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January 2, 1844

Death of Siyyid Kazim-i Rashti in Karbila

This was significant...

During the siege Haji Siyyid Kazim had spent himself in an effort to forestall violence and protect all parties to the conflict. Although only fifty years of age, he became aware that his life was nearing its close. He was warned of this, we are told, by the dream of an Arab shepherd who recounted it to him. When his disciples expressed their distress, Siyyid Kazim replied:

Is not your love for me for the sake of that true One whose
advent we all await? Would you not wish me to die, that
the promised One may be revealed?(5)

The year 1844 was about to dawn when Siyyid Kazim breathed his last and was laid to rest near the tomb of Imam Husayn. His death was reported by Farrant, who wrote on January 24th 1844 to Sir Stratford Canning, sending a copy in February to Lt.-Col. (later Sir) Justin Sheil,(6) the British charge d'affaires in Tihran:

Hajee Seid Kausem one of the Chief Priests of Kerbella
died lately on his return from a visit to Samerrah -- Seid
Ibrahim Kasveenee the other Chief Priest who was greatly
opposed to him, will now enjoy full power, and all contention
between the two religious parties will cease.(7) 7

When Mulla Husayn-i-Bushru'i returned to Karbila from his highly successful mission in Iran, his teacher was dead. He had not appointed anyone to succeed him.

(H.M. Balyuzi, The Bab - The Herald of the Day of Days, p. 6)

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I hope to include in the coming days some more citations from Baha'i history..

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January 3, 1922

Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha formally read.

The Guardianship is inaugurated and Shoghi Effendi is appointed the first Guardian of the Baha'i Faith: the sole authoritative interpreter of the Baha'i Writings.

'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote His Will and Testament, which is in three parts, at different times during the seven-year period (1901-1908) of His incarceration within the city walls of 'Akká. Characterized by the Guardian of the Faith as 'this supreme, this infallible Organ for the accomplishment of a Divine Purpose,' and as 'an Instrument which may be viewed as the Charter of the New World Order which is at once the glory and the promise of this most great Dispensation,' the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá is manifestly a document of momentous and incalculable significance.

It is not proposed here to scrutinize it closely. Much has been, much will be written in an effort to elucidate its far-reaching implications, for it is the founding Charter of the Administrative Order of Bahá'u'lláh -- the 'nucleus' and 'very pattern' of the Order 'destined to embrace in the fullness of time the whole of mankind'.

In this document 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'unveiled' the character of the Administrative Order of the Faith, 'reaffirmed its basis, supplemented its principles, asserted its indispensability, and enumerated its chief institutions'.(268)

But there are three provisions of the Will which must be mentioned here, for through them 'Abdu'l-Bahá created infallible protection for the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh after His passing.

Briefly, He appointed His successor,

defended him from any possible challenge,

and defined the means by which the Universal House of Justice, the supreme body instituted by Bahá'u'lláh, should come into being.
~ H.M. Balyuzi, Abdu'l-Baha - The Centre of the Covenant, pp. 484-485



Read the Will and Testament:

The Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

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January 9, 1951

Estanblishment of the first International Baha'i Council by Shoghi Effendi

Cablegram from Shoghi Effendi, 9 January 1951, The First Guardian of Baha'i Faith Shoghi Effendi establishes the first International Baha'i Council


January 10, 1954

Death of Dorothy Baker, Hand of the Cause of God

She was appointed by Shoghi Effendi as a Hand of the Cause of God on December 24, 1951. On January 10, 1954, she was en route home from India. Over the Mediterranean island of Elba the plane exploded and her mission had ended at age 55.

Source:

Baha'i Calendar - Baha'i Events and Holy Days

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January 12, 1853

Bahau'llah is exiled from Tehran and departs for Baghdad with His family

Bahau'llah is banished, chooses Baghdad for His place of exile. His wealth is confiscated and properties pillaged. His youngest son is left behind with relatives because of the lack of provisions and the harsh winter travel

Baha'i Calendar - Baha'i Events and Holy Days

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January 13, 1845

Mulla Aliy-Bastami trial at Baghdad the first Babi martyr

The Bab instructed Mulla Aliy-Bastami his mission to spread the message of God, not in Persia but to proceed all the way to Karbila and Najaf in Iraq. Immediately after this meeting Mulla Ali left and head to Iraq to accomplish his profound mission. Mulla Ali experience some injuries and difficulties for his mission, he was imprisoned in Baghdad and some writtings induct that he dies in prison or he dies while transferring to Istanbul, but eventually he Mulla Aliy-Bastami was the first Babi martyr.

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January 14, 1975

Purchase of House of Abdu'llah Pasha

The House of Abdu'llah Pasha was purchased after lengthy and delicate negotations.

Some of the most poignant, dramatic and historically significant events of the Heroic Age of the Bahá’í Faith are associated with the house of ‘Abdu’lláh Páshá, which derives its name from the Governor of ‘Akká who built it and used it as his official residence during his term of office, from 1820 to 1832. It stands just inside the north-western corner of the sea wall of ‘Akká, in the close neighborhood of the citadel where Bahá’u’lláh was confined.

House of

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January 19, 2000 Passing of the Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum is only a few days from now and so it would be good to remember her.. The Baha'is of Canada have provided an wonderful summary of an illustrious life!

At 19 January 2000, In the early hours of this morning, the soul of Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum, beloved consort of Shoghi Effendi and the Baha'i world's last remaining link with the family of Abdu'l-Baha, was released from the limitations of this earthly existence.

Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum (1910 - 2000)

Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum lived an astonishing life, one that will be studied for centuries to come. Raised in Montreal and eventually settling in Haifa, Israel, she became in the last half of the twentieth century the most well-known member of the Bahá’í community worldwide. Her life of extensive world travel, her religious leadership in a style showing unique capacity, her writing, her film-making, and her efforts on behalf of aboriginal peoples, the environment, and social justice were truly remarkable. At her death, memorials were printed in the major national newspapers of Canada.

Madame Rúhíyyih Rabbani, née Mary Sutherland Maxwell, was born on 8 August 1910 in Hahnemann Hospital, later known as the Fifth Avenue Hospital, in New York City. She was the only child of May Maxwell, one of the foremost disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and William Sutherland Maxwell, a distinguished Canadian architect whose home in Montreal had long been known as a place of culture and spiritual vitality. Madame Rabbani took great pride in her Canadian roots, visiting Montreal frequently in the course of her travels to 185 countries over her years of service to the Bahá’í community.

