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1914 27 Aug | Áqá Mírzá Yúsif-i-Qá'iní was killed in Mashhad. [BW18:387] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Mashhad, Iran; Iran | ||
1914 4 Aug | England declared war on Germany. | World War I; War (general); History (general); United Kingdom; Germany; - Europe | ||
1914 Aug | Shoghi Effendi returned to Haifa after completing his first year of college at the Syrian Protestant College just as war was breaking out in Europe. [PG12] | Syrian Protestant College, Lebanon; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon; Haifa, Israel | ||
1914 28 Jul | The Great War (1914–18) broke out in Europe. (28 July, 1914 to 11 November, 1918) Austria declared war on Serbia. The Battle of Verdun (February to December 1916) 130,000 unknown dead on both sides The first Battle of the Somme (July to November 1916) 1,000,000 casualties in four months The naval battle of Jutland (31 May to 1 June) 21 ships sunk. |
World War I; War (general); History (general); Amin Egea; - Europe; Austria; Serbia | ||
1914 (Early to middle of the year) | The defection of Dr Amín Faríd, (b. 1882, d. 1953)`Abdu'l-Bahá's translator while in America, became known publicly. His mother was a sister of Munirih Khanum, wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [AB407]
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Ameen Fareed (Amin Farid); Covenant-breakers; Lutfullah Hakim; Charles Mason Remey; George Latimer; Habibullah Khudakhsh; Habib Muayyad; Azizllah Bahádur; Laura Clifford Barney; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Chevalier, Mrs; USA; London, England; United Kingdom; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany | ||
1914 29 Jun | `Abdu'l-Bahá instructed the remaining pilgrims in the Holy Land to leave. [AB406]
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Pilgrims; Haifa, Israel | ||
1914 28 Jun | The heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated in Sarajevo. | World War I; War (general); History (general); Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Serbia; Austria | ||
1914 Jun | George Augur arrived in Japan. [BFA2:53; SBR191]
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George Augur; Japan | First Bahá'í to reside in Japan | |
1914 25 - 28 Apr | The Bahá'í Temple Unity Convention was held in Chicago at the Corinthian Hall, Masonic Temple. See the report of the Convention written by Alfred Lunt. [SoW Vol 5 Issue 10 8 September 1914 p147-151]
Those elected to the Executive Board of the Bahá'í Temple Unity were: Albert H. Hall, (President), Mrs. Annie L. Parmerton, (Vice-President), Mr. Alfred E. Lunt, (Secretary), Mr. William H. Randall, (Assistant Secretary), Mrs. Corinne True, Mr. Bernard M. Jacobsen, (Treasurer), Mr. William C. Ralston, Mr. Edward B. Kinney, and Mr. Mountfort Mills. |
National Convention | ||
1914 Spring | Laura and Hippolyte Dreyfus Barney started their teaching trip to China and French Indonesia. They visited the German colony of Qingdao, China with a plan to travel up the Yangzi river (and overland) to Kunming, Yunnan Province. However due to the outbreak of the first world war they returned to Europe, escaping from Qingdao thanks to Hippolyte's adroitness. They returned to France in time for him to assume his military obligations. [Iranica] | Laura Clifford Barney; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; China; French Indonesia | ||
1914 15 Feb | Dr Howard Bliss, the president of the Syrian Protestant College, visited 'Abdu'l-Bahá in part, to arrange for the Bahá'í students to spend their upcoming spring break in Haifa in the vicinity of the Shrines of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb, affording them an opportunity to meet and learn from ʻAbdu'l-Bahá. [AB405] By this time, Bahá'í students from Haifa and 'Akká, as well as Persia, Egypt, and Beirut, had attended SPC (later called the American University at Beirut) for about a decade, in increasing numbers over the previous few years. There were no comparable institutions in their own countries, and attending universities in Europe or America was not yet practical for most. As SPC became a popular choice, the prospect of joining an existing group of Bahá'í students was an additional attraction. A sizable group of students as well attended the Université Saint-Joseph (USJ), also in Beirut. Together, they constituted a single coherent group, meeting together, visiting each other, and collaborating, for example, in the activities of the "Society of the Bahá'í Students of Beirut," which had been formed in 1906. ['Abdu'l-Bahá and the Bahá'í Students] |
American University of Beirut; Syrian Protestant College, Lebanon; Howard Bliss; Université Saint-Joseph, Beirut; Haifa, Israel; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon | ||
1914 Jan - Feb | 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent Lua and Dr. Getsinger on a teaching tour in India. The duration of the tour and the places visited have yet to be confirmed.
