- 1826-06-27 — Passing of Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i, the leader of the Shaykhis, in Haddiyyih near Medina near the tomb...
- 1828-00-01 — Passing of Mirza Muhammad Rida, the father of the Bab.
The Bab was placed in the care of His ma...
- 1839-00-00 — Passing of Mirza Buzurg. His body was taken to Najaf, Iraq where he was interred. [BBD49; BKG17; BNE...
- 1843-00-01 — Birth of Ahmad, son of the Bab. He passed away shortly after he was born (or was still-born). [Bab4...
- 1843-12-31 — Passing of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti, the disciple and self-proclaimed successor of Shaykh Ahmad, in Kar...
- 1847-03-04 — The passing of Manúchihr Khan. His death had been predicted by the Bab 87 days earlier. The governo...
- 1863-00-00 — The passing of Haji Mubarak, the servant of the Bab. He was born in 1823 and died at the age of 40. ...
- 1870-06-23 — Mirza Mihdi died from his injuries 22 hours after his fall. [BKG311-12; GPB188; RB3:208]
See BK...
- 1872-11-22 — Muhammad-Baqir-i-Mahallati, one of the Baha'is imprisoned in Cyprus, died. [BBR306]
He had begun ...
- 1874-00-00 — The passing of Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khurasani entitled by Baha'u'llah Ism'llah'l-Asdaq (In the N...
- 1879-00-01 — Sarih Khanum, the faithful sister of Baha'u'llah, passed away in Tihran. She was buried a short dist...
- 1881-00-00 — The passing of Faṭimih Bagum, the mother of the Bab in Karbila. She herself was from a prominent S...
- 1882-11-11 — The passing of Khadijih-Bagum, the wife of the Bab, in Shiraz in the house of her Husband. [BBD127; ...
- 1886-00-05 — The passing of the wife of Baha'u'llah, Ásiyih Khanum, entitled Navvab (the Most Exalted Leaf) in t...
- 1887-00-00 — Mirza Músa, Áqay-i-Kalim, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, the faithful brother of Baha'u'llah, passed away...
- 1889-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause Mulla Sadiq Maqaddas Khurasani also known by the designation Jinab-...
- 1892-05-29 — The Ascension of Baha'u'llah nbsp
Baha'u'llah passed away at Bahji in His seventy-fifth year. [AB47;...
- 1892-07-05 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Nabil-i-Akbar Áqa Muhammed-i-Qa'ini. He was born in Naw-Fir...
- 1892-09-03 — Nabil, inconsolable at the death of Baha'u'llah, committed suicide by drowning himself in the sea. [...
- 1896-05-02 — The martyrdom of Hand of the Cause of God Varqa ('Dove'), Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad. (b.1856 in Yazd, d. i...
- 1897-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Shaykh Muhammad-Riday-i-Yazdi (Mulla Rida) while incarcerate...
- 1897-00-00 — Haji Mirza Muhammad-`Ali, the first Baha'i to have settled China, died in Bombay on his way back to ...
- 1898-08-20 — Jamal Effendi passed away in `Akka. [EB128; <a href="http://bahai-library.com/momen_jamal_effendi...
- 1901-01-22 — The passing of Queen Victoria.
Of all the leaders addressed by Baha'u'llah only she is reputed to...
- 1902-06-13 — Thomas Breakwell died from tuberculosis in Paris. (b. 31 May, 1872 in Woking) [AB77; BBD46; SEBW70]
...
- 1903-00-00 — The passing of Mulla Zaynu'l-'Ábidin, surnamed Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin (the Ornament of the Near Ones) i...
- 1905-00-00 — The passing of Ahmad (of "Tablet of Ahmad" fame) in Tehran at the age of 100. He was born in Yazd in...
- 1908-09-30 — The passing of Amalie Knobloch (b.Böblitz Germany 11 May 1858 d. 30 September 1908 in Washington, D...
- 1909-00-00 — The passing of Robert Turner (b. 15 October, 1855 or 1856, Virginia d. 1909 California)
the fi...
- 1910-03-04 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Haji Mulla 'Ali-Akbar-i-Shahmirzadi, (Haji Akhund). He was...
- 1911-08-00 — Haji Muhammad-Taqi Afnan, Vakilu'd-Dawlih, the cousin of the Bab largely responsible for the buildin...
