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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 March A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Áqá ‘Abdu'l-‘A‘zím, Amínu'l-‘Ulamá' is martyred in Ardibíl, Iran, by the order of the mujtahid. [BW18:388] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
The American National convention is held in Montreal, a major subject of which is race relations. [TMw178]
- Edwina Powell speaks on the subject, as she had been asked by Shoghi Effendi. [TMw178]
- In her address, Sadie Oglesby recalls her conversations with Shoghi Effendi on the subject of race. [TMw178–80]
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• April / May A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Martha Root journeys through the
Baltic States, becoming the first Bahá'í to visit Latvia, Lithuania and
Estonia (2 May). [MR272–4] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• 29 April A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
The British delegates, at their
first National Convention, elects ten members as there is an equal
number of votes for ninth and tenth places. [ER253; UD70–1]
- One of the members is a Rev. Biggs. [ER253; UD71]
- Shoghi
Effendi writes on 13 May recommending that next year the number of
members be strictly confined to nine. In an earlier letter written on
his behalf he explained that all of the delegates were to choose nine
members of the National Assembly from all of those eligible. Prior to
that time the understanding was that, for example, the London delegates
would vote for a proportional number of persons from the London area,
the Manchester delegates would choose a number of members based on their
proportion of the total Bahá'í population. [ER253; UD70, SETEP1p140]
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada draws up and publishes a
‘Declaration of Trust' and ‘By-laws of the National Spiritual Assembly'.
[BW2:89, BW10:180]
- For text see BW2:90–8.
- The Guardian
describes it as the Bahá'í ‘national constitution' heralding ‘the
formation of the constitution of the future Bahá'í World Community'.
[GPB335; PP302–3]
- The drafting is largely the work of Horace Holley with assistance from the lawyer Mountfort Mills. [SBR234]
- In subsequent years the National Assemblies of India and Burma, of
Egypt, Iraq, Persian and the British Isles all adopted this example
almost verbatum. [UD101, BA134-5, SETPE1p145-6]
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
The funeral of a believer resident
in the Holy Land, Mírá Moshen Afnán, is the first entirely Bahá'í
funeral to take place in Palestine showing the strong independence of
the Faith. [SETPE1p147] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi leave Palestine destined for Switzerland in the company of his sister. [Ambassador at the Court Chapter 8] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 June A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Karbalá'í Asadu'lláh-i-Saqat-furúsh is martyred in Kirmán, Iran. [BW18:388] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 August A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Geyserville Bahá'í Summer School,
the first American Bahá'í summer school, is established on property in
California donated by John Bosch. It was to operate until 1973 when a
new road project divided the property. The land was sold and the funds
used to purchase land in the mountains above the coastal town of Santa
Cruz. The new school was named In honour of John and Louise Bosch.
[BBD87; BW10:180; GPB340, Bosch]
- BW5:28–9 says this was the second Bahá'í summer school in
America but Shoghi Effendi indicates in GPB340 that Green Acre is
formally established as a Bahá'í summer school in 1929.
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• 9 September / 2 December A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Leonora Holsapple (later Armstrong)
makes a teaching trip through Latin America and the Caribbean, becoming
the first Bahá'í to visit Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Curaçao, Trinidad
(2–12 Oct), the Guianas (29 Oct), Barbados (Dec) and several islands in
the Antilles group. |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 September A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Dr George Augur, Disciple of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, passes away in Hawaii. [SBR198]
- For the story of his life see SBR187–98.
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• October A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi entrusts Dr William
Slater and his wife Ida Slater, who are visiting Haifa on a 19-day
pilgrimage, with carpets from the Shrines of the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá
for the House of Worship in Chicago. [SETPE1p149] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• Mid October A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi announces the
defection of 'Abdu'l-Ḥusayn Ávarih. He had been a very successful
teacher and the author of a book on the history of the Faith but opposed
Shoghi Effendi's efforts to build the Administrative Order. He was
insistent that the Universal House of Justice be formed at that time.
He was denounced by the believers in Egypt and Iran. [SETPE1p149,
BA137-139, Ruhi8.2-20, CoC294-296] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• Mid October / 1 November A.D. 1927
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi retires to the mountains of Switzerland to rest and re-gain his strength. (SETPE1p150, DND20] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Mírzá 'Alí-Muḥammad, known as Ibn-i-Asdaq. He was born in Mashhad in 1850/1.
- His father was Mullá Sádiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khursúní, referred to as a Hand of the Cause of God by 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [EM19]
While still a child he suffered imprisonment with his father in Tehran.
- He begged Bahá'u'lláh permission to be a
martyr. Baha'u'llah said that if one lived right he might attain martyrdom. In 1882 Baha'u'llah conferred the station of
martyr on him calling him "Shahid Ibn-i-Shahid" ("Martyr, son of the Martyr") ."
- He is the first of the Hands of the
Cause of God named by Bahá'u'lláh.
- ‘Abdu'l-Bahá gave him a special mission to teach members of the "ruling class"
the Faith.
- He was deeply involved in the planning and construction of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in ‘Ishqábád.
- Ibn-i-Asdaq, Mírzá ‘Alí-Muḥammad, Hand of the Cause of God, Apostle of
Bahá'u'lláh, passes away in Ṭihrán. [BBD115, EM176, LoF9-12, RoB4p286]
- For details of his life see EB171–6.
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1928 / 1938
• A.M. |
The third Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh was Ḥájí Ghulám-Ridá (entitled Amín-i-Amín)
(Trustee of the Trustee). He had been Ḥájí Amín's assistant for
several years and so was chosen to succeed him. He had been born into
the wealthy merchant class in Tehran. [Message from the Universal House
of Justice dated 25 March, 1985]
- During his tenure steps were taken to register Bahá'í properties and endowments in Iran.
- He died due to an illness. [BW8p659]
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
Louisa Mathew Gregory moves to Varna, the first Bahá'í to settle in Bulgaria. |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The first local assembly of Shanghai is formed. [PH28] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The publication of Bahá'í Administration, a collection of communications to the American Bahá'í community from the Guardian between 1922 and 1929. [WOBpv] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The publication of Bahá'í Administration,
a collection of communications to the American Bahá'í community from
the Guardian between 1922 and 1929. Revisions were published in 1933,
1936,1941 and 1945. Additional messages and an expanded index was added
in 1968. [WOBpv, BAiv] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
A Covenant-breaker, Jamil Irani,
tries to still up trouble by implicating the Bahá'ís with
Saláru'd-Dawlih, an ambitious brother of Muḥammad-'Ali S̲h̲áh who
had been deposed by the 1909 Revolution in Iran. The allegation was
investigated by Lord Plummer, the British High Commissioner in Palestine
who learned the truth of the matter. [SETPE1p151-152] |
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• 84 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
In this year there are 579
localities in the world in which Bahá'ís live, 102 local spiritual
assemblies, nine national spiritual assemblies, and about eight
languages into which Bahá'í literature is translated. [BBRSM160–1] |
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