Mary Maxwell had a full, free, and happy childhood. Her only sorrows at this time were the periods of separation from her beloved mother. The traditional educational methods of the time tended to be rigid and authoritarian, and May Maxwell was concerned with providing her daughter with the freedom which ‘Abdu’l-Bahá had prescribed. For Mary’s early training, May established the first Montessori school in Canada in the Maxwell home.

She became a well-read and knowledgeable person, with a consuming interest in a variety of subjects. Her thirst for knowledge was insatiable. After two pilgrimages to the Holy Land, the first with her mother and the second with her mother’s friends, and meeting the Guardian, Mary Maxwell threw herself eagerly into all kinds of youth activities, both within the Bahá’í community and elsewhere.

She travelled and continued to develop her skills in teaching the Bahá’í Faith. In 1937 she married the Guardian, Shoghi Effendi Rabbani, who was the great-grandson of the Prophet-Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, Bahá’u’lláh. It was on this occasion that the Guardian gave her the name “Rúhíyyih.” One of the most outstanding services performed by Rúhíyyih Rabbani during their marriage was her role as the Guardian’s secretary, a task she undertook almost immediately after their marriage. From 1941, when she became Shoghi Effendi’s principal secretary in English, until 1957, she wrote thousands of letters on his behalf.

In 1951, Shoghi Effendi appointed her to the Bahá’í International Council, a nine-member body that prepared the way for the election of the Universal House of Justice. In 1952, she was elevated to the office of Hand of the Cause, in which capacity she attended to issues related to the expansion and protection of the Bahá’í Faith and represented the Guardian at a number of important events in different parts of the world.

Following the death of Shoghi Effendi in 1957, Madame Rabbani initiated efforts that effected the collaboration of all the Hands of the Cause in ensuring the successful completion of the ten-year plan which Shoghi Effendi had launched in 1953 for the global expansion and consolidation of the community. She was one of the group of nine that served as custodians of the Bahá’í World Centre until the election of the Universal House of Justice.

To an extraordinary extent, Madame Rabbani’s own work exemplified the priority that the Bahá’í Faith gives to the unification of humankind. The greater part of the last 35 years of her life were devoted to travels that took her to 185 countries and territories and that served as a major factor in integrating the world’s several million Bahá’ís into a unified global community. Not the least significant feature of this effort was her success in encouraging members of indigenous peoples into full partnership in this worldwide undertaking.

Her travels to countries on all continents and to far-flung islands sometimes involved extended stays in certain regions. For a period of four years she drove in a Landrover for 58,000 kilometres throughout the length and breadth of sub-Saharan Africa, covering 34 countries, in 17 of which she was received by heads of state. On another occasion, within a span of seven months, she visited nearly 30 countries in Asia and the Pacific region. Her interest in indigenous populations and village life took her to remote places, and she documented her visits to many of these areas, such as South America, where she traveled in the jungle areas of Suriname, Guyana, and up the Amazon river in Brazil.

In the course of her travels, she was received by many heads of state and government and other prominent figures as diverse as Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia; Malietoa Tanumafili II of Western Samoa; President Houphouet-Boigny of Côte d’Ivoire; President Carlos Menem of Argentina; Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India; Prime Minister Edward Seaga of Jamaica; and Javier Pérez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

A person of prodigious interests and capabilities, Madame Rabbani, in addition to being an administrator and world traveller, was an author, poet, lecturer, and film producer. Her several books include The Priceless Pearl, a biography of Shoghi Effendi, and Prescription for Living, which deals with the application of spiritual principles to practical life. Fluent in English, French, German, and Persian, she lectured widely, including occasions on which she shared a platform with HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Out of her concern for the environment, she supported the activities of the World Wide Fund for Nature, addressing the fund-raising banquet at Syon House in London in 1988 that launched its influential “Religion and Conservation” initiative; and she was present at the World Forestry Charter Gathering held at St. James’s Palace in 1994. Her love of the arts drew her to the planning and direction of the restoration of a number of historic buildings associated with the Bahá’í Faith.

Madame Rabbani died in her 90th year on 19 January 2000 in Haifa, Israel, where the Bahá’í World Centre is located.

* Adapted from Violette Nakhjaváni, “A Tribute to Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum,” Bahá’í World, 1999-2000, pp. 167-95; and a press release from the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 19 January 2000.

Amatu

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January 22, 1844

Mulla Husayn arrived at Karbila from his mission in Isfahan and Khorasan 3 weeks after death of Siyyid Kazim

When Mulla Husayn returned to
Karbila, Siyyid Kazim was dead. Though his own heart was heavy,
Mulla Husayn cheered and strengthened the disconsolate followers of his beloved leader. He called them all together to renew their ardor. "What," he asked them, "were the dearest wishes and the last commands of our
departed leader?"

From their reluctant lips Mulla Husayn extracted
the following admissions:

(1) That repeatedly and emphatically
Siyyid Kazim had bidden them to quit their homes and scatter far
and wide in search of Him to Whose coming he had so often alluded.

(2) That the Object of their quest was now living amongst them and
that His truth could be discovered only by the seeker who would
persevere to the end.

(3) That nothing short of powerful endeavor,
purity of motive, singleness of purpose, and ceaseless search would
ever lead them to Him.

"We acknowledge our failure," they told him.

"Then why," Mulla Husayn demanded, "have you chosen to remain in
Karbila? Why is it that you have not dispersed and arisen to carry
out Siyyid Kazim's earnest plea?

~ William Sears, Release the Sun, p. 10

See a portrait of "Mulla Husayn at Karbila" by Ivan Lloyd:

http://www.bahaifaithart.com/Bahaifa...n_Karbila.html

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January 26, 1958

The foundation stone of the First Mashriqu'l Adhkar of Africa

The foundation stone of the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of Africa was laid by Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum and Musa Banani at Kampala, Uganda.


January 26, 2000

Death of Adib Taherzadeh, prominent Baha'i, author and member of the Universal House of Justice

Adib Taherzadeh (April 29, 1921 - January 26, 2000) was a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Bahá’í Faith, from 1988 to 2000.

Taherzadeh was born into a Bahá’í Family in Yazd, Iran. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Tehran, pursued advanced studies in Coventry, England, and worked as the chief engineer of an industrial concern from 1950 until 1984.

Mr. Taherzadeh served on the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the British Isles from 1960 to 1971. He was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the Republic of Ireland when it was formed in 1972 and was appointed in 1976 to the European Continental Board of Counsellors, a senior advisory body. He was elected to the Universal House of Justice in 1988.




