. Bogotá	24. Mulchén	39. Talca
12. Cali	25. Osorno	40. Lonchoche
13. Bucaramanga	26. Antofagasta	41. Puerto Aysen
14. Barranquilla	27. Quilpué	Ecuador
	Colombia	42. Amabato
	28. Medellín	Peru
	29. Cartagena	45. Talara

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+P23

1. *Agra 2. *Ahmedabad 3. *Aligarh 4. *Allahabad 5. Amritsar 6. *Andheri 7. Banares 8. *Bangalore 9. *Baroda 10. *Belgaum 11. *Bombay Bulandshahr 12. *Calcutta

13. *Delhi 14. Gorakhpur 15. *Hyderabad (Deccan) 16. *Indore 17. *Jaipur 18. *Jalna 19. *Kamarhatti 20. Kanpur 21. Kaprin 22. *Kolhapur 23. *Lucknow 24. *Madras 25. *Mysore

26. Nagpur 27. *Panchgani 28. *Poona 29. Rajkot 30. Runza 31. *Secunderabad (Dn) 32. *Serampore 33. *Sholapur 34. *Srinagar 35. *Surat 36. *Trivandrum 37. Wai

38. Batapur 39. Jallo 40. *Chittagong 41. *Dacca 42. Ghokal 43. *Hyderabad (Sind)

44. *Lahore 45. *Mirpurkhas 46. Multaw 47. *Peshawar 48. *Quetta 49. *Rawalpindi

52. Sheikhpura 53. *Sialkot 54. *Siran Wali 55. *Sukkur 56. *Karachi

57. Allezoo 58. Ayanzoo 59. *Daidanaw 60. *Kyigon 61. *Mandalay 62. *Rangoon 63. *Thamaing 64. *Twante *Spiritual Assembly.

65. Ahmednagar 66. Anantnag 67. Barabanki 68. Bhatkal 69. Cambay 70. Deolali

71. Igatpuri 72. Jhalrapatan City 73. Jodhpur 74. Kolaba 75. Radhanpur 76. Shopian

77. Simla 78. Sultanpur 79. Vizagapatam 80. Vyganellore 81. Yaripora

82. Allipur Saidan 83. Budhagoraia

84. Dinajpur 85. Gasbaria

86. Nowshera 87. Partapgarh

88. Kalaw

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*Spiritual Assembly.

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+P24

1. Banff 2. *Calgary

3. *Edmonton 4. Grand Prairie

5. Medicine Hat 6. Rat Lake

7. Armstrong 8. Cumberland 9. Hautzic Prairie 10. Kamloops 11. Langley Prairie 12. Mission City

13. Nanaimo 14. Oak Bay 15. Okanagan Landing 16. Parksville 17. Penticton

18. Saanich 19. *Vancouver 20. Vernon 21. *Victoria 22. *West Vancouver

23. Fisher River
24. St. Boniface
25. St. James
26. *Winnipeg
27. *Moncton
28. Saint John
29. Sunny Brae
30. Goose Bay
31. St. John's
32. Armdale
33. Fairview
34. *Halifax

35. Amhurstberg 36. Burwash 37. Coppercliff 38. Dobie 39. East York 40. Farren Point 41. Forest Hill 42. Gore's Landing 43. *Hamilton 44. Humberstone 45. Islington

46. Kingston 47. Kirkland Lake 48. Langstaffe 49. London 50. Manotick 51. Milton 52. North York 53. Owen Sound 54. *Ottawa 55. Nobel

56. Peterboro 57. Pickering 58. Roslin 59. *Scarboro 60. St. Catherine's 61. Shannonville 62. *Toronto 63. West York 64. Windsor 65. York

