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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 March A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
The first Local Spiritual Assembly of Tokyo, consisting of journalists and other professional people, is formed.
- Owing to the situation in Japan, it is disbanded two years later.
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
Pilgrims are able to stay overnight at Bahjí for the first time. [GBF101; PP232] |
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• 10 June A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
The American National Spiritual
Assembly addresses a petition to the Sháh of Iran requesting that the
ban on Bahá'í literature be removed and asking that its representative,
Mrs Keith Ransom-Kehler, be recognized to present in person the appeal.
[BW5:390–1] |
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• Istiqlál 3 Kalimát 89 B.E.
• Yawm al-Jum'ah 11 Rabī' al-awwal
A.H. 1351
• Friday 15 July A.D. 1932
• Yom Shishi 11 Tammuz A.M. 5692 |
The Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahíyyih
K̲h̲ánum, ‘outstanding heroine of the Bahá'í Dispensation' passes away in
Haifa about one hour after midnight. [BW5:169; GPB108]
- Her passing marks the end of the Heroic Age of the Faith. [BBD102; WOB98]
- She is comparable in rank to Sarah, Ásíyih, the Virgin Mary, Fáṭimih and Ṭáhirih. [GPB347]
- Shoghi Effendi is in Switzerland and immediately goes to Italy to commission a memorial for her grave. [DH156]
- For Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu'l-Bahá revealed in her honour see BW5:171–3.
- For Shoghi Effendi's tribute to her see BW5:174–9.
- For Marjory Morten's obituary of her see BW5:181–5.
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design of the monument for the resting place of the Greatest Holy Leaf
is a symbol of the Bahá'í administrative order. [CB298]
- See also Bahíyyih K̲h̲ánum and Gail, K̲h̲ánum, The Greatest Holy Leaf; BBD42; CB121–2, 305; DH156–61; GBF65–8; PP144–8.
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• 15 August A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
Keith Ransom-Kehler meets the Iranian Court Minister Taymur Tash. [BW5:392]
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presents the American petition to him asking that the ban on Bahá'í
literature in Iran be lifted and receives assurances from him that this
will be effected. [BW5:392]
- She made seven successive petitions addressed to the Sháh of Persia. [GPB345]
- For the history and unsuccessful outcome of this effort see BW5:391–8.
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 October A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
The term of The Kingdom of Iraq
under British Administration or Mandatory Iraq comes to an end. It had
been created in 1921 following the Iraqi Revolt in 1920 and enacted via
the 1922 Anglo-Iraqi Treaty. The British chose Faisal I bin Hussein bin
Ali al-Hashimi as king of of Iraq and Syria. He fostered unity between
Sunni and Shiite Molsems and tried to promote pan-Arabism with the goal
of creating an Arab state in Iraq, Syria and the rest of the Fertile
Crescent. Faisal died in Switzerland at the age of 48, under what some
consider to be suspicious circumstances, while there for a medical
examination. [Wikipedia]
- Iraq is admitted to the League of Nations. [BW5p357]
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• November A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
A number of Bahá'ís are arrested in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474] |
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 November / 6 December A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
Meeting of the 22nd Session of the
Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations in Geneva at
which the Bahá'ís plead their case for the possession of the House of
Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [BW5:351–4] |
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 November A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
George Adam Benke passes away in Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Shoghi Effendi calls him the first European martyr. [LDG1:263; MC359]
- For his obituary see BW5:416–18.
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• 2 December A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
By now there are 15 Bahá'ís under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR474] |
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1933
• A.M. |
Bahá'ís in Gulpáygán, Iran, are
refused admission to the public baths. Shaykh Ja‘far Hidáyat is beaten
and expelled from the town. [BW18:388] |
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1933
• A.M. |
The Tavakkul Bahá'í School in Qazvín, Iran, is closed. [BW18:388] |
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1933
• A.M. |
On initiative of Martha Root, Mr. György Steiner, an Esperantist in the city of Győr translates J.E. Esslemont's Bahá'u'lláh and The New Era into Hungarian between 1931-33. This was the first major work published
in Hungarian about the Bahá'í Faith. The Preface of the book was
written by Mr. Rusztem Vámbéry, son of Arminius Vámbéry. [www.bahai.hu] [BW5p377] |
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• January A.D. 1933
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
India and Burma incorporate in Lahore, in the state of Punjab under the
provisions of the Societies Registration Act of 1960. [GPB336] |
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• 89 B.E.
• A.H.
• 6 February A.D. 1932
• A.M. |
By this date there are about 50 Bahá'ís under arrest in Adana, Turkey. [BBR475; PP317] |
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