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Bahá'í Chronology - The Ministry of 'Abdu'l-Bahá - 71 B.E. (A.D. 1914-1915)

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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • June A.D. 1914 • A.M.	George Augur arrives in Japan. [BFA2:53; sBR191] He is the first Bahá'í to reside in the country. [SBR191] For a biography of George Augur see SBR187–98.
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • 28 June A.D. 1914 • A.M.	The heir to the Austrian throne is assassinated in Sarajevo.
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • 29 June A.D. 1914 • A.M.	`Abdu'l-Bahá instructs the remaining pilgrims in the Holy Land to leave. [AB406] CH191 says the American pilgrims left on the last boat from Haifa to Alexandria on 15 Jan. 1915.
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • Middle of the year A.D. 1914 • A.M.	The defection of Dr Amín Faríd, `Abdu'l-Bahá's translator while in America, becomes publicly known. [AB407] For his activities against `Abdu'l-Bahá see AB230, 402, 407–9.
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • 28 July A.D. 1914 • A.M.	The Great War (1914–18) breaks out in Europe. (28 July, 1914 to 11 November, 1918) Austria declares war on Serbia.
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • 4 August A.D. 1914 • A.M.	England declares war on Germany.
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • 27 August A.D. 1914 • A.M.	Áqá Mírzá Yúsif-i-Qá'iní is killed in Mas̲h̲had. [BW18:387]
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • 1 november A.D. 1914 • A.M.	Turkey enters the war on the side of the Central Powers. Palestine is blockaded and Haifa is bombarded. [GPB304] `Abdu'l-Bahá sends the Bahá'ís to the Druze village of Abú-Sinán for asylum. [AB411; DH124; GPB304] For `Abdu'l-Bahá in war time see CH188–228. `Abdu'l-Bahá had grown and stored corn in the years leading up to the war and was now able to feed not only local people but the British army. [AB415, 418; CH210; GPB304, 306] See CH209–10 for other villages inhabited by Bahá'ís.
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • 6 November A.D. 1914 • A.M.	Agnes Alexander arrives in Japan. [TR30] She lives there for a total of thirty–two years. [PH32] See also W2:42–4 and Sims, Traces That Remain.
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • In the year A.D. 1915 • A.M.	Jamál Páshá, Commander of the 4th Army Corps of the Turkish army, is put in military control of Syria, including the Holy Land. [AB412] For an account of his relationship with ‘Abdu'l-Bahá see AB412–14. He threatens to crucify ‘Abdu'l-Bahá and to destroy the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. [AB414; GPB304, 317]
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1915 • A.M.	A plan to fund part-time travelling Bahá'í teachers in the USA and Canada is approved. There had been a great deal of reluctance to take this measure for fear of creating a "clergy" class but the vastness of the country and the fewness of believers of independent means as well as the impetus to teaching sparked by 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit helped to take the decision. [BBRSM:105, 219]
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1915 • A.M.	Mírzá Ḥusayn-i-Hudá is martyred in Urúmíyyih. [BW18:387]
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• 71 B.E. • A.H. • 14 March A.D. 1915 • A.M.	Shaykh ‘Alí Akbar-i-Qúchání is shot to death in Mashhad. Considerable anti-Bahá'í agitation follows and many Bahá'ís are forced to seek sanctuary. Three hundred people are arrested. [BBRXXX; BW18:387; GPB298–9]
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Most of the Gregorian Calendar dates, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753) to 153 B.E (A.D. 1996), are from the original book, A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. From 153 B.E (A.D. 1996) to present the Gregorian Calendar dates are from A Basic Bahá'í Chronology online. The Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates were calculated by the ABG staff and may be subject to error, despite the great care that was taken. When the Gregorian date is "In the year", "c. Mar 1797", etc., we list the nearest approximate Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates.

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