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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. April A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Lidia Zamenhof, a daughter of the
founder of Esperanto Ludwik Zamenhof, becomes a Bahá'í, the first Pole
to accept the Faith. [L71] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 April A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Eight or perhaps as many as twelve Bahá'ís are beaten to death in Jahrum, Fárs, Iran. [BW18:388, SETPE1p128, GBF36, UD49-53]
- It is first reported that 12 Bahá'ís are killed. [PP98]
- For the response of Shoghi Effendi see BA104–6, 106–8; GBF36–7; PP98–9; and UD48–53.
- For Western accounts and responses see BBR465–72.
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attacks were apparently instigated by a majlis representative who
sought to gain favour with anti-Baha'i religious leaders in order to
secure reelection. The Baha'is complained to the local and national
authorities to obtain redress but were denied. This was the last
incident of mass killing of Baha'is during Reza Shah's reign." [Religious Contentions in Modern Iran,1881-1941 pg 229-230 by Mina Yazdani]
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 4 May A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Queen Marie of Romania writes three
articles as a testimonial to the Bahá'í Faith for a syndicated series
entitled ‘Queen's Counsel', which appears in over 200 newspapers in the
United States and Canada. [BBR61, HEC57-58, MR245, BW2p174-6]
- For text of the articles see BBR60–1.
- For Shoghi Effendi's response see BA110–13 and UD56–8.
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• May (near the end) A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi departs Palestine for Switzerland. [PP97, SETPE1p131, GBF36] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 24 June A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Enoch Olinga, future Hand of the Cause of God, is born in Abaango, Uganda. |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 June A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Three Bahá'ís are martyred in Zavárih, near Isfahán. [BW18:388] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 16 July A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada makes representations to the
Iranian government concerning the martyrdoms in Jahrum and asking the
Sháh to intervene on behalf of the oppressed Bahá'ís. [BBR469; BW2:287]
- For text of the petition see BW2:287–300.
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 2 and 4 August A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Two Bahá'í Esperanto conventions are held in conjunction with the Eighteenth Universal Esperanto Congress in Scotland. [BW2:266] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 15 October A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi returns from Switzerland where he had been joined by his mother and sister in August. [SETPE1p133, Ambassador at the Court chapter 8] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 November A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Iraq's highest tribunal rules
against the Bahá'ís in the question of ownership of the House of
Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. Shoghi Effendi immediately sends a cable urging
the American National Assembly and all local assemblies to write or
cable the Iraq High Commissioner through the British Consular
authorities, to the King of Iraq and to the British central authorities
to protest against the injustice. [SETPE1p138] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 30 November A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Sir Ronald Storrs (b. 1881 - d. 1955) is appointed Governor of Cyprus (30 Nov 1926 - 29 Oct 1932) |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 December A.D. 1926
• A.M. |
Howard MacNutt, Disciple of
‘Abdu'l-Bahá, passes away in Florida after being struck by a motorcycle
while walking. (b. 13 July, 1858 in Philadelphia) He had been a student
of Ibrahim George Kheiralla in New York and had learned both Persian and
Arabic to better understand the Writings. Howard MacNutt was elected to
the Bahá'í Board of Counsel for New York when it was established on
December 7, 1900 and served on the body for many years. [SEBW42]
- In 1905 Howard and his wife went on pilgrimage and attended a
Nineteen Day Feast held by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, Who encouraged him to establish
the practice in America. MacNutt consulted with the New York Board of
Counsel after returning and a Feast was held in New York on May 23,
1905.
- Howard wrote a booklet consisting of what he learnt while on Pilgrimage titled Unity Through Love.
- MacNutt also edited Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl's Bahá'í Proofs before it was first published in 1902 and revised Ali Kuli K̲h̲án's manuscript translation of the Kitáb-i-Íqán for publication in 1904.
- He held a belief that `Abdu'l-Bahá had no extraordinary
spiritual station and he did not regard Him as being different in Spirit
from other men, that through works and service and overcoming all He
attained to His station. This opinion resulted in MacNutt failing to
appreciate the Bahá'í teaching that Covenant-breaking is a spiritual
disease. When `Abdu'l-Bahá came to the United States in 1912 He assigned
to MacNutt the task of meeting with a group of potential
Covenant-breakers in Chicago and warning them. He also ordered MacNutt
to break all communication with Ibrahim Kheiralla and other
Covenant-breakers. When MacNutt failed to do as directed, `Abdu'l-Bahá
advised him that he had violated the Covenant himself and commanded him
to repent before a group of New York Bahá'ís, which he did on 18
November 1912. The matter was not resolved; `Abdu'l-Bahá cabled Ali Kuli
K̲h̲án on 16 April 1913, "MACNUTT REPENTED FROM VIOLATION OF COVENANT BUT
WAS NOT AWAKENED." After several months of correspondence between
MacNutt and `Abdu'l-Bahá via Ali Kuli K̲h̲án, MacNutt satisfied
`Abdu'l-Bahá that he had come to understand and had repented for his
earlier errors. Even though `Abdu'l-Bahá recognized MacNutt as a Bahá'í
his reputation in the Bahá'í community remained tarnished. To redeem
himself he took on the task of compiling `Abdu'l-Bahá's talks in the
United States and Canada and editing them. It was published as The Promulgation of Universal Peace,
the name chosen by 'Abdu'l-Bahá himself, in 1922. MacNutt's preface
contains a long and important statement about `Abdu'l-Bahá's station.
His redemption was complete. [PUPxx]
- For further details of his life and his brush with
Covenant-breaking see SEBW35–42. Also see "In Memoriam: Arthur Pillsbury
Dodge, 1849-1915", SoW, Vol. 6, No. 19 (2 March 1916) p165 as well as
BFA1p125, 168-17, DJT369-372, AOY111-126
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
The Bag̲h̲dád believers take
photographs of the cave in the Sargul Mountain near Sulaymáníyyih where
Bahá'u'lláh spent two years in solitude. [BW2Surveyp.33, SETPE1p141] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Abu'l-Qásim Faizi, a 19-year-old
student who had attended the Tarbiyát School in Tehran but now enrolled
at the American University at Beirut visits Haifa to meet Shoghi
Effendi. Like Ḥasan Balyuzi before him, he is immediately possessed by a
great desire to serve him. [SETPE1p146-7] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 January A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
the United States and Canada appoints seven people to a National Race
Unity Committee. [SBR94; TMW166]
- For the functions and challenges faced by the committee see TMW165–72.
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 / 16 Jan A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
A World Unity Conference is held in
Dayton, Ohio, one of many such conferences to be held in the year in
major cities of the United States. [TMW159, 165] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• March A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi retranslates the Hidden Words.
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is assisted by George Townshend and Ethel Rosenberg, the ‘English
friends' mentioned on the title page. [ER246–7, 253–6; GT109,
SETPE1p126]
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• March A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
This was to be the start of an 18
year relationship of collaboration between Shoghi Effendi and George
Townshend in the translation of the Writings. As well as Hidden Words, he worked on Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Dawn-Breakers, Prayers and Meditations by Bahá'u'lláh, Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, God Passes By and by suggesting titles and writing introductions for The Dawn-Breakers and God Passes By. [SETPE1p127] |
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• 83 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 March A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Sadie Oglesby and her daughter
Bertha Parvine arrive in Haifa, the first black American women to make
the pilgrimage. [TMW173, 206, SETPE1p141-145] |
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