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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 May A.D. 1902
• A.M. |
May Bolles marries Sutherland Maxwell in London and moves to Montreal. [BW8:635; GPB260]
- BFA2:156 says they married `late' in 1902.
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 May A.D. 1902
• A.M. |
The Chicago House of Justice changes its name to the House of Spirituality. [BFA2:XV] |
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 May A.D. 1902
• A.M. |
Mírzá Asadu'lláh-i-Isfahání leaves the United States. [BFA2:VI] |
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 June A.D. 1902
• A.M. |
Thomas Breakwell dies from tuberculosis in Paris. (b. 31 May, 1872 in Woking) [AB77; BBD46; SEBW70]
- `Abdu'l-Bahá appears to know this without being told. [AB78-9; SEBW70]
- Shoghi Effendi designates him one of three `luminaries shedding
brilliant lustre on annals of Irish, English and Scottish Bahá'í
communities'. [MBW174]
- See AB79, SEBW71–2 and SWAB187–9 for `Abdu'l-Bahá's eulogy.
- See wikipedia for an account of his life.
- See Cimetière de Pantin for the location of his resting place c/w photos.
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. September A.D. 1902
• A.M. |
Kanichi Yamamoto, the first Japanese to accept the Faith, becomes a Bahá'í in Hawaii. [BFA2:160; BW13:932; SBR179]
- He writes to `Abdu'l-Bahá in Japanese. [SBR179]
- See also BW13:931–3 and SBR176–86.
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• 15 September A.D. 1902
• A.M. |
Mírzá `Azízu'lláh visits Count Leo
Tolstoy, speaking to him at length about the history and teachings of
the Faith and of the station of Bahá'u'lláh. [EB185; RB3:172-3]
- For Mírzá `Azízu'lláh's own account of the interview see EB186–9.
- See BW10:569–70 for Tolstoy's response to the Faith.
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 October A.D. 1902
• A.M. |
The Behais Supply and Publishing
Board incorporates as the `Bahai Publishing Society', a non-profit
company. It is the first Bahá'í institution to be legally incorporated.
[BFA2:XVI, 74] |
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 October A.D. 1902
• A.M. |
Birth of `Abdu'l-Ḥamíd Is̲h̲ráq-K̲h̲ávarí, Bahá'í scholar, author and translator, in Mas̲h̲had. |
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• Istiqlál 6 Qawl 59 B.E.
• Yawm al-Jum'ah 26 Sha'bān A.H. 1320
• Friday 28 November A.D. 1902
• Yom Shishi 28 Cheshvan A.M. 5663 |
Construction began on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of `Ishqábád with the laying of its cornerstone. [BFA2:116-17]
- BBRXXX says this was 12 December. The discrepancy may lie in the use of two different calendars.
- The foundation stone was laid in the presence of General Subotich, governor-general of Turkistan. [BFA2:116–17; GPB300; see discussion of Krupatkin vs Subotich in The City of Love: Ishqábád and the Institution of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár by Bruce Whitmore] Also see BBR442-443 for the account of a Russian official, A D Kalmykov who says it was General Subotich.
- `Abdu'l-Bahá commissioned Hájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí, the Vakílu'd-Dawlih, son of Hájí Siyyid Muḥammad, the uncle of the Báb for whom Bahá'u'lláh had revealed The Kitáb-i-Íqán, to be in charge of the project. [AB109]
- `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself delineated the general design and a Russian architect, Volkov, planned and executed the details of the construction. [AB109–10]
- A meeting hall and some of its dependencies had been built before 1900.
- The dependencies included two Bahá'í schools, a travellers' hostel, a medical dispensary and Hazíratu'l-Quds. [BBD122; BBR442; BBRSM:91]
- For a Western account of this see BBR442–3.
- See jacket of BBR for a photograph of work on the Temple.
- See the message of the Universal House of Justice dated 1 August, 2014 for more on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in `Ishqábád.
Specifics
Location: In the heart of the city of `Ishqábád
Foundation Stone: Late 1902 by General Subotich, the governor-general of Turkistan who had been delegated by the Czar to represent him.
Construction Period: Initial step had been undertaken during the lifetime of Bahá’u’lláh. Superstructure: 1902 – 1907. External Ornamentation: 1919
Site Dedication: No record of a dedication ceremony on completion of the building can be found although the external ornamentation was completed in 1919 it is probable that the building had been in use for some years by this time.
Architects: `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself delineated the general design. More specific design was by Usád ‘Ali]í-Akbar Ranná and a Russian architect, Volkov, planned and executed the details of the construction under the supervision of Hájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí, the son of Hájí Siyyid Muḥammad, the uncle of the Báb for whom Bahá'u'lláh had revealed The Kitáb-i-Íqán. [AB109]
Seating:
Dimensions:
Cost:
Dependencies: two Bahá'í schools, a travellers' hostel, a medical dispensary and Hazíratu'l-Quds
Expropriation:1928
Lease period: – 1938
Seizure; the building was turned into an art gallery
Earthquake:
Demolition: August 1963 the Universal House of Justice announced that it had been demolished by the authorities and the site cleared.
References: AB109, BW14p479-481, GPB300-301, CEBF236, EB266-268, MF126-128
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1903
• A.M. |
The passing of Mullá
Zaynu'l-'Ábidín, surnamed Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín (the Ornament of the Near
Ones) in 'Akká. He was born in Rajab, one of the villages of Najafábád
near Isfahán to a family of Muslim clerics in May 1818. He had first
heard of The Báb's claim while on pilgrimage in Karbilá in 1844 and
became a believer in 1851. He met Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád after His
return from Kurdistán in 1856. He was among the believers who were
exiled from Baghdád in July of 1868 and under his leadership and
guidance the believers in Mosul became a model community. He was invited
by Bahá'u'lláh to come to 'Akká in Sep-Oct 1885 and shortly after that
Baha'u'lláh asked that the community in Mosul be abandoned. [EB274-276] |
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• February A.D. 1903
• A.M. |
Mírzá Badí`u'lláh, the fourth
surviving son of Bahá'u'lláh, writes to the Bahá'ís announcing his break
with Muḥammad-`Alí and giving his loyalty to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [AB102;
GPB264]
- His letter gives details of the plots of Muḥammad-`Alí against `Abdu'l-Bahá. [GPB264]
- This reconciliation is short-lived. [AB102]
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• 59 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 March A.D. 1903
• A.M. |
Inspired by the news of the `Is̲h̲qábád Temple project, the Chicago House of Spirituality asks `Abdu'l-Bahá for permission to construct a Mas̲h̲riqu'l-Ad̲h̲kár. [BFA2:XVI, 118; BW10:179; GPB348] |
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