- 1912-00-00 — Mishkin-Qalam (b.1826, Shiraz, Iran) passed away in the Holy Land. He was buried in the Baha'i Cemet...
- 1912-09-30 — Thornton Chase, the first American Baha'i, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in California befor...
- 1914-01-21 — Mirza Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpaygani, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, passed away in Cairo. [AB404; BBD67]
... lea...
- 1915-10-11 — Arthur Pillsbury Dodge, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Freeport, New York. [SBR15]
He ...
- 1916-05-02 — Louisa Aurora "Lua" Moore Getsinger, (b. 1 November, 1872 in Hume, Allegany County, New York) Disci...
- 1917-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Haji Mirza Muhammad-Taqiy-i-Abhari (Ibn-i-Abhar). He was bo...
- 1918-00-00 — Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, passed away early in the year.
For the story of...
- 1919-04-13 — The passing of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (b. 3 December, 1842) in her home in Pleasanton, California du...
- 1919-08-13 — The passing of Mirza Muhammad-Hasan Taliqani, Hand of the Cause of God, entitled Adibu'l-'Ulama, kno...
- 1920-01-27 — The passing of Joseph H. Hannen, (b. January 27, 1920, Allegheny, Pennsylvania) Disciple of 'Abdu'l-...
- 1920-05-24 — Charles Greenleaf, (b. 6 May, 1857 in Wisconsin), Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away at the home ...
- 1920-12-00 — The passing of Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali Isfahani known as 'the Angel of Mount Carmel' in Haifa. He was ...
- 1920-12-01 — Lillian Frances Kappes,(b. 1878 in Hoboken, New Jersey), died of typhus fever in Tihran. [BFA2:361; ...
- 1922-01-09 — William H. Hoar, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Fanwood, New Jersey. [SW12, 19:310]
F...
- 1922-01-24 — Dr Sarah A. Clock passed away in Tihran. She had gone there in 1911 to assist Dr Moody at the Tarbiy...
- 1922-02-19 — Helen Goodall, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in San Francisco. [SEBW33]
See SEBW21-33 fo...
- 1924-00-00 — The passing of Mirza Mahmúd-i-Zarqani (b. c1875).
He was 'Abdu'l-Baha's secretary on his weste...
- 1924-01-28 — Isabella Brittingham, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away at the Revell home in Philadelphia. [SEB...
- 1925-09-01 — Dr. Arthur Eduard Heinrich Brauns (b. March 15, 1883 Goslar, Germany d. September 1, 1925 Switzerlan...
- 1925-11-22 — John Esslemont, Hand of the Cause of God, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Haifa. [BW3p84-85...
- 1926-01-25 — The passing of Professor Edward Granville Browne, (b. on the family estate in Gloucestershire, 7 Feb...
- 1926-12-26 — Howard MacNutt, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, (b. 13 July, 1858 in Philadelphia) passed away in Florida ...
- 1927-09-13 — Dr George Augur, (b. 1 Oct 1853 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Sep 1927 Honolul...
- 1928-04-02 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, known as Ibn-i-Asdaq. He was born in M...
- 1928-05-27 — Haji Amin, Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani, Hand of the Cause of God and Apostle of Baha'u'llah, passed away ...
- 1928-12-20 — Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, (b. 12 Apr 1873, Paris, France, d. 20 Dec 1928, Paris, France), Disciple o...
- 1929-02-11 — William 'Harry' Randall, (b. 1863), passed away in Medford, MA. After his death, Shoghi Effendi nam...
- 1930-08-19 — Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois, (b. 19 March 1856, Staint-Célestin de Nicolet, QC. d. Wilmette, IL)...
- 1930-08-20 — Louis Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois, (19 March, 1856, Saint-Célestin, Quebec, Canada) designer of the Mas...
- 1930-11-17 — Ethel Rosenberg, (b.6 August, 1858, Bath) Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, 'England's outstanding Baha'i pi...
- 1931-01-13 — Consul Albert Schwarz, (b. December 14, 1871, Stuttgart, Germany), Disciple of Abdu'l-Baha, 'Germany...
- 1931-05-20 — The passing of Mrs Claudia Coles in London. (b. 1863 or 1866 in Charleston, South Carolina). She ac...
- 1931-07-27 — Swiss Baha'i Auguste Forel, (b. 1 September, 1848 Morges, Switzerland, d. 27 July, 1931 Yvorne Switz...
