1. 2015. Esperanto. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Hasan Elías, comp. . Compilation on Esperanto. Compilations-personal.
2. 2006. L'implantation de la foi baha'ie en France: et impact de la venue de Abdu'l Bahá à Paris au début du XXème siècle (The establishment of the Bahá'í Faith in France and the impact of the arrival of Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century). Natalia Behnam. French society at the end of the 19th century; Western expansion of the Bahá'í Faith; Abdu'l-Bahá's stays in Paris 1911-1913; religious minorities in France; on meeting Guillaume Apollinaire, Romain Rolland, Auguste Forel, Queen Marie of Romania, et al. Articles-unpublished.
3. 2000. Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience. Miriam Dixson. The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology, to commitment to the world ideals of the Bahá'í Faith. Biographies.
4. 1998. Bahá'í Studies Bulletin: Index by volume. Robert Stauffer, comp. List of articles in all issues of Bahai Studies Bulletin, 1982-1992. Bibliographies.
5. 1996. Lango: Language Organization. Antony Alexander, Robert Craig. A proposal for ‘Lango,’ a simplified, regularized form of English, as an international auxiliary language, outlining principles of language planning to support international communication, education, and global unity. Books.
6. 1996. Lidia Zamenhof. John T. Dale. Brief biography of the daughter of Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto. Essays.
7. 1989. Whither the International Auxiliary Language?. Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew. The Bahá'í Faith has promised that a day will come when there will be a universal auxiliary language taught in schools around the world. This promise is vital for peace and harmony. English and Esperanto have both strengths and flaws. Articles.
8. 1979?. Principle of an International Auxiliary Language, The. Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Bahá'í World Centre, comp. . Compilations.
9. 1977. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938. Agnes Baldwin Alexander, Barbara R. Sims, ed. . An account of the Bahá'í Cause in Japan, China, Korea, and the Hawaiian Islands, prepared by request of the Guardian. Books.
10. 1931. Bahá'í Movement in Japan, The. Tokujiro Torii. Summary of Bahá'í visitors to, activities in, Tablets to, and publications in Japan, 1914-1930. Essays.

1. 1887-07-26 —
   Leyzer (Eliezer) Levi Zamenhof published, in Russian, La Unua Libro, (The First Book) of his fully-formed manual of the Esperanto language, signing it "Doktoro Esperanto", the nom de plume of its creator. By way of explanation, the word "esperanto", in Esperanto, means "One who hopes".
   • Some estimates optimistically place the number of people familiar to some degree with the language at nearly two million, and it is now among the languages taught on the popular website and app Duolingo. But there are only perhaps some ten thousand fully fluent Esperanto speakers.
   • See JPost.com 8Feb2022 for a full history of the language and of the Zamenof family.
2. 1912-04-25 —
   Talk to Theosophical Society, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. [PUP58; SoW Vol 3 No3 pg22-23, ]
   • Message to Esperantists, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons, 1700 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. [PUP60; APD47; SoW Vol 3 No5 Pg7-8]
   • The Turkish Ambassador Díyá Páshá hosted a "royal feast" for 'Abdu'l-Bahá and a number of dignitaries. He gave a short talk afterward. [Mahmúd's Diary p60-61]
   • He gave a talk at Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Parsons. [PUP62, APD46-49; SoW Vol 3 No 5 P7-8, Mahmúd's Diary p59-62]
   • Theodore Roosevelt visited 'Abdu'l-Bahá at the Parsons' home on this date. He was not the President at this time. [MD464n59]
3. 1913-01-07 —
   'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to a crowd of several hundred Theosophists. The Theosophical Society (founded 1875) promoted brotherhood, the importance of Eastern philosophies and the search for spiritual and psychic truths. Edinburgh had one of the most active centres in Europe.
   • In the late morning they had a tour of Outlook Tower, 549 Castlehill, Edinburgh EH1 2ND. Outlook Tower was an educational institution which taught astronomy, natural geography, cartology etc. The tour guide was Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) who was a Scottish biologist and botanist, known also as an innovative thinker in the fields of urban planning and education; as a town-planner in Palestine he had involvement in the cypress avenue leading up to the Shrine of the Báb, and he also planned a Bahá'í House of Worship in India. [AB447, Leroy Ioas, p218, SCU68, 73-82]
   • In the evening 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to the Esperanto Society at Freemason's Hall, 96 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 3DH. There were 1,000 people in the hall and some 300 outside. This was His first public address in Scotland. [ABITM294, Ahmad Sohrab's Diary, Edinburgh, 1913]
4. 1925-00-00 —
   The Bahá'í Esperanto magazine, La Nova Tago (The New Day) was first published. [BBRSM150]
   • It continued publication until 1937. [BBRSM150]
5. 1925-08-03 — The opening of the 17th Universal Congress of Esperanto in Geneva. This congress marked the first public melding of the Bahá'í Faith and Esperanto. Shoghi Effendi had asked that Julia Culver join Martha Root as representatives. It was attended by Ella Goodall Cooper and Dr Adelbert Muhlsehlegel from Stuttgart who gave a short talk in Esperanto. Also in attendance were Dr Sophie and Lydia Zamenhof, daughters of the late Dr L L Zamenhof. It was here that Lidia Zamenhof first encountered the Bahá'í Faith. [MR231-233]

