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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 March A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Construction begins on the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette. DP108]
- See DP107 for a picture of Bahá'ís inaugurating the construction of Foundation Hall.
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
The Minister of Justice overturns
an earlier ruling and possession of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád
is returned to the Bahá'ís. [SETPE1p25] |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• Spring A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Dr Genevieve Coy is chosen as the director of the Tarbíyat School for Girls in Ṭihrán to replace Lillian Kappes. [SBR203] |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 / 21 May A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
The first Race Amity Conference is held in Washington DC. [BW2:281]
- Mabry and Sadie Oglesby and their daughter Bertha from Boston as
well as Agnes Parsons and Louis Gregory were involved. [SETPE1p141-145
- For details of the conference see BW2:281-2.
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 May A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Alessandro Bausani, the Italian
Bahá'í who was an Islamic scholar, linguist and historian of comparative
religions, is born in Rome. |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• Summer A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Siegfried Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, becomes a Bahá'í. |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• July / August A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Bahá'ís of Zoroastrian background are harassed by the Zoroastrian agent in Qum. [BW18:388] |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 9 July A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Mírzá Asadu'lláh Fádil-i-Mázandarání left the United States for the Holy Land. [AB443footnote] |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 August / 20 September A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Agnes Alexander visits Korea, the first Bahá'í to do so. [BW2:44] |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• September A.D. 1921 / April 1922
• A.M. |
Roy Wilhelm had sent three
generators to the Holy Land and had asked permission from 'Abdu'l-Bahá
to have Curtis Kelsey come and install them. His request was granted and
Curtis spent from September, 1921 until April, 1922 in the Holy Land.
The units were installed at the Shrine of the Báb, (See SETPE1p38) at
Bahjí (See SETPE1p55) and at the home of 'Abdu'l-Bahá at #7 Haparsin
Street and the work was completed at all three locations on the last day
of Ridván, 1922. [BW15p468-473] |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 October A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Áqá Siyyid Mustafá Tabátabá'í is
poisoned in Sangsar. Continual agitation prevents the burial of the body
for several days. [BW18:388] |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 November A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
A second suit for the possession of
the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad is decided in favour of the Shi'a
claimants. This allows them to apply to the Peace Court in 1922.
[SETPE1p25]
- Before the application goes before the Court the Shi'a group
prevail upon King Faisal to give an illegal personal order to the
Governor of Baghdád to evict the Bahá'ís and the return the keys to
them. All this is against the opinion of the British High Commissioner.
[SETPE1p25]
- The case is passed from court to court and finally brought
before the Court of Appeal in Baghdád which, by a majority of four (the
Iráqí members) to one (the British Presiding Justice), decides in favour
of the plaintiffs. [SETPE1p25]
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• Kamál 6 Qawl 78 B.E.
• Yawm al-Ithnayn 27 Rabī' al-awwal
A.H. 1340
• Monday 28 November A.D. 1921
• Yom Sheni 27 Cheshvan A.M. 5682 |
The Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá: `Abdu'l-Bahá passes away at about 1:00 a.m., in Haifa. [AB452; BBD4; BBR347; GPB311; UD170]
- For details of His passing see AB452, BW1:19-23; BW15:113-15 and GPB310-11.
- This marks the end of the Apostolic, Heroic or Primitive Age
of the Bahá'í Faith and the beginning of the Transitional Formative or
Iron Age. [BBD35-6]
- For a photograph of the cable sent announcing His passing see SW12, 15:245.
- See The Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Shoghi Effendi and Lady Blomfield.
- For a pen portrait of 'Abdu'l-Bahá see The Oriental Rose by Mary Hanford Ford pg 158-159
- Also see AB452-83; HLS93-100.
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• Fidál 7 Qawl 78 B.E.
• Yawm ath-Thulāthā' 28 Rabī' al-awwal
A.H. 1340
• Tuesday 29 November A.D. 1921
• Yom Shlishi 28 Cheshvan A.M. 5682 |
The funeral of `Abdu'l-Bahá. [BW15:115]
- For details of the funeral see AB464-74; BW1:23-6; BW15:115-19; GPB312-14; and SW12, 17:259-67.
- For Western and newspaper accounts see AB474-80; BBR347-9; BW1:26-8; and BW15:119-20.
- For eulogies to `Abdu'l-Bahá see AB481-2, BW1:28-9 and BW15 120-1.
- Ten thousand people attend `Abdu'l-Bahá's funeral. [v7]
- For a number of pictures of the funeral procession see SW12, 91:290, 292-8.
- Bahíyyih K̲h̲ánum looks for instructions on where to bury `Abdu'l-Bahá
and, finding none, entombs Him in a vault next to the one where the
remains of the Báb lie. [AB464; GBF14]
- The Faith has spread to 35 countries. [MBW61; PP391]
- The Bahá'í property at Bahjí does not exceed a thousand square metres;
the Bahá'í property on Mount Carmel is about ten thousand square metres.
[PP267]
- Also see Balyuzi, `Abdu'l-Bahá; Blomfield, The Chosen Highway; Honnold, Vignettes from the Life of `Abdu'l-Bahá; SW12, 15:245 and several following issues.
