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Bahá'í Chronology - The Interregnum - 120 B.E. (A.D. 1963)

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• 120 B.E. • A.H. • 31 March A.D. 1963 • A.M.	King Hassan II of Morocco states in a televised interview in the United States that the Bahá'í Faith is not a religion and is ‘against good order and also morals'. [MC415]
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• 120 B.E. • A.H. • 2 April A.D. 1963 • A.M.	King Hassan II of Morocco makes a public statement promising that if the Supreme Court upholds the decision condemning three Bahá'í prisoners to death, he will grant them a royal pardon. [MC416]
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• 120 B.E. • A.H. • 4 April A.D. 1963 • A.M.	The Custodians issue a statement of information to the national spiritual assemblies of the United States and Europe regarding the Bahá'ís imprisoned in Morocco and under threat of death, reminding them that clemency or a pardon are not sufficient, as the condemned Bahá'ís cannot be pardoned for a crime they did not commit. [MC414] For text of statement see MC414–20.
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• 120 B.E. • A.H. • 9 April A.D. 1963 • A.M.	The sixth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God is convened at Bahjí. For the agenda see MC404. For cabled message from the Conclave see MC420.
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• 120 B.E. • A.H. • 20 April A.D. 1963 • A.M.	The Ten Year Crusade is successfully completed. The achievements of the Ten Year Crusade were celebrated at the Most Great Jubilee in April and May 1963, which commemorated the Centenary of the Declaration of Baha'u'llah's Mission. Two historic events transpired during that time: the International Convention, convened in Haifa, Israel, to elect the first Universal House of Justice; and the World Congress held in London, England. For a summary of achievements during the Crusade see BW13:459–60. For countries, islands and dependencies opened to the Faith during the Crusade see BW13:461–2. (259) For number of localities in which Bahá'ís reside in different parts of the world see BW13:462. (from 2,000 to more than 11,000) For languages into which Bahá'í literature has been translated see BW13:462–4. For races represented in the Bahá'í world community see BW13:464. For national spiritual assemblies at the end of the plan see BW13:468–9. (from 12 to 56)
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Most of the Gregorian Calendar dates, A.H. 1166 (A.D. 1753) to 153 B.E (A.D. 1996), are from the original book, A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. From 153 B.E (A.D. 1996) to present the Gregorian Calendar dates are from A Basic Bahá'í Chronology online. The Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates were calculated by the ABG staff and may be subject to error, despite the great care that was taken. When the Gregorian date is "In the year", "c. Mar 1797", etc., we list the nearest approximate Hebrew, Islamic and Bahá'í dates.

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Continuous time periods, e.g., Monday thru Friday or June thru August, are annotated as Monday / Friday and June / August rather than Monday-Friday and June-August in all four calendars. This is to avoid confusion with Islamic days and months which contain a hyphen (or dash), e.g. Yawm ath-Thulatha', Jumadá al-akhirah.
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B.E. = Bahá'í Era - Badí / Bahá'í Calendar - Conversion from spreadsheet created by the webmaster - Download Spreadsheet
A.H. = Anno Hejirea - Latin: "In the year of the Hijra" - Muslim / Islamic Calendar.
A.D. = Anno Domini - Latin: "In the year of our Lord" - Christian / Julian Calendar.
A.M. = Anno Mundi - Latin: "In the year of the world"; Hebrew: "To the creation of the world" - Hebrew Calendar.

c. = circa - meaning: "Around, round about, about. The prep. is often used in Eng. with dates, as circa 1400 (c 1400)." (Oxford English Dictionary)
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