[edit] Publications
The Child of the Covenant
The Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh
The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Vol.1
The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Vol.2
The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Vol.3
The Revelation of Bahá’u’lláh Vol.4
Adib Taherzadeh - Bahaikipedia, an encyclopedia about the Bahá

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January 31, 1899

Arrival of the Babs remains in the Holy Land -


Successive Stages in the Transfer of the Remains of the Báb from Persia to the Holy Land and the Erection of His Mausoleum on Mount Carmel

Execution of the Báb in Tabríz and the exposure of His mangled body on the edge of the moat outside the city, July 9, 1850.

Wrapping of His remains in a cloak, their secret removal to the silk factory owned by one of the believers of Mílán and their deposition in a small wooden casket, July 11, 1850.

Transportation in accordance with Bahá'u'lláh's instructions, of the casket to Tihrán and its concealment in the shrine of Imám-Zádih Hasán.

Removal of the remains to the home of Hájí Sulaymán Khán and their subsequent transfer to the shrine of Imám-Zádih Ma'súm.

Instructions issued by Bahá'u'lláh, while in Adrianople, to Mullá 'Alí Ákbar-i-Sháhmírzádí and Jamál-i-Burújirdí, to transfer the casket to a safer hiding place, and its temporary concealment within a wall of the Masjid-i-Másha'u'lláh outside the gates of the capital, 1867-1868.

Detection of the hiding place of the casket and its smuggling into Tihrán and its deposition in the house of Mírzá Hasan-i-Vazír, a believer and son-in-law of Hájí Mírzá Siyyid 'Alíy-i-Tafríshí, the Majdu'l-Ashraf.

Discovery of the hiding place by a number of believers and the consequent removal of the casket by Hájí Sháh Muhammad-i-Manshádí, surnamed Amínu'l-Bayán, in accordance with Bahá'u'lláh's instructions, to the shrine of Imám-Zádih Zayd, and its burial beneath the floor of the inner sanctuary, whence it was again removed to a series of private homes in Tihrán.

Bahá'u'lláh's visit to Mount Carmel, the revelation of the Tablet of Carmel, and the appointment by Him, in the presence of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, of the site to serve as the permanent burial-place for the remains of the Báb.

Despatch of Mírzá Asadu'lláh by 'Abdu'l-Bahá with specific instructions to transport the body of the Báb to the Holy Land, and the transfer of the remains to Isfáhán, and thence, via Kirmánsháh, Baghdád and Damascus, to the Holy Land, arriving at their destination on January 31, 1899, fifty lunar years after the Báb's execution in Tabríz.

Purchase by 'Abdu'l-Bahá of the site designated by Bahá'u'lláh, and the construction of a marble sarcophagus by the Burmese believers in accordance with 'Abdu'l-Bahá's suggestion, designed to receive the body of the Báb.

Laying of the foundation-stone of the Shrine of the Báb by 'Abdu'l-Bahá with the participation of Ibráhim Khayru'lláh, while on his pilgrimage to 'Akká, following the establishment of the Faith in the United States of America, 1899.

Construction by 'Abdu'l-Bahá of six chambers constituting the initial stage in the erection of the mausoleum of the Báb.

Downfall of Sultán 'Abdu'l-Hamíd II, whose Commission of Inquiry had visited the Shrine and was contemplating its destruction; the release of

'Abdu'l-Bahá from His incarceration and the placing by Him of the wooden casket in the marble sarcophagus on the day coinciding with the inauguration of the first American Bahá'í Convention, March 21, 1909.

Bahá'í Faith, The: 1844-1950

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February 1, 1953

Completion of the Baha'i Home for the Aged in Wilmette, Illinois

The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States opened the first dependency of the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois: the Baha'i Home for the Aged

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I did find this link:

Baha'i Home Inc - Wilmette, Illinois (IL) | Company Profile

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February 2, 1849

Martyrdom of Mulla Hussein-i-Boshrui in the tomb of Shaikh Tabarsi

Bab's "First Believer", The Bab bestowed upon him the title of Bab-ul-Bab ("Gate of the Gate"), He was 18 yeas old when joined "Seyyid Kazim Reshti" and to find "Lord of the Age", then he met The Bab at the gate of Shiraz, eventually after 36 years life in glory killed in the tomb of Shaikh Tabarsi (1849).

Mulla Husayn quartered his host in a fort near the burial-place of Shaykh Tabarsi, and, being aware of the wishes of the community, relaxed and interrupted the march. This detachment was subsequently further reinforced by Mirza Muhammad-'Ali of Mazindaran with a number of other persons, so that the garrison of the fort numbered three hundred and thirteen souls. Of these, however, all were not capable of fighting, only one hundred and ten persons being prepared for war.

Most of them were doctors or students whose companions had been during their whole life books and treatises; yet, in spite of the fact that they were unaccustomed to war or to the blows of shot and sword, four times were camps and armies arrayed against them and they were attacked and hemmed in with cannons, muskets, and bomb-shells, and on all four occasions they inflicted defeat, while the army was completely routed and dispersed.

On the occasion of the fourth defeat 'Abbas-Quli Khan of Larijan was captain of the forces and Prince Mihdi-Quli Mirza commander in the camp. The Khan above mentioned used at nights to conceal and hide himself in disguise amongst the trees of the forest outside the camp, while during the day he was present in the encampment.

The last battle took place at night and the army was routed. The Bábís fired the tents and huts, and night became bright as day. The foot of Mulla Husayn's horse caught in a noose, for he was riding, the others being on foot. 'Abbas-Quli Khan recognized him from the top of a tree afar off, and with his own hand discharged several bullets. At the third shot he threw him from his feet. He was borne by his followers to the fort, and there they buried him.

~ Abdu'l-Baha, A Traveller's Narrative, p. 22

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February 3, 1938

Confiscation of House of Worship in Ashkhabad, First Baha'i House of Worship

The first House of Worship was built in Russia, in the city of Ashkhabad in Central Asia. The Baha'i House of Worship in Ashkhabad, Soviet Union, Completed around 1908 and was confescated durring a wave of crackdowns on Baha'is. It was later turned into an art gallery, heavily damaged in a 1948 earthquake and demolished in 1963.

The first Bahá'í House of Worship was built in the city of 'Ishqábád, then ruled by Russia





and now the capital of Turkmenistan




. It was started in 1902 and completed in 1908. The design was prepared by Ostad Ali-Akbar Banna, and the construction was supervised by Vakílu'd-Dawlih




, later named one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh





.

