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• 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.
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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.
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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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