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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 April A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
The passing of Phoebe Apperson
Hearst (b. 3 December, 1842) in her home in Pleasanton, California
during the worldwide influenza epidemic of 1918-1919. She was buried at
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California. [AOY49, Find a grave] |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 April / 1 May A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
The 14 Tablets of the Divine Plan are unveiled in a dramatic ceremony at the Hotel McAlpin in New York,
during the `Convention of the Covenant'. [BBD219; PP437; SBBH1:134;
SBBH2:135; SBR86; TDPXI]
- For details of the convention
programme, Tablets and talks given see SW10, 4:54-72; SW10, 5:83-94;
SW10, 6:99-103, 111-12 SW10, 7:122-7, 138; SW10, 10:197-203; and SW10,
12:2279.
- Mary Maxwell (Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum) is among the young people who unveil the Tablets. [PP437]
- Agnes Parsons arrives from her pilgrimage just before the close of the
convention and is able to convey the instructions from `Abdu'l-Bahá to
arrange a Convention for `the unity of the coloured and white races'.
[BW5:413; SBR87]
- Hyde and Clara Dunn and Martha Root respond
immediately to the appeal, the Dunns going to Australia where they open
700 towns to the Faith, and Martha Root embarking on the first of her
journeys which are to extend over 20 years. [GPB308; MR88]
- See also CT138-9.
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 28 June A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
The Treaty of Versailles is concluded. |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 JulyA.D. 1919
• A.M. |
Martha Root leaves New York on the first of her teaching journeys for the Bahá'í Faith. [MR90] |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. 4 August A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
Martha Root sets foot in South America for the first time, at Para (Belém), Brazil. [MR93; MRHK44]
- See MR93-100 and MRHK44-59 for her teaching work in Brazil.
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 August A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
Adíb, Mírzá Ḥasan Táliqání, Hand of the Cause of God, passes away in Ṭihrán. [BBD98]
EB273 says he died on 2 September.
- For a brief history of his life see EB272-3.
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 2 September A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
The passing of Mírzá
Muḥammad-Ḥasan, entitled Adíbu'l-'Ulamá, know as Adíb in Ṭihrán. He was
born in Talaqán in 1848 and became a Bahá'í around 1889.
- Bahá'u'lláh appointed him a Hand of the Cause of God. [SDH138-140]
- He was one of the founders of the Tarbíyat Schools in Ṭihrán. He died in
Ṭihrán. [LoF17-18]
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 September A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
Martha Root arrives in Montevideo, Uruguay, the first Bahá'í to visit the country.
- She spends 12 hours in the city, gives books to two libraries and places an article about the Faith in the newspaper El Dia.
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 September A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
Martha Root arrives in Argentina, the first recorded visit of a Bahá'í to this country. [MR101]
- She remains in Buenos Aires until 4 October. [MR101]
- See MR101-2 and MRHK61-5 for her teaching work in Argentina.
- See MR103-6 and MRHK66-9 for her journey over the Andes on a mule.
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• October A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
Martha Root visits Chile, the first Bahá'í to do so.
- During her four-hour stay in Valparaiso she meets with the Theosophical Society to speak about the Bahá'í Faith.
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 October A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
Martha Root arrives in Panama, the first Bahá'í to visit the country. She spends one week there. |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• November A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
William Harry Randall, an American,
asks `Abdu'l-Bahá if he might contribute to the building of the Western
Pilgrim House. [DH179]
- Plans are drawn up and work begun but
the funds available are insufficient to continue the work until 1923,
when money is contributed by Amelia Collins. [BBD178; DH180; GPB307]
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 18 November A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
The periodical entitled "The
Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom" was published and distributed
by Miss Ella Roberts from 1919 to 1924. [Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Native American creation stories, edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon p.782-783]
- The story of the naming of the magazine...
"Margaret Randall told of the establishment of a Bahá'í Junior
Magazine and asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá for a name for it. The Master was told
who had charge of it, and His face lighted up with a beautiful smile as
He said: "The name is The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom. Who
writes it? This (name) is suitable for it." [WHR128-129]
- See A Compilation on Bahá'í Education #96 for a tablet by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to the children of the Bahá'í school, Urbana, Illinois found here.
- See A Compilation on Bahá'í Education #102 for a tribute to the magazine by Shoghi Effendi found here. He called it "first and only organ of the Bahá'í youth throughout the world".
- At the American National Convention in 1925 (July 4 - 9) it was
reported that "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom", edited by
Ella Roberts and "Bahá'í World Fellowship" edited by Mrs. Victoria
Bedikian had merged. ["Bahá'í News Letter" #6 Jul-Aug 1925 p.6]
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 17 December A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá sends His `Tablet to
the Central Organization for a Durable Peace at the Hague' in response
to a communication addressed to Him by the executive committee. [AB438;
BBD1 15; GPB308]
- It is delivered in person by Ibn-i-Asdaq. [EB176]
- It defines the Bahá'í peace programme. [BW3:12]
- For the text of the Tablet see AB438-9.
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• Late A.D. 1919
• A.M. |
Martha Root visits Cuba for one day, the first Bahá'í to do so, and lectures on the Bahá'í Faith. |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• In the year A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
The British Mandate for Palestine begins. [BBR488]
- For `Abdu'l-Bahá's attitude to the administration see BBR339.
- For British accounts of `Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'ís in this period see BBR339-43 and CH225-8.
- For details see SA140-3.
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád is seized by Shí'ís. [BBD109; GBF33; GPB356-7] |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
Mírzá Ibráhím K̲h̲án, Ibtiháju'l-Mulk, is martyred in Rasht at the hands of the Jangalís. [BW18:387] |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
Hyde and Clara Dunn arrive in Samoa enroute to Australia, the first Bahá'ís to visit the islands. |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
George Townshend becomes a Bahá'í, sending a letter of acceptance of the Faith to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [GT49] |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
Fanny Knobloch arrives in
Mozambique, the first Bahá'í to visit this country. She gives some
`drawing room talks' at the mansion of the Portuguese Governor-General
and speaks at various clubs. [BW2p40] |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
`Abdu'l-Bahá writes a Tablet to a group in Chile. [SWAB:246-50] |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 January A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
The death of Joseph H. Hannen,
Apostle of 'Abdu'l-Bahá a week after he was knocked down by a car in
Washington, DC. It was Joseph Hannen who served as a note-taker for
many of the talks of 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His tour in the United States.
A number of the entries in Promulgation of Universal Peace are accredited to him. [The Washington Times28 January, 1928] |
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• 76 B.E.
• A.H.
• March A.D. 1920
• A.M. |
John and Louise Bosch pioneer in
Tahiti until September, the first Bahá'ís to travel to the island. See
BW3p368 for an account of their stay written by Louise. |
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