'Ishqábád is located in the desert plain of western Turkmenistan near the foothills of the Alborz




Mountains. Under the protection and freedom given by the Russian authorities, the number of Bahá'ís there rose to over 1,000 and for the first time anywhere in the world a true Bahá'í community was established, with its own schools, medical facilities, cemetery, etc. Eventually the Bahá'ís in 'Ishqábád decided to build the institution of the spiritual and social heart of the Bahá'í community: the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár.

The House of Worship itself was surrounded by gardens. At the four corners of the garden were four buildings: a school, a hostel where travelling Bahá'ís were entertained, a small hospital, and a building for groundskeepers. The Bahá'ís lived as much as possible in proximity to the House of Worship. It was the centre of the community materially, as well as spiritually. The House of Worship in 'Ishqábád has been the only house of worship thus far to have the humanitarian subsidiaries associated with the institution built along side it.

After serving the community for two decades, the House of Worship was expropriated by the Soviet authorities in 1928 and leased back to the Bahá'ís. This lasted until 1938, when it was fully secularized by the communist government and turned into an art gallery. The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake seriously damaged the building and rendered it unsafe; the heavy rains of the following years weakened the structure, and it was demolished in 1963 and the site converted into a public park.

Bahá'í House of Worship: Facts, Discussion Forum, and Encyclopedia Article


See:

First Baha'i House of Worship: Ishqabad

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February 12, 1953

First African Intercontinental Conference in Kampala, Uganda


February 12, 1953

First International Teaching Conference

The Ten Year Crusade was formally launched with the first International Teaching Conference in Kampala, Uganda (1953). Expansion of the Faith into an unprecedented number of countries came in the next decade, which culminated in the first election of the Universal House of Justice. in 1963.


February 12, 1980

Hasan M. Balyuzi, Hand of the Cause of God passed away in London

Hasan Balyuzi was born on September 7, 1908 to Mirza Ali Aqa and Munavvar Khanum in Shiraz, Iran. He passed away in his sleep on February 12, 1980. His earthly remains were laid to rest near those of his beloved Guardian.


Hasan M. Balyuzi (1908 – 1980) was a prominent Iranian Bahá'í. He was born in Iran, but he spent most of his life in Britain. Balyuzi was an Afnán, a descendant of the Báb's family, on both sides of his family. His father was governor of the Persian Gulf ports and later minister of the interior of Iran.

In 1925 he met Shoghi Effendi after which he became a Bahá'í. In 1932 he went to Britain where he studied diplomatic history at the London School of Economics. In 1933 was elected as a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Great Britain, which he stayed until he retired in 1960. In October 1957 he was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi.

Hasan M. Balyuzi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Balyuzi, Hasan (2001). `Abdu'l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh (Paperback ed.). Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-043-8.

Balyuzi, Hasan (1973). The Báb: The Herald of the Day of Days. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-048-9.

Balyuzi, Hasan (2000). Bahá'u'lláh, King of Glory (Paperback ed.). Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-328-3.

Balyuzi, Hasan (1963). Bahá'u'lláh: The Word Made Flesh (Paperback ed.). Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 9780853980018.

Balyuzi, Hasan (1981). Khadijih Bagum, the Wife of the Báb. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-100-0.

Balyuzi, Hasan (1970). Edward Granville Browne and the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-023-3.

Balyuzi, Hasan (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. ISBN 0-85398-152-3.

Balyuzi, Hasan (1976). Muhammad and the Course of Islam. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-478-6.

Balyuzi, Hasan (1982). Studies in Babi and Baha'i History, Vol. 1. Los Angeles, USA: Kalimat Press. ISBN 9780933770164.

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February 16, 1923

Declaration of the first native Hawaiian Baha'i on (Mae Tilton Fantom, Maui)

February 17, 1941

John Hyde Dunn, Hand of the Cause of God passed away in Australia
In 1920 Englishman John Hyde Dunn, and his Irish wife, Clara, sailed to Australia from the United states. They were the first Baha'i sailed to Australia and in 1941 he passed away and his earthly remains were laid in there.

As a young man, Hyde worked for a London firm as a sales agent in England and France. Later, after emigrating to the United States (possibly by way of Canada), he was employed as a traveling sales representative for the Borden milk company. He lived on the West Coast with his first wife, Fannie, and had a stepdaughter, Hattie Oliver Periard.

In a tinker’s shop in Seattle in 1905, Hyde overheard Nathan Ward Fitz-Gerald, a spirited and colorful Bahá’í teacher, quoting the words of Bahá’u’lláh: "Let not a man glory in this, that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that he loves his kind."1 Attracted by these words, Hyde soon became a Bahá’í. In the process, he later told friends, he gave up smoking and drinking and experienced a personal transformation. Such outstanding early American Bahá’ís as Thornton Chase, Lua Getsinger, and Ella Cooper assisted Hyde in his close study of the Bahá’í teachings.

Hyde’s searching and earnest letters to Thornton Chase, inquiring into the deeper teachings of the Faith, prompted his mentor to write several pages addressing such themes as the nature of fear, the station of the Persian Bábí and Bahá’í martyrs in comparison with the American Bahá’ís, the resurrection of Christian teachings through the Bahá’í revelation, and the mistaking of the holy spirit for the spirit of man. "Your letters are such a pleasure to me," Chase wrote. "I see shining through them the earnest soul, which has tasted of heavenly food and found it so delicious that it ever hungers for the Table of the Lord."2

Hyde taught the Bahá’í Faith enthusiastically in California, Oregon, and Washington and was among the first to teach it in Nevada. For a time, he traveled with Fitz-Gerald to share the new religion with others. In 1905 Hyde met Clara Davis when he entered the medical office where she worked in Walla Walla, Washington, to post an advertisement for a Bahá’í meeting that he and Fitz-Gerald were holding that evening. Hyde asked Clara if she was interested in spiritual things. She replied that she would be if she knew of any. After Hyde told her a little about the Bahá’í teachings, she asked whether the new religion was "for everybody."3 On being assured that it was for the whole world, she agreed to attend the meeting. After the meeting, perceiving that the two men had not eaten, she insisted on giving them supper. Over the meal, they told her more about the Bahá’í Faith. She began to investigate the new religion and, some time later, became a Bahá’í.http://www.bahai-encyclopedia-projec...d=37:biography


February 19, 1968

First Ruling Monarch to become a Baha'i accepts the Faith

His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II - Head of State of Western Samoa (January 4, 1913 - May 11, 2007) (also called Susuga), He was First Ruling Monarch to become a Baha'i accepts the Faith.

