1. 2025-04-21. New Institution of Learning, A: The Training Institute. Bahá'í World. — The Baha’i training institute builds capacity for individual and community transformation through ...
2. 2025. Understanding Traditional Discourses. JoAnn M. Borovicka. — On Gulpaygani's interpretation of the Book of Exodus to address people's quest for historical unders...
3. 2025. Declaration of the Báb in Bahá'í Imagination, The: Introducing a Woman and an African into the Sacred History of the Bahá'í Community. Anthony Lee. — The account of the declaration of the Bab to Mulla Husayn on May 22, 1844, as told by Nabil in Dawn ...
4. 2024-12. Lawh-i-Abdu'r-Razzáq: Parallel Translation (English). Bahá'u'lláh, A. Bolhuis, comp. . — Comparison of three English language translations, from River of Life (1914), Baha'i Scriptures (192...
5. 2023-01-16. Modernity as an Age of Transition. Benjamin Schewel. — Modernity reconceptualized as a period of humanity’s collective adolescence; origins of the modern...
6. 2023-01-08. Rising to the Challenge of Reconciliation. Roshan Danesh, Douglas White III. — Analyzing the legacy of colonialism and racism in Canada and examining the profound, multifaceted pr...
7. 2022-11-01. Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Nine Year Plan. Universal House of Justice. — Matters relating to the Nine Year Plan (2022-2031), ethnic and cultural diversity, humanity's crisis...
8. 2022-09. Epistolary Style of Shoghi Effendi, The. Ann Boyles. — The purposes of this paper are to investigate the new style of the epistle and the roots of its deve...
9. 2021-05-08. Reading Reality in Times of Crisis: 'Abdu'l-Bahá and the Great War. Amin E. Egea. — How ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s analysis of the crises of His time was profoundly distinct from contemporan...
10. 2020. Crisis and the Power of an Inclusive Historical Consciousness: Progressing from Delusional Habits to Dynamic Freedom. Todd Smith. — On delusional ways of thinking: the habits of totalizing reality vs. fragmenting reality. These lead...
11. 2019-01-18. Message on World Peace. Universal House of Justice. — Letter about important steps the world made towards world peace, and the current situation, in relat...
12. 2017. Seeking Light in the Darkness of "Race". Jamar M. Wheeler. — A historical sketch of how race concepts evolved, with analysis at macro and micro levels of society...
13. 2017. Race and Racism: Perspectives from Bahá'í Theology and Critical Sociology. Matthew W. Hughey. — Review of the concepts of race and racism based on social scientific understanding, in order to bett...
14. 2016. Guardian's Wartime Travels, The. Harry Liedtke. — Brief chronology of world events 1938-1940 juxtaposed with Shoghi Effendi's travels in 1940, when he...
15. 2014. "Two Great Powers" in the Lawh-i Maqsud. Ismael Velasco. — On the identity of the two countries that arose against the followers of Moses, referenced by Baha'u...
16. 2013-11. Divide and Rule: The Creation of the Alawi State after World War I. Necati Alkan. — Summary of 20th-century history of the Nusayri/Alawi Shi'i movement in Syria and Turkey. (No mention...
17. 2013-03. Understanding Bahá'í History: Introduction to the study of history. Moojan Momen. — Video and transcript, prepared for the Wilmette Institute, about how to approach and understand the ...
18. 2012. Fighting for the Nuṣayrī Soul: State, Protestant Missionaries and the ʿAlawīs in the Late Ottoman Empire. Necati Alkan. — Overview of the Alawites/Nusayris (Syrian Shi'is) in the start of the 19th century, political attitu...
19. 2012. Celestial Burning, A: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Jack McLean. — Style, content, and context of the major writings of the Guardian; providential history; critique of...
20. 2010-10-23. Tafsir and the Meaning of the Qur'an: The Crucifixion in Muslim Thought. Todd Lawson. — Using Qur'an 4:156-7 as an example, classical tafsīr, “scholastic" exegesis, has not always taken...
