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Bahá'í Chronology - The Guradianship - 95 B.E. (A.D. 1938-1939)
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< 94 B.E. | 96 B.E. >
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[ 15 Articles ]
• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1938
• A.M.
The first local spiritual assembly in the whole of Latin America is formed in Mexico City.
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• Ridván A.D. 1938
• A.M.
The National Spiritual Assembly of India, (Pakistan) and Burma launched a Six Year Plan (1838-1944). [Ruhi 8.2 p46, BBRSM158]
  • Lack of funds prevent the plan from being implemented until 1940. [SBBH2:160]
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• 30 April A.D. 1938
• A.M.
Munírih K̲h̲ánum, the Holy Mother, wife of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá, passes away. [BBD166; BW8:260; CB358; DH161]
  • Note: UD119 records this was 28 April.
  • Shoghi Effendi inters her body just west of the Shrine of Bahíyyih K̲h̲ánum and erects a simple monument over her grave. [DH161]
  • For excerpts from her autobiography see BW8:259–63.
  • For tributes to her see BW8:263–7.
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 May A.D. 1938
• A.M.
At the National Convention in Chicago, Grace Roberts Ober, who had just given a report on a travel teaching trip to Louisville Ky and on her work in Toronto where she had been the previous Fall, collapses into the arms of the Convention chairman, Harlan Ober in view of the assembled delegates while ending her address. She is removed from the convention hall and passes away shortly thereafter. See TG75-76 for the background to this story.
  • Born in Thorold, ON of Sarah E. Wilson and the Rev Thomas Tempest Robarts, a cannon in the Anglican Church her life's work was that of a teacher.
  • During 'Abdu'l-Baha's tour of America she served as his household manager, going ahead to secure an apartment for him and acting as His housekeeper and hostess.
  • On July 17, 1912 she married Harlan Ober at 'Abdu'l-Bahá's suggestion. The legal marriage was conducted by Howard Colby Ives. [BW8p656-660]
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1938
• A.M.
The first Finnish Bahá'í, Pastor Väinö Rissanen, accepts the Faith. [BW8:935; BW17:129]
  • For a letter from him about Finland see BW8:936.
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 July A.D. 1938
• A.M.
The passing of Queen Marie of Romania. [BBD144; GPB395]
  • For her services to the Bahá'í Faith see GPB389–96.
  • For tributes paid by her to the Bahá'í Faith see BW8:269–71.
  • For her relationship with the Bahá'í Faith see BW8:271–6.
  • For tributes to her see BW8276–82.
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• September A.D. 1938
• A.M.
The first Bahá'í summer school to be held in India takes place in Simla. [BBRSM194; BW8:199]
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 November A.D. 1938
• A.M.
In a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles, Shoghi Effendi outlines the attitudes and obligations of Bahá'ís regarding military service. [BW17:384–5; UD122–3, 128–9, 134]
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 December A.D. 1938
• A.M.
Shoghi Effendi addresses The Advent of Divine Justice, a book-length letter, to the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada. [ADJ]
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1939
• A.M.
The first Bahá'í of Paraguay, Maria Casati, of Formosa, Paraguay, becomes a Bahá'í in Buenos Aires.
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1939
• A.M.
Shoghi Effendi orders from Italy twin monuments similar in style to that of the Greatest Holy Leaf and seeks permission from the British authorities to reinter the remains of Navváb and the Purest Branch on Mount Carmel near those of Bahíyyih K̲h̲ánum and the Holy Mother. [DH162; PP259]
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1939
• A.M.
Emeric Sala give a talk in Regina proclaiming the Faith for the first time in Saskatchewan. Regina is one of five cities he will visit on this business trip. [TG104]
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• February A.D. 1939
• A.M.
A.-L.-M. Nicolas, the French consular official and Orientalist who made a study of the Bábí Faith, passes away in Paris.
  • His important collection of manuscripts is auctioned and the items relevant to the Bahá'í and Bábí Faiths are purchased by the Bahá'í World Centre.
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• 7 February A.D. 1939
• A.M.
In a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of India the Guardian encouraged the concept of expansion by settlement to which he applied the name "pioneering". [MSEIp179]
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• 95 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 February A.D. 1939
• A.M.
Background Information

    "riots which broke out with exceptional fury in Ismá'ílíyyih, when angry crowds surrounded the funeral cortege of Muḥammad Sulaymán, a prominent Bahá'í resident of that town, creating such an uproar that the police had to intervene, and having rescued the body and brought it back to the home of the deceased, they were forced to carry it without escort, at night, to the edge of the desert and inter it in the wilderness." [GPB367-368]

The National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt had, in respect of the decision of the 10th of May, 1925 declaring the Báhá'í Faith to be non-Muslim, petitioned the government for the right to administer laws of personal status to the Bahá'í community according to its Bahá'í Laws affecting Matters of Personal Status. On the 29th of February, 1939, the Grand Muftí ruled that the Bahá'ís were not to be considered Muslims and had no right to be buried in Muslim cemeteries. Four plots of land were allocated to serve as cemeteries for the Bahá'í community in Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said and in Ismá'ílíyyih. Immediately following this decision the remains for Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl were transferred followed by the exhumation from a Christian cemetery in Cairo the remains of Lua Getsinger and subsequent re-interment in an adjacent plot. [GPB368-369]

 
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Most of the Gregorian Calendar dates, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753) to 153 B.E (A.D. 1996), are from the original book, A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. From 153 B.E (A.D. 1996) to present the Gregorian Calendar dates are from A Basic Bahá'í Chronology online. The Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates were calculated by the ABG staff and may be subject to error, despite the great care that was taken. When the Gregorian date is "In the year", "c. Mar 1797", etc., we list the nearest approximate Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates.
 
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  • Date Format = Day of the Week Name, Day of the Month Number, Month Name, Year Number -
  • c. = circa - meaning: "Around, round about, about. The prep. is often used in Eng. with dates, as circa 1400 (c 1400)." (Oxford English Dictionary)
  • Items with a greenish background are publications 
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