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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 March A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, passes away in Montreal. (b.14 November, 1874) [DH143; MBW132; PP246]
- For his obituary see BW12:657–62.
- Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the first contingent on the 24th of December, 1951. [MoCxxiii]
- For his relationship with Shoghi Effendi and work on the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb see PP236–43.
- Shoghi Effendi names the southern door of the Báb's tomb after him in memory of his services.
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June 16th, 1952, friends for the Montreal area gather at the grave to
place, under the headstone, an alabaster box that had been sent by the
Guardian. The box contains a piece of plaster taken from the walls of
the prison in Máh-Kú where the Báb had been incarcerated in 1847.
Another piece of plaster from the same source had been placed under the
first golden tile of the dome of the Shrine of the Báb. The
superstructure of the Shrine had been designed by Sutherland Maxwell.
[TG55]
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 March A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum is appointed Hand of the Cause of God to replace her father. [GBF111; MBW132–3] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central America launch a One Year Plan (1952-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly of Uganda is established in Kampala.
- Enoch Olinga is a member.
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Tanganyika is established in Dar-es-Salaam. |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly of Singapore City is established. [BW12:573; PH58, 67] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The National Convention of the
Bahá'ís of Central America was scheduled to be held in a prestigious
hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. When a distinguish believer, Mr Matthew
Bullock, was not allowed to register at the hotel because of his race,
the National Assembly moved the Convention to another venue and
registered guests moved to small pensions rather than staying at the
hotel. [SDSC65]
- Matthew Bullock was one of the early
African-American believers in the United States. He became an enrolled
believer in 1940 after 15 years of knowledge of the Faith. In 1952 he
was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly and along with fellow NSA
member Elsie Austin, represented that institution at the first
Intercontinental Teaching Conference in Uganda in 1953. [LoS108,
SDSC102]
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 April A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Hyde Dunn is posthumously appointed
a Hand of the Cause of God in a cable sent to the National Spiritual
Assembly of Australia and New Zealand. [BW13:861; SBR169] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 18 May A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The case brought against Shoghi
Effendi by the Covenant-breakers in connection with the demolition of a
house adjoining the Shrine and Mansion of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí is
removed from the civil courts by the government of Israel. [CB330;
GBF138–9; PP233–4, 290]
- For the history of this case and the outcome see BW12:384–7.
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• June or July A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Mr C. C. Cheng, a newspaper
reporter; Professor L. S. Tso, a professor of engineering; and Miss
Rosie Du (Ruthy Tu) become Bahá'ís in Taiwan, the first people to accept
the Faith in the country. |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• June A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Aaron (‘Arthur') B. Wellesley Cole,
a Sierra Leonean barrister, returns to Sierra Leone from England, the
first Bahá'í to enter the country. |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. June A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Dudley Smith Kutendere returns to his home in Nyasaland, becoming the first Bahá'í in the country.
- He teaches the Bahá'í Faith to his brother, who becomes the first person to accept the Faith in Nyasaland.
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 June A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
In a letter written on behalf of
the Guardian by the Assistant Secretary, the National Spiritual Assembly
was informed that Ahmad Sohrab had cabled the Israeli Minister of
Religion to influence the court case brought by the Covenant-breakers,
against the Guardian, and which resulted in complete vindication of the
Guardian's control of the Bahá'í Shrines and properties. Sohrab's cable
identified the Caravan with the Covenant-breakers and stated that the
organization was not under the authority of Shoghi Effendi. In a letter
dated May 25, 1941, the Guardian wrote through his Secretary that Sohrab
"is no doubt the most subtle, resourceful and indefatigable enemy the
Faith has had in America." |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 August A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The martyrdom of Nuri'd-Dín Fath-'Azam near Tehran. [BW12p690-692] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 October A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Holy Year, "The Great Jubilee", October 1952 to October 1953, is inaugurated. [BW12:116; DG84; PP409–10; SBR170–1]
- Centenary celebrations of the birth of Bahá'u'lláh's mission are initiated. [MBW16–18]
- Four
international conferences are scheduled in Kampala, Wilmette
(dedication of the Temple), Stockholm and New Delhi. [SETPE2p31-43]
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 8 October A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Shoghi Effendi announces his
decision to launch ‘the fate-laden, soul-stirring, decade-long
world-embracing Spiritual Crusade' in the coming year. [BW12:253–5;
MBW411
- For the objectives of the Crusade see BW12:256–14.