21. 2010. Historical Consciousness and the Divine Plan. Douglas Martin. — A series of eight short talks (total around two hours), in both audio and video formats, on the evol...
22. 2009. Empire for the Faithful, A Colony for the Dispossessed, An. Robert D. Crews. — History of the establishment of Tsarist power in Turkestan and the goal of earning support from thei...
23. 2009. Debunking the Myths: Conspiracy Theories on the Genesis and Mission of the Bahá'í Faith. Adib Masumian. — Response to Iranian conspiracy theories portraying the Baha'i Faith as a subversive political group,...
24. 2008. Permanence of Change, The: Contemporary Sociological and Bahá'í Perspectives. Hoda Mahmoudi. — Sociohistorical changes of the Axial Age and the Renaissance, sociological views on modernity and it...
25. 2007. Bushido (Chivalry) and the Traditional Japanese Moral Education. Nozomu Sonda. — Japanese virtues explained by Nitobe in 1900 in comparison with the Baha'i perspective on moral educ...
26. 2006. Citizens of the World: A History and Sociology of the Bahá'ís from a Globalisation Perspective. Margit Warburg. — Front-matter, Chapter One, and part of Chapter Two "Approaches to Babi and Baha'i Studies," as provi...
27. 2006. Prophecy of Bahá'u'lláh, The: A Backward Bending Supply Curve Theorem. Sathia Varqa. — The fates of some of the dictators to whom Baha'u'llah addressed his tablets, and the choices and co...
28. 2005. Shoghi Effendi's View of Providential History in Light of the Judaeo-Christian Tradition. Jack McLean. — The Guardian's letters reveal six features of his historicity: palingenesis and transitional history...
29. 2005. Infallibility and Historical Knowledge of the Guardian. Universal House of Justice. — While the Guardian's infallibility applies to interpretation of revelation, it does not include hist...
30. 2005. One Common Faith. Universal House of Justice. — Examines humanity’s spiritual crisis, critiques materialism and religious division, and affirms re...
31. 2005. Road, The: Reflections on Scottish history. Jack Boyd. — Essays on the birth of Scotland, Saint Patrick, William Wallace, Robert Bruce, and Rob Roy MacGregor...
32. 2005. 'Abdu'l Bahá's Tablet of the Two Calls: Civilizing Barbarity. Manooher Mofidi. — The relatioship between civilization and barbarity, and the capabilities of humanity.
33. 2004. Conspiracies and Forgeries: The Attack upon the Bahá'í Community in Iran. Moojan Momen. — Early attacks on the Baha'i community in Iran were made mostly on the basis of religious accusations...
34. 2003. Protecting the Human Family: Humanitarian Intervention, International Law, and Bahá'í Principles. Brian D. Lepard. — The moral and legal problems raised by the use of military force to aid human rights victims. Releva...
35. 2003. Exposition of the Tablet of the World (Lawh-i-Dunyá), An. James B. Thomas. — To fully appreciate the historical significance of the Tablet of the World, this essay first portray...
36. 2003. Tablet of Maqsúd (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Guidance on Human Nature and Leadership. Ramin Neshati. — Reference to human aptitude and potential being contingent upon education; the need for a global con...
37. 2003. British influence in Persia in the 19th century. Abbas Amanat. — Includes various mentions of the Babi context. Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
38. 2001-09. Notes on the Twentieth Century. Douglas Martin. — Multiple transcriptions of talks given in Atlanta, New York, and Massachusetts in September and Octo...
39. 2001-05-01. Tablet of Maqsud. Universal House of Justice. — Date of the revelation of the Tablet of Maqsúd and its mention of "Two great powers."
40. 2001. Century of Light. Universal House of Justice. — Survey of the history and dramatic changes of the 20th Century and the Baha'i Faith's emergence from...
41. 2001. Religion in the Modem World. Anjam Khursheed. — On aspects of the Western secular rebellion against theocracy and the rise of free enquiry and freed...
42. 2000. Mid-East History during the Islamic Period: Chronology and Commentary. Brian A. Miller. — Brief overview of Islamic history.
