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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1936
• A.M. |
The persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran continues. [BW18:389]
- All Bahá'í meetings are banned throughout Iran.
- Several local Bahá'í centres are attacked or closed down.
- Bahá'ís in Bandar Sháh are interrogated by the police for closing their shops on Bahá'í holy days.
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• Summer A.D. 1936
• A.M. |
Britain holds its first Bahá'í summer school. [GT137; UD109] |
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 July A.D. 1936
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of
the United States and Canada appoints the first Inter-America Committee,
beginning an organized and coordinated effort to establish the Faith in
the Republics of Central and South America. [BW10:181] |
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• 3 / 16 July A.D. 1936
• A.M. |
The World Congress of Faiths is held in London under the auspices of the World Fellowship of Faiths. [GPB342; GT123]
- Shoghi
Effendi is asked in a personal letter from the chairman of the
Congress, Sir Francis Younghusband, to contribute a paper, a task Shoghi
Effendi delegates to George Townshend. [GT123; UD104]
- George
Townshend reads the paper ‘Bahá'u'lláh's Ground Plan of World
Fellowship', which has been approved by Shoghi Effendi. [BW7:635;
GT132–3]
- For text of the paper see BW6:614–19.
- For the conference programme see BW7:634–45.
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• latter half of the year A.D. 1936
• A.M. |
Mrs Randolph Bolles (Jeanne) and
her daughter Jeanne, two American Bahá'ís, (aunt and cousin of Mary
Maxwell respectively), are sent to Budapest by Shoghi Effendi to open
Hungary to the Faith. At the time of their departure there are seven
Bahá'ís in Budapest, mostly of Jewish background. [Rebirth: Memoirs of Renée Szanto-Felbermann p103-5] |
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• November A.D. 1936
• A.M. |
Renée Szanto-Felbermann becomes a
Bahá'í, the first to accept the Faith in Hungary. She is considered the
first person to accept the Faith by some notwithstanding the events of
1913. [BW19:633]
- See also Renée Szanto-Felbermann, Rebirth: The Memoirs of Szanto-Felbermann p104.
- This document prepared by the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Bahá'í Community of Hungary says that Mr. Arminius Vámbéry is the first
believer in Hungary. See www.bahai.hu
- See BW5p329 for the testament written by Professor Vámbéry and published in the Egyptian Gazette September 24th, 1913.
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• 31 December A.D. 1936
• A.M. |
Khusraw Bimán (Thábit) passes away in Bombay at the age of 103 or 104. [I:56]
- He is the first Zoroastrian to accept the Faith in India. [I:44–6]
- For the story of his life see I:39–60.
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1937
• A.M. |
The British Bahá'í Publishing Trust is founded. [BBRSM184; BW9:32; GT138–42] |
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1937
• A.M. |
The persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran continues throughout the country. [BW18:389]
- Many Bahá'ís employed in the police force, army and government departments are dismissed.
- Six members of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Ahváz are arrested.
- Bahá'ís closing their shops on Bahá'í holy days in Bandar Sháh are arrested.
- All Bahá'í meetings in Kirmánsháh, Bírjand, Arák and other towns are prohibited by police order.
- Five
Bahá'í families are attacked in their homes in Cham-tang, near
Hindíyán. They are severely beaten and forced to leave the village.
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• 93 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1937
• A.M. |
Mrs Mabel Ives makes an extended
trip to Moncton, New Brunswick to teach the Faith. She is assisted by
Rosemary Sala of St. Lambert. [TG102, 108] |
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