66. Clyde River
67. Charlottetown
68. Vernon Bridge

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+P25

69. Beaulac 70. Buckingham 71. Hampstead 72. Huntington 73. Longueuil *Spiritual Assembly.

74. *Montreal 75. Montreal West 76. Mount Royal 77. Noranda 78. Outremont

79. Riviere Beaudette 80. *St. Lambert 81. Westmount 82. Verdun

1. Broken Hill 2. *Caringbah 3. Glen Innes 4. Goulburn 5. Kuring-gai 6. Leura

7. Lismore 8. Neville 9. North Sydney 10. Qurindi 11.*Sydney 12. Tamworth

13. Toongabbie 14. West Wyalong 15. Wollongong 16. Yass 17. *Yerrinbool

18.*Auckland 19. Cambridge 20. Dargaville 21. Devonport 22. Hamilton East

23. Lower Hutt 24. Mangakino 25. Mount Maunganui 26. New Plymouth 27. Rama Rama

28. Tauranga 29. Wanganui 30. Wellington 31. Weymouth 32. Whangarei

33. *Brisbane 34. Toowoomba 35. Townsville

36. *Adelaide 37. Belair 38. Booleroo Centre 39. *Burnside

40. Kingston 41. Payneham 42. Quorn 43. *St. Peters

44. Strathalbyn 45. Unley 46. *Woodville

47. *Hobart 48. Launceston

49. Taraoona 50. Woodbridge

51. Zeehan

52. Bonegilla 53. Geelong

54. Koraleigh 55. *Melbourne

56. Talgarno

57. Emu Point 5S. Harvey 59. *Perth

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*Spiritual Assembly.

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+P26

1. *Belfast, N. Ireland 2. *Birmingham, Warwickshire 3. *Blackburn, Lancashire 4. *Blackpool, Lancashire 5. *Bournemouth, Hampshire 6. *Bradford, Yorkshire 7. *Brighton, Sussex 8. *Bristol, Gloucestershire 9. *Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 10. *Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland 11. *Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 12. *Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland 13. *Leeds, Yorkshire

14. *Liverpool, Lancashire 15. *London 16. *Manchester, Lancashire 17. *Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland 18. *Northampton, Northamptonshire 19. *Norwich, Norfolk 20. *Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 21. *Oxford, Oxfordshire 22. St. Ives, Cornwall 23. *Sheffield, Yorkshire 24. *Stockport, Cheshire 25. *Torquay, Devonshire

26. Abbotsbury, Dorset 27. Alderley Edge, Cheshire 28. Amesbury, Wiltshire 29. Amersham, Buckinghamshire 30. Chingford, Essex 31. Coventry, Warwickshire 32. Dorking, Surrey 33. Eastbourne, Sussex 34. Hastings, Sussex 35. Hertford, Hertfordshire 36. Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland 37. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

38. Luton, Bedfordshire 39. Maughold, Isle of Man 40. Middlewich, Cheshire 41. Old Coulsdon, Surrey 42. Petersfield, Hampshire 43. Portrush, Antrim, N. Ireland 44. Reading, Berkshire 45. Salisbury, Wiltshire 46. Southend, Essex 47. Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire 48. Thetford, Norfolk 49. Tunbridge Wells, Kent

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* Spiritual Assembly.

1. Vienna

1. Bergstrasse	6. Hamburg	11. Plochingen
2. Darmstadt	7. Heidelberg	12. Schwerin
3. Esslingen	8. Karlsruhe	13. Stuttgart
4. Frankfurt A/M	9. Leipzig	14. Weisbaden
5. Göppingen	10. Nürnberg

1. Auerbach bei Zwickau	8. Giessen
2. Berlin	9. Heilbronn
3. Ebingen	10. Immenstadt
4. Essen	11. Küssnach bei Waldshut
5. Furtwangen	12. Lich/Oberhessen
6. Garmisch	13. Lohm/Oldenburg
7. Geisenfeld	14. Laubach

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+P27

15. München 16. Murnau 17. Murrhardt 18. Bad Nauheim 19. Neuburg an der Donau 20. Oldenburg/Oldenburg 21. Pfullingen 22. Talheim-Vellberg uber Schwäb. Hall

23. Thai bei Bad Pyrmont 24. Rostoch-Warnemünde 25. Trossingen 26. Tübingen 27. Tuttlingen 28. Wachendorf Kreis Horb 29. Überlingen

1. *Brussels 2. Antwerp

3. *Copenhagen 4. Jylland

5. *Amsterdam 6. Bussum 7. Rotterdam

8. Genoa 9. Florence 10. Naples

11. Piacenza 12. *Rome

13. San Remo 14. Stra

15. *Luxemburg

16. Christiansund 17. *Oslo

18. *Lisbon

19. Asturias 20. *Barcelona

21. Cadiz 22. *Madrid

23. Gothenburg 24. Slatthult 25. *Stockholm

26. *Bern 27. Diepoldsau 28. *Geneva

29. Gossau-Mettendorf 31. Lausanne 30. Heerbrugg

32. Rheineck 33. *Wolfhalden 34. *Zurich

*Spiritual Assembly.

