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| 1901 (In the Year) 190- |
Dr Frederick D'Evelyn, born in Belfast about 1855 was the first person of Irish birth to accept the Faith. In the year became a Bahá'í, he was in the party (along with Helen Goodall, Ella Goodall Cooper, and Mr and Mrs W. C. Ralston) that officially welcomed 'Abdu’l-Bahá on His arrival in San Francisco in October 1912, and his name appears first of the list of recipients of a tablet from the Master published in Star of the West on 19 January 1915. Dr D'Evelyn's account of the historic meeting is reproduced in Marion Carpenter Yazdi's Youth in the Vanguard which describes his involvement in Bahá'í activities a number of times. His service is mentioned in other books, such as Mahmud's Diary and Leroy Ioas - Hand of the Cause of God by Anita Ioas Chapman, and he appears a number of times in Star of the West, sometimes referred to as "Frederick W. Evelyn". In addition to his local position he was a member of the Temple Unity Board, the forerunner of the National Spiritual Assembly.
In August 1932 he died after a brief illness and was interred at Cypress Lawn cemetery. The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of San Francisco expressed its "grief and sense of serious loss" and paid tribute to "the untiring services and inspiring leadership of their first Chairman, Dr Frederick W. D'Evelyn". [Bahá'í Council website] |
Ireland | The first person of Irish birth to accept the Bahá'í Faith. |
| 1901 (In the Year) 190- |
The publication of Lesson on the Beha Revelation by W Hooper Harris. This publication was a series of lessons based on Christian prophecies that was used for teaching the Bahá'í Faith in the early days of the religion in the United States. [Collins7.1136] | Hooper Harris; Bayonne, NJ | |
| 1901 (In the year) 190- |
Arthur Pillsbury Dodge published his book The Truth of It, the first introductory book on the Bahá'í Faith written by a Western believer. [BFA2:93; Collins7.820] | Arthur Pillsbury Dodge; Introductory; - First publications; * Publications; United States (USA) | First introductory book on Bahá'í Faith written by Western believer |
| 1901 (In the year) 190- |
The Junayn Gardens northwest of Mazra`ih, owned by several Bahá'ís, was registered under the name of `Abdu'l-Bahá and a brother. [BBD124] | Junayn gardens (Israel); House of Bahá'u'lláh (Mazraih); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Akka, Israel; Mazraih, Israel | |
| 1901 (In the year) 190- |
William Hoar, one of the first Bahá'ís in America, was asked by `Abdu'l-Bahá to meet with the Persian ambassador in Washington to request justice for the Bahá'ís of Iran, thus marking the beginning of the efforts of the American Bahá'í community to alleviate the persecution of their brethren. [BFA2:51] | William Hoar; * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; - Ambassadors; Human rights; Firsts, other; Washington, DC, USA; United States (USA); Iran | First effort of American Bahá'í community to alleviate persecution of Persian brethren. |
| 1901 (In the year) 190- |
Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí sent from Rangoon a sample of the marble that the sarcophagus for the remains of the Báb was to be made from. Mishkin-Qalam asked for permission to design a Greatest Name for the sarcophagus, and, as was his custom, he signed the design. In the time of Bahá'u'lláh he signed his work with "The servant of the Threshold of Bahá, Mishkin-Qalam" but for this work his proposal had the signature, "The servant of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Mishkin-Qalam." 'Abdu'l-Bahá did not approve. Throughout His ministry, `Abdu'l-Bahá greatly disapproved of believers composing verses about, or glorifying, His Person in any way. He would admonish them to focus their praise on Bahá'u'lláh. [MBBA155-157] | Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Mount Carmel; Báb, Remains of; Báb, Sarcophagus for; Sarcophagus; Mishkin-Qalam; Siyyid Mustafa Rumi; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Yangon, Myanmar; Myanmar; Haifa, Israel | |
| 1901 (In the year) 190- |
The Faith is introduced to China by a Persian. [Major events of the Century of Light prepared by Dr. Ahmadi] | China | |
| 1901 (In the year) 190- |
'Abdu'l-Bahá had Gabriel Sacy, a Bahá'í Frenchman of Syrian Christian origin, deliver a message to Leo Tolstoy. In speaking of the colonialism and the imperialism of the day He said in part: (emphasis added)
For several centuries the West has been now attacking the East like bandits with its armies and cavalries and has not stopped yet. And it is going to continue this assault with all troops at its disposal until Doomsday. You observe the large armies impetuously assaulting like lions from the woods of the Western world onto the battlefields of the East. Among these are an army of finance (tharwa), an army of industries (saná`a), an army of commerce (tijára), an army of politics (siyása), an army of knowledge (ma´árif) and an army of discoveries (iktisháfát), numerous soldiers loaded with war materiel, assaulting from the West with their sharp and deadly weapons and conquering the East in all its parts. |
Leo Tolstoy (author); Colonialism and imperialism; Gabriel Sacy | |
| 1901 22 Jan 190- |
The passing of Queen Victoria.
