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1919 Late | Martha Root visited Cuba for one day, the first Bahá'í to do so, and lectured on the Bahá'í Faith. | Martha Root; Cuba | the first Bahá'í to visit Cuba | |
1919 25 Dec | Shoghi Effendi presented a precious gift to his friend Dr Esslemont, "a drop of the coagulate and sacred blood of Bahá'u'lláh". [PG126] | Esslemont; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Gifts; Haifa, Israel | ||
1919 17 Dec | Due to the difficulty of communication during the war there was a long delay before the invitation was delivered to the Holy Land.`Abdu'l-Bahá immediately responded to the invitation and wrote the Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace. He asked Ahmad Yazdáni and 'Alí Muhammad 'Ibn-i-Asdaq to come to Haifa to deliver the Tablet on His behalf. In May of 1920, they departed Haifa for Rotterdam. Upon arrival, they took a train to The Hague and delivered the Tablet on the 17th of May. | * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Ibn-i-Asdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad); Peace; World peace; - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; Haifa, Israel; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands | ||
1919 21 Nov | In the period after the war 'Abdu'l-Bahá was flooded with requests from India and points East for Him to visit. Indian soldiers serving with the British forced stationed in the area were frequent visitors. [PG118-120] | India | ||
1919 18 Nov | The periodical entitled "The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom" was published and distributed by Miss Ella Roberts from 1919 to 1924. [Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Native American creation stories,
edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, Marie Cantlon p.782-783]
Margaret Randall told of the establishment of a Bahá'í Junior Magazine and asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá for a name for it. The Master was told who had charge of it, and His face lighted up with a beautiful smile as He said: "The name is The Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom. Who writes it? This (name) is suitable for it.[WHR128-129] |
Magazine of the Children of the Kingdom; Children; Youth; - Periodicals; * Publications; - First publications; Haifa, Israel; USA | first publication for Bahá'í youth. | |
1919 Nov | William Harry Randall, an American, asked `Abdu'l-Bahá if he might contribute to the building of the Western Pilgrim House. [DH179]
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William Harry Randall; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Pilgrim Houses; Pilgrim House, Western; Amelia Collins; Haifa, Israel | ||
1919 25 Oct | Martha Root arrived in Panama, the first Bahá'í to visit the country. She spent one week there. | Martha Root; Panama | the first Bahá'í to visit Panama, | |
1919 Oct | Martha Root visited Chile, the first Bahá'í to do so.
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Martha Root; Theosophical Society; Chile | ||
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