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1920 27-29 Dec | The first All-India Bahá'í Convention was held in Bombay with 175 in attendance. [AB446; BBRSM194; 115] | Conferences, Bahá'í; - First conferences; Mumbai, India; India | The first All-India Bahá'í Convention | |
1920 1 Dec | Lillian Frances Kappes,(b. 1878 in Hoboken, New Jersey), died of typhus fever in Tihrán. [BFA2:361; SW11, 19:324-5, AY211-212]
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Lillian Kappes; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Tehran, Iran; Iran | ||
1920 Dec | The passing of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-Alí Isfaháni known as 'the Angel of Mount Carmel' in Haifa. He was buried in the Bahá'í Cemetery on Mount Carmel. [BBD98; EB250]
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Hájí Mírzá Haydar-`Alí; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Cemeteries and graves; Angel of Carmel; Haifa, Israel | ||
1920 16 Oct | Shoghi Effendi at Oxford - The Michaelmas Term 1920
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Oxford, England; United Kingdom | ||
1920 Oct | Mírzá Mustafá was killed at Farúgh, Fárs, and other Bahá'ís were imprisoned. [BW18:387]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Farugh, Iran; Fars, Iran; Iran | ||
1920 Oct | Shoghi Effendi entered Balliol College, Oxford University. [CB284; DH149; GBF11-12]
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Balliol College, Oxford University; Universities; Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Oxford, England; United Kingdom | ||
1920 24 Sep | Boring began at the site of the Mashriqu'l-Adhkár in Wilmette to determine the depth of the bedrock. [DP104]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Wilmette, IL; USA | ||
1920 Sep | The tombs of the King of Martyrs and the Beloved of Martyrs in Isfahán were demolished by a mob. [BBR437; LB94]
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Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan (King of Martyrs); Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn (Beloved of Martyrs); King of Martyrs and Beloved of Martyrs; Cemeteries and graves; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; - Persecution, Mobs; Isfahan, Iran; Iran | ||
1920 After Jul | The first Argentineans to become Bahá'ís, Hermann Grossmann and his sister Elsa Grossman, accepted the Faith in Leipzig in 1920.
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Hermann Grossmann; Elsa Grossmann; Harlan Ober; Grace Robarts Ober; Theosophical Society; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Leipzig; Germany | The first Argentineans to become Bahá'ís, Hermann Grossman and his sister Elsa Grossman, | |
1920 28 Jul | Shoghi Effendi journeyed from Oxford to London to attend the weekly public Bahá'í meeting at Lindsay Hall in Notting Hill Gate. Ethel Rosenberg welcomed Shoghi Effendi, Dr. John Esslemont, who was visiting from Bournemouth, Helen Grand and Grace and Harlan Ober from the United States also attended. After short introductory remarks from Miss Rosenberg, both Grace and Harlan Ober spoke. Shoghi Effendi chanted a Persian prayer. [EJR228] | Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Ethel Rosenberg; John Esslemont; Helen Grand; Grace Robarts Ober; Harlan Ober; London, England; United Kingdom | ||
1920 19 Jul | Shoghi Effendi departed from France two weeks after receiving 'Abdu'l-Bahá's permission to study at Oxford. According to Dr J. Fallscheer, the German woman physician that 'Abdu'l-Bahá had engaged to attend to the ladies of His household, 'Abdu'l-Bahá had decided to send Shoghi Effendi to England while he was still in high school. [PG137-138] | Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Balliol College, Oxford University; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Fallscheer, Dr J.; Paris, France; France; Oxford, England; United Kingdom | ||
1920 8 Jul | August Rudd, a Swede who had becme a Bahá'í in America, returned to his native country, to become the first Bahá'í in Sweden. [BWT8:980-2]. | August Rudd; Sweden | The the first Bahá'í in Sweden | |
1920 1 Jul | 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent His second Tablet to The Hague.
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Lawh-i-Hague (Tablet to The Hague); Second Tablet to The Hague; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Central Organization for a Durable Peace; The Hague; Netherlands | ||
1920 Jul | Harlan and Grace Ober made a pilgrimage to visit 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Haifa. They returned via Germany and England where they had the privilege of meeting Shoghi Effendi, then a student at Oxford.