Baha'i Calendar - Baha'i Events and Holy Days

The governing body of the Bahá'ís, the Universal House of Justice wrote: "His service to the people of Samoa as Head of State was distinguished by the high principles, genuine compassion and personal humility that characterized the constancy of his concern for the welfare of all. As the first reigning sovereign to accept the Message of Bahá'u'lláh, he set a record that will forever illumine the annals of our Faith, one that future generations will increasingly extol. His great interest for well-nigh four decades in the Faith's progress was reflected in the enthusiastic affirmation of his belief whenever the opportunity presented itself and in the abiding joy with which he regarded the construction in 1984 of the Mother Temple of the Pacific Islands in Samoa...."[19

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malietoa_Tanumafili_II

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Today is the twelfth day of Mulk (Dominion) of the Baha'i year 168 Baha'i Era this evening Jamal (Beauty) begins!


Glory, 12th of Dominion, 168 Badí


Jalál, 12th of Mulk, 168 Badí


یوم الجلال، ۱۲ شهر الملك، ۱۶۸ بدیع


شنبه، ۲۹ بهمن، ۱۳۹۰


Saturday, 18th of February, 2012

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February 22, 1982

Martyrdom of Mr. Ebrahim Kheirkhah in Tehran

He has been executed in Tehran at 1982


February 24, 1990

Soviet Union Conference

The Soviet Union's first national Baha'i conference in six decades was held in Moscow. 1990

February 25, 1985

Martyrdom of Mr. Ruhollah Bahram Shahi in Tehran

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February 25, 1985
Martyrdom of Mr. Ruhollah Bahram Shahi in Tehran


February 26

First Day of Ayyam-i-Ha

The Baha'i calendar is made up of 19 months of 19 days each. The period of Ayyam-i-Ha adjusts the Baha'i year to the solar cycle. These days are set aside for hospitality, gift giving, special acts of charity, and preparing for the Baha'i Fast.


February 27

Second Day of Ayyam-i-Ha


February 28

Third Day of Ayyam-i-Ha


February 28, 1982

Martyrdom of Mr. Hossain Vahdat Haq in Tehran

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March 1, 1897

Shoghi Effendi Rabbani was born in the House of Abdu'llah Pasha

Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and eldest grandson of Abdu'l-Baha, is born of Abdu'l-Baha's eldest daughter in the House of Abdu'llah Pasha (March 1, 1897). He is descended from Baha'u'llah on his mother's side and related to the Bab on his father's side.

See some seldom seen photos of Shoghi Effendi:



March 3, 1929

League of Nations Council resolution upholds the Baha'i Community's claim to Baha'u'llah's house in Baghdad


March 7, 1948

Shoghi Effendi decides to commence work on the Shrine of the Bab superstructure

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March 12, 1923

Shoghi Effendi calls for the establishment of Local and National Baha'i Funds

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http://www.zazzle.com/shrine_of_the_...99208086322318

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April 1, 1844

Mulla Husayn goes to Bushihr, stops in Shiraz on way to Kerman

After 40 days in Masjid al-Wali mosque, Mulla Husayn with Muhammad Hasan (brother) and Muhammad-Baqir (nephew) returned to Najaf and passed from Karbala and finally arrived to Bushihr at 1th of April 1844


April 1, 1847

Bab received letter and gifts from Baha'u'llah in Kulayn

Mulla Muhammad Khoei and Mulla Muhammad Kandi arrived from Tihran to Kulayn and met Bab to present a letter and gifts from Baha'u'llah. The letter cheered His heart which had been despondent since His arrest and departure from Shiraz.

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April 2, 2004

Death of Ola Pawlowska, Knight of Bahaullah named for pioneering to St. Pierre and Miquelon

"During the Ten Year Crusade she offered to pioneer to St. Pierre and Miquelon, as she was a French speaker. For this act of service in opening a new territory to the Bahá’í Faith, she was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh.

Living in that isolated post, she began her work of translating the Bahá’í writings into Polish. After five years she returned briefly to Poland, then moved to Luxembourg. While working for an airline company there, she was offered the opportunity to go to Congo in 1961, only one year after it had gained its independence from Belgium.

She remained in that country for 30 years as a cherished member of the community, walking many miles from village to village, nurturing the youth, serving as a member of the Auxiliary Board of the Continental Board of Counsellors for Africa.

With her health deteriorating, she returned to her native Poland and was able to witness the election of the first National Spiritual Assembly there, but in 1993 she decided it was time to rejoin her daughter in Canada.

She spent her final years in yet another pioneer post, Newfoundland, where she passed away on and is buried."

http://bahaikipedia.org/Ola_Pawlowska




April 3, 1961

Death of Corinne True, Hand of the Cause of God

Because of her unwavering commitment and earnest dedication to the establishment of the Mother Temple of the west, the Holiest House of Worship as designated by the pen of Abdu’l-Baha, Baha’is the world over bestowed upon Corinne the appellation “Mother of the Temple”. Shoghi Effendi, grandson of Abdu’l-Baha who succeeded Him as the Head of the Faith, would later elevate Corinne to the rank of “Hand of the Cause of God” a spiritual achievement marked by her untiring efforts in service to the Cause of God particularily her notable contributions towards the establishment of the first Baha’i House of Worship on American soil. On April 3, 1961, just months before her one hundredth birthday, Mrs. Corinne True passed away.

Read the rest o fthis excellent article at:
Corinne True - Bahaikipedia, an encyclopedia about the Bahá


April 4, 1923

Birth of Rahmatu'llah Muhajir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahaullah

Raḥmatu'llah Muhajir (April 4, 1923 - December 29, 1979) was a Hands of the Cause, and Knight of Baha'u'llah. He pioneered to the Mentawai Islands with his wife Iran Furutan where they helped to establish 12 Baha'i schools, 33 Local Spiritual Assemblies, and bring about 4,000 individual Baha'i believers on Siberut Island alone to the Cause.