- 1932-07-15 — The Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahiyyih Khanum, 'outstanding heroine of the Baha'i Dispensation' passed awa...
- 1932-11-23 — The passing of George Adam Benke (b. Fredericksfelt, south Russia in 1878) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Shog...
- 1933-10-23 — Keith Ransom-Kehler died of smallpox in Isfahan after a year of intensive travel around Iran. [BW5:2...
- 1934-01-24 — Agnes S. Parsons died after an automobile accident. [BW5:410; SBR96; BN No 82 April 1934 p4]
She ...
- 1934-10-23 — Dr Susan Moody (b. Amsterdam, NY 20 November 1851) passed away in Iran. She had become a Baha'i in M...
- 1935-09-20 — The passing of Jinab-i-Fadil-i-Shirazi (Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim) (b.1863) in Tehran. [ARG109, M9YA4...
- 1935-11-24 — The passing of Dr. Howard Luxmoore Carpenter (b. 1906, d. 24 November 1935). He was buried at the Su...
- 1936-12-31 — Khusraw Biman (Thabit) passed away in Bombay at the age of 103 or 104. [Imm:56]
He is the first Z...
- 1937-02-02 — The passing of Mary Hanford Finney Ford (b. 1 November, 1856, in Meadville, PA) in Clearwater, FL. S...
- 1937-04-11 — The passing of Dr. Zia Bagdadi (b. February 9, 1882, Beirut, Lebanon) in Augusta, Georgia. He was bu...
- 1938-03-15 — Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper (Maryam Khanum), the first Baha'i of the British Isles, passed away...
- 1938-04-30 — Munirih Khanum, the Holy Mother, wife of 'Abdu'l-Baha, passed away. [BBD166; BW8:260; CB358; DH161]
...
- 1938-05-01 — The National Convention was held in Chicago. Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were: ...
- 1938-07-25 — The passing of Queen Marie of Romania. [BBD144; GPB395]
For her services to the Baha'i Faith see ...
- 1938-11-11 — The passing of Pocahontas Kay (Grizzard) Pope (b. 1864 or 1865 Pocahontas Kay in Halifax County, NC,...
- 1939-02-28 — The passing of Louis Alphonse Daniel Nicolas, signing A.L.M. Nicolas , (b. March 27 , 1864 in Rasht,...
- 1939-09-28 — Martha Root, 'foremost Hand raised by Baha'u'llah', passed away in Honolulu. (b. 10 August,1872 Rich...
- 1939-12-30 — The passing of Grace Crossman Krug (b. 1870 Brooklyn, d. 30 December 1939 Chester, NY). [<a href...
- 1939-12-31 — Lady Sara Louisa Blomfield, entitled Sitarih Khanum, (b. 1859) passed away in London. She was buried...
- 1941-02-11 — The passing of Margaret Stevenson, the first New Zealand Baha'i (b. 30 November 1865, in Onehunga) i...
- 1941-02-17 — John Henry Hyde Dunn, passed away in Sydney. [BW9:595; SBR166]
Shortly after his passing Shoghi E...
- 1941-04-08 — The passing of Urbain Joseph Ledoux (b. August 13, 1874 in Ste Hélène de Bagot, Quebec). He was b...
- 1941-06-20 — The passing of Howard Colby Ives (b. 11 Oct 1867, Brooklyn, New York, d. Pulaski County, Arkansas, ...
- 1941-08-06 — The passing of Elizabeth Roemer Greenleaf (b. 1863) in Eliot Maine. She was buried at the Rosehill ...
- 1942-06-25 — 'Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'ad died in Egypt and Shoghi Effendi appointed him to the rank of Hand of the Ca
- 1942-12-18 — The Assembly of Egypt, after obtaining government permission to maintain a Baha'i cemetery, arranged...
- 1943-05-02 — The passing of Narayanrao Rangnath (Shethji) Vakil (b. Navsari, 1866) in Poona. He was the first pe...
- 1943-06-18 — The passing of Mabel Rice-Wray Ives (Rizwanea) (b. in St. Louis, MO in 1878) in Oklahoma, OK. She wa...
- 1943-08-16 — The passing of Sydney Sprague (b. Oshkosh WI in 1875) in Los Angeles. He was buried in Inglewood Cem...
- 1943-12-22 — The passing of Disciple of Àbdu'l-Baha Alma Knobloch (b. 1864 Bautzen; Germany d. 23 December 1943 ...