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+P28

1. Aden Protectorate	Aden
2. Ahsá	Dhahrán
3. Bahrayn	Bahrayn
4. Dubai	Freeport
5. Hijáz	Mecca, Jedda
6. Koweit	Al-Koweit
7. Oman	Matrah (near Masqat)
8. Qatar	Zigrid
9. Jordan	'Adasíyyih, 'Ammán, Salt
10. Yemen (in process of establishment)

This calendar was laid down by the Báb in His book the "Kitáb-i-Asmá" and further elucidated by Bahá'u'lláh in these words: "The Year Sixty, A.H. (1844 A.D.), the year of the Declaration of the Báb, must be regarded as the beginning of the Badí' Calendar." Therefore all Bahá'í reckoning commences with that Declaration which took place on the evening preceding the fifth day of Jamádiyu'l-Avval, of the year 1260 A.H. (May 23, 1844). The Solar calendar is followed and the Bahá'í New Year, called "Naw-Rúz," falls on the vernal equinox which takes place on March 21.

Day	Arabic Name	English Name	Translation
1st	Jalál	Saturday	Glory
2nd	Jamál	Sunday	Beauty
3rd	Kamál	Monday	Perfection
4th	Fidál	Tuesday	Grace
5th	'Idál	Wednesday	Justice
6th	Istijiál	Thursday	Majesty
7th	Istiqlál	Friday	Independence

(Each day of the Bahá'í month also has a name, which follows the same order and is the same name as those of the months of the year.)

Month	Arabic Name	Translation	First Day
1st	Bahá	Splendor	March 21
2nd	Jalál	Glory	April 9
3rd	Jamál	Beauty	April 28
4th	'Azamat	Grandeur	May 17
5th	Núr	Light	June 5
6th	Rahmat	Mercy	June 24
7th	Kalimát	Words	July 13
8th	Kamál	Perfection	August 1
9th	Asmá'	Names	August 20
10th	'Izzat	Might	September 8
11th	Mashíyyat	Will	September 27

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12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th

'Ilm Qudrat Qawl Masá'il Sharaf Sultán Mulk 'Alá'

Knowledge Power Speech Questions Honor Sovereignty Dominion Loftiness

October 16 November 4 November 23 December 12 December 31 January 19 February 7 March 2

Ayyám-i-Há (Intercalary Days) February 26 to March 1 inclusive—four in ordinary and five in leap years.

The Báb has regarded the solar year of 365 days, 5 hours, and 50 odd minutes, as consisting of 19 months of 19 days each, every new day being reckoned as starting from sunset, not midnight. Every fourth year the number of intercalary days is raised from four to five. Naw-Rúz, or New Year, falls on the 21st of March only if the vernal Equinox precedes the setting of the sun on that day. Should the vernal Equinox take place after sunset, Naw-Rúz will be celebrated on the following day.

The Báb has divided the years following the date of His Revelation into cycles of nineteen years each. Each cycle of nineteen years He has named a Vahíd, and nineteen Vahíds constitute a period called by Him a Kull-i-Shay'. The numerical value of the word "Vahíd" is 19 and that of "Kull-i-Shay' " is 361. "Vahíd" signifies unity and is symbolic of the unity of God.

Year	Translation
1. Alif	A.
2. Bá	B.
3. Ab	Father
4. Dál	D.
5. Báb	5
6. Váv	Gate
7. Abad	Eternity
8. Jád	Generosity
9. Bahá	Splendor
10. Hubb	Love
11. Bahháj	Delightful
12. Javáb	Answer
13. Ahad	Single
14. Vahháb	Bountiful
15. Vidád'	Affection
16. Badí'	Beginning
17. Bahí	Luminous
18. Abhá	Most Luminous
19. Váhid	Unity

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1. Feast of Ridván (Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh)	April 21-May 2, 1863
2. Declaration of the Báb	May 23, 1844
3. Feast of Naw-Rúz (New Year)	March 21
4. Birth of Bahá'u'lláh	November 12, 1817
5. Birth of the Báb	October 20, 1819
6. Birth of 'Abdu'l-Bahá	May 23, 1844
7. The Day of the Covenant	November 26
8. Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh	May 29, 1892
9. Martyrdom of the Báb	July 9, 1850
10. Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bahá	November 28, 1921

Fasting season lasts 19 days, beginning with the first of the month of 'Alá', March 2. The Feast of Naw-Rúz follows immediately after.

1. The first day of Ridván. 2. The ninth day of Ridván. 3. The twelfth day of Ridván. 4. The anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb. 5. The anniversary of the Birth of Bahá'u'lláh. 6. The anniversary of the birth of the Báb. 7. The anniversary of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh. 8. The anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Báb. 9. The Feast of Naw-Rúz.