From Bahaikipedia:

Dr Muhájir was a prominent fourth generation Bahá’í, born on 4 April 1923 in the town of 'Abdu'l-'Azím, Iran. In 1957 he was elected a member of the National Spiritual Assembly, and in October of that year he was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi. Dr Muhájir and his wife were named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh for their response to the Ten Year Crusade. His family left Indonesia in 1958 to travel all over the world, inspiring mass teaching campaigns in several developing countries. He died in Ecuador in 1979.

http://bahaikipedia.org/Muhajir


April 4, 2006

Egyptian administrative court recognizes the independence of the Baha'i Faith

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Majesty, 16th of Splendour, 169 Badí


Istijlál, 16th of Bahá, 169 Badí


یوم الاستجلال، ۱۶ شهر البهاء، ۱۶۹ بدیع


پنجشنبه، ۱۷ فروردین، ۱۳۹۱


Thursday, 5th of April, 2012

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April 7, 1887

Horace Holley, prominent Bahai and Hand of the Cause is born in Torrington, Connecticut

Horace Holley .. What an amazing figure in Baha'i history!

Horace Holley (born April 7, 1887 in Torrington, Connecticut, died July 12, 1960 in Haifa, Israel) was a prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies, appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 to be a Hand of the Cause, and later elected to be one of the nine Custodians who stewarded the religion from 1957-1963.

Holley was born in Torrington, Connecticut in 1887. He was introduced to the Bahá'í Faith in 1909, and later served as a member and secretary to the Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States and Canada, first being elected in 1923. He also became editor of World Unity Magazine. He was elected by his fellow Hands of the Cause to be a Custodian in 1959. This being announced on Christmas Day of 1959 in the New York Times:


"The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais announced today that Horace Holley had resigned as secretary to become chief steward of the faith at international headquarters in Haifa, Israel."[1]

He and his wife Doris moved to Haifa, Israel, where he died July 12, 1960. He is buried at the foot of Mount Carmel in Haifa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_...7%E2%80%931960)



April 8, 1853

Baha'u'llah and His family complete the trip from Tehran to Baghdad following His exile

Baha'u'llah arrives in Baghdad. Mirza Aqa Jan is the first to recognize Him as the Promised One. Baha'u'llah achieves great fame because of the love He shows the people and because of the great Writings He reveals. He is shown veneration by the populace. Mirza Yahya, prodded by Siyyid Muhammad [the Antichrist of the Baha'i Faith], begins to discredit Baha'u'llah out of jealousy.

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April 9, 1848

The Bab is removed from the fortress of Mah-Ku by orders of Haji Mirza aqasi


April 9, 1908

Purchase of some land for the future House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois


April 9, 1913

Abdul-Baha took an extended trip from Stuttgart to Budapest


April 9, 1984

Martyrdom of Mr. Rahim Rahimian in Tehran


April 9, 1984

Martyrdom of Mr. Kamran Lotfi in Tehran

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Agnes Parsons' Diary



April 11, 1912



New York, NY




‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s steamship “Cedric” reached New York Wednesday night April 10th 1912. Many Bahá’ís were at the wharf to greet Him, but the passengers were not permitted to leave the ship until late Thursday morning because of illness in the steerage. The Bahá’ís were there early, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá sent them a message not to wait, that He would see them later at the hotel, but they would not go away.

When the reporters boarded the Cedric off quarantine they found ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on the upper deck. He was dressed in a long, flowing black oriental gown underneath which was another of a light tan color. On His head He wore a snow-white turban. He gave the reporters a hearty welcome and He proved such a good talker that there was no occasion to ask questions. He talked of newspapers, of woman [sic] suffrage, of universal peace, of religion and of Persia. When the Cedric was opposite the Statue of Liberty ‘Abdu’l-Bahá extended His arms in a salute and referred to His own long exile in Syria. The skyline of New York greatly interested Him. He called the skyscrapers “the minarets of [the] Western world’s commerce and industry.” Many were on the pier to greet him. He, however, shrank from a public reception and asked through Dr. [Amin Ullah] Fareed that they go away, saying that He would meet them at the hotel in which He will stay in the afternoon.

I gave Mirza [Ahmad] Sohrab a letter to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá … I received a letter from Mirza Sohrab dated April 12th saying ‘Abdu’l-Bahá seemed inclined to stay at an apartment, coming to the house [Agnes Parson’s] each day for meetings and appointments, and he enclosed a tablet from ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, kind and lovely but making no promises

Agnes: Abdu'l-Baha's Steamship Reached New York | 'Abdu'l-Bahá in America

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I found this social media documentary on Abdu'l-Baha's visit to America interesting:

About | 239 Days in America

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Abdu'l-Baha arrives in New York City at the request of the American Baha'is. Visits many cities including Chicago where He laid the cornerstone for "the Mother Temple of the West", Eliot Maine where Sarah Farmer, founder of Green Acre, later opened her facility for Baha'i training, and Montreal where He was the guest of William and May Maxwell, whose home later became the first Canadian Baha'i centre, and whose daughter Mary was to become the wife of Shoghi Effendi. During the next 239 days, Abdu'l-Baha spoke at countless churches, halls and homes on many topics such as the basic principles of the Faith, philosophical , moral and spiritual topics, and spoke to church congregations, peace societies, trade unions, university faculties, etc. The talks are later published as "The Promulgation of Universal Peace"

Baha'i Calendar - Baha'i Events and Holy Days

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April 15, 1890

Edward Granville Browne visit Baha'u'llah at Bahji

Edward Granville Browne (1862-1926) of Cambridge University, British orientalist who published many books and articles on the Babi and Baha'i religions. He interviews Baha'u'llah four times and visits with Abdu'l-Baha at Bahji, he stayed in Bahji for five days from 15 to 20 April.

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The distinguished orientalist, the late Professor Edward G.
Browne, of the University of Cambridge, visited Bahá'u'lláh at
Bahji in the year 1890, and recorded his impressions as follows: --

... my conductor paused for a moment while I removed
my shoes. Then, with a quick movement of the hand, he
withdrew, and, as I passed, replaced the curtain; and I
found myself in a large apartment, along the upper end of
which ran a low divan, while on the side opposite to the
door were placed two or three chairs. Though I dimly
suspected whither I was going and whom I was to behold
(for no distinct intimation had been given to me),
a second or two elapsed ere, with a throb of wonder and
awe, I became definitely conscious that the room was not
untenanted. In the corner where the divan met the wall
sat a wondrous and venerable figure, crowned with a felt
head-dress of the kind called 1taj1 by dervishes (but of unusual
height and make), round the base of which was
wound a small white turban.

The face of him on whom I
gazed I can never forget, though I cannot describe it.

