| |
[ 24 Articles ] |
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• Ridván A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The Bahá'ís of the British Isles launched a Six Year Plan (1944-1950). [Ruhi 8.2 p46] |
 |
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 April A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Jamaica is established in Kingston. |
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 April A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Puerto Rico is established in San Juan. |
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 April A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Colombia is established in Bogotá. |
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 April A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Honduras is established in Tegucigalpa. |
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 April A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Peru is established in Lima. |
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• April A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The first Bahá'í shortwave radio broadcast is beamed from New York towards South America. [BW9:44–5]
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 May A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
Bahá'ís are persecuted at Ábádih,
Iran. The Bahá'í centre is attacked by a mob of four thousand, the
building is looted and destroyed and several Bahá'ís badly beaten.
[BW18:389]
- For Western accounts see BBR479.
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 / 25 May A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
An international celebration of the Centenary of the founding of the Faith is held at the House of Worship in Wilmette.
- For a description of this event see BW10:158–61.
- For the programme see BW10:162–70.
- For a list of the countries participating in the conference see BW10:168.
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 May A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
Centenary of the Declaration of the Báb.
- For a survey of the growth and development of the Bahá'í Faith in the hundred years since its inception see BW10:142–9.
- Celebrations are held in many parts of the world:
- Britain [BW10:188–201]
Sir Ronald Storrs delivered an address at the opening of the Bahá'í Centenary Exhibition in
London. These are extracts from that speech: "My first glimpse of ‘Abbás Effendi was in the
summer of 1909, when I drove round the Bay of Acre in an Arab cab, visited him in the
barracks and marveled at his serenity and cheerfulness after 42 years of exile and
imprisonment. I kept touch with him through my confidential agent, Ḥusayn Bey Ruhi, son of
a Tabriz martyr. [BW10p189-195]
- India [BW10:202–8]
- Egypt [BW10:208–17]
- Iraq [BW10:217–22]
- Australia [BW 10:222–8]
- Latin America [BW10:228–33]
- The end of the celebrations marking this occasion signal the end of the First Epoch of the Formative Age. [BBD79; CF5; PP390]
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 / 23 May A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The Centenary of the Declaration of the Báb is celebrated at the House of the Báb in S̲h̲íráz. [BW10:181]
- Ninety
delegates to the national convention and members of the National
Spiritual Assembly of Iran assemble discreetly for the occasion.
- For details of this event and the caution with which the arrangements for it are made see BW10:181–3.
- The
Guardian sends the Persian Bahá'ís a lengthy letter detailing how the
observance and the week-long festivities to follow are to be made.
[BW10:183]
- For details of the events see BW10:183–8.
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 / 23 May A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The Centenary of the Declaration of the Báb is commemorated in the Holy Land. [BW10:150]
- For a description of this event by Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum see BW10:150–7.
- For press accounts see BW10:156–7.
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 May A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi unveils the model of
the Shrine of the Báb at the centenary celebration of the Declaration
of the Báb in Haifa. [BBD210; BW10:154, 157; DH140; GBF104; PP239–40;
UD166]
- BW10:157 suggests this was 24 May
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The British at national convention decide to ask the Guardian for their own Six Year Plan. [UDXVI]
- He
responds immediately by setting them the task of forming 19 assemblies
spread over England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Eire. [UD173]
- Shoghi Effendi describes this as ‘their first collective enterprise'. [UDXVI, 173–4]
- See also BBRSM158, 185
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The first All-American Bahá'í Convention is held.
- For
the first time the delegates have been selected at state and provincial
conventions by votes from all believers rather than by communities with
local assemblies. [BW9:44; PP390]
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 August A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
Three Bahá'ís are murdered in
Sháhrúd, Iran, after three weeks of anti-Bahá'í agitation. Many Bahá'í
houses are attacked and looted. [BW18:389]
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• After August A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
Following the murder of Bahá'ís at
Sháhrúd, Iran, and the widespread publicity on the outcome of the trial,
there is an upsurge in persecution of Bahá'ís throughout Iran.