Fall of the French Monarchy (1870) Virtual Extinction of the Pope's Temporal Sovereignty (1870) Assassination of Sultán 'Abdu'l-'Azíz (1876) Assassination of Násiri'd-Dín Sháh (1896) Fall of the Portuguese Monarchy (1910) Fall of the Chinese Monarchy (1916) Fall of the Russian Monarchy (1917) Fall of the German Monarchy (1918) Fall of the Austrian Monarchy (1918) Overthrow of Sultán 'Abdu'l-Hamíd II (1909) Fall of the Qájár Dynasty (1925) Fall of the Turkish Monarchy (1922) Collapse of the Caliphate (1924) Fall of the Spanish Monarchy (1931) Fall of the Albanian Monarchy (1938) Fall of the Serbian Monarchy (1941) Fall of the Hungarian Monarchy (1918) Fall of the Italian Monarchy (1946) Fall of the Bulgarian Monarchy (1946) Fall of the Rumanian Monarchy (1947)

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DEPARTURE FROM TIHRÁN VIA KARAND TO BAGHDÁD—

Jan. 12, 1853. (Rabí'u'th-Thání 1, 1269, A.H.)


BAGHDÁD PERIOD—

Arrival in Baghdád April 8, 1853. (Jamádiyu'th-Thání 28, 1269, A.H.)

Residence for over a month in Kázimayn.

Return to Baghdád.

Departure for Kurdistán April 10, 1854. (Rajab 12, 1270 A.H,)

Sojourn on Sar-Galú mountain and in a cave.

Residence in Sulaymáníyyih in the Takyiy-i-Mawláná Khálid.

Return to Baghdád March 19, 1856. (Rajab 12, 1272, A.H.)

Return, from celebrating Naw-Rúz in Mazra'iy-i-Vashshásh, to Baghdád March 26, 1863. (Shavval 5, 1279, A.H.)

Sojourn in the Najíbíyyih Garden, Baghdád: Bahá'u'lláh spent twelve days in this garden on the shores of the river Tigris, commencing with His departure from His home on April 22, 1863. (Dhil-Qa'dih 3, 1279 A.H.). This period is known as the Ridván Festival, the Greatest of all Bahá'í celebrations, and that garden has been called by Him, in commemoration of His Declaration there, the "Garden of Ridván."

Departure from the Garden of Ridván May 3, 1863. (Dhi'l-Qa'dih 14, 1279 A.H.)


JOURNEY FROM BAGHDAD TO CONSTANTINOPLE——

Arrival in Firayját (about three miles from Baghdád), May 3, 1863. (Dhi'l-Qa'dih 14, 1279 A.H.)

Departure from Firayját May 9, 1863. (Dhi'l-Qa'dih 20, 1279 A.H.)

Villages, Towns and Ports visited en route:

Judaydih
Dilí-'Abbás
Qarih-Tapih
Saláhíyyih (stayed two nights)
Dúst-Khurmátú
Táwuq
Karkúk (stayed two days)
Irbíl
By the river Záb
Bartallih
Mosul (stayed three days)
Zákhú
Jazírih
Nisíbín
Hasan-Áqá
Márdín
Díyár-Bakr (stayed two days)

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Ma'dan-Mis
Khárpút (stayed two or three days)
Ma'dan-Nuqrih
Dilik-Tásh
Sívás
Túqát
Amasia (stayed two days)
Iláhíyyih (reached on last day of overland journey)

Sámsún on the Black Sea: Bahá'u'lláh stayed there seven days before departing by steamer for Constantinople on Aug. 13, 1863. (Safar 27, 1280 A.H.)

Sinope (Port of call touched on Aug. 14.)

Anyábulí (Port of call touched on Aug. 15.)

Constantinople (arrival Aug. 16, 1863. Rabí'u'l-Avval 1, 1280 A.H.)

Journey from Baghdád to Sámsún lasted 110 days.


JOURNEY FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO ADRIANOPLE, 12 DAYS LONG—

The following villages were passed through en route:

Kúchik-Chakmachih
Buyúk-Chakmachih
Salvarí
Birkás
Bábá-Iskí

ADRIANOPLE SOJOURN AND DEPARTURE FOR THE HOLY LAND—

Arrival Dec. 12, 1863. (Rajab 1, 1280 A.H.)

Departure Aug. 12, 1868. (Rabí'u'th-Thání 22, 1285 A.H.)

The following villages were passed through en route:

Uzún-Kupri
Káshánih

Gallipoli (reached about four days after leaving Adrianople). Three nights were spent there before leaving.

