Chronology: Date 1913-04

date	event	tags	firsts
1913 24 Apr	`Abdu'l-Bahá left Vienna and returned to Stuttgart, where He arrived in the early hours of the next morning. [AB389] This marked the end of HIs visit to Austria where He had spent 6 days.	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Vienna; Austria; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany
1913 20 Apr	'Abdu'l-Bahá, walking around Vienna, joined some people entering a palatial-looking domed church, Karlskirche, or St. Charles' Church, widely considered the most outstanding Baroque church in Vienna, with an opulently-decorated interior. He walked around the church for about ten minutes and donated money before returning to the hotel and speaking to Theosophists. In the afternoon 'Abdu'l-Bahá called on a Persian minister then returned to visit the Ottoman Ambassador. [The Utterance Project]	Vienna; Austria
1913 18 or 19 Apr	`Abdu'l-Bahá left Budapest and travelled to Vienna by rail, reaching the city in the evening and taking residence in the Grand Hotel. Abdu'l-Bahá is reported to have said: "the freedom of Europeans, that an individual is free to do whatsoever he desires as long as he does not harm any other person," and says "In the religion of God, there is no freedom of action. Man cannot transgress the law of God, even if no harm is done to others. For the purpose of the law of God is education, for others and for oneself. In the sight of God, to harm oneself is the same as to harm someone else, and both are blameworthy." [Message 9 May 2014] It is estimated that some 30 people accepted the Faith during His visit. [AB388, SBBR14p120] In 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt p80 it is reported that a bust of 'Abdu'l-Bahá was made during His time in Vienna. Two copies were received in Port Said via Stuttgart on the 18th of July, 1913, one intended for Ahmad Sohrab and the other for Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání. Also see Martha Root: Herald of the Kingdom by Kay Zinky pp361-374 for "Àbdu-l-Bahá's Visit to Budapest".	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Trains; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; Vienna; Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary; Port Said, Egypt; Egypt
1913 15 Apr	'Abdu'l-Bahá's planned departure was delayed a second time due to a severe cold. He was attended by Mr and Mrs Stark as well as Sirda Omrah Singh. He continued to meet visitors in His hotel during this period. [MRHK369]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary
1913 14 Apr	'Abdu'l-Bahá's plan had been to leave but His departure was delayed due to a request from the president of the Túránian Society, Count Pal Teleki, who later became the Hungarian Prime Minister two times. In the afternoon 'Abu'l-Bahá visited Arminius Vambéry at his home again and some time later sent him a tablet and a carpet by the post. It was reported in "Star of the West" (February 1929) that this tablet was in possession of Arminius's son, Rusztem Vámbéry. [SBBR14p115, 125, AB387, SoW9Vol9p24] See BW5p329 for the testament written by Professor Vámbéry and published in the Egyptian Gazette September 24th, 1913. See SUR73 for the story of Arminius Vámbéry, while travelling with a caravan and disguised as a dervish, encountered another caravan loaded with coffins bound for burial in the vicinity of the Shrines in Karbilá'. See The Dervish of Windsor Castle: The Life of Arminius Vambery by Lory Alder and Richard Dalby. At a meeting of the Túránian Society in the grand hall of the National Museum 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave a lecture entitled "Peace Between Nations and Religions" to some 200 people. The talk was translated into Hungarian by Leopold Stark and into English by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab. [SBBR14p113; ABM318; Talk by Abdu'l-Baha Given in Budapest to the Turanian Society on 14 April 1913 (Provisional)] 'Alí Abbás Áqá, a Tabrízí carpet merchant, hosted a dinner party in His honour. Among those attending was the Turkish Consul. [AB387, MRHK367, SBBR14p113]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Arminius Vambery; Leopold Stark; Count Pal Teleki; `Alí Abbas Áqá; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary; Karbala, Iraq; Iraq
1913 13 Apr	`Abdu'l-Bahá was sick and the weather was bitterly cold. He went to the studio of Professor Robert A. Nadler of the Royal Academy of Art to sit for a portrait. He gave him a total of three sittings during His visit to Budapest. [AB387, MRHK368-9] "The portrait is remarkable not only because of its art, but also because of its later miraculous fate. Reportedly, after heavy bombing in 1945, only that part of the building in which the painting was hung remained unharmed." [Renée Szanto-Felbermann Two Portraits p3, Rebirth: Memoirs of Renée Szanto-Felbermann p159] The painting was purchased and taken to the Bahá'í World Centre in 1972. [SBBR14p118] See SBBR14p108 for a picture of the portrait. In the afternoon He visited the home of Sirdar Omrah Singh. [AB387] In spite of a raging blizzard a good many attended His address at the hotel in the evening. [AB387]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Robert A. Nadler; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; Portraits; World War II; War (general); Budapest, Hungary; Hungary
1913 12 Apr	'Abu'l-Bahá received many visitors at His hotel including the president of the Túránian Society, Jewish-born Arminius Vambéry. He was an orientalist and one of the most colourful figures of the nineteenth century. He had some prior knowledge of the Bahá'í Faith. (Ali Kuli Khan had met him as he was travelling near Karbila disguised as a dervish, probably in 1896. [SUR73-74]) Some time later he wrote a much-publicized tribute to the Bahá'í Faith. [AB8, 386–7, SBBR14p114] `Abdu'l-Bahá visited the home of Arminius Vambéry. [SBBR14p115] He was invited to speak at the former House of Magnates in the National Museum Building by the founder of the Hungarian Turanian Society, Alajos Paikert. ['Abdu'l-Bahá in Budapest p4]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Arminius Vambery; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary
1913 11 Apr	Julius Germanus from the Eastern Academy called upon 'Abdu'l-Bahá at His hotel accompanied by his Turkish students. [SBBR14p112] 'Abdu'l-Bahá visited Hungarian Orientalist Professor Ignáz Goldziher in his home. He was the first person of the Jewish Faith to occupy a professional chair in the University of Budapest. and he had previously written about the Bahá'í Faith. Some time later Professor Goldziher received a carpet and a tablet as a gift from 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [SBBR14p116, AB386] 'Abdu'l-Bahá delivered a lecture in the old Parliament organized by the Peace Society and the Esperanto Association to an audience estimated to be 500, 800 or 1,000 depending on the source. He was flanked by Catholic prelate Dr Alexander Giesswein and Dr. Goldziher, a Jewish Orientalist. The significance of seeing an eminent Jewish scholar and a Catholic clergyman on the same stage on either side of 'Abdu'l-Bahá was not lost on the audience and they broke into applause. [SBBR14p116-117. MRHK362] After the lecture a dinner was given in His honour at the Hotel Pannonia. [MRHK366]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Julius Germanus; Ignaz Goldziher; Alexander Giesswein; Gifts; Carpets; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary
1913 10 Apr	While walking `Abdu'l-Bahá crossed the Chain Bridge and attracted a crowd of curious onlookers who had seen His picture in the newspaper. [MRHK363] He received visitors at His hotel. Among them are Dr Agnes Goosen, the Rector of the University of Budapest, Dr Alexander Giesswein, a member of Parliament and Sirdar Omrah Singh of Punjab. Professor Julius Germanus, a young Orientalist from the Eastern Academy, brings a group of Turkish language students. [MRHK364] He visited the homes of several families. In the evening He spoke to 50 people at the Theosophical Meeting, praising the organization and its goals. Dr Germanus interpretes the talk into German.	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary
1913 9 Apr	`Abdu'l-Bahá arrived in Budapest and He was met by a delegation at Keleti pu Ostbahnhof (Eastern Train Station). Another welcoming party had been waiting for Him at the Western station where a train had arrived from Vienna. He was escorted to the Ritz Hotel (now called the Hotel Forum) on the Pest side where He was further welcomed by a delegation of citizens. To compensate for the fact that many had missed His arrival at the train station, He held a press conference in the hotel lobby. [AB384, SBBR14p110] For details of His visit see AB384–8 and MRHK362–70 and 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Budapest by Alice Schwartz-Salivo. See Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to Budapest on the Hungarian Community website. There you will find information on the places visited by `Abdu'l-Bahá in Budapest. See 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Budapest by Gyorgy Lederer in SBBH14p102, 109-126. See 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Visit to Budapest found in SoW Vol 24 Issue3 June 1933 p85. "…it was His hope that Budapest might become a centre for the reunion of the East and the West, and that from this city the light might emanate to other places." ['Abdu'l-Bahá in Budapest p1; BWNS303; MRHK363]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary
1913 8 Apr	`Abdu'l-Bahá returned to Stuttgart, then left in the evening for Budapest, changing trains in Vienna the next morning. To this date no travel teacher had visited Budapest and there were no resident believers. [ABM316] The trip was made at the invitation of, among others, Mr and Mrs Lipót Stark. the Secretary General of the Theosophical Society, who had given a lecture entitled "The Bahá'í Movement" on the 25th of February, 1912 and the text of the lecture had been published in the Esperanto periodical Teozofia (Theosophical). [SBBR14p110] `Abdu'l-Bahá was accompanied by Wilhelm Herrigel to serve to translate into German. [AB384] For further information on His time in Budapest see 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Budapest by György Lederer in Bahá'ís in the West SBBR Vol 14 pp109-126 See as well The Utterance Project 9-18 April 1913	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Trains; Wilhelm Herrigel; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany; Budapest, Hungary; Hungary
1913 7 Apr	`Abdu'l-Bahá traveled to Bad Mergentheim by automobile to visit the hotel and mineral bath owned by Consul Schwarz, (Later named Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá by Shoghi Effendi). [AB383] Later, in 1916 the local Bahá'í community commemorated the visit with the dedication of a monument, a life-sized likeness of the head of 'Abdu'l-Bahá on a granite stone about two metres in height. The Nazis removed it in 1937 but it was replaced in 2007. [BWNS524]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Cars; Consul Schwarz; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; Monuments; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Pictures and portraits; Portraits; World War II; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bad Mergentheim, Germany; Germany
1913 4 Apr	See a photo of 'Abdu'l-Bahá with a group of friends in Stuttgart. ['Abdu'l-Bahá Champion of Universal Peace by Hoda Mahmoudi and Janet Khan]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany
1913 3 Apr	'Abdu'l-Bahá spoke to a large audience in the City Museum. The talk was translated into English by Ahmad Sohrab and then rendered into German by Herr Eckstein. [AB380-382]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany
1913 1 Apr	'Abdu'l-Bahá departed for Stuttgart from Gar de l'Est accompanied by Siyyid Ahmad-i-Báqiroff, Mirza Ahmad Sohrab, Siyyid Asadu'llah-i-Qumi, and Mahmúd Zarqání. It was His first trip to Germany and it lasted for 7 days. [ABF537-538]	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Second Western tour; Stuttgart, Germany; Germany; Paris, France; France
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