A Bahá'í Glossary - Bahá'í Chronology - 136 B.E. (A.D. 1979-1980)

Bahá'í Chronology - The Universal House of Justice - 136 B.E. (A.D. 1979-1980)

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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 21 March A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The Universal House of Justice outlines the broad goals of the Seven Year Plan to he launched at Ridván 1979. [BW18:81–5]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • Spring A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tákur, Iran, is confiscated by the Revolutionary Government. [BW18:289]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • April A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Revolutionary Guards in Iran occupy the House of the Báb in Shíráz and neighbouring Bahá'í properties, explaining that it is a temporary measure intended to protect the building. [BW17:79]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • April A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The ban against the Bahá'í Faith in Uganda is lifted and the House of Worship in Kampala is re-opened for worship. [BW17:141]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 1 April A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The declaration of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran after a referendum with a 98.2% supporting vote.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 17 April A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Greenland is formed in Nuuk.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 20 April A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The Bahá'í World Centre reports that ten countries or territories have a Bahá'í population that exceeds one percent of the general population. [BW17:99]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The Seven Year Plan is launched. (1979-1986) [BBD181; BBRSM159; BW17:71]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • Riḍván A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assembly in Lapland is formed in Kemi, Finland.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 6 May A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Bernard Leach CBE, internationally known potter, artist and author, passes away in St Ives, Cornwall. [BW18:669–71]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 24 May A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Shaykh Muḥammad Muvahhid, a well-known Bahá'í, is kidnapped in Ṭihrán. [BW18:254, 294]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • Summer A.D. 1979 • A.M.	In Iran, the offices of Nawnahálán and the Umaná' Corporation are taken over by Revolutionary Guards. [BW18:252]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 29 June A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The Universal House of Justice announces that the term of service for the members of the Continental Board of Counsellors will be five years as of the 26th of November, 1980, the Day of the Covenant. [Message from the Universal House of Justice 29 June, 1979]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 25 / 26 August A.D. 1979 • A.M.	An Administrative Committee for Uganda is appointed by the Universal House of Justice to prepare the Bahá'í community for the re-establishment of the national spiritual assembly.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • September A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Bahár Vujdání is executed in Mahábád, Iran. [BW18:255]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • September A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Revolutionary committees in Shahsavár, ‘Ábádán and Tabríz, Iran, order the arrest of Bahá'ís. [BW18:255] Among those arrested are members of local spiritual assemblies. [BW18:255] Bahá'í homes in Tabríz are raided and literature seized. [BW18:255]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 8 / 10 September A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The House of the Báb in Shíráz is attacked and substantially demolished by a crowd accompanied by 25 Revolutionary Guards apparently under the clergyman in charge of the local religious endowments department. [BBD108; BI11; BW18:253]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 16 September A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Enoch Olinga—Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahá'u'lláh—his wife and three of his children are murdered in Kampala, Uganda. (b.24 June, 1926) [BBD 172; BW18:633] Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the third contingent on the 2nd of October, 1957. [MoCxxiii] For his obituary see BW18:618–35.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • October A.D. 1979 • A.M.	In Iran, Bahá'ís in the ministries of education, health and social administration are dismissed from their jobs. [BW18:255]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • October A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The first Bahá'í summer school for Quechua-speakers is held in Cachaco, Imbabura, Ecuador. [BW17:170]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 24 October A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The publication of the compilation Inspiring the Heart by the Universal House of Justice. This ]compilation was published as a book by the Baha'i Publishing Trust of the United Kingdom in 1981. [Messages63-86p430]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • November A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Bahá'í meetings are prohibited in Shasavár, Iran. [BW18:255]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 11 November A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Dr ‘Alímurád Dávúdí, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, is kidnapped in Ṭihrán and presumed dead. [BW18:254, 294]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • December A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Work on the demolition of the House of the Báb in Shíráz is resumed and the building almost razed to the ground. [BW18:255]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • December A.D. 1979 • A.M.	‘Azamatu'lláh Fahandizh is executed in Ṭihrán. [BW18:255]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • December A.D. 1979 • A.M.	The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, from which all civil rights stem and which does not give recognition to the Bahá'í Faith, is adopted by referendum. [BI11]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 29 December A.D. 1979 • A.M.	Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahá'u'lláh, passes away in Quito, Ecuador. (b. 1923) [BW18:486, 651] Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the third contingent on the 2nd of October, 1957. [MoCxxiii] For his obituary see BW18:651–9. See also Muhájir, Dr Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • End of the year A.D. 1979 • A.M.	In Iran, Nawnahálán and the Umaná' Corporation are stripped of their assets and non-Bahá'í directors, inimical to the aims of the companies, are appointed. [BW18:252]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1980 • A.M.	The first local spiritual assemblies in Guinea are formed.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1980 • A.M.	Yee Wah Sing, the first Fiji-born person to become a Bahá'í in Fiji, enrols. [BN596:14]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1980 • A.M.	The persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran continues throughout the year. [BW18:92] Twenty–four Bahá'ís are executed or otherwise killed. [BW18:229–30] BW18:291–2 shows a slightly different, incorrect list. For pictures of the martyrs see BW18:293–305 and BW19:236–46. For accounts of some of the martyrdoms see BW18:275–81. Twelve Bahá'ís disappear and are presumed dead. [BW19:235] For a list of resolutions adopted by the United Nations, regional bodies, national and provincial governments, and other actions taken, see BW18:92–6. For a list of the actions taken by the Bahá'í International Community, Bahá'í institutions and others see BW18:339–41, 415–17.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • A.D. 1980 • A.M.	The publication of Stories from the Delight of Hearts - The Memoirs of Hají Mírzá Haydar-Alí was translated by A Q Faizi and published by Kalimat in 1980.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 18 January A.D. 1980 • A.M.	The publication of the compilation on Divorce by the Universal House of Justice. [MUHJ63-86p404]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 12 February A.D. 1980 • A.M.	Ḥasan M. Balyuzi, Hand of the Cause of God, passes away in London. (b. 7 September, 1908) [BW18:635; VV52] For his obituary see BW18:635–51 and SBBR5:XI–XX. Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the third contingent on the 2nd of October, 1957. [MoCxxiii]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 25 February A.D. 1980 • A.M.	Robert Hayden, much-honoured American poet, passes away in Ann Arbor, Michigan. [BW18:717] For his obituary see BW18:715–17. See also Hatcher, From The Auroral Darkness: The Life and Poetry of Robert Hayden. See Bahá'í World 1994-95 pg249 for an article by Anne Boyles entitled "The Language of the Heart: Arts in the Bahá'í World Community" for mention of Robert Hayden.
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • February A.D. 1980 • A.M.	The persecution of the Bahá'ís in Iran enters a new, more dangerous phase. [BW18:255] Prominent Bahá'ís are abducted. [BW18:256] The homes of members of the National Spiritual Assembly are raided. [BW18:256]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • March A.D. 1980 • A.M.	The first Bahá'í Summer School of the Cameroon Republic is held in Victoria. [BW18:166]
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• 136 B.E. • A.H. • 3 March A.D. 1980 • A.M.	Publication by the Universal House of Justice of the compilation on The Importance of Prayer, Meditation and the Devotional Attitude. [MUHJ63-86p404]
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