- 1944-01-00 — A Memorial to Keith Ransom-Kehler was erected in Isfahan to
commemorate her work in Iran. She was ...
- — The passing of John Stearns, pioneer to Quito while in Lima, Peru for medical treatment. He was bur...
- 1945-03-13 — The murder of Siyyid Mustafa Rúmi (b. Baghdad 1846 d. Mandalay Region, Myammar). He became a Baha'...
- 1945-12-15 — The passing of Emogene Hoagg (Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg)
[<a href="https://bahai.works/...
- 1946-07-22 — The passing of John David Bosch (named "Núrani by 'Abdu'l-Baha) at his home near Geyserville, Calif...
- 1946-08-11 — The passing of Orcella Rexford (b. Louise Cutts-Powell, 12 Jun 1887 in Tracey, Minnesota) in Los Ang...
- 1946-11-22 — Amelia Collins was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi. [PP258; PSBW878]
He dI...
- 1946-12-13 — The passing of Muhammad Taqi Isfahani. He had been born in Persia and was horrified by the behaviou...
- 1947-09-13 — The passing of Haji Mahmúd Qassabchi. In 1933 Qassabchi had suffered a severe attack of paralysis ...
- 1949-04-24 — The passing of Montfort Mills.
He had been a believer since 1906 and by 1909 he had made two pil...
- 1949-08-16 — The passing of Lilian Vaughan McNeill (b.1 December, 1879). In May, 1931 she and her husband, Brigad...
- 1951-07-30 — Louis Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Eliot, Maine, near Green Acre. [CoF163; BW12...
- 1951-12-20 — Hand of the Cause Roy C. Wilhelm, (b.17 September, 1875) passed away in Lovel, Maine. He was buried ...
- 1952-01-10 — The passing of Honoré Jaxon (b. 1861 as William Henry Jackson in the village of Wingham, ON). He d...
- 1952-03-25 — Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal. He died in the very room that...
- 1952-11-12 — Dagmar Dole, pioneer to Alaska and Denmark, passed away in Glion, Switzerland.
Shoghi Effendi sai...
- 1953-07-27 — Siegfried (Fred) Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal and was buried besi...
- 1953-08-02 — Fred Schechter, an American, arrived in Djibouti and was named a Knight of Baha'u'llah for French So...
- 1953-08-06 — Amin and Sheila Banani, a Persian-American couple, settled in Athens-Kifissia in August 1953 and wer...
- 1953-08-26 — Ella Bailey (b. 16 December, 1864, Houston, Harris County, Texas) passed away in Tripoli, Tarabulus,...
- 1954-01-03 — The passing of Helen "Nellie" Stevison French (b.19 Oct 1868 Peoria, Illinois) in Monaco. She was b...
- 1954-01-10 — Dorothy Baker, (b. Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA 21 December, 1898) Hand of the Cause of ...
- 1954-03-25 — The passing of Marion Jack (General Jack) (b. St. John, New Brunswick) at her pioneer post in Sofia,...
- 1954-06-09 — The passing of Alain LeRoy Locke (b. September 13, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) in New York...
- 1955-08-15 — The passing of Mabel Hyde Paine (b. 7 December 1877 in Rockville, CT, d. 15 August 1955 in Urbana, I...
- 1955-11-12 — Hand of the Cause of God Valiyu'llah Varqa passed away in Stuttgart.
For his obituary see BW13:83...
- 1956-02-25 — Husayn Uskuli, (b. 1875) long-time pioneer to Shanghai from 'Ishqabad, passed away in Shanghai at th...
- 1956-03-09 — The passing of Albert R Windust (b. 28 March 1874 in Chicago) in Berrien County, Michigan. He was ...
- 1956-12-09 — The passing of Juliet Thompson (b. Washington, DC 1873 - d. December 9th, 1956 New York). [BW13:862-...
- 1957-03-25 — Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend passed away in Dublin, Ireland. (b.14 June, 1896) [BBD226,...
- 1957-12-26 — The passing of Mirzā Asad-Allāh, known as Fāżel Māzandarāni (b. Babol, Persia 1881).
He bec...
- 1958-01-01 — The passing of Lillian Stevens, a founding member of the first Torquay Spiritual Assembly in 1938. ...
- 1958-04-26 — The passing of Dr M Khodad Fozdar in Singapore.