Departure from Gallipoli, Aug. 21, 1868 (Jamádíyu'l-Avval 2, 1285 A.H.), by steamer for 'Akká.

The boat touched at the following ports en route:

Madellí
Smyrna (stayed two days)
Alexandria (transshipped the same day for Haifa)
Port-Said
Jaffa

Haifa. Bahá'u'lláh was landed in the morning and a few hours later left by sailing vessel for 'Akká.


'AKKÁ PERIOD—

Arrival in 'Akká Aug. 31, 1868. (Jamádíyu'l-Avval 12, 1285 A.H.)

Imprisonment in the Barracks of 'Akká lasted two years, two months and five days.

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Confinement in the prison city of 'Akká, from the time of His arrival, was nine years.

Bahá'u'lláh spent, in 'Akká and its vicinity, twenty-four years as a prisoner and exile.

Ascension, May 29, 1892. (Dhi'l-Qa'dih 2, 1309 A.H.)

1. Baltimore, Md. 2. Berkeley, Calif. 3. Boston, Mass. 4. Brooklyn, N.Y. 5. Buffalo, N.Y. 6. Cambridge, Mass. 7. Chicago, Ill. 8. Cincinnati, O. 9. Cleveland, O. 10. Denver, Colo. 11. Dublin, N.H. 12. Fanwood 13. Glenwood Springs, Colo. 14. Green Acre, Eliot, Me. 15. Jersey City, N.J. 16. Kenosha, Wis. 17. Lincoln, Neb. 18. Los Angeles, Calif. 19. Malden, Mass. 20. Medford, Mass.

21. Milford.N.H. 22. Minneapolis, Minn. 23. Montclair, N.J. 24. Montreal, P.Q. 25. Morristown, N.J. 26. New York, N.Y. 27. Oakland, Calif. 28. Omaha, Neb. 29. Palo Alto, Calif. 30. Pasadena, Calif. 31. Philadelphia, Penn. 32. Pittsburgh, Penn. 33. Sacramento, Calif. 34. Salt Lake City, Utah 35. San Francisco, Calif. 36. St. Paul, Minn. 37. Washington, D. C. 38. West Englewood, N.J. 39. Worcester, Mass.

1. Bad Mergentheim 2. Bristol 3. Budapest 4. Edinburgh 5. Geneva 6. Liverpool 7. London

8. Marseilles 9. Oxford 10. Paris 11. Stuttgart 12. Thonon-les-Bains 13. Vienna

1. Abuqír 2. Alexandria 3. Cairo 4. Isma'ílíyyih

5. Mansúrih 6. Port Said 7. Zaytún

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Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania Prof. E. G. Browne, M.A., M.B., Cambridge University Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt., Manchester College, Oxford Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D.Litt., D.D., Oxford University, Fellow of British Academy Prof. Arminius Vambéry, Hungarian Academy of Pesth Sir Valentine Chirol Harry Charles Lukach Prof. Jowett, Oxford University Alfred W. Martin, Society for Ethical Culture, New York Prof. James Darmesteter, École des Hautes Études, Paris Charles Baudouin Dr. Henry H. Jessup, D.D. Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Kedleston Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I, K.C.I.E. Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, B.A. Herbert Putnam, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. Leo Tolstoy Dr. Edmund Privat, University of Geneva Dr. Auguste Forel, University of Zurich General Renato Piola Caselli Rev. Frederick W. Oakes Renwick J. G. Millar Charles H. Prisk Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt. Shri Purohit Swami Prof. Herbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College Lord Samuel of Carmel, G.C.B., C.B.E. Rev. K. T. Chung Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia Rev. Griffith J. Sparham Ernest Renan The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Émile Schreiber, Publicist Miss Helen Keller Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence Japan Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist Former President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia Archduchess Anton of Austria Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons H.R.H. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia Eugen Relgis Arthur Henderson

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Prof. Dr. V. Lesny Princess Marie Antoinette de Broglie Aussenac President David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford University Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia Ex-Governor William Sulzer Luther Burbank Prof. Yone Noguchi Prof. Raymond Frank Piper Angela Morgan Arthur Moore Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia A. L. M. Nicolas President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia Sir Ronald Storrs, N.V.C., M.G., C.B.E. Col. Raja Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh, Raja of Bajang (Nepal) Rt. Hon. M. R. Jayakar Prof. Benoy Kumar Sarkar, M.A., Ph,D. Mrs. Sarojinu Naidu Jules Bois Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, K.C.S.I.