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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 / 24 March A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The second Intercontinental Conference held at the mid-point of the Crusade convenes in Sydney, Australia. [BW13:319]
- Hand
of the Cause Charles Mason Remey, who had been designated by the
Guardian as his representative and who is the architect of the Mother
Temple of Australasia, attends, accompanied by four other Hands of the
Cause. [BW13:317]
- For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC72–5.
- For a report of the conference see BW13:319–21.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 22 March A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The foundation stone of the first
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of the Antipodes is laid by Hands of the Cause Charles
Mason Remey and Clara Dunn. [BW13:321] |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 20 April A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
Mírzá Ahmad (Esphahani) Sohrab, the Covenant-breaker who rebelled against Shoghi Effendi, dies. [MC90]
- For the story of his defection from the Faith see CB343–7.
- He is burried in the Saint Paul Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in the Kingdom of Tonga is formed at Nuku'alofa. |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• Riḍván A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly of Macau is formed. |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 April A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The National Spiritual Assembly of France is formed.
- For the message of the Custodians to the French National Convention see MC86–9.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• May A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The first local spiritual assembly in Papua New Guinea is formed in Madina Village, in New Ireland.
- This is the first all-indigenous local spiritual assembly in the South Pacific.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 2 / 4 May A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The third Intercontinental Conference held at the mid-point of the Crusade convenes in Wilmette, Illinois. [BW13:323]
- Hand
of the Cause Dr Ugo Giachery, who had been designated by the Guardian
as his representative, attends, accompanied by four other Hands of the
Cause. [BW13:323]
- For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC90–8.
- For a report of the conference see BW13:323–5.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 12 June A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The Custodians release the
‘Statement regarding the Guardianship', explaining that Shoghi Effendi
had left no heir, that only he could appoint a second Guardian and that
the Bahá'ís must dismiss all hopeful expectation that a Will appointing a
second Guardian will be found. [MC100-2] |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 26 June A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
Paul Adams, from Reading, England,
having obtained permission to accompany Svalbard's chief hunter on a
fishing tour in the summer and to spend the winter with him in Sassen
Fjord, arrives Spitzbergen and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh.
[BW13:456]
- See also Adams, Arctic Island Hunter.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 25 / 29 July A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The fourth Intercontinental Conference held at the mid-point of the Crusade convenes in Frankfurt, Germany. [BW13:327]
- Amelia
Collins, who had been designated by the Guardian as his representative,
attends, accompanied by ten other Hands of the Cause. [BW13:327]
- For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC102–6.
- For a report of the conference see BW13:327–9.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• c. 14 September A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
A week before the fifth
Intercontinental conference is due to convene in Djakarta, Indonesia,
the government withdraws the permit to hold the conference. [BW13:331]
- For the story of why the permit was revoked see DM83–5.
- The
cancellation of the conference in Djakarta begins a period of severe
repression of the Faith in Indonesia which eventually leads to the Faith
being banned in 1962. [DM85, 88]
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 September A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas
arrives in Indonesia and is plunged into negotiations regarding the
holding of the conference. He meets with local Bahá'ís and anoints them
with aṭṭar of roses as they pass to the room to view the portrait of
Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:331–2] |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 23 September A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
Chartered planes take the conference delegates to Singapore. |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 27 / 29 September A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The fifth Intercontinental Conference held at the mid-point of the Crusade convenes in Singapore. [BW13:331]
- Hand
of the Cause Leroy Ioas, who had been designated by the Guardian as his
representative, attends, accompanied by eight other Hands of the Cause.
[BW13:331–2]
- For the message of the Custodians to the conference see MC111–6.
- For a report of the conference see BW13:331–2.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 November A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The monument marking Shoghi Effendi's resting place is completed. [MC117]
- Dust from the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh is placed in the foundations. [MC117]
- For a description of the resting place see BBD194–5 and MC135–6.
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monument is paid for from a Memorial Fund established after Shoghi
Effendi's passing. Money in excess of the amount required is spent on
the teaching work and on the construction of the Temples. [MC132]
- Marble for the monument came from Chiampo, Italy as for the
Archives Building, the Shine of the Báb, the Seat of the Universal House
of Justice, The Terraces project, the Monument Gardens and the Houses
of Worship in India and Samoa. [BWNS1223]
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 21 / 28 November A.D. 1958
• A.M. |
The Second Conclave of the Hands of the Cause convenes at Bahjí. [BW13:347–8; MC118]
- It is attended by 25 of the 27 Hands of the Cause. [BW13:347; MC118]
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Hands of the Cause call for the election of the Universal House of
Justice at the time of the Most Great Jubilee in 1963. BBRSM129;
BW13:351; MC122]
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1959
• A.M. |
The mansion at Mazra‘ih is renovated. [MC219] |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1959
• A.M. |
The first Eskimo in Alaska to become a Bahá'í, William Wiloya, enrols in Nome. |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1959
• A.M. |
The first contacts with the
Aboriginal people were made in Kampong Jus in Malacca by Saurajen, as
reported at a special meeting held with Hand of the Cause of God, Dr.
Muhajir in Malacca on 29 December 1957. [Jewel Among Nations, Splendour Publications, Author A. Manisegaran. Pages 221-222] |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1959
• A.M. |
Bahá'í communities in the United
States begin the observation of World Peace Day to call attention to the
need for world peace. [BBD175]
- This was replaced in 1985 by the
observance of the UN International Day of Peace, which occurs on the
third Tuesday in September. [BBD175]
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• A.D. 1959
• A.M. |
The House of ‘Abbúd is renovated and restored. [MC219] |
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• 1 February A.D. 1959
• A.M. |
The ‘first Dependency of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette', the Bahá'í Home for the Aged, opens. [BW13:747]
- For the history of its building see BW13:743–8.
- For pictures see BW13:742, 744–7.
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• 115 B.E.
• A.H.
• March A.D. 1959
• A.M. |
A number of Bahá'ís, members of the local spiritual assembly, are arrested in Ankara, Turkey. [MC306]
- The incident receives wide coverage in the press and the Bahá'ís are eventually released from prison. [MC306]
- A
court case is subsequently brought against the Bahá'ís by the public
prosecutor, who claims that the Faith is a ‘Tarighat', a sect forbidden
by the law of the land, and lengthy litigation follows. [MC306–7]
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