He was the first Indian Parsi to accept the Faith...
- 1960-07-12 — Horace Hotchkiss Holley, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 April, 1887 in Torrin...
- 1960-11-18 — Clara Dunn, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Sydney. (b.12 May 1869) [BW13:859; MoC245]
F...
- 1961-04-03 — Corinne Knight True, Hand of the Cause of God, (b. 1 November 1861 Louisville, KY d. Chicago, IL 3 A...
- 1962-01-01 — Amelia Collins passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 June, 1873) [BW13:399, 840; MC12]
For her obituary see...
- 1962-05-10 — The passing of F. St. George Spendlove (b. 23 April, 1897 in Montreal) in Toronto. [<a href="http...
- 1962-07-20 — The passing of Harlan Foster Ober (b. October 6, 1881 in Beverly, Massachusetts) in Pretoria, Gauten...
- 1963-07-31 — The passing of Dr Genevieve Coy (b.1886) in Harare, Zimbabwe. [<a href="http://bahaichronicles.or...
- 1965-07-22 — Leroy Ioas, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.15 February 1896 in Wilmington, IL). ...
- 1966-04-07 — The passing of Ali Kuli Khan (b. Kashan Persia, about 1879) in Washington, DC. [BW14p351]
For inf...
- 1966-09-11 — The rescue of six Tongan boys from the uninhabited island of 'Ata by Peter Warner and his crew on hi...
- 1967-10-25 — The passing of Canadian pioneer Catherine Huxtable (b. 6 January, 1932 Carlwood, Surrey, England) at...
- 1967-12-25 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Charles Dunning (b.27 March, 1885 need Leeds). [BW14p305-308]
...
- 1968-01-01 — The passing of Euphemia (Effie) Eleanor Baker (b.25 March 1880 at Goldsborough, Victoria) in Waverle...
- 1968-07-07 — The passing of Hand of the Cause Hermann Grossmann in Neckargemünd, near Heidelberg, (b.16 February...
- 1968-08-10 — Dr Lutfu'llah Hakim (1888 - 1968), former member of the Universal House of Justice, passed away in H...
- 1968-09-02 — Tarazu'llah Samandari, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1874 in Qazvin, Persia)
...
- 1968-09-12 — The passing of Wellesley Tudor Pole (b. 23 April 1884 in Weston Super Mare, UK) in Hurstpierpoint, S...
- 1970-02-20 — The passing of Curtis Demude Kelsey (b. 6 March, 1894 in Salt Lake City, UT) in Bradenton, FL.
He...
- 1970-03-18 — The passing of Hilda Yank Sing Yen Male (b. 29 Nov or 29 Nov 1902, 1904 or 1906 in China, d. Riverda...
- 1970-08-03 — The passing of Haik (Haig) Kevorkian (b.1 October 1916 in Aleppo, Syria) in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos ...
- 1970-09-26 — The passing of Florence Evaline (Lorol) Schopflocher (b.1886 in Montreal. QC) in the Green Acre are...
- 1971-01-01 — The passing of Agnes Baldwin Alexander, (b. 26July 1875 in Hawaii) Hand of the Cause; "the daughter ...
- 1971-09-04 — Músa Banani, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Kampala, Uganda. (b.1886) [BW15:42; VV7]
F...
- 1972-08-06 — 'Abdu'l-Hamid Ishraq-Khavari, Iranian scholar, author, translator and promoter of the Baha'i Faith,
- 1972-12-17 — The passing of Matthew Washington Bullock (b. 11 September, 1881 in Dabney, North Carolina) in Detro...
- 1973-09-05 — John Ferraby, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Cambridge, England. (b. 9 January,1914) [BW16...
- 1974-02-01 — The passing of Daoud Toeg (b. Baghdad, Iraq in 1897) in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau).
After he had...
- 1974-08-18 — Laura Clifford Dreyfus-Barney, (b. 30 Nov 1879, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA) passed away ...
- 1976-04-24 — The passing of Mark George Tobey (b. December 11, 1890 Centerville, Wisconsin - d. April 24, 1976 Ba...
- 1976-05-07 — Saichiro Fujita, (b. 1886) the second Japanese to become a Baha'i, passed away in Haifa. [BW17:406; ...
- 1976-10-05 — The passing of Adelaide Sharp (b. Texas, 1896) in Tehran.
