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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
National Spiritual Assemblies are elected in the British Isles, India and Germany. [GPB333]
- The election of the British National Spiritual Assembly is by postal ballot. [ER228]
- For membership of the British National Spiritual Assembly see ER228 and SBR71.
- See also ER223-31 for the election and functioning of the British National Spiritual Assembly.
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 April A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
Martha Root leaves Osaka for northern China. [PH31]
- It is her second visit to China and lasts until March 1924. [PH31-2]
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi leaves Haifa for Switzerland. [PP72; BBRSM116]
- He returns to Haifa in November 1923. [BRRSM116]
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
The Bahá'ís appeal to the Peace Court for possession of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [SETPE1p26] |
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• Early September A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
J. E. Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era is published in Britain by George Allen and Unwin. [DJEE28; RG77]
- Shoghi Effendi views this as a landmark in British Bahá'í history. [UD97]
- Over the years he encourages its translation into dozens of languages. [RG77]
- See DJEE37-8 for the importance of this work.
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 October A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Britain meets for the first time, at the home of Ethel Rosenberg. [ER228; UD13, 163]
- It becomes the National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles in 1930
and the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom in 1972.
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• Nov (sometime before 14 Nov) A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi returns from Switzerland. [PP73] |
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• 4 November A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
The first recorded Bahá'í Feast in China is held in Beijing. [PH33]
- Martha Root and Agnes Alexander are present. [PH33]
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• December A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Australia is formed in Melbourne. |
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 December A.D. 1923
• A.M. |
The Peace Court rules in favour of
giving the Bahá'ís possession of House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád,
however, the Council of Ministers, with the approval of King Feisal,
orders that the property not be returned until ownership can be
established. [SETPE1p26]
- The Guardian sends 19 cables to various individuals and national
bodies with instructions that the Bahá'ís should send cables to the
British High Commissioner in Iráq, Sir Henry Dobbs, as well as to the
British authorities in Iráq and in London as well as to King Feisal to
protest the action of the Council of Ministers. In communities were the
numbers are stronger, Persia and America, he instructs that every local
assembly protest directly. The Guardian himself sends over 600 pieces
of correspondence during the following six months concerning this issue.
[PP94-6, GBF33-34 BA94-95]
- The Iráqí government refuses to bow to the pressure put upon them. [PP96]
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• In the year A.D. 1924
• A.M. |
Miss Nora Lee, who became a Bahá'í
in New Zealand, is the first Bahá'í to travel to Fiji, working as a
nanny in Labasa from 1924 to about 1930.
Gretta Lamprill becomes the first Bahá'í in Tasmania in the latter part of the year. [SBR162]
Amelia Collins visits Iceland for two days, meeting H |
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1924
• A.M. |
Memorials of the Faithful is published under the auspices of the Haifa Bahá'í Assembly. [MFXII] |
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• In the year A.D. 1924
• A.M. |
The passing of Mírzá Muhmúd-i-Zarqání (b. c1875).
He was 'Abdu'll-Bahá's secretary on his western trip and is the author of Mahmud's Diary.
In his youth he travelled and taught around Iran and from 1903 He began
travelling to and in India, learning Urdu. He also made a pilgrimage
to Haifa where he transcribed Tablets and from there accompanied
'Abdu'l-Bahá on His journey to Europe and to America. [Ahmad Sohrab's
Diary Edinburgh p.5] |
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• 80 B.E.
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• 28 January A.D. 1924
• A.M. |
Isabella Brittingham, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passes away at the Revell home in Philadelphia. [SEBW138]
- For her life see SEBW131-8.
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• 80 B.E.
• A.H.
• 9 March A.D. 1924
• A.M. |
Two Bahá'ís are imprisoned for
several months in Marághih, Iran, after two mullás stir up trouble
against the Bahá'ís. [BW18:388] |
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