1. 2023-2026. BWNS Podcasts: Conversations and Insights from the Field. Bahá'í World News Service. Links to 42 interviews and narratives highlighting how Bahá’í individuals and communities worldwide apply spiritual principles to education, governance, equality, and social transformation, fostering unity and the betterment of society.
2. 2009-2025. Translation List: Provisional Translations of Baháʼí Texts. Adib Masumian, trans. Index to talks, letters, and other items translated from Persian and Arabic to English by Adib Masumian; listed here for the sake of search engines and tagging.
3. 2004 Winter. Preliminary History of the Bahá'í Community of Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Duane L. Herrmann, Hasan T. Shodiev. Since repression of religion ended in the USSR, Bahá'ís in former Soviet territories resumed practice of their faith and become curious about their history, most of which had been destroyed. This article is an early step at rediscovering this history.
4. 1999. Jamál Effendi and the Early History of the Bahá'í Faith in South Asia. Moojan Momen. Includes maps on Jamal Effendi's journeys in India, and journeys in Southeast Asia.
5. 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 on discrimination against the Bahá'í Faith and persecution of its adherents in twenty countries.

1. 1892-07-05 —
   The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Nabil-i-Akbar Áqá Muhammed-i-Qá'iní. He was born in Naw-Firist, Persia (Iran) on 29 March 1829. [Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project; MoFp1]
   • "It has been claimed that no one within the enclave of the Bahá'í Faith has ever surpassed the profundity of his erudition." Bahá'u'lláh addressed the Lawh-i-Hikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) in his honour. [EB115]
   • He was imprisoned a number of times in Iran for his Bahá'í activities and eventually moved to Ashkhabad ('Ishqábád, Turkmenistan). He died in Bukhárá, Uzbekistan. 'Abdu'l-Bahá designated him a Hand of the Cause of God. [LoF28-31]
   • For details of his life see EB112–15 and LoF28-31.
   • He was named as one of the Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.
   • For a brief biography see "Nabil-e Akbar" by Minou Foadi, Encyclopædia Iranica
2. 1991-04-12 — The Local Spiritual Assembly of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, was re-formed.
3. 1992-04-21 — The Regional Spiritual Assembly of Central Asia (comprising of the Republics of Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) was formed with its seat in Ashkhabad. [BINS270:4-5; BW92–93:119; BW94–95:29; CBN Jan92 p2, VV121]
4. 1994-04-21 —
   The National Spiritual Assembly of Central Asia (comprising of the Republics of Kazakhstan, Kirgizia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) the National Spiritual Assembly of Uzbekistan was formed with its seat in Tashkent. [BINS317:3–4; BW93–4:82; BW94–5:26, 29–30; 26 November 1993; Ridván 151]
   • For picture see BINS328:9 and BW94–5:30.

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