In 1929 she accompanied Dr Susan Mood...
- 1977-07-05 — The passing of Mirza Ahmad Khan Yazdani Kasrawi (b. April 24, 1891) in Tehran. Born into a Muslim fa...
- 1977-08-16 — The passing of Annamarie Honnold (b. 23 December 1914 in Urbana, Illinois) in Kennet Square, PA, USA...
- 1978-07-05 — The passing of Ruth J. Ellis Moffet (b. 19 January 1880 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin). She was buried ...
- 1978-11-07 — The murder of Major-General Ali Mohammad Khademi (b. 16 December, 1913 in Jahrom, Fars.) After a bri...
- 1979-05-06 — Bernard Howell Leach CBE, (b.5 Jan 1887 Hong Kong), internationally known potter, artist and author,...
- 1979-09-16 — Enoch Olinga—Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Baha'u'llah—his wife and three of his childr...
- 1979-12-29 — Rahmatu'llah Muhajir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Baha'u'llah, passed away in Quito, Ecua...
- 1980-02-12 — Hasan M. Balyuzi, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in London. (b. 7 September, 1908, Shiraz, Ir...
- 1980-02-25 — Robert Hayden, much-honoured American poet, passed away in Ann Arbor, Michigan. [BW18:717]
For hi...
- 1980-07-29 — Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away at his pioneer post in Athens, Greece....
- 1980-10-17 — Leonora Stirling Holsapple Armstrong, (b.June 23, 1895, Hudson, New York), the 'spiritual mother of...
- 1980-11-20 — Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1906) [BW18:659; VV52]
Sho...
- 1981-08-15 — The passing of Muhamad Mustafa (b.1898 in El Dhahriya, Egypt), stalwart servant and mainstay of the ...
- 1981-10-02 — The passing of Hazel Scott (b. 11 June 1920 in Port of Spain and raised in Harlem) in Manhattan. She...
- 1981-11-21 — The passing of 'Abdu'l-Missagh Missaghiyeh (b.1880 in Kashan) in Tehran. [<a href="https://bahai...
- 1982-05-14 — Amoz Gibson, (b. 3 Aug 1918 Washington), a member of the Universal House of Justice from 1963 until ...
- 1982-06-09 — The passing of Richard Edward St. Barbe Baker (b. 9 October, 1889 West End, Hampshire, England d. Sa...
- 1982-10-22 — The murder of Daniel Jordon in New York. The crime was unsolved. Mr. Jordon was on the National Spi...
- 1982-12-03 — Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God, died in Haifa in an automobile accident. [BW18:617; VV52]
P...
- 1982-12-29 — The passing of Stanwood Cobb, (b. November 6 Newton, Massachusetts, 1881 - d. December 29, 1982) not...
- 1983-06-25 — The passing of Reginald "Rex" Collison (b. 3 May 1884 in Ohio). He was buried in Oak Mound Cemetery,...
- 1983-07-17 — The passing of Counsellor William Mmutle Masetlha (b.February 21, 1921 in Sophiatown, a township of...
- 1984-02-28 — The passing of Renée Szanto-Felbermann (b 21 June, 1900, d. 28 February, 1984) in Freiburg, Germany...
- 1984-11-16 — Shu'a'u'llah 'Ala'i, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Scottsdale, Arizona. (b. 16 November 1...
- 1985-02-06 — The passing of Claire Gung (b. 3 November, 1904, Gladbeck, Ruhrgebeit, Germany, d. Kampala, Uganda)....
- 1985-03-07 — The passing of Continental Board of Counsellor Lloyd Gardner. [<a href="https://bahai-library.co...
- 1986-03-09 — The passing of Continental Board of Counsellor member Angus Welldon Cowan (b.12 September 1914 in Bi...
- 1986-11-13 — Zikrullah Khadem (Dhikru'llah Khadem), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Skokie, Illinois. (b...
- 1987-01-26 — Charles Wolcott (b. September 29, 1906 in Flint, MI) member of the Universal House of Justice, passe...
- 1987-02-15 — The passing of Eleanor Hollibaugh (b. 17 February 1897 in Hastings, Nebraska) in Montraux, Switzerla...
- 1987-07-01 — The passing of Dr Aziz Navidi (b. 9 September 1913 in Hamadan, Iran) in London. He was buried at the...