[BW18:389]
- At Ábádih Bahá'ís are beaten and their houses sacked. [BW18:389]
- The Bahá'í centre at Bandar Jaz is attacked. [BW18:389]
- Two
Bahá'ís are knifed at Bandar Sháh. The attackers are set free and
attack a further three Bahá'ís, leaving one an invalid. [BW18:390]
- Bahá'ís,
including women and children, are attacked and beaten at Bushrúyih,
their homes and shops looted and burned and the Bahá'í cemetery
desecrated. [BW18:390]
- Bahá'í houses are attacked and looted at Fárán, Káshán and Ná'in. [BW13:390]
- Bahá'í houses are set on fire in Gulpáygán and Zábul. [BW18:390]
- Bahá'ís are driven from town in Bujnúrd, Gunábád and Tabas. [BW18:390]
- The Bahá'í cemetery at Mahmúdábád is desecrated.
- Bahá'ís are beaten at Miyán-du-áb, Rafsanján, Sangsar and Sírján. [BW18:390]
- Bahá'ís are stoned at Qasr-i-Shírín. [BW18:390]
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• Noveember A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
Following the murder of Bahá'ís at
Sháhrúd, Iran, and the widespread publicity on the outcome of the trial,
there is an upsurge in persecution of Bahá'ís throughout Iran.
[BW18:389]
- At Ábádih Bahá'ís are beaten and their houses sacked. [BW18:389]
- The Bahá'í centre at Bandar Jaz is attacked. [BW18:389]
- Two
Bahá'ís are knifed at Bandar Sháh. The attackers are set free and
attack a further three Bahá'ís, leaving one an invalid. [BW18:390]
- Bahá'ís,
including women and children, are attacked and beaten at Bushrúyih,
their homes and shops looted and burned and the Bahá'í cemetery
desecrated. [BW18:390]
- Bahá'í houses are attacked and looted at Fárán, Káshán and Ná'in. [BW13:390]
- Bahá'í houses are set on fire in Gulpáygán and Zábul. [BW18:390]
- Bahá'ís are driven from town in Bujnúrd, Gunábád and Tabas. [BW18:390]
- The Bahá'í cemetery at Mahmúdábád is desecrated.
- Bahá'ís are beaten at Miyán-du-áb, Rafsanján, Sangsar and Sírján. [BW18:390]
- Bahá'ís are stoned at Qasr-i-Shírín. [BW18:390]
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• November (mid) A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The publication of God Passes By, a history of the first century of the Bábí and Bahá'í Faiths by Shoghi Effendi. BBRSM137; CB308–9; GPBXI]
- Shoghi
Effendi intended the book to be a gift to the Bahá'ís of the West on
the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb
but conditions in the United States delayed its publication. [GT79–80;
PP224]
- For information on how Shoghi Effendi wrote the book, "the only true book we have from his pen", see GBF95–6 and PP222–4.
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• November A.D. 1944
• A.M. |
The Local Spiritual Assembly of Bogotá, Colombia, is disbanded.
- It is not reformed until April 1946.
|
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1945
• A.M. |
Bahá'ís throughout Iran are dismissed from National Teacher Training Colleges by the National Board of Education. [BW18:390] |
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1945
• A.M. |
The World Forestry Charter Gathering is founded in Britain by Richard St Barbe Baker. [VV106; WH75] |
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1945
• A.M. |
See BBRSM166–7 for a chart showing the distribution of the Bahá'í Assemblies and localities in this year. |
|
|
• 101 B.E.
• A.H.
• 13 March A.D. 1945
• A.M. |
Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí passes away at the age of 99, in Burma. [BW10:519; PH23]
- He is named a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously. [BW10:519]
- For his obituary see BW10:517–20.
- For Shoghi Effendi's tribute see BW10:519–20 and DND215.
|
| |
|