43. 2000. Characterization in the Writings of Shoghi Effendi: With Special Attention to Yahya. Jack McLean. — The Guardian employed a creative literary device of adding moralistic comment about historical figur...
44. 2000. Fact and Fiction: Interrelationships between History and Imagination. Bahíyyih Nakhjavání. — On the tension between "fact" and "fiction," between objective history and our relative and subjecti...
45. 1999/2000. German Baha'i Community under National Socialism, The: A Historical Perspective With Notes, Postscript, and Photographs. Harry Liedtke. — Examination of why Baha’is, as an international Community or as individuals, did not play an activ...
46. 1999. Biography of Pope Pius IX: Tablet to Pope Pius IX (Lawh-i-Páp). Author unknown. — Biography of Pope Pius IX, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote a Tablet.
47. 1999. Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus). Author unknown. — Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charism...
48. 1999. Biography of Napoleon: Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún). Author unknown. — Biography of Napoleon III, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote two Tablets.
49. 1999. Tablet of The Desired One (Lawh-i-Maqsúd): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Universal House of Justice, Juan Cole.
50. 1998. 1844 Ottoman 'Edict of Toleration' in Bahá'í Secondary Literature, The. Michael W. Sours. — This edict, issued the year the Baha'i era began, permitted Jews to return to Palestine. The return ...
51. 1998. Pivot of the Universe: Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar and the Iranian Monarchy 1831-1896, by Abbas Amanat: Review. Sholeh A. Quinn.
52. 1998. Seneca Falls First Woman's Rights Convention of 1848: The Sacred Rites of the Nation. Bradford W. Miller. — Explores parallels between the Seneca Fails First Woman’s Rights Convention in the USA and the Bad...
53. 1998. Chronological study: Tablets to the Rulers. Melissa Tansik. — Timeline of the rise of nation states, 1844-1871, and the history and fate of the rulers to whom Bah...
54. 1997 Fall. Shoghi Effendi and the American Dream. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. — Context and import of Advent of Divine Justice, American destiny, the American frontier, ethical imp...
55. 1997. Validity and Value of an Historical-Critical Approach to the Revealed Works of Bahá'u'lláh, The. John S. Hatcher. — The objectivist approach; role of the Manifestation in the creative process; Manifestation as partic...
56. 1995. Religious Background of the 1979 Revolution in Iran. Moojan Momen.
57. 1995. Tablet of Wisdom Questions and Answers. Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahá'í World Centre, trans. . — Authorized translation of unpublished Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Baha to Ethel Rosenberg in 1906 in reply to ...
58. 1995. Historical Development of Genoa Square in Acre Israel from the Seventh Century to the Present Day, The. Amy Suzanne Hollander. — A study of the structure, development, space, and historic preservation of a portion of Akka, includ...
59. 1994. Les Paradigmes cachés de l'histoire: Comparaison de l'histoire des premiers siècles du christianisme et de la foi bahà'ie. Jean-Marc Lepain. — Exploration of some lessons from history relevant to our era and our near future, from the perspecti...
60. 1994. Us and Them: A Study of Alienation and World Order. Charles O. Lerche. — The division of the world into mutually exclusive identity groups and its implications for internati...
61. 1993. Contribution to the Topography of 19th Century Adrianople, A. Alexandra Yerolimpos. — Overview of the layout, the ethnic neighbourhoods, and history of Adrianople, including the period o...
62. 1993. Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to Modernity 1884-1914. Taj al-Saltana, Abbas Amanat, ed, Anna Vanzan, trans. . — Passing references to the Babis in Amanat's introduction to, and in the autobiography of, Nasir al-D...
63. 1991-01. Five Questions: Loss of Voting Rights, Mani, Magi, Five-Pointed Star, Joseph Smith. Universal House of Justice. — Responses to various questions. Closes with quotations on Confucianism and Genesis.
64. 1991. Importance of Deepening Our Knowledge and Understanding of the Faith [1991 republication], The. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi.