- 1988-03-11 — The passing of Italian orientalist, scholar and linguist Alessandro Bausani. As an orientalist he ma...
- 1988-12-09 — The passing of Edna M. True, (b. July 29, 1888, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) She was a daughter of the...
- 1988-12-18 — H. Borrah Kavelin, (b. 18 March, 1906, Russia), former member of the first House of Justice, passed ...
- 1989-07-03 — The passing of Bobbie Cowan in Invermere, BC. [AC297]...
- 1989-07-05 — Dr Ugo Giachery (b. 13 May, 1896, Palermo, Sicily), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away while on a...
- 1990-02-21 — Jalal Khazeh, (b. 24 February, 1897, Tihran) Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Toronto. He wa...
- 1990-09-29 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God H. Collis Featherstone in Katmandu, Nepal. He was born at Qu...
- 1991-06-18 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Baha'u'llah, John Aldham Robarts at Rawdon, Quebe...
- 1992-03-25 — William Benard Sears, (b.28 Mar 1911), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Tucson, Arizona. He ...
- 1992-06-18 — The passing of Counsellor Isobel Sabri, (b. 19 July, 1924) member of the International Teaching Cent...
- 1992-07-28 — The passing of Léa Nys (b. 27 December 1910 in Brussels). She was the first to accept the Faith in ...
- 1992-09-02 — The passing of Shirin Fozdar (b. 1 March 1905 in Bombay (now Mumbai)) in Singapore. She was an Indi...
- 1992-10-17 — The passing of Helen Hornby, compiler of <a href="https://bahai-library.com/hornby_lights_guidanc...
- 1993-01-06 — The passing of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (b. 21 October 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina). He was bur...
- 1993-04-10 — The passing of Roger White, writer, editor and "poet laureate" of the Baha'i community, in Richmond,...
- 1993-04-15 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Stanley Theodore Bagley, (b.2 February, 1912 in Bertrand, Misso...
- 1993-10-16 — The passing of Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail, the second child and eldest daughter of the first Persi...
- 1998-03-25 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member (1963-1993) Mr. Hugh E Chance (b. 28 Decembe...
- 1998-04-08 — The passing of Florence Virginia Wilson Mayberry (b. 18 September 1906 in Sleeper, Missouri) in Mars...
- 2000-01-19 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum (born Mary Sutherland Maxwell)...
- 2000-01-26 — The passing of Adib Taherzadeh (b.29 April 1921 in Yazd, Iran). He was buried in the Baha'i Cemetery...
- 2000-02-17 — The passing of Mildred Mottahedeh in New York. She had been elected to the International Baha'i Coun...
- 2000-08-22 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Audrey Robarts (née FitzGerald) in her 96th year. She was buri...
- 2001-01-04 — The passing of Dr. Victor de Araujo of Vista, NY at the age of 78 years. He was born near London, En...
- 2001-12-13 — The passing of Giovanni (Gianni) Ballerio (b. 15 February 1943 in Asmara, Eritrea) in Geneva after a...
- 2001-12-16 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Philip Hainsworth (b. 27 July 1919) at the age of 82 in Sevenoa...
- 2002-04-24 — The passing of Barbara Helen Rutledge Sims (b. 17 April, 1918 in San Francisco) in Tokyo. She was a ...
- 2003-03-09 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Una Dean, née Townshend, in Edmonton, Canada. Una lived a full...
- 2003-05-09 — The passing of David Hofman (b.1908 in Poona, India) in Oxford, England. [BW03-04p234-235]
He was o...
- 2003-06-20 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Ursula Samandari (b. Ursula Newman 29 December, 1909 in Mitcham...
- 2003-07-18 — The passing of Dr David Kelly. He was buried in Mt Mary's churchyard in Longworth, near Farringdon ...
- 2003-08-22 — The passing of Ruth Yancey Pringle in Ciudad, Costa Rica at the age of 83 after 5 decades of service...
- 2003-11-26 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Ali Akbar Furútan in Haifa at the age of 98. [<a href="...
- 2004-04-19 — The passing of Mr Aziz Ismayn Yazdi (b. Alexandria, Egypt in 1909) in Vancouver, Canada at the age o...
- 2004-06-29 — The passing of Gloria Faizi (b. Gloria Ala'i on 12 March, 1921 in Tehran) in Brisbane, Australia. Th...