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Queen Victoria; - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; London, England; United Kingdom | |
| 1901 Apr 190- |
The Iranian ambassador to the Ottoman government at Istanbul, `Ala'u'l-Mulk, filed a report with the Office of Foreign Ministry in Tihran which was subsequently presented to the Shah. | Shah, Reports to; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |
| 1901 May 190- |
Ghulám-Ridá was killed in Najafábád. [BW18:385] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran | |
| 1901 (approx 4 yrs after ascension of Bahá'u'lláh) 190- |
'Aqá Jamál Burújirdí had been a member of the Islamic clergy in Burujerd and was widely known and revered across Iran as a gifted teacher of the Faith.
He was a proud and egotistical man but during the lifetime of Bahá'u'lláh, he received much praise and various honorary titles such as Ismu'lláh'u'l-Jamál (The Name of God Jamál) due to his many services. During his visit to 'Akká following the passing of Bahá'u'lláh he made contact with Mírzá Muhammad-Alí with the goal of securing a prominent place in the administration of the faith under his leadership, all the while feigning loyalty to 'Abdu'l-Bahá. |
Jamal-i-Burujirdi; Covenant-breaking; Hájí Husayn-i-Kashi; Khalil-i-Khui; Jalil-i-Tabrizi; Names and titles; Fadil-i-Shirazi (Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim); Borujerd, Iran; Iran | |
| 1901 15 May 190- |
Mirza Assad'u'llah, received a Tablet from Abdul-Baha, in which He has positively declared to be necessary the establishment here of the House of Justice by election by the believers with order and just dealing. According to this blessed Announcement, our believers have elected those whom they deemed best fitted, and thus The House of Justice was established.The Chicago Bahá'ís elected a nine-man Board of Council for a term of five years. Those elected were: George Lesch, Charles H. Greenleaf, John A. Guilford, Dr. Rufus H. Bartlett, Thornton Chase, Charles Hessler, Arthur S. Agnew, Byron S. Lane and Henry L. Goodall. [BFA2:XXV, 44–7; The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith]
Only days after the election of the Chicago House of Justice, a Ladies' Auxilliary Board was organized at the suggestion of Mrs. Ella Nash and Mrs. Corinne True. This Board was later to be known as the Women's Assembly of Teaching. It appears that the Ladies' Auxilliary was able to maintain control of the funds of the Chicago Bahá'í community despite the election of the House of Justice.[The Service of Women on the Institutions of the Baha'i Faith] |
Board of Council; Spiritual Assemblies; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Ladies Auxiliary Board; Ella Nash; Corinne True; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) | |
| 1901 20 May 190- |
The number of members on the Board of Council was raised to 12. [BFA2:47] | Board of Council; Spiritual Assemblies; LSA; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) | |
| 1901 24 May 190- |
The name of the Chicago Board of Council was changed to the House of Justice. [BFA2:48]
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Board of Council; House of Justice; Spiritual Assemblies; LSA; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) | |
| 1901 29 May 190- |
The Bahá'í women of Chicago elected their own Board and held the first business meeting of the `Women's Auxiliary Board' or "Women's Teaching Assembly". [BFA2:XV, 49–50; SYH64-65] | Women; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) | First business meeting of `Women's Auxiliary Board' |
| 1901 (In the year) 190- |
Hippolyte Dreyfus heard of the Bahá'í Faith from May Bolles in Paris and soon after accepted it. [AB81–2]
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Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; May Maxwell (Bolles); Laura Clifford Barney; Paris, France; France | First Frenchman to embrace the Faith; first European Bahá'í to visit Iran |