65. 1989. Good of the World and the Happiness of the Nations, The: A Study of Modern Utopian and Dystopian Literature. Elham Afnan. — The Baha'i Writings, with their new understanding of human destiny, can bridge the gap between utopi...
66. 1988-10. President Wilson and the Bahá'í Connection. Paul Pearsall. — Short overview of myths and facts on the Wilson-Baha'i connection. Includes addenda on the League of...
67. 1988. Phoenix and the Ashes: The Bahá'í Faith and the Modern Apocalypse, by Geoffrey Nash: Review. John Huddleston. — 19th-century optimism, disillusionment with contemporary society, philosophy of history, political t...
68. 1987. Ita and the Sandinista Revolution. Robert G. Wilson. — An interview with Ita, one of the earliest participants in the Sandinista Revolution in Nicaragua th...
69. 1987. Exile from El Salvador: A Conversation with Antonio. Eileen Estes, Richard Hollinger, Steven Scholl. — Interview with a former member of the Salvadorean Baha'i community about his history, and about thre...
70. 1986. Mafia, Mob and Shiism in Iraq: The Rebellion of Ottoman Karbala 1824-1843. Juan Cole, Moojan Momen. — On the role of gangs in urban social history of the 19-century Ottoman empire; with a decline in gov...
71. 1986. Making of Central America, The: Intervention, Dictatorship, and Revolution. Phillip Berryman. — History of Western and Christian involvement in Latin America. (No mention of the Baha'i Faith.)
72. 1985. Negahi-bi-Tarikh (Examination of History). Alí-Akbar Furútan. — This book, "Examination of history," is about the word history. It talks about history in general a...
73. 1982-2023. Encyclopaedia Iranica: Selected articles related to Persian culture, religion, philosophy and history. Encyclopaedia Iranica. — Sorted, categorized collection of links to over 170 articles.
74. 1982. Iran between Two Revolutions. Ervand Abrahamian. — Multiple references to the Baha'i Faith, in an academic book of history.
75. 1980 [1941]. Promised Day is Come, The. Shoghi Effendi. — A book-length letter written by Shoghi Effendi to the Baha’is of the West, dated 28 March 1941, ab...
76. 1979. Crossroads of Civilization: 3000 Years of Persian History. Clive Irving. — Passing mentions of Babi history and the word "Babi" being used as a label to tarnish political diss...
77. 1967. تاریخ فلسفه جلد دوم دوره انتشار فرهنگ یونانی و دوره رومی (History of Philosophy, Volume Two: The Hellenistic and Roman Periods). Émile Bréhier, Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. . — Persian translation of a classic French philosophy text.
78. 1967. تاریخ فلسفه جلد اول دوره یونانی (History of Philosophy, Volume One: The Greek Period). Émile Bréhier, Alí Murád Dávúdí, trans. . — Persian translation of a classic French philosophy text.
79. 1960. Ten-Year Crusade, The: Seven Thousand Years In Retrospect. Allan L. Ward. — A brief, dramatic sketch of the spiritual development of man, beginning with Adam, to help Baha'is g...
80. 1957 [1875]. Secret of Divine Civilization. Abdu'l-Bahá, Marzieh Gail, trans. . — Originally issued anonymously in 1875, this was ʻAbdu'l-Baha's program for the developmental reform...
81. 1954. Cause of the Rise and Fall of Civilizations, The. Ruth Moffett. — A chart correlating the growth of maturity of humanity and the evolution of religions with major eve...
82. 1919-09-08. ['Abdu'l-Bahá] Declares Zionists Must Work with Other Races: From the Globe and Commercial Advertiser (New York, July 17, 1919). Marion Weinstein. — An interview with 'Abdu'l-Baha on the League of Nations, Baha'i ideas for peace, and the Holy Land. ...
83. 1913-10. Account of the Main Events in Persia during October 1912 to October 1913, An. G. D. Turner. — Overview of developments in Iran in 1913, with passing references to Abdu'l-Baha and E.G. Browne.
84. 1912. Bahá'ísm, the religion of brotherhood and its place in the evolution of creeds. Francis Henry Skrine. — An outsider's sympathetic portrayal of the Baha'i history and teachings, written with "express appro...