She lectured at Theosophical Society Hall in Surat on "Purity and Divinity" (22 Jan); in Bombay, she spoke in Pratana Mandir Hall for an hour on "The Bahá'í Movement—Its Rise and Progress." (24Jan) She addressed the students of the Theistic Society on "Individual Spiritual Progress" (4 Feb); and in the Ideal Seminary she spoke on "Service as an Act of Worship." (8 Feb) In addition to the public lectures, to large and enthusiastic audiences, Dr. and Mrs. Getsinger were kept busy meeting people of various creeds. Lua's most important interview, and the one which 'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke of as a "certain definite result", was with the Maharajah of Jalowar (Jhalawar) whom He had met in London. He wished to acquaint this receptive enlightened person with the Bahá'í teachings, and chose Lua to seek him out. The Maharajah received her most graciously, and afterwards corresponded with her, remaining a staunch friend of the Faith. [SoW vol. V, No. 2, p. 21-22; "Lua Getsinger -Herald of the Covenant" by Amine DeMille; BFA2:353]
The Maharaiah of Ghalawar was the first ruler to accept the Baha'i teachings and attempted to put them into practice in his domain. |
Maharajah of Jalowar; Lua Getsinger; Edward Getsinger; Travel Teaching; Surat; Gujarat; Jhalawar; Rajasthan, India; Mumbai, India; India | ||
1914 21 Jan | Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpáygání, Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, passed away in Cairo. [AB404; BBD67]
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Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Lua Getsinger; Cemeteries and graves; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Ameen Fareed (Amin Farid); Covenant-breakers; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt | ||
1914 9 Jan | John Ferraby, Hand of the Cause of God, was born in Southsea, England. | John Ferraby; - Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Southsea, England; United Kingdom | ||
1914 Jan | The publication of A Brief History of Beha'u'llah: the Founder of Behai Religion by M J Gazvini. [Collins7.1530] | M J Gazvini; Akka, Israel | ||
1914 (In the year) | 'Abdu'l-Bahá was forced to expel Tammaddun'ul-Mulk for corrupt behaviour. He was from Shiraz and had been living in Paris for several years. He had been part of His entourage in 1911. [ABF19] | Tammaddunul-Mulk; Covenant-breakers; Shíráz, Iran; Tehran, Iran; Iran; Paris, France; France | ||
1914 (In the year) | The publication of Kitáb-i Badáyi'u'l-Áthár written by Mírza Mahmúd-i Zarqání, by Elegant Photo-Litho Press in Bombay. The English translation, Mahmúd's Diary, was published in 1998 by George Ronald Publisher. [APD151] "Mírzá Mahmúd was a careful and faithful chronicler and engaged in assembling and publishing his work with the permission of the beloved Master . . ." (The Universal House of Justice - a letter dated April 30, 1984 addressed to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States). |
Mahmuds Diary; Mírzá Mahmud-i-Zarqani; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Publishing; * Publications; Mumbai, India; India | ||
1914 (In the year) | The publication of The River of Life: A Selection from the teachings of Baha Allah and Abdul Baha as translated by Johanna Dawud published in London by Cope & Fenwick. [Collins4-249 p27] | Yuhanna Dawud (John David); London, England; United Kingdom | ||
1914 (In the year) | Mr Husayn Uskuli and two Bahá'ís friends arrived in Shanghai from 'Ishqábád. His family joined him later. [PH28-29, BW13p871-872]
The war years 1937-1945 were difficult for him and the conditions following the victory of the Chinese Communist Party made it impossible to have contact with the local people yet he remained. |
Husayn Uskuli; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan; Shanghai, China; China | ||
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