   See The Bahai Movement and Esperanto; Words of Baha'o'llah and Abdul-Baha by Jeanne Bolles published in Star of the West Vol 11 No 17 p286-287 and 290-291.

   Note: An Esperanto Congress has been held every year since inauguration in 1905 (with the exception of the years of the First and Second World Wars and in 2021 it was scheduled to be in Belfast but was held online due to the global pandemic. [Universal Esperanto Association]

6. 1926-04-00 —
   Lidia Zamenhof, a daughter of the founder of Esperanto Ludwik Zamenhof, became a Bahá'í, the first Pole to accept the Faith. [Lidia71]
   • For her story see the podcast Who Was She?
7. 1926-08-02 — Two Bahá'í Esperanto conventions were held in conjunction with the Eighteenth Universal Esperanto Congress in Scotland. [BW2:266]
8. 1927-00-00 — Martha Root gave a talk to the International Esperanto Conference in the Free City of Danzig*. [SYH159]

   *The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; Kashubian: Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 towns and villages in the surrounding areas. It was created on 15 November 1920 in accordance with the terms of Article 100 (Section XI of Part III) of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles after the end of World War I. [Wikipedia]

9. 1933-00-00 — On the initiative of Martha Root, Mr. György Steiner, an Esperantist in the city of Győr translated J.E. Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and The New Era into Hungarian between 1931-33. This was the first major work published in Hungarian about the Bahá'í Faith. The Preface of the book was written by Mr. Rusztem Vámbéry, son of Arminius Vámbéry. [www.bahai.hu] [BW5p377, 609]
10. 1942-08-00 —
    Lidia Zamenhof (b. 29 January 1904 in Warsaw) was killed in the gas chambers at Treblinka.

    Around 1925 she became a member of the Bahá'í Faith after having learned of the Faith at the 17th World Congress in 1925 in Geneva where she met Martha Root who was already well known among the Esperantists. Dr. Adelbert Muhlschlegel gave a short talk in Esperanto in which he explained Bahá'u'lláh's teachings and cited 'Abdu'l-Bahá's praises of Esperanto and of Dr Zamenhof. In late 1937 she went to the United States to teach that religion as well as Esperanto. In December 1938 she had to leave the United States as that country's Immigration Service declined to extend her visa for the illegal "paid labor" of teaching Esperanto. She returned to Poland, where she continued to teach and translate many Bahá'í writings.

    Under the German occupation regime of 1939, her home in Warsaw became part of the Warsaw Ghetto. She was arrested under the charge of having gone to the United States to spread anti-Nazi propaganda, but after a few months, she was released and returned to her home city where she and the rest of her family remained confined. There she endeavoured to help others get medicine and food. She was offered help and escape several times by Polish Esperantists but refused in each case. To one Pole, well-known Esperantist Jozef Arszennik, who had offered her refuge on several occasions, she explained, "you and your family could lose your lives, because whoever hides a Jew perishes along with the Jew who is discovered." To another, her explanation was contained in her last known letter: "Do not think of putting yourself in danger; I know that I must die but I feel it is my duty to stay with my people. God grant that out of our sufferings a better world may emerge. I believe in God. I am a Bahá'í and will die a Bahá'í. Everything is in His hands." [JewAge]

    • For her obituary see BW10:533–8.
    • See also Lidia by Wendy Heller and published by George Ronald in 1985 and Lidia Zamenhof, a cosmopolitan woman and victim of the Holocaust.

    • See JPost.com 8Feb2022 for a full history of the language and of the Zamenof family.

      See Lydia Zamenhof by John T Dale on Bahá'í Library Online.

      See The Bahai Movement and Esperanto by Jeanne Bolles published in Star of the West Vol 11 No 17 p286-287 and 290-291 iiiii

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