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Tag: "1950s"

tag name: 1950s type: Dates
web link: bahai-library.com/tags/1950s
related tags: 20th century
referring tags: 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; Tudeh Party of Iran
notes: see also bahai-library.com/chronology/195- and bahai-library.com/chronologycanada/195-
bahaidata.org: Q4890   ·   Links to Bahá'í wikis (bahai9, bahaipedia, etc.)
references: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s

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  1. 2026-02-10. "Man of Africa", A: Emotions and Political Kinship in Forming Transnational Connections. Jacqueline-Bethel Tchouta Mougoué. — On the travels and politics of Enoch Olinga, who worked with global minorities across national bound...
  2. 2025-03. Framework for Action and the Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement, The. Derik Smith. — Explores parallels between the Baha’i framework for action and the civil rights movement, emphasiz...
  3. 2025. After Shoghi Effendi: Guardianship, Lineage, and the Limits of Claim. Iman Motlagh Arani. — Theological-legal analysis of the Baha’i Covenant as it pertains to the institution of the Guardia...
  4. 2019. Baha'is in Post-revolution Iran: Perspectives of the Ulema. Ankita Sanyal. — Historical background of the ulema/monarchy equation; the Ayatollahs’ take on the Baha’is after ...
  5. 2017. Servants of the Glory: A Chronicle of Forty Years of Pioneering. Adrienne Morgan, Dempsey Morgan. — Memoirs of a black couple from the United States who lived and spread the Baha’i Faith in across p...
  6. 2013. Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran, The: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present. Ronen A. Cohen. — History of the group that started in the 1950s as an anti-Baha'i movement but found itself leading a...
  7. 2011-05. Brutal Slashing to Death of Dr Berjis, The. Nasser Mohajer, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. . — English translation of an article in Persian about persecutions during the Pahlavi regime, and the d...
  8. 2011. Bahá'í Faith in Africa, The: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952-1962. Anthony Lee. — African presence in early Babi and Baha'i history; Baha'i response to crises in Middle East and West...
  9. 2010. Maps and charts in Baha'i World volumes. John Conkling, comp, Jonah Winters, ed. — List of all inserts and maps included in volumes of the Baha'i World books.
  10. 2007. Identity Politics and Public Disputation: A Baha'i Missionary as a Muslim Modernist in South Africa. Shamil Jeppie. — On the "Arabic Study Circle" of South Africa (ca. 1950) and the role of its most influential member,...
  11. 2006. Origins of the Bahá'í Faith in the Pacific Islands: The Case of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. Graham Hassall. — The introduction of the Baha’i Teachings to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the 1950s and the co...
  12. 2004/2013. Jack Boyd memoirs. Jack Boyd, Gary Fuhrman, ed, Jonah Winters, ed. . — Memoirs of Jack and Eileen Boyd, pioneers in Canada, covering the years 1953-2012. Includes recollec...
  13. 2001-02. Religion and Proto-Nationalism: Apelis Mazakmat and 'traces of mild sectarian strife' in New Ireland. Graham Hassall. — The career of Apelis Mazakmat, the first native Baha'i in Papua New Guinea, set against the complex ...
  14. 1999. Memoirs of Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein. Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein. — Memoirs of the first pioneer to Famagusta (as requested by Shoghi Effendi to pioneer from the City o...
  15. 1996-01-15. Falsafi, Kashani, and the Bahá'ís. A. W. Samii. — Essay posted to the Usenet group soc.culture.iranian in January 1996 provides a brief but well-resea...
  16. 1996. Bahá'í Faith in the Asia Pacific: Issues and Prospects. Graham Hassall. — The development of the diverse Baha'i Communities in the Pacific Islands since the launching of the ...
  17. 1996. Bahá'í Faith in Australia 1947-1963. Graham Hassall. — Major episodes in the evolution of the Australian Baha'i community during the years 1947-1963, notin...
  18. 1996. Parliamentary Politics in Revolutionary Iran: The Institutionalization of Factional Politics. Bahman Baktiari. — Brief discussion of anti-Babi and anti-Baha'i persecutions in 1896, 1907, and the 1950s.
  19. 1995. Bahá'í History in the Formative Age: The World Crusade 1953-1963. Graham Hassall. — The major features of the Baha'i 'World Crusade' 1953-1963; thoughts about the contemporary practice...
  20. 1992. Pacific Bahá'í Communities 1950-1964. Graham Hassall. — Detailed overview of the history of Baha'is in Pacific island states.
  21. 1989. Mark Tobey's City Paintings: Meditations on an Age of Transition. Julie Badiee. — On the evolutionary character of Tobey's "City Paintings" during the decades of the 1930s-50s: they ...
  22. 1989. Bábí Executions and Uprisings. Denis MacEoin. — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  23. 1985. Spirit of Allah, The: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution. Amir Taheri. — Anti-Baha'i sentiment in the 1930s; Mahmoud Halabi's and Falsafi's anti-Baha'i campaigns 1955-1957; ...
  24. 1981-02. Terah: Personal reminiscences of teaching, traveling, loving. Terah Cowart-Smith. — Brief recollections of teaching in North America. Includes short letter from the Guardian.
  25. 1980. Iran: From Religious Dispute to Revolution. Michael M. J. Fischer. — Brief discussion of Shaykh Mohammad Taghi (Muhammad Taqi) Falsafi's anti-Baha'i activities in the 19...
  26. 1964/1979. Nationalism in Iran. Richard W. Cottam. — 3-page discussion of treatment of Baha'is as a minority religion in Iran in the 1950s, and passing m...
  27. 1957-1963(?). Stories of 'Abdul-Baha and the Guardian. Curtis Kelsey. — Kelsey was serving in Haifa when 'Abdu'l-Baha passed away. These are his recollections and stories o...
  28. 1956. Prison City of Akká, The. William Sears. — A pilgrim’s reflection on ‘Akka, where Baha’u’llah revealed the Kitab-i-Aqdas and endured im...
  29. 1953-06. Quote from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. J. E. Bolles. Rúhíyyih Khánum. — One short note about the "urgency of this particular time in history," from Ruhiyyih Khanum to Mrs. ...
  30. 1898-1959. Pilgrims' Notes from U.S. Archives. Various. — Pilgrim notes from the U.S. Baha'i National Archives, organized by year, 1898-1959, unsorted, in 60 ...
 
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