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 November A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
A cable is sent to London with news
of `Abdu'l-Bahá's death. Shoghi Effendi learns of his grandfather's
passing about noon. [GBF13]
- See GBF13 and PP39-40 for Shoghi Effendi's reaction.
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Following `Abdu'l-Bahá's passing
• 78 B.E.
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• A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Mírzá Muḥammad-`Alí publishes far and wide that he is the successor to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [CB277]
- The Egyptian Bahá'ís respond to this by publishing a refutation of his claims. [CB276; SW12, 19:294-5]
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 2 December A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Ethel Rosenberg arrives in the Holy Land, having learned on the train from Port Said of the passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá. [ER181-2] |
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• 78 B.E.
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• 4 December A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
On the seventh day after the passing of `Abdu'l-Bahá, corn is distributed in His name to about a thousand of the poor.
- Up to this day 50 to 100 poor are fed daily at the Master's House. [BW15:122]
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 5 / 6 December A.D. 1921
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The second Convention for Amity between the White and Coloured Races is held in Springfield, Massachusetts. [BW2:282; SBR92]
- Over a thousand people attend. [SW13, 3:51]
- For a report of the convention see SW13, 3:51-5, 601.
- For a photograph see SW13, 3:50.
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• 78 B.E.
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• 16 December A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi leaves England for
Haifa in the company of Lady Blomfield and his sister Rouhangeze
[Rúhangíz]. Lady Blomfield stayed on in the Holy Land for several
months to assist Shoghi Effendi in his new role as the Guardian.
[GBF13-14; PP42; SBR66]
- Owing to passport difficulties Shoghi Effendi cannot leave sooner. [GBF13; PP42; SBR66]
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 December A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi arrives in the Holy Land from England by train from Egypt. [GBF14; PP42]
- An envelope addressed to him from 'Abdu'l-Bahá is waiting for him. It contained the Will and Testament. [Ruhi8.2p2]
- He is so worn and grief-stricken that he has to be assisted up the stairs and is confined to bed for a number of days. [CB285]
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• Late in the year A.D. 1921
• A.M. |
Mírzá Ḥusayn Tútí arrives in the Philippines, the earliest known visit by a Bahá'í to this country. He stays for four months. |
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• In the year A.D. 1922
• A.M. |
The publication of The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Talks Delivered by ‘Abdu'l‑Bahá during His Visit to the United States and Canada in 1912. Compiled by Howard MacNutt.
- From the preface to the 1922 edition..."This treasury of His
words is a compilation of informal talks and extemporary discourses
delivered in Persian and Arabic, interpreted by proficient linguists who
accompanied Him, and taken stenographically in both Oriental and
Occidental tongue."
- From the same preface is a letter from 'Abdu'l-Bahá to Howard
MacNutt dated 13 April, 1919 approving his idea to publish the
compilation of His talks in America and urging him to be most careful to
reproduce the exact text as well as promising an "effulgent face" in
the Abhá Kingdom as well as the praise and gratitude of the friends.
- And again from the same source is a letter from 'Abdu'l-Bahá to
Albert Windust written on the 20th of July, 1919 asking him to name the
book The Promulgation of Universal Peace and to direct that the
Introduction must be written by Howard MacNutt. Prior to His coming to
America the friends were unclear about His station and their differences
in understanding was a major source of disunity. On one extreme were
those that believed that 'Abdu'l-Baha was a man who, through the
application and complete obedience to the Faith, had earned a high
station, like the Christ's disciple Peter, implying that others could do
the same. In the other camp were those who insisted that He was the
return of Christ. Little wonder that they were confused because never in
religious history had there been someone like 'Abdu'l-Bahá, one Who
held the station of "The Mystery of God". Howard's failure to
understand 'Abdu'l-Bahá's station and disobedience to Him and taken him
precariously close to the company of Covenant-breakers but through
'Abdu'l-Bahá's unfailing love and guidance he was able to come to a true
understanding. The Introduction to the 1922 edition was his testament
to the station of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [DJT369-372]
- The Promulgation of Universal Peace, although not "scripture", could be compared to Some Answered Questions in that it is a carefully transcribed record of His talks. Unlike that publication where He answered questions, in The Promulgation of Universal Peace it was 'Abdu'l-Bahá who chose the subject. Upon arrival in New York He
said, "It is my purpose to set forth in America the fundamental
principles of the revelation and teachings of Bahá'u'lláh." [PUPxii]
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• 78 B.E.
• A.H.
• In the year A.D. 1922
• A.M. |
Oswald Whitaker, a Sydney
optometrist, and Euphemia Eleanor `Effie' Baker, a photographer, become
Bahá'ís, the first Australians to accept the Faith. [BW14:320; SBR160-1,
BW2p129]
- In the 1930s Effie Baker travelled to Persia to take photographs of historical sites. [BW14:320]
- See SETPE1p105-107 for her contribution while serving in Haifa.
- For Effie Baker's obituary see BW14:320-1.
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