- 1953-08-26 —
Ella Bailey (b. 16 December, 1864, Houston, Harris County, Texas) passed away in Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya at the age of 88 years. [BW12:687]
- She had accompanied Mr and Mrs Robert Gulick in their settlement in Tripoli. [BN No 271 september 1953 p6]
- She was elevated to the rank of martyr. [MBW170]
- On her passing the Guardian cabled: "The irresistibly unfolding Crusade has been sanctified by the death of heroic, eighty-eight year old Ella Bailey, elevating her to the rank of the martyrs of the Faith, shedding further luster on the American Bahá'í Community and consecrating the soil of the fast-awakening African continent." [BW12p688]
- For the story of her life see PSBW131–42.
- See Bahá'í Chronicles.
- For her obituary see BW12:685–8.
- For information on her burial site and a short biography see Find-a-grave.. Upon her passing she was interred at Hamming Cemetery, an Italian cemetery in Trioli where American servicemen and women were buried during the period there was a US military base nearby. After the base was closed and renovations were planned for the cemetery, there were no plans for the remains of the Americans so they were returned to the USA. Her remains were reinterred in the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro,Delaware on the 21st of August, 2007.
- See Youtube video I Adjure Them - The Ella Bailey Story as told by Hand of the Cause of God William Sears.
- She had accompanied Mr and Mrs Robert Gulick in their settlement in Tripoli. [BN No 271 september 1953 p6]
- See The Story of Ella Bailey.
- 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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