1. 2023-07. Non-Governmental Perspective on the Relative Effectiveness of Multilateral and Bilateral Measures to Combat Hate Speech, A: An Analysis of Tools Deployed in Response to Religious Hate Speech in Iran. Bani Dugal, Morten Bergsmo, ed, Kishan Manocha, ed. . — International Human Rights framework; Iran's obligations under international law; history of Baha'i ...
2. 2021 Spring. In the Noble, Sacred Place: One Rainy Day in a Holy City. Sandra Lynn Hutchison. — A memoir of visiting Jerusalem — a contemporary pilgrim's note written as a literary piece — wit...
3. 2021. Bible Stories and Themes in the Bahá'í Writings and Guidance. Anonymous, comp. — Baha'i interpretation of Biblical stories and topics.
4. 2018-11-26. Remembering 'Abdu'l-Baha's Call for Unity, a Century after World War I. Bahá'í World News Service. — Collection of newspaper articles and photographs of Abdu'l-Baha, on the general theme of unity in th...
5. 2018. List of Bahá'í Studies and Translations. Stephen Lambden, A. Bolhuis, comp. . — A list of content available at Lambden's personal website, Hurqalya Publications, with select links ...
6. 2015-01-13. Humanitarian Responses to Global Conflicts. Universal House of Justice. — A letter to and response from the House about why Baha'is do not condemn the 2014 attacks on Gaza, a...
7. 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...
8. 2012-01-23. Bridge over Troubled Waters: The City of Haifa in Lavie Tidhar's Stories. Ehud Maimon. — Brief mentions of the temple of the Bab and the terraces, and the place of Haifa and Mt. Carmel in s...
9. 2012. Journey Motif in the Bahá'í Faith, The: From Doubt to Certitude. Roshan Danesh. — The process of individual spiritual growth lies at the heart of human purpose. Baha’u’llah speak...
10. 2011-04-05. Bahá'í Settlements in the Jordan Valley, 1882-1954, The. Shay Rozen.
11. 2011. Young Turks and the Bahá'ís in Palestine, The. Necati Alkan. — Reform movements in turn-of-the-century Palestine and the influence of Abdu'l-Baha on his political ...
12. 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,...
13. 2009. Further Comments on a Passage of the Lawh-i-Hikmat. Amin E. Egea. — A study of Pre-Islamic sources on the relation of Greek Philosophers and Jewish sages.
14. 2009. Bahá'í World Centre. Moojan Momen. — On the spiritual center of the Baha’i Faith, established in the twin cities of Acre and Haifa, the...
15. 2005. `Abdu'l-Baha in Abu-Sinan: September 1914. Ahang Rabbani. — The story of Abdu'l-Baha's relocating the Haifa/Akka Baha'i community of some 140 people to a nearby...
16. 2004-09-22. Bahá'í Faith and Its Relationship to Islam, Christianity, and Judaism, The: A Brief History. Adam Berry. — Baha'i history in Iran and America; relationship with Christian missionaries in Iran and Christian c...
17. 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...
18. 2001. "By the Fig and the Olive": `Abdu'l-Bahá's Commentary in Ottoman Turkish on the Qur'ánic Sura 95. Necati Alkan. — A translation and discussion of an Ottoman-Turkish Tablet by `Abdu'l-Baha: his commentary on the Qu...
19. 2000-09-18. Advertisement for Israeli Tourism in the New Yorker magazine. Author unknown. — Baha'i World Centre photograph in advertisement in prominent magazine, featuring the terraces.
20. 1999. Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker. Graham Hassall. — Extensive biography of Effie Baker, an early Australian Baha'i.
21. 1999. Some Thoughts on Bahá'u'lláh's Tablet to the Christians. Don Dainty. — The lamp and the light; east-west movement of the lamp; Carmel, the mountain of the Lord and the sea...
22. 1999. Tablet of [Mount] Carmel (Lawh-i-Karmil): Wilmette Institute faculty notes. Peter Terry, Ted Brownstein, Stephen Lambden.
23. 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 ...
24. 1998. Notes on Judaism from a Bahá'í Perspective. Robert Stockman. — Overview of Judaism with many comments on Baha'i teachings on Jewish history and prophets; includes ...
25. 1995-06-23. Israel, Teaching the Faith in. Universal House of Justice. — Short overview of the policies on discussing the Baha'i Faith in Israel; the prohibition of Baha'is ...
26. 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...
27. 1991/2001. Itchyfeet: Travels with Reg Priestley. Reginald L. Priestley. — Autobiography of a world traveller who visited many places in and around Israel while in the Palesti...