- 2004-10-26 — The passing of Dr. Helen Elsie Austin (b. 10 May 1908 in Alabama) in San Antonio, Texas. She was a p...
- 2005-09-06 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member David S. Ruhe (b. 3 January, 1913) near Newb...
- 2005-11-27 — The passing of prolific author and founding member of the Association for Baha'i Studies of North Am...
- 2007-05-11 — The passing of His Highness Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, the Samoan head of state. He was one of t...
- 2007-05-24 — The passing of Hadi Rahmani-Shirazi (b. 1914) in the United Kingdom. He was buried in New Southgate ...
- 2007-06-01 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Jameson (Jamie) Bond (b. 6 November, 1917 Toronto, ON) in Dunca...
- 2007-09-22 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Ali-Muhammad Varqa (b.1911 or 1912) at his home in Haifa...
- 2009-04-14 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Gale Bond, née Keass (b. 13 November, 1919 in Emod, Hungary) i...
- 2010-04-27 — The passing of Dr Nossrat Peseschkian (b. 18 June, 1933 in Iran d. 27 April, 2010 in Wiesbaden, Germ...
- 2011-03-10 — The passing of Mrs. Ashraf Khanjani, wife of imprisoned Jamaloddin Khanjani at the age of 81 In Tehr...
- 2011-05-30 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Gayle Wollson (b. 2 June 1913 Crookston MN) in Wilmette, IL. ...
- 2011-07-15 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Dr. Peter J. Khan (b. 2 November, 1936 in Ne...
- 2011-12-01 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Mr. Ian C. Semple (b. 2 December 1928 in New...
- 2012-02-20 — The passing of Anneliese Bopp, former Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre at Bad ...
- 2013-03-05 — The passing of Mas'ud Khamsi, former Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre in Lima,...
- 2013-07-28 — The passing of Amin Banani (b. 23 September 1926 in Tehran) in Santa Monica. He was survived by his ...
- 2013-08-13 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Mr. Hushmand Fatheazam in Vancouver, Canada....
- 2016-04-25 — The passing of former member of the International Teaching Centre, Joy Stevenson (b. 1919) in Queanb...
- 2017-12-17 — The announcement by the Universal House of Justice of the passing of former House member Mr. Hartmut...
- 2018-09-06 — The passing of Lily Ayman (b. 17 May 1929 in Tehran) in Chicago. She was buried in the <a href="h...
- 2018-11-15 — The passing of Shapoor Monadjem, (b. 3 October, 1933, Shiraz, Iran) at his last pioneer post in Mari...
- 2019-04-28 — The passing of Don Otto Rogers (b. 1935 in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan) a former member of the Internati...
- 2019-08-30 — The passing of Dr Udo Schaefer (b. October 19, 1926 in Heidelberg, Germany). He enrolled as a Baha'i...
- 2019-10-11 — 'Ali Nakhjavani, (b. 19 September, 1919 in Baku, Azerbaijan) former member of the Universal House of
- 2020-03-23 — The passing of prominent jazz musician Mike Longo. He had a distinguished jazz career as a pianist,...
- 2020-07-03 — The passing of Sir Earl Cameron (b. 8th August 1917 in Pembrooke Parish, Bermuda) at his home in Ken...
- 2020-09-18 — The passing of Talat Bassari (b. 1923 Babol, Iran) in Los Angeles. She was an Iranian Baha'i poet, f...
- 2020-09-24 — The passing of former member of the International Teaching Centre Violette Haake (b.1928 in Iran) in...
- 2020-09-25 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Farzam Arbab (b. 1941 in Tehran) in San Dieg...
- 2020-09-28 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member James Douglas Martin (b. 24 February 1927 in...
- 2021-06-03 — The passing of John Kolstoe in Livingstone, Montana. [<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/mt...
- 2022-06-06 — The passing of Jim (James Eugene) Seals, (b. 17 October 1941 or 1942 in Sidney, Texas) singer, music...
- 2022-09-08 — The passing of Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (b. 21 Ap...
- 2022-10-01 — The passing of Kevin Locke, (b. Los Angeles, CA 1983) renowned Native American hoop dancer, self-tau...
- 2023-05-07 — The passing of Jack Edwards McCants (b. Dallas, Texas 19 January 1930) in the Houston area. He was b...
- 2023-09-27 — The passing of Mavis Cox Changawa (b. 1922 Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago) in Nairobi at the age of abo...
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