- 1911-10-21 —
News of the Battle of Benghazi (17 October) was headline news. It was one of the opening salvos of the Turko-Italian War and began on the 17th of October when Italian invasion forces began their bombardment of the Turkish garrison. The Turks were forced to abandon the city and there were many lives lost, Italians, Turks and civilians. -
His talk, The Pitiful Causes of War, and the Duty of Everyone to Strive for Peace. [ABF96-100 PT28-30]
- See as well SoW Vol 2 No 14 November 23, 1911 p5 for His talk on the Battle of Benghazi.
- The talk was attended by Remi de Gourmont, literary critic, essayist, poet and writer. The following day his editorial, "Le Béhhaïsmie: les idées dujour" was published in the newspaper Le France. [ABF95n287, 98]
- 1952-02-21 —
For their part in the Africa Campaign, Egypt was asked to send pioneers to Libya and to Algeria. The first pioneer to Libya, Dr.
Hussein Gollestaneh, arrived in
Benghazi from Egypt.
- By June 5, 1952 the first
Libyan. Mr El Alamy, declared his faith in
Bahá'u'lláh. Later in June a Bahá'í
family, the Gorrah family, arrived to assist with the
teaching work. [BN No 246 August 1951 p10; BN No 260 October 1952 p5]
- 1953-08-27 —
Pioneers began to arrive in Libya;
- Mustapha Salem arrived in July and settled in Tripoli, [BN No 272 October 1953 p9}
- Asia and Feridon Zein and their two children settled in Benghazi, [BN No 272 October 1953 p9}
- Rizvaniyyih Iqrari pioneered to Benghazi, Libya on 10 September,
- Mohsen Enayat pioneered within Libya from Tripoli to Feezan on the 26th of September,
- SeeSETPE2 p63-66 for an account of Moshen's stay during which he was able to reach two provincial ministers including the Minister of Finance. He was forced to leave by the government after 10 months but was able to recruit Foad Rushdy from Egypt to replace him.
- Mr. and Mrs. Ne'mat 'Abdu'l Wahid and Mr. Wahid's sister-in-law arrived in Tripoli, Libya in late September. [BN No 273 November 1953 p12-13]
- Mrs. Laura Kelsey Allen arrived in Tripoli, September 3, 1953. [BN No 280 June 1954 p9]
- As a result a Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in Benghazi in 1953 and in November of the same year in Tripoli. . [BN No 274 December 1953 p2; BN No 280 June 1954 p10]
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