| 1901 summer 190- |
Thomas Breakwell, an Englishman living in the United States, learned of the Bahá'í Faith in Paris from May Bolles. Within three days he became a believer and immediately wrote to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [AB74–5; BW7:707]
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Thomas Breakwell; May Maxwell (Bolles); Huqúqu'lláh; - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Firsts, other; Paris, France; France | First male British Bahá'í; first English believer; first Western Bahá'í to pay Huqúqu'lláh |
| 1901 Mid-Jul 190- |
Hájí Hasan-i-Khurásání and his translator, Husayn Rúhí left the United States to return to Egypt. [BFA2:38] | Hájí Hasan-i-Khurasani; New York, USA | |
| 1901 Aug 190- |
Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání arrived in North America. [BFA2:XV]
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Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani; Proofs; * Publications; Laura Clifford Barney; Ahmad Sohrab; Covenant-breaking; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; New York, USA; United States (USA) | |
| 1901 Aug 190- |
`Abdu'l-Bahá wrote His Will and Testament over this seven-year period. [AB124–5, 484; BBD236]
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Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Charters of the Bahá'í Faith; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Covenant; Akka, Israel | |
| 1901 20 Aug 190- |
Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamíd re-imposed the restrictions confining `Abdu'l-Bahá and His brothers within the walls of `Akká. [AB94; CB226–7; DH67–8; GBP264]
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Sultán `Abdu'l-Hamid; Mírzá Muhammad Ali; Covenant-breaking; * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Pilgrims; Pilgrimage; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Badiullah; Akka, Israel; Egypt | |
| 1901 Sep 190- |
Thomas Breakwell went on pilgrimage to `Akká, the first Englishman to do so. He was accompanied by Herbert Hopper. [BFA2:154; BW7:709]
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Thomas Breakwell; Pilgrimage; - First pilgrims; Herbert Hopper; Akka, Israel | First Englishman to go on pilgrimage to `Akká |
| 1901 12 Sep 190- |
The publication of tablets revealed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá "To the House of Justice at Chicago, To the Ladies' Assembly of Teaching, To Mirza Assad'ullah and to other individuals, also one to the Believers in Persia." translated by Ali-Kuli Khan. [Collins3.159; Tablets Revealed by the Master Abdul Beha Abbas.] | * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) | |
| 1901 2 Nov 190- |
Birth of John Robarts, Hand of the Cause of God, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. | John Robarts; - Births and deaths; Waterloo, ON; Ontario, Canada; Canada | |
| 1901 26 Nov 190- |
The Day of the Covenant
The Day of the Covenant is a Bahá'í holy day honouring the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh, in particular, 'Abdu'l-Bahá as the "Centre of the Covenant" and as such, the successor, the interpreter and the exemplar of the Bahá'í Faith. Bahá'u'lláh's Covenant also provided for the extension of this covenant to the Guardian and to the Universal House of Justice. |
Day of the Covenant; Firsts, other; Covenant; Holy days; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Birth of; Bahá'u'lláh, Ascension of; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) | First celebration of Day of the Covenant in North America. First Holy Day celebrated in North America. |
| 1901 26 Dec 190- |
Agnes Alexander arrived back in Hawaii, the first Bahá'í to set foot in the islands. [BFA2:159–60] | Agnes Alexander; Hawaii, USA | First Bahá'í to set foot in Hawaii |
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