Those piercing eyes seemed to read one's very soul;
power and authority sat on that ample brow; while the
deep lines on the forehead and face implied an age which
the jet-black hair and beard flowing down in indistinguishable
luxuriance almost to the waist seemed to belie.
No need to ask in whose presence I stood, as I bowed
myself before one who is the object of a devotion and
love which kings might envy and emperors sigh for in
vain!
A mild dignified voice bade me be seated, and then
continued: -- "Praise be to God that thou has attained!
... Thou has come to see a prisoner and an exile. ...
We desire but the good of the world and happiness of
the nations; yet they deem us a stirrer up of strife and sedition
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worthy of bondage and banishment. ... That all
nations should become one in faith and all men as brothers;
that the bonds of affection and unity between the
sons of men should be strengthened; that diversity of religion
should cease, and differences of race be annulled --
what harm is there in this? ... Yet so it shall be; these
fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars shall pass away, and
the 'Most Great Peace' shall come. ... Do not you in
Europe need this also? Is not this that which Christ foretold?
... Yet do we see your kings and rulers lavishing
their treasures more freely on means for the destruction
of the human race than on that which would conduce to
the happiness of mankind. ... These strifes and this
bloodshed and discord must cease, and all men be as one
kindred and one family. ... Let not a man glory in this,
that he loves his country; let him rather glory in this, that
he loves his kind. ..."

(Dr. J.E. Esslemont, Baha'u'llah and the New Era, p. 39)

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April 18, 1913

Abdul-Baha extended trip from Budapest to Vienna


April 21, 1863 (Holy Day)

First Day of Ridvan - Festival of Ridvan

The word Ridvan (pronounced "riz-wan") means "Paradise." For twelve days, April 21 to May 2, Baha'is celebrate the period in 1863 when Bahau'llah, the Prophet-Founder of the Bahai Faith, resided in a garden in Baghdad which He called "the Garden of Ridvan ." During this period, Bahau'llah proclaimed His mission as God's messenger for this age.

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April 21, 1937

First Seven-Year Plan launched

Goals: to establish at least one local spiritual assembly in every state of the United States and every province of Canada; to make certain that at least one Baha'i teacher was residing in each Latin American republic; to complete the exterior design of the first Baha'i house of worship in North America. The plan was successfully completed in 1944, the centenary of the Bab's declaration


April 21, 1946

Second Seven-Year Plan launched

Second Seven-Year Plan launched. This plan focused on Europe, which only had national spiritual assemblies in Great Britain and Germany. It also called for the formation of local spiritual assemblies in Latin America and a vast increase in assemblies in North America. The plan was successfully completed in 1953, the centenary of Bahau'llah's Intimation


April 21, 1963

The first Universal House of Justice was elected at the first World Congress that takes place in London

The first Universal House of Justice is elected by representatives of 56 National Spiritual Assemblies gathered in Haifa, in synchronization with the end of the Ten Year Crusade.


April 21, 1990

Two Knights of Bahau'llah settle on the island of Sakhalin

the last remaining territory named by Shoghi Effendi in his Ten Year Crusade


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April 27, 1920

Abdul-Baha is knighted by the British Empire in recognition of his humanitarian work during WWI

Abdul-Baha's humanitarian services, having saved thousands of people from famine in Palestine after the War due to His personal organization of extensive agricultural operations near Tiberias, results in British Government knighthood


April 28, 1963

First Baha'i World Congress in London, England

The Hands of the Cause of God, in an unprecedented gesture of renunciation, disqualified themselves from eligibility for the election of the Universal House of Justice. The nine members of the first Universal House of Justice are elected by the members of the 56 existing national spiritual assemblies of the world. The first membership included Baha'is of Jewish, Christian and Muslim backgrounds and several ethnic origins.The Baha'i Faith, having withstood the attacks of those who would destroy it, and those who would fragment it into dozens of sects, emerges as one unified Faith with one sole living authority: the Universal House of Justice; truly the Day that shall never be followed by Night referenced in the Bible


April 29, 1863 (Holy Day)

The Ninth Day of Ridvan

The arrival of Baha'u'llah's family to the Ridvan garden and They celebrated today as the ninth Day of Ridvan.


April 29, 1905

Birth of Hand of the Cause Ali-Akbar Furutan

Ali-Akbar Furutan (April 29, 1905 - November 26, 2003) was one of the most beloved figures in the Baha'i world, he influenced thousands of lives through his warmth, humor and wisdom. He carried the rank of Hand of the Cause of God and at the time of his passing was one of only two surviving members of that company.


April 29, 1912

Mirza Yahya dies and is buried as a Muslim


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April 29, 1972

The Spiritual Assembly of Iraq has been dissolved because of persecution against Baha'is in that land


April 29, 1972

Dedication of Mother Temple of Latin America in Panama


April 30, 1963

Presentation of the members of the first Universal House of Justice; reading of its first message in London, England

Baha'i Calendar - Baha'i Events and Holy Days

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May 1, 1912

Abdu'l-Baha lays the foundation stone for the first Baha'i House of Worship in the West at Wilmette, Illinois


May 1, 1913

Abdul-Baha ended His European trip and came back from Stuttgart to Paris again


May 2, 1863 (Holy Day)

The Twelfth Day of Ridvan

2 May 1863 Baha'u'llah, 11 family members and 26 disciples depart for Constantinople at noon. During the journey, they are accorded enthusiastic receptions wherever they stopped, being preceded by the government cavalry, flags flying and drums beating


May 3, 1863

Baha'u'llah rode out of Baghdad, on His way to Constantinople

Mounted on His steed, a red roan stallion of the finest breed, the best His lovers could purchase for Him, and leaving behind Him a bowing multitude of fervent admirers, He rode forth on the first stage of a journey that was to carry Him to the city of Constantinople. "Numerous were the heads," Nabil himself a witness of that memorable scene, recounts, "which, on every side, bowed to the dust at the feet of His horse, and kissed its hoofs, and countless were those who pressed forward to embrace His stirrups." "How great the number of those embodiments of fidelity," testifies a fellow-traveler, "who, casting themselves before that charger, preferred death to separation from their Beloved! Methinks, that blessed steed trod upon the bodies of those pure-hearted souls." "He (God) it was," Bahá'u'lláh Himself declares, "Who enabled Me to depart out of the city (Baghdad), clothed with such majesty as none, except the denier and the malicious, can fail to acknowledge." These marks of homage and devotion continued to surround Him until He was installed in Constantinople

(Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 155)




May 3, 1953

Shoghi Effendi launched the first international plan, the Ten Year World Crusade

The Ten Year World Crusade (1953-1963) was launched by Shoghi Effendi in an effort to facilitate an organized expansion of the Baha'i Faith. This plan included extremely ambitious goals for the expansion of Baha'i communities and institutions, the translation of Baha'i texts into several new languages, and the sending of Baha'i pioneers into previously unreached nations.


