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1894 5 Jun
189-		 Thornton Chase became a Bahá'í in Chicago. [BBD53; BFA1:35–6]
  • For some time before he heard of the Bahá'í Faith, he had been a follower of the noble and mystical teachings of Emanuel Swedenborg. [SEBW3]
  • He was designated by `Abdu'l-Bahá as the first American believer. [BBD53; GPB257]
  • See BFA1:35 for his own account of how he became a Bahá'í.
  • See BFA1:33–7 for other Americans who became Bahá'ís around the same time.
  • He was given the name Thábit (Steadfast) by `Abdu'l-Bahá. [BBD53; GPB257]
  • He had been invited to join the Hearst pilgrimage in 1898 but was unable to go to the Holy Land until 1907. [AY61]
    		•  Thornton Chase; - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Names and titles; Emanuel Swedenborg; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) First American Bahá'í
    1894 Feb
    189-    		 Ibrahim George Kheiralla settled in Chicago. [BFA1:XXVII, AB65]
  • Owing to his work, the first Bahá'í community in North America was soon formed in Chicago with other groups soon forming in Philadelphia, New York City, Kenosha, Wisconsin and Ithaca, New York. [BBRSM:100; BW10:179; LDNW12]
  • See AY59-60 for a description of the teaching method used by Haddad and Kheiralla.
  • See Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion by E.G. Browne, Chapter 2, Ibrahim George Khayru'lláh and the Bahá'í Propaganda in America for an appreciation of what Kheiralla believed and taught.
    		• Ibrahim George Kheiralla; Anton Haddad; Teaching; Firsts, other; Chicago, IL; New York, USA; Philadelphia, PA; Kenosha, WI; Ithaca, NY; United States (USA) First Bahá'í community in North America formed in Chicago
    1894 (In the year)
    189-    		 From the day of Bahá'u'lláh's ascension Bahiyyih Khánum had grown so thin and feeble and was in such a weakened condition from the anguish of her mourning that she was close to breakdown. `Abdu'l-Bahá sent her to Egypt in the care of Hasan-i-Khúrásání. She returned not long after the assassination of the Shah in April 1896. [Memories of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Memoirs of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán edited and translated by Ahang Rabbani. p61]
  • See BKC14-15 for the Tablet He revealed for her on that occasion.
    		• Bahiyyih Khanum (Greatest Holy Leaf); Hasan-i-Khurasani; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt
    1894 (In the year)
    189-    		 `Abdu'l-Bahá sent Mírzá Abú'l-Fadl to Cairo. The Master instructed the prominent Bahá'ís not to associate openly with him so that he would not attract undue attention and notice. He moved to an apartment with two furnished rooms, situated above the business of an Afnan in Saray-i-Jawahiri. He began teaching philosophy and logic at Al-Azhar University and meeting and associating with the learned and accomplished men of his time. He organized and taught classes in various branches of knowledge and philosophy. He was "outed" as a Bahá'í went he arose to defend the community in the aftermath of the assassination of the Shah in April of 1896. [Memories of the Báb, Bahá'u'lláh and `Abdu'l-Bahá By Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán p58-59; 65]
  • He published the first series of Bahá'í books in Egypt, including the first compilation of `Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets, which the Master entitled Makatib-i-`Abdu'l- Bahá.
  • See as well'Abdu'l-Baha's First Thousand-Verse Tablet: History and Provisional Translation by Ahang Rabbani Khazeh Fananapazir pg 107-108.
    		• Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt
    1894 (In the year)
    189-    		 Two Bahá'ís were arrested and bastinadoed in Níshápúr. One died seven days later, the other two years later. [BW18:384]
  • Hájí Yárí, a Bahá'í of Jewish background, was arrested and imprisoned in Hamadán. [BW18:384]
  • A Bahá'í in Dastjirdán, Khurásán, Áqá `Abdu'l-Vahháb Mukhtárí, was beaten and expelled from the village. [BW18:384]
  • Bahá'ís in Fárán, Khurásán, were beaten and Bahá'í homes were looted. [BW18:384]
    		•  * Persecution, Iran; Nishapur, Iran; Hamadán, Iran; Dastjirdan, Iran; Faran, Iran; Iran
    1894 (In the year)
    189-    		 Green Acre was founded by Sarah J. Farmer in the aftermath of the World Parliament of Religions. [BBRSM:104; BFA2:142–7; BW5:29; GPB261; SBBH1:125] - Bahá'í schools (conference centres); Sarah Farmer; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Parliament of the World's Religions; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; United States (USA)
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