85. 1912. Call of Mt. Carmel, The. Maude Holbach. — Includes passing references to Abdu'l-Baha and Akka, a description of life in Haifa at the time, and...
86. 1906. Islam in Persia. W. St. Clair Tisdall. — Passing discussions of Babis and Baha'is in Iran at the start of the 20th century (pages 115-118, 12...
87. 1887. Babs and Their Prophet, The. Laurence Oliphant. — Excerpt from a book described by E.G. Browne as "the first published notice of Beha and the Babi col...
88. 1874. Diary of H.M. the Shah of Persia, during his tour through Europe in 1873, The. Nasir al-Din Shah, J. W. Redhouse, trans. . — Contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but is useful for historical context, and a window...
89. 1864. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe. John William Draper. — A selection of excerpts from the book. Contains no mention of the Baha'i Faith, but is of interest p...

1. 1797-06-17 — Áqa Muhammad Khan, leader of the Qajars, (b. 5 September, 1772, d. 23 October, 1834) proclaimed him...
2. 1797-08-00 — Crown Prince Fath-`Ali Mirza assumed leadership of Persia. (1797 (or 1798) to 1834)
3. 1798-03-21 — Fath-`Ali Khan was crowned second Qajar Shah during Naw-Rúz festival.
4. 1799-00-00 — Napoleon, returning from Egypt, captured Jaffa and laid siege to Acre. At this juncture the French...
5. 1799-03-21 — Fath-`Ali Shah's son, `Abbas Mirza (aged 9), was designated Crown Prince of Persia.
6. 1804-00-00 — Russo-Persian War resulted in a Russian victory. The Battle of Aslan Duz on 31 October 1812 was the ...
7. 1819-00-00 — 'Abdu'llah Pasha became the governor of `Akka in 1819. In 1832 when the Egyptians took `Akka he surr...
8. 1828-02-10 — Defeat of the Persians at the hands of the Russians. The Russo-Persian War of 1826–28 was the ...
9. 1831-00-00 — Egyptian occupation of `Akka. [BBR202; DH128] 'Abdu'llah Pasha was the governor of 'Akka from 181...
10. 1839-00-01 — Defeat of Persia at the hands of the British. [BBRSM55]
11. 1840-00-00 — The British fleet took `Akka from the Egyptians. [BBR202]
12. 1843-01-10 — The sacking of the holy city of Karbala at the hands of the Turks. Thousands of its citizens were ki...
13. 1844-03-21 — Edict of Toleration was issued by the Sultan of Turkey: The Muslim government of the Ottoman Empire ...
14. 1844-05-24 — F.B. Morse sent the first telegraphic message over an experimental line from Washington D.C. to Balt...
15. 1845-06-28 — Prince Dolgorukov was appointed Russian ambassador to Tihran. He was previously first secretary of t...
16. 1848-09-04 — The death of the chronically ill Muhammad Shah whom Shoghi Effendi described as bigoted, sickly and ...
17. 1848-09-12 — The accession of Nasiri'd-Din Shah at Tabriz. [BBR482] He was 17 years old. [BBR158; GPB37] ...
18. 1848-10-19 — Entry of Nasiri'd-Din Shah into Tihran. [BBR482] MH240 says it took him 45 days to travel to Tih...
19. 1852-08-15 — Attempt on the life of the Shah in Afcha, near Tehran. [BBR128; BBRSM:30; BKG74–5; DB599; ESW20; G...
20. 1856-00-04 — The Anglo-Persian War. [BBR165, 263]
21. 1862-08-22 — Concessions by the Persian government in the Qajar period (1789-1925) included grants of political a...
22. 1863-12-15 — During this period Baha'u'llah made His proclamation to the kings and rulers. Also during this pe...
23. 1867-12-15 — Baha'u'llah revealed the Súriy-Mulúk (Súrih of Kings). [BKG245; GPB171–2; RB2:301-336; BW19p58...
