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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 March A.D. 1910
• A.M. |
The first issue of the Bahá'í News is published in Chicago. [BFA2:XVII; BW10:179]
- See BFA2:320–2, BW8:927 and SBBH1:116–17 for the magazine's development.
- It is the first Bahá'í magazine published in the West. [BBD2 14]
- Star of the West is published as Bahá'í News (Volume 1, Issues 1-19 from 21 March, 1910 until 2 March, 1911) and later under Star of the West /The Bahá'í Magazine (Volume 2 to Volume 25, 21 March, 1911 until 25 March,1935).
- Its editors were Albert Windust and Gertrude Buikema. Others
involved with its publication over its history were Albert and Emily
Vail, Dr. Zia Bagdadi, Ahmad Sohrab, Edna M. True; with Horace Holley
and Stanwood Cobb being singled out as early contributors. [http://www.starofthewest.info/. This site is not searchable.
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 May A.D. 1910
• A.M. |
Talk by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa to some American pilgrims. |
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 May A.D. 1910
• A.M. |
Talk by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa to to a number of Jewish, Zoroastrian, Christian and Mohammedan Bahais. |
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• August A.D. 1910
• A.M. |
Having moved all His family to Haifa, `Abdu'l-Bahá Himself moves from the House of `Abdu'lláh Pás̲h̲á to His new home at 7 Haparsim (Persian) Street, Haifa. [BBD13, 107; DH145] |
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 August A.D. 1910
• A.M. |
Birth of Mary Sutherland Maxwell, Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum, Hand of the Cause of God, in New York City. |
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 August A.D. 1910
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá departs for Egypt,
accompanied by two attendants, Mírzá Munír-i-Zayn and 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn.
[BBRXXX; GPB280, AB134-135, Bahá'í News #12 16Oct1910 pg206]
- See the Message from the Universal House of Justice dated August 29, 2010.
- GPB280 says he departed in September. ABF indicates that it was the 29th of April, 1910.
- After one month in Port Said He embarks for Marseille but turns
back to Alexandria owing to His health. In a letter to Munírih K̲h̲ánum
He stated that His intention was to proceed to America or South Africa.
[GPB280, ABF5]
- He stays for a few days in the Victoria Hotel but then moves to
a rented house in Ramleh, a suburb of Alexandria, where He stays for
about one year. [GPB280, AB136]
- Early in May of 1911 he moves to Cairo and takes up residence in nearby Zaytún. [AB138]
- It was during this period that a sudden change occurred.
Journalist who had previously been hostile towards Him took a new tone.
[AB136]
- The Russian poet Isabel Grinevsky, the Oriental Secretary of
the British Agency, Ronald Storrs, Lord Kitchener, George Zaydán,
eminent writer and celebrated editor as well as clerics, aristocrats,
administrators, parliamentarians, men of letters, journalists and
publicists, Arabs, Turks and Persians all seek out His company and meet
Him. This period could be considered the first public proclamation of
the Faith. [MRHK348, AB136-139]
- See AB138-139 for a description of His triumphs during this period.
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• sometime in the year A.D. 1910
• A.M. |
The Ottoman officials, architects
and masons came from Constantinople for the express purpose of planning a
city outside of the old prison walls. They opened two large gateways
through the thick, solid and ancient walls of the old fort of Acca. Both
open out on the green plain in front of Bahji. -Ameen U. Fareed (Star of the West, vol. 1, no. 9, August 20, 1910) |
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 September A.D. 1910
• A.M. |
Muḥammad-Ja`far-i-Sabbág̲h̲ is martyred at Najafábád. [BW18:387] |
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1911
• A.M. |
A systematic teaching campaign is
launched in India with the assistance of two American women and a
19-member teaching council is elected. [BBRSM:194 220]
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• 67 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1911
• A.M. |
Mírzá Ibráhím K̲h̲án, Ibtiháju'l-Mulk is killed near Ras̲h̲t. [BW18:387] |
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