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1936 31 Dec 193- |
Khusraw Bimán (Thábit) passed away in Bombay at the age of 103 or 104. [Imm:56]
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Khusraw Biman; In Memoriam; First believers by background; - Zoroastrianism; Conversion; Mumbai, India; India | first Zoroastrian to accept the Faith in India |
1936 Nov 193- |
Renée Szanto-Felbermann became a Bahá'í, the first to accept the Faith in Hungary. She was considered the first person to accept the Faith by some notwithstanding the events of 1913. [BW19:633]
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First Bahá'ís by country or area; Arminius Vambery; Hungary; Budapest, Hungary | first to accept Bahá'í Faith in Hungary |
1936 (Fall) 193- |
Lorol Schopflocher departed for Europe to do teaching work in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, France and Geneva, Switzerland. [BN No107 April 1937 p2] | Travel Teaching; Lorol Schopflocher; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; United Kingdom; France; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland | |
1936 (Latter half of the year) 193- |
Mrs Randolph Bolles and her daughter Jeanne, two American Bahá'ís, (aunt and cousin of Mary Maxwell respectively), were sent to Budapest by Shoghi Effendi to open Hungary to the Faith. At the time of their departure there were seven Bahá'ís in Budapest, mostly of Jewish background. [Rebirth: Memoirs of Renée Szanto-Felbermann p103-5] | First travel teachers and pioneers; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary | |
1936 3–16 Jul 193- |
The World Congress of Faiths was held in London under the auspices of the World Fellowship of Faiths. [GPB342; GT123]
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World Congress of Faiths; Francis Younghusband; George Townshend; Interfaith dialogue; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); London, England; United Kingdom | |
1936 1 Jul 193- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada appointed the first Inter-America Committee, beginning an organized and coordinated effort to establish the Faith in the Republics of Central and South America. [BW10:181] | National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada; United States (USA) | first Inter-America Committee |
1936 (Summer) 193- |
While on a a cruise, on the way to Norway, Mrs French made a stop in Iceland where she distributed some Bahá'í literature. [BN No 104 December 1936 p8] | Travel Teaching; Teaching; Mrs French; Reykjavik, Iceland; Iceland | |
1936 Jul 193- |
Following on the success of the initial Race Amity conferences in Washington, DC, the National Spiritual Assembly formed a racial amity committee. For a list of the committees complete with membership from 1921 until 1932 see The Bahá'í 'Race Amity' Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America: Alain Locke and Robert Abbot by Christoper Buck. [Bahá'í Studies Review 17, 2011, 3–46] |
Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Unity; National Spiritual Assembly; United States (USA) | |
1936 summer 193- |
Britain held its first Bahá'í summer school. [GT137; UD109] | First summer and winter schools; Summer schools; United Kingdom | first British Bahá’í summer school |
1936 Jun 193- |
The persecution of the Bahá'ís of Iran continued. [BW18p389]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Holy days; Iran; Bandar Shah, Iran | |
1936 Feb 193- |
Martha Root met with Queen Marie of Romania for the eighth and last time. [MRHK413] | Martha Root; Queen Marie of Romania; Romania | |
1936 (In the year) 193- |
The Seven Valleys was published in revised translation by Ali Kuli Khan by the US Bahá'í Publishing Committee. A later revision by Khan and Marzieh Gail was published in 1945. [Collins1.113; About the Seven Valleys and the Four Valleys; Collins1.114]
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Haft Vadi (Seven Valleys); Chahar Vadi (Four Valleys); `Alí Kulí Khán; Marzieh Gail; Call of the Divine Beloved (book); United States (USA) | |
1936 (In the year) 193- |
The National Assembly of Australia and New Zealand first issued its news organ, the Bahá'í Quarterly. | National Spiritual Assembly; Australia; New Zealand | first publication Bahá’í Quarterly |
1936 (In the year) 193- |
The first woman was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of India, Shirin Fozdar. | Shirin Fozdar; Women; NSA; Firsts, other; India | first woman elected to NSA India |
1936 (In the year) 193- |
Mr E. R. and Mrs Loulie Mathews arrived in Guatemala, the first Bahá'í teachers to visit the country. | E. R. Mathews; Loulie A. Mathews; Travel Teaching; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Guatemala | first Bahá’í teachers to visit Guatemala |
1936 (In the year) 193- |
The Bahá'í Journal was instituted in England. [United Kingdom: History of the Bahá'í Faith by Moojan Momen. | Bahá'í Journal; United Kingdom | |
1936 (In the year) 193- |
Because the Bahá'í teachings were considered "international and pacifist" the Nazi close the Bahá'í summer school in Esslingen. [SYH208] | Persecution, Germany; Germany | |
1936 (In the Year) 193- |
The publication of Massacres de Babis en Perse by A.L.M. Nicolas. | A.L.M. Nicolas; Massacres de Bábís en Perse; * Publications; Paris, France; France |
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