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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The Soviet authorities abrogate the
constitution of the Spiritual Assembly of ‘Ishqábád (now Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan) and the assembly is dissolved. [BW3:37, BW8p88,
SETPE1p154]
- Bahá'í schools and libraries are closed. [BBRSM173]
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long after, the government orders that all religious buildings in the
Soviet Union are the property of the government and the
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár is expropriated and leased back to the Bahá'ís.
[BBD122; BBR473; BBRSM161; BW3:37]
- For the history of the persecution of the Bahá'ís in the Soviet Union see BBR473 and BW3:34–43.
- PP364–5 says it was 1929.
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• Ridvan A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
'Abdu'l-Ḥamid Khemiri arrives in Haifa from Tunis. He is the first from that country to make a pilgrimage. [SETPE1p153] |
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 / 30 April A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The National Convention of the
Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada is held in the Foundation Hall
of the House of Worship for the first time. [BW2:180; CT167]
- See BW2:180 for a picture.
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 May A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
Ḥájí Amín, Abu'l-Ḥasan-i-Ardikání, Hand of the Cause of God and Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, passes away in Ṭihrán. [BBD7; EB263]
- For his biography see EB263.
- He is named a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously by Shoghi Effendi. [BBD7; EB263]
- See BBD7 for a picture and an account of his life.
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The first International Religious Congress for World Peace was held at The Hague. It was attended by Martha Root. [BW3:45] |
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 August A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The word ‘Bahá'í' is registered with the United States Patent Office as a trademark. [BW6:348] |
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 September A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The case of Baha'u'llah's House in
Baghdad is put before the League of Nations by means of a petition to
the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations From the
Baha'is of ‘Iráq.
[Text of the Petition] |
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 September A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
the Bahá'ís of Iraq submits a petition to the Permanent Mandates
Commission of the League of Nations for the return of the House of
Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [BW3:198–206]
- See BA164-165 for letter from Shoghi Effendi.
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 October / 13 November A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The case of the House of
Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád is taken before the fourteenth session of the
Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations. [BW3:207]
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right of the Bahá'ís to the House is upheld and the government of Iraq
is strongly pressed to find a solution but the House is not returned to
the Bahá'ís. [BW3:207–9; GBF35; PP96–7]
- For Shoghi Effendi's comment on these developments see BW3:206–9.
- The Shí'ís turn the House into a Ḥusayníyyih, where the martyrdom of the Imám Ḥusayn is mourned. [BBD113–14]
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• October A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Bahá'ís begins in Turkey. [BBR474]
- Several
Bahá'ís are arrested as a result and a close investigation of Bahá'í
affairs in Turkey is made by the judiciary and the police. [BBR474]
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• Movember A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
It is recommended to the Council of
the League of Nations to request that the British Government make
representations to the Iraqi Government to redress the denial of justice
to the Bahá'ís with reference to House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad.
[GBF35] |
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 December A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Bahá'ís of Turkey is brought before a criminal tribunal. [PP316]
- The Bahá'ís are able to make known the history and tenets of the Faith. [PP316–17; UD78–9]
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 December A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, Disciple of Abdu'l-Bahá, passes away in Paris. [UD84–5]
- For Shoghi Effendi's eulogy of him see BW3:210–14 and UD84–5.
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 31 December A.D. 1928
• A.M. |
Ruth White, who had met
'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York in 1912 and who had been on pilgrimage in 1922,
writes to the High Commissioner of Palestine with a charge that the
Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá is a forgery. [SETPE1p157] |
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 11 February A.D. 1929
• A.M. |
William ‘Harry' Randall, Disciple of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, dies.
- For Shoghi Effendi's obituary of him see BW3:213.
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 14 February A.D. 1929
• A.M. |
Work begins on the three additional
chambers of the Shrine of the Báb after the rock had been excavated
from behind the building during the previous year. [DH154]
- Ḥájí Mahmúd Qassabc̲h̲í, the builder who had completed the repairs on the House of Bahá'u'llah in Baghdad was chosen to be in charge of the work.
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the centre room had been separated by wooden walls and doors. These
were removed and replaced by archways. [SETPE1p164]
- These rooms, when completed, are used as the International
Bahá'í Archives. There is a second repository of the archives at this
time near the resting place of the Greatest Holy Leaf. [GPB347]
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 February A.D. 1929
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
the United States and Canada forwarded a pamphlet published by Ruth
White to Shoghi Effendi. His advice is to abstain from any provocation
and to avoid hurting her feelings. [SETPET1p157, Baha'i News p230, 298] |
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 4 March A.D. 1929
• A.M. |
The Council of the League of
Nations adopts the conclusion reached by the Mandates Commissions
upholding the claim of the Bahá'í community to the House of Bahá'u'lláh
in Baghdád. [BW3:50-55]
- For Shoghi Effendi's response to this see BW3:206–9 and BA175-180.
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• 85 B.E.
• A.H.
• 16 March A.D. 1929
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In December of 1925 the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of United States and Canada adopted
the "Unified Plan of Action" and among the resolutions was to raise some
$400,000 over the following three years to construct the first unit of
the superstructure of the Temple. By the end of 1926 only $51,000 had
been collected and the following year was just as disappointing. At the
National Convention in 1928 Fred Schopflocher's donation of $25,000
inspired contributions and the Fund rose to about $87,000 by March 1929.
On this day Fred and Lorol Schopflocher contributed a further
$100,000. [LoF388-389]
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