- Among the goals to be achieved is the construction of the International Bahá'í Archives building. [BBD22; DH168; MBW43]
- He
calls upon the Hands of the Cause to appoint during Ridván 1954 five
auxiliary boards to act as their adjuncts or deputies to work with the
national spiritual assemblies to execute the projected national plans.
[MBW44, BW13p335]
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 November A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
Dagmar Dole, pioneer to Alaska and Denmark, passes away in Glion, Switzerland.
- Shoghi Effendi says she is the ‘first to give her life for the Cause in the European project'. [BW12:702; ZK66–7]
- For her obituary see BW12:701–2.
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 November A.D. 1952
• A.M. |
The government of Israel exchanges
145,000 square metres of land surrounding Bahjí for property at Ein Gev
on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee belonging to the descendants
of Bahá'u'lláh's brother Mírzá Muḥammad-Qulí and given to the Faith for
this purpose. [DH118, 208; PP233, SETPE1p134-125, MBW454-46]
- Bahá'í holdings at Bahjí up to now amount to only 4,000 square metres.
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
Bahá'ís and their houses are attacked in Bushrúyih and Fárán, Iran. [BW18:390] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Dr. K. M. Fozdar on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [BWNS271] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Edith Danielsen in the Cook Islands. [BWNS265] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
The arrival of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Dr. Mihdi Samandari and Mrs. Ursula Samandari (Newman) in Mogadishu, Somalia [BWNS230] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
Áqá Rahmán Kulayní-Mamaqání is martyred in Durúd, Iran. [BW18:390] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
Katharine Meyer arrives on Margarita Island and is named Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
Alfred Amisi (Maragoli), Jacob
Kisombe (Mtaita), Laurence Ouna (Mluhya), Labi Mathew (Zulu), and Zablon
Bob (Luo) are among the first Kenyans to become Bahá'ís. |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
Grant Mensah, a Ghanaian, becomes a Bahá'í in Ruanda-Urundi, the first person to accept the Faith in that country. |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
Anjoman-e Hojjatieh ("Society of
Allah's Proof Over Creation"), also called the Hojjatieh Society founded
specifically as an anti-Bahá'í organization by a charismatic Shiite
Muslim cleric, Shaikh Mahmoud Halabi in the aftermath of the coup d'état
of 1953. Between the early 1950s and the early 1970s a great number of
the future elite of the Islamic revolution were trained by Hujjatieh.
During the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Society was to play an important
role in stirring animosity against Bahá'ís. However, in part because of
differences in theology—among other things the Hojjatieh believe a
truly Islamic state cannot be established until the return of the 12th
Imam—the Society fell into disfavour and was banned by the regime in
1984. [Hojjatieh Society, Wiki] |
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 / 18 February A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
The first Intercontinental Teaching
Conference is convened by the British National Spiritual Assembly in
Kampala, Uganda. [BW12:121, MBW135-140]
- For Shoghi Effendi's message to the conference see BW12:121–4.
- For a report of the conference see BW12:124–30.
- It is attended by ten Hands of the Cause, Bahá'ís from 19 countries and representatives of over 30 tribes. [PP413]
- Over a hundred new African believers attend as personal guests of the Guardian. [PP413]
- With this conference the Ten Year World Crusade is launched. [BBRSM158–9; BW12:253; MBW41]
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• 109 B.E.
• A.H.
• 19 March A.D. 1953
• A.M. |
Suhayl Samandarí arrives in Mogadishu and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Italian Somaliland. [BW13:452]
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a short time, Sa‘íd ‘Alí Masqatí, a Somali from the port of Baraawe,
becomes a Bahá'í, the first person to accept the Faith in Somalia.
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