24. 1868-10-30 — Christoph Hoffman, founder of the Templers, and Georg David Hardegg, his principal lieutenant, lande...
25. 1869-00-00 — A great famine occurred in Iran in which about 10 per cent of the population died and a further 10 p...
26. 1870-07-00 — The Roman Catholic Vatican Council under Pope Pius IX formulated the doctrine of papal infallibility...
27. 1870-07-19 — Franco-Prussian War was a conflict between the Second French Empire of Napoleon III and the German s...
28. 1870-09-01 — Battle of Sedan. Napoleon III suffered defeat at the hands of Kaiser Wilhelm I. It resulted in the c...
29. 1872-07-25 — The Baron de Reuter concession in 1872 was a significant agreement between the government of Persia ...
30. 1876-05-30 — Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz was deposed. He had ruled from 1861. [BBR485]
31. 1876-06-04 — `Abdu'l-`Aziz either committed suicide or was assassinated. [BBD2; BBR485; GPB225] Accession of M...
32. 1877-00-00 — As a result of the war between Russia and Turkey some 11 million people were freed from the Turkish ...
33. 1878-07-12 — The British government took over the administration of Cyprus. [BBR306]
34. 1882-07-11 — Egypt had mounting debts and a financial crisis which had been exacerbated by the construction of th...
35. 1882-07-11 — The British navy bombarded Alexandria, beginning or provoking fires that destroyed the city and forc...
36. 1882-07-11 — Baha'u'llah's Tablet of Maqsud was revealed following the invasion of Egypt by the Fren
37. 1889-08-19 — Baron Julius de Reuter, a British-German financier with a history of financial agreements in Persia,...
38. 1890-03-00 — Nasiri'd-Din Shah entered into contract of 50 years duration with British interests that would provi...
39. 1896-04-19 — Nasiri'd-Din Shah was assassinated on the eve of the celebration of his jubilee. He had ascended to ...
40. 1896-05-01 — Muzaffari'd-Din became the shah of Persia. He was the son of Nasiri'd-Din Shah. He had been sent as ...
41. 1905-09-05 — The Treaty of Portsmouth formally ended the 1904–05 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September...
42. 1906-08-05 — After an almost bloodless revolution Muzaffari'd-Din Shah was forced to sign a royal decree called ...
43. 1907-01-08 — The death of Muzaffari'd-Din Shah just a few days after he had signed the constitution. [BBR354, 482...
44. 1907-01-19 — The accession of Muhammad-`Ali Shah to the throne of Iran. He reigned until 1909. He attempted to re...
45. 1907-08-31 — Anglo-Russian Convention relating to Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet, was signed in Saint Petersburg,...
46. 1908-06-23 — Muhammad-`Ali Shah undertook a successful coup d'état in Iran and abolished the Constitution. [BBR3...
47. 1908-07-23 — The Young Turks issued a declaration demanding the restoration of the old constitution of Midhat Pas...
48. 1908-07-24 — In Constantinople, a bomb intended for Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid as he returned from the mosque on Friday...
49. 1909-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Hamid II was deposed. [BBR486] Sultan 'Abdu'l-Hamid II lived from 1842 to 1918) and rei...
50. 1909-07-18 — The accession of Ahmad Shah Qajar, the boy-king, to the throne of Iran. He was twelve years old and ...
51. 1910-08-30 — The Ottoman officials, architects and masons came from Constantinople for the express purpose of pla...
52. 1911-05-11 — W. Morgan Shuster was an American chosen by the Persian Chargé d'Affaires at Washington, Mirza Ali...
53. 1911-09-29 — The start of the Italo-Turkish war which lasted until the 18th of October 1912 when the Ottoman Empi...
54. 1911-10-21 — News of the Battle of Benghazi (17 October) was headline news. It was one of the opening salvos of t...
55. 1912-10-08 — The start of the the First Balkan War when Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia constituting the ...
56. 1914-06-28 — The heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated in Sarajevo.
57. 1914-07-28 — The Great War (1914–18) broke out in Europe. (28 July, 1914 to 11 November, 1918)Austria declared ...
