A Bahá'í Glossary - Bahá'í Chronology - 135 B.E. (A.D. 1978-1979)

Bahá'í Chronology - The Universal House of Justice - 135 B.E. (A.D. 1978-1979)

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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • April A.D. 1978 • A.M.	Dorothy Francis, an Aboriginal person from the Salteaux tribe, is awarded the Order of Canada for her services to Canadian native peoples and her efforts to preserve their culture. [BW17:103; VV29] For a picture see BW17:103.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The Universal House of Justice is elected for the fourth time at the International Convention held in Haifa. [BW17:293] For details of the International Convention and pictures see BW17:293–300.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The first National Spiritual Assembly of Mauritania is formed with its seat in Nouakchott. [BW17:141, 348, BW19:491]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of Cyprus is formed with its seat in Nicosia. [BW17:190, 348]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1978 • A.M.	Delegates to the International Convention attend a ceremony to further dedicate the new building for the Seat of the Universal House of Justice. The superstructure of the building is completed at this stage. Chairing the event is Hand of the Cause Dr. Ugo Giachery with special guest Ethel Revell, former member of the International Bahá'í Council in attendance. A casket containing dust from both Holy Shrines is placed in a niche specially designed for it. Delegates from 123 National/Regional Assemblies attended. {BW17p293-300]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The first local assembly in the British Virgin Islands is formed on Tortola.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Mariana Islands is formed with its seat in Nicosia. [BW17:176, 348]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of Burundi is re-formed. [BW16:137; BW17:141, 347]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahamas is formed with its seat in Nassau. [BW17:162, 348]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 23 May A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The House of Worship in Wilmette is included in the register of historic places in the United States. [BW17:166, 375] For picture see BW17:165.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 26 May A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of the Mariana Islands is formed with its seat in Guam. [BW17:174–5; DM348, 386] For picture see DM387.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • Jul,y A.D. 1978 • A.M.	In Niger, an announcement is made on the national radio banning ‘the Baha'ist sect and the Nineteen Day Feast' throughout the country; immediately, all Bahá'í administrative activities are stopped and the national spiritual assembly is dissolved. [BW17:147] Mr Djoneidi is called into police-headquarters in Niger for questioning and is held for three clays; upon his release, unharmed, other Bahá'ís are also called in.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • August A.D. 1978 • A.M.	An International Bahá'í Youth Conference is held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, attended by some 380 Bahá'ís from 19 countries. [BW17:150, 153]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • December A.D. 1978 • A.M.	Two hundred Bahá'í homes near Shíráz are burned and the Bahá'ís driven from them, property is stolen and many Bahá'ís are beaten. [BW17:79; BW19:42] At one point 700 Bahá'ís are homeless and their means of livelihood destroyed. [BW17:79]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • December A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The first Bahá'í Winter School of Malta takes place. [BW17:192]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • December A.D. 1978 • A.M.	Bahá'í homes in Andarún, Iran, are besieged; one Bahá'í is badly beaten. [BW18:275–6]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 15 December A.D. 1978 • A.M.	A cabled message is sent to 93 national spiritual assemblies stating that the Bahá'ís in Iran and the Holy Places in Ṭihrán and Shíráz are in peril. [BW17:79]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 23 December A.D. 1978 • A.M.	Helmut Winkelbach, a German Bahá'í, arrives in Bobrujsk, Belarus, and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [Ela-D Committee of Germany Records]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 28 / 30 Decemebr A.D. 1978 • A.M.	The West African Bahá'í Women's Conference is held in Monrovia, Liberia. [BW17:154]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Ṭihrán is confiscated by the revolutionary government of Iran. [BW17:79]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Bahá'í cemeteries across Iran are confiscated, including the cemetery in Ṭihrán, which contains the graves of several Hands of the Cause and other distinguished Bahá'ís and several thousand other graves of Bahá'ís. Many graves are desecrated and the gravestones smashed.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The Síyáh-Chál in Ṭihrán and the houses of Quddús and Hujjat are seized and occupied by members of the revolutionary committees. [BW17:79–80]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The National Spiritual Assembly of Afghanistan is disbanded owing to persecution of the Bahá'ís and the political instability of the country.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Five Bahá'ís are killed in Iran, two by execution. [BW18:291] For the response of Bahá'í institutions to the persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran see BW18:337–9.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 12 January A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Bahá'í members of the Sádát-Mahmúdí clan of the Buyr-Ahmad tribe of central Iran are driven from their homes by other clan members. [BW18:271] For the report of this incident and its aftermath see BW18:271–4. For a picture see BW18:272.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 17 January A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Mohammad Rezā Pahlavi‎, known as Mohammad Reza Shah, entitled Shāhanshāh ("Emperor" or "King of Kings"), fled Iran. The dissolution of the monarchy was complete on the 11th of February.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 27 January A.D. 1979 • A.M.	In Samoa, His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II and Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum lay the cornerstone of the first Bahá'í House of Worship of the Pacific Islands. [BW17:188, 371; VV36] For the text of the address delivered by His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II see BW17:372. For excerpts from the address of Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih K̲h̲ánum see BW17:373. For pictures see BW17:374.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • February A.D. 1979 • A.M.	In Iran, Bahá'í representatives meet with high-ranking clergy in Shíráz, Qum and Mashhad to combat the widespread accusation that the Bahá'ís of Iran had supported the regime of the Sháh. [BW18:252]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • February A.D. 1979 • A.M.	A mob of some 5,000 armed with hatchets, spades and pickaxes converge on Hisár, Iran, intent on harming the Bahá'ís; the mob is prevented from doing so. [BW18:275] Shortly afterwards the home of Mr Ma'naví is looted and he is carried off; it appears he was beaten to death. [BW18:275]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • February A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Revolutionary Guards raid the offices of Nawnahálán, a Bahá'í investment company, and the Umaná' Corporation, a foundation for the purchase and maintenance of Bahá'í properties, and impound the keys. [BW18:252] In the weeks following, the offices are occupied by the Revolutionary Guards and the staff are dismissed. [BW18:252]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 1 February A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran from exile in France.
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • 15 February A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The National Hazíratu'l-Quds of Iran is seized by the Revolutionary Guards. [BW18:250] All the records of the National Spiritual Assembly, including a membership list of all the Bahá'ís in Iran, are confiscated by the government. [BW19:43]
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• 135 B.E. • A.H. • March A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Yúsif Subhání, a well-known Bahá'í businessman, is imprisoned in Ṭihrán. [BW18:278]
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