28. 1991-2001. References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. United States Department of State, Ralph D. Wagner, comp. . — Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...
29. 1988. Lights of Guidance: A Bahá'í Reference File. Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Universal House of Justice, Helen Bassett Hornby, comp. . — The classic Baha'i reference book. This is its first online edition.
30. 1988. Crucial Heart, The. Barbara Jarvik. — Short story about religious tolerance in Israel.
31. 1986-10-27. Places Where the Manifestations of God Have Appeared; Equality of Men and Women. Universal House of Justice. — The consistent portrayal of all known Manifestations of God as male and their historical emergence e...
32. 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.
33. 1981. Babi and Bahá'í Religions 1844-1944: Some Contemporary Western Accounts. Moojan Momen, ed. — A lengthy collection of first-hand reports and mentions of the Babi and Baha'i religions in contempo...
34. 1973. Shoghi Effendi: Recollections. Ugo Giachery. — Biography of Shoghi Effendi from the close standpoint of the author's personal experiences.
35. 1971-1995. 1971-1995: Newspaper articles archive. Various. — Collection of newspaper articles from 1971-1995.
36. 1969. Religion in the Middle East: Three Religions in Concord and Conflict: Volume 1, Judaism and Christianity. Arthur J. Arberry. — Three mentions of the Babis and Baha'is.
37. 1947/1948. Letter to the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. Shoghi Effendi, Horace Holley. — Shoghi Effendi's summary of the relationship of the Baha'i Faith to Palestine, written as an introdu...
38. 1947-07. Faith of Bahá'u'lláh, The: A World Religion. Shoghi Effendi. — A summary of the origin, teachings and institutions of the Baha'i Faith, prepared in 1947 for the Un...
39. 1940/1967. Chosen Highway, The. Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield. — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
40. 1930. Treasures of the East: The Life of Nine Oriental Countries. Zia M. Bagdadi. — Descriptions of nine "Treasures" — Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Jijaz (Arabia), Transjordania (A...
41. 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. ...
42. 1915. Meeting a Prophet. Archie Bell. — Book chapter containing three interviews with 'Abdu'l-Baha at the Sea of Galilee.
43. 1914. Observations of a Bahá'í Traveller, 1908. Charles Mason Remey. — An account of travels among some Baha'is in Egypt, Israel, and Persia in 1908, written at the sugges...
44. 1913-05-23. Journalist in the Holy Land, A: Glimpses of Egypt and Palestine. Arthur E. Copping. — A visit to the Akka and its surroundings in 1913; no mention of the Baha'i Faith.
45. 1912. Religions of Modern Syria and Palestine, The. Frederick Jones Bliss.

1. 1799-00-00 — Napoleon, returning from Egypt, captured Jaffa and laid siege to Acre. At this juncture the French...
2. 1819-00-00 — 'Abdu'llah Pasha became the governor of `Akka in 1819. In 1832 when the Egyptians took `Akka he surr...
3. 1831-00-00 — Egyptian occupation of `Akka. [BBR202; DH128] 'Abdu'llah Pasha was the governor of 'Akka from 181...
4. 1840-00-00 — The British fleet took `Akka from the Egyptians. [BBR202]
5. 1844-03-21 — Edict of Toleration was issued by the Sultan of Turkey: The Muslim government of the Ottoman Empire ...
6. 1868-08-29 — In the morning the ship arrived in Port Said. At nightfall it traveled on to Jaffa. [BKG268]
7. 1868-08-30 — The ship arrived at Jaffa at sunset. At midnight the ship left for Haifa. [BKG168]
8. 1868-08-31 — The ship arrived in Haifa in the early morning. [BKG269; GPB182; RB3:11] Baha'u'llah and His comp...
9. 1868-09-03 — The firman of the Sultan `Abdu'l-`Aziz condemning Baha'u'llah to life imprisonment was read out in t...
10. 1868-10-30 — Christoph Hoffman, founder of the Templers, and Georg David Hardegg, his principal lieutenant, lande...
11. 1869-00-00 — Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem but failed to en...
12. 1887-00-00 — Husayn, the young son of 'Abdu'l-Baha and Munirih Khanum died in Akka at the age of three or four. ...
13. 1914-11-01 — Turkey entered the war on the side of the Central Powers. Palestine was blockaded and Haifa was b...
14. 1915-05-00 — The Baha'is of Haifa and `Akka returned to their homes from the village of Abú-Sinan. [DH147]
15. 1915-07-00 — The McMahon–Hussein Correspondence was a series of ten letters exchanged from July 1915 to March 1...
