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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
Marion Jack arrives in Sofia, Bulgaria, to begin her pioneering service. |
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• 28 April A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
Mr Refo Capari (Chapary), the first Albanian Bahá'í, arrives in Tirana, Albania.
- He became a Bahá'í in America some time before 1931.
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
Lilian Barron McNeill, an English Bahá'í, and her husband, a retired British army officer, rent the house at Mazra‘ih. [DH92]
- They restore the house, which has deteriorated, preserving those parts unchanged from the time of Bahá'u'lláh. [DH92–3]
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
A permanent summer school is established at Louhelen Ranch near Davison, Michigan. [BW10:181; GPB340] |
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 May A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iraq is elected for the first time. [BBRSM:121] |
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 May A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
The superstructure of the Wilmette House of Worship is completed and dedicated. [BW10:180; DP:156–7; SBBH1:145] |
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
The first German Bahá'í summer school is held, at Esslingen. [BBRSM182; BW5:44]
- UD98 and BW5p30 put this date as 1932.
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 July A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
The administration in Palestine
writes to Ruth White advising her that they will take no further action
with respect to her claim that the will of 'Abdu'l-Bahá is a forgery.
- "All Mrs White ever achieved was to stir up a temporary and insignificant cloud of dust". [PP119]
- Mrs White wrote letters to the National Spiritual Assembly of
the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada as well as to some believers
objecting to the directives of Shoghi Effendi and to the administration
of the Cause through local and national assemblies. One of her converts
was Dr Wilhelm Herrigel, one of the founding members of the German
community. Later, Dr Herrigel became conscious of the mistake he had
made. [SETPE1p158]
- Likewise, Ruth White's husband was repentant, was offered a path back into the Faith but failed to take it. [SETPE1p158]
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 July A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
Swiss Bahá'í Auguste Forel,
world-renowned psychiatrist, entomologist, anatomist, social reformer
and peace worker, passes away. [FGM2] |
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• November A.D. 1931
• A.M. |
The New York Bahá'í community drafts the by-laws of a Bahá'í local assembly. [GPB335]
- These become the pattern for all local Bahá'í constitutions throughout the world. [BBRSM122; GPB335; PP303]
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
The Iranian government introduces
measures against the Bahá'ís throughout Iran. Restrictions are placed on
the import of Bahá'í books and periodicals by post and on the
publication of Bahá'í literature. Bahá'í marriages are not recognized.
[BW18:388] |
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• 88 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi's translation of Nabíl's Narrative entitled The Dawn-Breakers is published. [GBF91; PP215]
- The work took him two years of research. [PP217]
- He sent Effie Baker to Iran to take photographs for the book. [PP217]
- For George Townshend's assistance to the project see GT59, 60, 64–9.
- For Shoghi Effendi's purpose in translating and editing the book see WOB123.
- See also BBD64; GBF913 PP215–18.
- In the "Acknowledgement" Shoghi Effendi credits Lady Blomfield
for her suggestions, "an English correspondent for his help in the
preparation of the Introduction, Mrs E Hoagg for typing the manuscript
and Effie Baker for the photographs. [DB page lxi]
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• 88 B.E.
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• 17 February A.D. 1932
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The Chicago Bahá'í Assembly
incorporates, the first local spiritual assembly in the world to do so.
This set the pattern for other Assemblies. [GPB336, Century of LIght
p57] |
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