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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly of Argentina is established in Buenos Aires. |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• 15 May A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi determines to go to
England; Shoghi Effendi and Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum leave Haifa for Italy en
route to London. [PP 178]
- For the difficulties and dangers of this journey see PP178–80.
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few days after their arrival Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum travels to Genoa to meet
her father, Sutherland Maxwell who had arrived on the S.S. Rex from
Montreal. After the passing of his wife Mr. Maxwell had been invited by
Shoghi Effendi to come and live in Haifa.[PP178]
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 May A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi and Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum
leave for England via Menton and Marseilles after having obtained a visa
for Britain in Rome. A few days later the Italians enter the war
against the Allies. [PP179] |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• 2 June A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi and Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum
leave St Malo, France, for England one day before the city is occupied
by the Nazis. Shoghi Effendi seems acutely aware of the danger to
himself and to the Faith should he fall into the hands of the Nazis
because the Cause had already been banned in Germany and his inveterate
enemy, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, was allied with them. [PP 179–80] |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• 30 June A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
George Townshend preaches a sermon in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, proclaiming the Bahá'í Faith to the congregation. [GT171] |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• July A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Gerrard Sluter, a German with
Canadian citizenship and previously a pioneer in Guatemala, arrives in
Colombia, the first Bahá'í to settle in the country.
- He later becomes a Covenant-breaker and causes much difficulty to the Bahá'ís in many South American countries.
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• 28 July A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi, Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum and Sutherland Maxwell leave England for South Africa. [PP180]
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is the only route open back to Palestine, as Italy's entrance into the
war has closed the Mediterranean to Allied ships. [PP180]
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trip across Africa takes them to Stanleyville, Congo; Juba in the Sudan;
down the Nile to Khartoum and back to Palestine through Cairo.
[PP180–1, TG159]
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 August A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
The first four people to become
Bahá'ís in Costa Rica accept the Faith after Gayle Woolson and Amelia
Ford from the United States arrive in Puerto Limón on 29 March 1940.
- The first to enrol is Raul Contreras, followed by his cousin Guido Contreras, and by José Joaquin Ulloa and Felipe Madrigal.
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• September A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
William Sears, Hand of the Cause of God, becomes a Bahá'í in Salt Lake City, Utah. |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 October A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Ralph Laltoo, the first Trinidadian to become a Bahá'í, accepts the Faith in Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• December A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Luis Carlo Nieto becomes the first Bahá'í in Colombia.
- He soon leaves the Faith and Aura Sanchez, who becomes a Bahá'í in 1941, is considered the first Colombian believer.
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• 97 B.E.
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• December A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Eduardo Gonzales, a university student, accepts the Faith, becoming the first native Bahá'í of Ecuador.
- He is not formally registered until his twenty–first birthday on 15 October 1941.
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• 97 B.E.
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• December A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Gerald and Vivian MacBeans, a
Jamaican couple, and their niece, Miss May Johnson, become the first
people to accept the Faith in Haiti. |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 December A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi and Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum are back in Haifa. [PP181] |
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• 97 B.E.
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• 27 December A.D. 1940
• A.M. |
Elizabeth Cheney, the ‘spiritual mother of Paraguay', arrives in Paraguay, the first pioneer to the country. |
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• 97 B.E.
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• A.D. 1941
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Shaykh Kázim is martyred in Bunáb, Ádharbáyján. [BW18:389] |
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• 97 B.E.
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• A.D. 1941
• A.M. |
Aura Sanchez becomes a Bahá'í in Colombia, considered the first Bahá'í of the country. |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1941
• A.M. |
John Ferraby, Hand of the Cause of God, hears about the Bahá'í Faith from Victor Cofman, a non-Bahá'í. |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1941
• A.M. |
The publication of The Epistle to the Son of the Wolf. [ESW]
A
Tablet addressed to Shaykh Muḥammad-Taqiy-i-Najafi, a prominent Muslim
cleric who had persecuted the Bahá'ís. It was revealed around 1891 at
the Mansion of Bahjí and translated by Shoghi Effendi. |
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• 97 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1941
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'Abdu'l-Jalíl Bey Sa'ad translated The Dawn-Breakers into Arabic. His translation was published but because of the war it
had to be referred to the Publicity Section of the government for
approval. From that department it was passed to the high Muslim
authorities who determined that it was against the Muslim faith and so
should be condemned. The entire publication run was gathered for
destruction and upon hearing this 'Abdu'l-Jalíl interviewed all the
officers concerned and not only secured the release of the books but
obtained official permissions to distribute them in Egypt and abroad.
[BW-598-599] |
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• 97 B.E.
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• January A.D. 1941
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Nine Bahá'ís are arrested in
Sangsar, Khurásán, Iran, and banished to other towns for closing their
shops on Bahá'í holy days. BW18:389] |
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• 97 B.E.
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• 17 January A.D. 1941
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John Henry Hyde Dunn, passes away in Sydney. [BW9:595; SBR166]
- Shortly after his passing Shoghi Effendi appoints him to the rank of Hand of the Cause of God. (26 April, 1952) [MoCxxii]
- For the story of his life see SBR153–68.
- For his obituary see BW9:593–7.
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