16. 1916-05-16 — The Sykes–Picot Agreement, officially known as the Asia Minor Agreement, was a secret 1916 agreeme...
17. 1917-11-02 — The Balfour Declaration was a letter sent to Lord Walter Rothschild by British Foreign Secretary Ar...
18. 1918-09-23 — "During the early years of World War I, though no longer imprisoned, 'Abdu'l-Baha faced repeated thr...
19. 1920-00-00 — The British Mandate for Palestine began. [BBR488] For `Abdu'l-Baha's attitude to the administra...
20. 1920-04-27 — `Abdu'l-Baha was invested with the insignia of the Knighthood of the British Empire as Sir Abbas Eff...
21. 1930-10-07 — Ruth White wrote to the High Commissioner of Palestine stating that she had sent a photograph of 'Ab...
22. 1933-00-00 — The construction of the Akka-Haifa highway. The town of Haifa was taking on a greater importance wi...
23. 1934-05-10 — Baha'i properties on Mount Carmel were granted tax exemption. [GBF122; PP269, 285-286; BN No 84 June...
24. 1947-07-09 — Shoghi Effendi, as Head of the Baha'i Faith resident in the Baha'i World Centre, received a letter f...
25. 1948-03-20 — The marriage of Gladys Andersen to Ben Weeden took place in Jerusalem under the auspices of the Spir...
26. 1948-05-14 — The British Mandate in Palestine ended and the state of Israel was proclaimed. The notion of a Je...
27. 1949-01-21 — Shoghi Effendi had a private interview with Prime Minister Ben Gurion of Israel. [GBF136; PP174–5,...
28. 1950-12-15 — The Guardian appealed directly to Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion to recognize the interest...
29. 1952-11-11 — The government of Israel exchanged 145,000 square metres of land surrounding Bahji for property at E...
30. 1953-11-20 — The formation of the Israel Branch of the Baha'is of Canada.
31. 1953-12-13 — A separate department for the Baha'i Faith was established by the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affa...
32. 1954-05-26 — Shoghi Effendi, Rúhiyyih Khanum and Leroy Ioas returned the visit of President Ben Zvi by visiting ...
33. 1954-10-01 — The title of the a parcel of land on Mount Carmel was transferred to the National Spiritual Assembly...
34. 1963-00-01 — 15 years after the establishment of Israel and during the course of the unrest that swept through Ir...
35. 1963-04-23 — The State funeral of Izhak Ben Zvi, second President of Israel was attended by two Hands of the Caus...
36. 1968-08-26 — The centenary of the arrival of Baha'u'llah in the Holy Land was commemorated at the World Centre. [...
37. 1984-10-21 — His Excellency Chaim Herzog, President of the State of Israel, pays an official visit to the Baha'i ...
38. 1985-10-18 — The "re-interment of the remains of Mirza Muhammad-Quli, the faithful half-brother and companion in ...
39. 1987-04-22 — A ceremony was held to sign a 'status agreement' between the Baha'i International Community and the ...
40. 1990-05-23 — The work started on the project to reinforce and extend the main terrace of the Shrine of the Bab. T...
41. 1993-02-16 — A stamp featuring the Seat of the Universal House of Justice was issued by the Philatelic Service of...
42. 1994-06-13 — The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, visited the Baha'i World Centre to view the Terraces Pr...
43. 1994-08-04 — Shimon Peres, Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, made an official visit to the Baha'i World Centr...
44. 1999-06-00 — The dedication of the first academic chair in Baha'i studies in Israel at Hebrew University of Jerus...
45. 2000-12-17 — The first International Conference on Modern Religions and Religious Movements in Judaism Christiani...
46. 2004-04-19 — The passing of Mr Aziz Ismayn Yazdi (b. Alexandria, Egypt in 1909) in Vancouver, Canada at the age o...
47. 2008-05-12 — After several years of negotiations, agreement was reached with the Israeli government for the acqui...
48. 2008-07-08 — The Shrine of the Bab and the Resting Place of Bahau'llah, together with their surrounding gardens, ...
49. 2009-03-21 — In commemoration of the interment of the sacred remains of the Bab on Mount Carmel, the members of t...
50. 2011-05-29 — The inauguration of the UNESCO Square for Tolerance and Peace, situated at the point where Haifa's h...
51. 2023-11-11 — The publication of

1. 2004-04-19 — The passing of Mr Aziz Ismayn Yazdi (b. Alexandria, Egypt in 1909) in Vancouver, Canada at the age o...

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