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May 10, 1934

Tax exemption for Baha'i properties on Mt. Carmel announced


May 12, 1869

Birth of prominent Hand of the Cause of God, Clara Dunn

Clara was born in London, England, on 12 May 1869. She was the sixth of eight children of Thomas Holder and Maria McHugh. In 1870, her family moved to Ontario, Canada. Clara and John Hyde Dunn married in July 1917. In 10 April 1920 sailed to Australia from the United states. They were the first Baha'i sailed to Australia. Clara Dunn died in Sydney on 18 November 1960 and was buried beside her husband in Woronora Cemetery in metropolitan Sydney.


May 13, 1850

Beginning of Babi Insurrection at Zanjan

The revolt at the fortress of Ali Mardan Khan in Zanjan in the north-west of Persia, was by far the most violent of all the conflicts. It was headed by Mulla Muhammad-Aliy-i-Zanjani, surnamed Hujjat, and also lasted seven or eight months (May 1850 December 1850).


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May 13, 1896

Birth of prominent Hand of the Cause of God and International Baha'i Council member, Ugo Giachery

Ugo Giachery (May 13, 1896 - July 5, 1989) was a prominent Italian Baha'i and Hand of the Cause from an aristocratic family from Palermo. After World War I he moved to the United States, where he became a Baha'i around 1926. In 1947 his family moved back to Rome in Italy. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi in December 1951, who also appointed him as a member-at-large of the International Baha'i Council, and who named one of the doors of the Shrine of the Bab after him.

May 13, 1913

Birth of prominent Australian Baha'i and Hand of the Cause Collis Featherstone

Harold Collis Featherstone (May 13, 1913 - September 29, 1990) was a Hand of the Cause of God and prominent Baha'i from Adelaide, Australia. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi in October 1957. Collis Featherstone became a Baha'i in 1944, and served in the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia from 1949 to 1962. In 1954 he was appointed as an Auxiliary Board member for Australia. He passed on September 29, 1990 in Kathmandu, Nepal, while visiting the Baha'is there.




May 14, 1982

Amoz Gibson a member of the first Universal House of Justice passed away

Amoz Everett Gibson (August 3, 1918 - 1982) was a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Baha'i Faith, from 1963 to 1982. Mr. Gibson was born in Washington, D.C., United States. He was also the First Black Member of the Universal House of Justice.


May 16, 1849

Martyrdom of Quddus in Barfurush

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May 16, 1849

Martyrdom of Quddus in Barfurush

Quddús was born some time between years 1815–1822, the variance being due to different sources. The latter date is specified by Nabil in The Dawn-breakers. Amanat [1987] reasons that the most likely date is 1819–1820 as it is in line with other sources.

Quddús was born to a family of rice cultivators in the outskirts of Bárfurúsh. He spent part of his childhood as a house servant of the local Shaykhí leader Mullá Muhammad-Hamza Sharí`at-madár.

Education

He was sent to the town of Sárí for a madrassa education. Sometime in the mid-1830s he met Mullá Husayn (the first Letter of the Living) and other future Bábís after he joined a small group of students in Mashhad.

When he was eighteen, Quddús left for Karbalá and spent four years as a student in Sayyid Kázim's circle. He returned to Bárfurúsh circa 1843.

He was described as a charismatic mullá (religious leader) with "affability, combined with dignity and bearing" and he became a notable person within his hometown. Mírzá Músá, who met him in 1846, said: "whoever was intimately associated with him was seized with an insatiable admiration for the charm of the youth".

As a Bábí

He met the Báb in Shiraz and travelled with him as his companion on pilgrimage to Mecca, leaving Búshihr on the 19th of Ramadán (October, 1844), and arriving in Mecca on the first of Dhi’l-Hájjih (December 12, 1844). During this visit the Báb made his first public declaration, openly challenging Mírzá Muhít-i-Kirmání, one of the most outstanding exponents of the Shaykhí school, and sending a letter conveyed by Quddús to the Sharif of Mecca.

Back in Búshihr (February–March, 1845), the Báb indicated to Quddús that they would never meet again:

"Yours will be the ineffable joy of quaffing the cup of martyrdom for His sake. I, too, shall tread the path of sacrifice, and will join you in the realm of eternity."

(quoted in The Dawn-Breakers, pg 143)

In Shiraz Quddús experienced his first persecution as a Bábí, when he and Mullá Sádiq had their beards burned, then their noses pierced, and threaded with halters; "then, having been led through the streets in this disgraceful condition, they were expelled from the city." (See God Passes By, pg 11) Following his expulsion he travelled across Persia teaching of the new religion, and was one of three major figures in the Conference of Badasht (June–July 1848), in which Quddús advocated the Bábí religion to be less militant and more conservative.

Quddús - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



May 23, 1844 (Holy Day)

Declaration of the Bab in Shiraz

May 23, 1844 marks the beginnings of the Bahai Faith in Shiraz, Persia (Iran). The Bab, which means the "Gate," proclaimed on that date that He was not only the founder of an independent world religion, but the herald of a new and greater prophet or messenger of God. This new messenger would usher in an age of peace for all humanity.


May 23, 1844

Birth of Abdul-Baha, Center of the Cause of Baha'i Faith

Abdul-Baha eldest son of Baha'u'llah was born at the same day as the Declaration of the Bab, He was named Abbas and also known as Center of the Cause, Baha'is regard Abdul-Baha as the Perfect Exemplar of the teachings of His father and therefore strive to emulate Him.

http://www.bahaical.org/

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May 27, 1850

Beginning of The Nayriz Upheaval


May 27, 1967

Death of Knight of Baha'u'llah Mildred Clark

Mildred Eileen Clark (May 24, 1892 - May 27, 1967) was born in Manchester, Illinois a pioneer and Knight of Baha'u'llah, named for pioneering to the Lofoten Islands. She died at another pioneering post in Turku, Finland in 1967.




May 27, 1970

The Baha'i International Community is granted consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council


May 29, 1892 (Holy Day)

Ascension of Bahau'llah

On May 29, Bahau'llah, Prophet-Founder of the Bahai Faith, passed away in 1892 near Akka, Palastine (Israel)


http://www.bahaical.org/