58. 1914-08-04 — England declared war on Germany.
59. 1914-11-01 — Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers. Palestine was blockaded and Haifa was b...
60. 1915-07-00 — The McMahon–Hussein Correspondence was a series of ten letters exchanged from July 1915 to March 1...
61. 1916-05-16 — The Sykes–Picot Agreement, officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was a secret 1916 agreeme...
62. 1917-00-00 — Foreign troops occupied nearly all of neutral Iran. [AB416; BBRSM:87]
63. 1917-04-06 — The United States entered World War I. See CF36 for Shoghi Effendi's opinion of its participati...
64. 1917-11-02 — The Balfour Declaration was a letter sent to Lord Walter Rothschild by British Foreign Secretary Ar...
65. 1918-01-08 — President Woodrow Wilson in a speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress outli...
66. 1918-09-23 — "During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Baha faced repeated thr...
67. 1918-11-11 — The end of the First World War or the Great War. It was a global conflict originating in Europe ...
68. 1919-06-28 — The Treaty of Versailles was concluded. The United States never signed the Treaty of Versailles, ne...
69. 1919-08-19 — The Anglo-Persian agreement was signed whereby Persia would get advisors for every department and g...
70. 1920-00-00 — The British Mandate for Palestine began. [BBR488] For `Abdu'l-Baha's attitude to the administra...
71. 1921-02-02 — Ahmad Shah, who succeeded to the throne at age 11, (reigned 1909–25) was deposed in a coup d'état...
72. 1925-12-13 — Rida (or Reza) Shah acceded to the throne of Iran. The Pahlavi dynasty commenced. [BBR482] During...
73. 1932-10-03 — The term of The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration or "Mandatory Iraq" came to an end. It ...
74. 1938-00-00 — Shoghi Effendi remained in Europe for the year owing to terrorist activities in Palestine. [PP219] ...
75. 1939-09-03 — World War II began with Britain and France declaring war on Germany after Germany invaded Poland.
76. 1941-03-28 — The publication of The Promised Day is Come. It was, in effect, a survey of the world in relation t...
77. 1941-09-16 — In Iran, Rida Shah abdicated and Muhammad-Rida Shah ascended to the throne. His rule was to last unt...
78. 1945-05-08 — The war in Europe ended. For Shoghi Effendi's response see MA80–1, PP185 and UD175. For the ...
79. 1945-09-02 — The war in Japan ended.
80. 1945-10-24 — The United Nations was formally established. There were Baha'i representatives in San Francisco in ...
81. 1948-00-13 — War broke out in Palestine. Many Covenant-breakers fled the country. [DH118]
82. 1948-04-21 — The 2nd Battle of Haifa: A Jewish offensive to gain control of the strategic port of Haifa. Prior to...
83. 1948-05-14 — The British Mandate in Palestine ended and the state of Israel was proclaimed. The notion of a Je...
84. 1948-12-09 — The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Resolution entitled Convention on the Prevent...
85. 1954-11-01 — The members of the Algerian National Liberation Front initiated an armed conflict on French targets ...
86. 1963-00-01 — 15 years after the establishment of Israel and during the course of the unrest that swept through Ir...
87. 1969-10-29 — A mechanism of world inter-communication will be devised, embracing the whole planet, freed from nat...
88. 1979-01-17 — Mohammad Rezā Pahlavi‎, known as Mohammad Reza Shah, entitled Shāhanshāh ("Emperor" or "King of...
89. 1979-02-01 — Ayatollah Khomeini returned to Iran from exile in France. On the 11th of February, the revolutionar...
90. 2001-03-00 — The publication of Century of Light, a statement by the Universal House of Justice. The purpose of t...
91. 2003-04-27 — Baha'is from the north and south of Cyprus met when they were permitted to cross the demarcation lin...
92. 2012-06-00 — After the January 25th revolution against Mubarak and a period of rule by the Supreme Council of the...
93. 2014-05-28 — In the presidential election in Egypt, former Egyptian defence minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was ele...

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