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Harlan Ober; Grace Robarts Ober; Pilgrimage; Hermann Grossmann; Lina Benke; George Benke; Haifa, Israel; Germany; Leipzig; Oxford, England | ||
1920 Jul-Aug | Fanny Knobloch, the first Bahá'í teacher in South Africa, arrived in Cape Town. [BW2:40].
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Fanny Knobloch; Cape Town, South Africa; South Africa | first Bahá'í in South Africa; the first Bahá'í teacher in South Africa | |
1920 11 Jun | Shoghi Effendi made application to Balliol College at Oxford University as a non-collegiate student for a period of two years. [PG134] | Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Balliol College, Oxford University; Universities; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Neuilly; France; Oxford, England; United Kingdom | ||
1920 24 May | Charles Greenleaf, (b. 6 May, 1857 in Wisconsin), Disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away at the home of William Harry Randall in Boston. He was interred in Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA Show Map Section K Lot 42. [SBR105; Find a grave]
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Charles Greenleaf; Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; William Harry Randall; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA | ||
1920 21 May | The execution at Sultánábád of Hájí `Arab by hanging. [BBRXXX, 444-6; BW18:387] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Sultanabad, India; Iran | ||
1920 17 May | The Tablet to the Central Organization for a Durable Peace was delivered to the Executive Comittee in The Hague.
Ahmad Yazdáni and 'Alí Muhammad 'Ibn-i-Asdaq learned that the Central Organization had been all but dissolved and that the Executive Committee's objective, to hold a third peace conference, had been surpassed by their country's membership in the recently formed League of Nations in Geneva. [AB438; BBD1 15; GPB308; EB176] On the 12th of June, the Executive Committee of the Central Organization for a Durable Peace in The Hague responded to 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet. Ahmad Yazdani immediately forwarded it to Haifa. |
* `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 | ||
1920 mid July - mid October | Shoghi Effendi arrived in England to take up his studies at Oxford. His stated objective was:
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Translation; London, England; Oxford, England; Bournemouth, England; United Kingdom | ||
1920 27 Apr | The design for the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois, was finally chosen by the forty-nine delegates present at the Twelfth Annual Convention of Bahá'í Temple Unity, being held at the Hotel McAlpin, New York. Excavation at the site began on the 24th of September and construction commenced on the 20th of December. | Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Architecture; New York, USA; USA; Wilmette, IL | ||
1920 27 Apr | `Abdu'l-Bahá was invested with the insignia of the Knighthood of the British Empire as Sir Abbas Effendi in a ceremony in Haifa. [AB443; BBRXXX, 343-5; CH214; DH149; GPB306; The Glorious Journey by Craig Weaver and Helen Bond p19]
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`Abdu'l-Bahá, Knighthood (KBE); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); World War I; British; Charity and relief work; Social and economic development; Mary Basil Hall (Mary Blomfield); - Basic timeline, Expanded; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Haifa, Israel; Abu-Sinan, Israel; Palestine; Israel | ||
1920 20 Apr | Shoghi Effendi left Haifa for France with the intention of taking up his study of English at Oxford University. As instructed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá he stayed in a sanitarium in Neuilly (Maison d'Hydrothérapie et de convalescence du Parc de Neuilly, 6 Boulevard du Château, Neuilly-sur-Seine) before leaving for England in July. [SEO58]
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Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Balliol College, Oxford University; Haifa, Israel; Oxford, England; United Kingdom; Neuilly; France | ||
1920 10 Apr | Clara and Hyde Dunn arrived in Sydney, Australia. [AB445] SBR158 says this was 18 Apr 1919.
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Clara and Hyde Dunn; Clara Dunn; Hyde Dunn; - Hands of the Cause; Sydney, Australia; Australia | the first Bahá'í pioneers to have arrived at their post after the release of the Tablets of the Divine Plan | |
1920 3 Apr | The founders of Teheran branch of Societé Nonahalan 'Children's Savings Fund' were Mirza Mohammed Tabib, Miss Lillian F. Kappes, Mirza Nuredin, Doctor Susan I. Moody, and Goodsea Ashraf Khanom. [Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran]
The Bahá'í Children's Savings Company, known in Iran as Shirkat-i Nawnahalan, began as a savings bank for Bahá'í children in 1917 and was founded through 'Abdu'l-Bahá's encouragement. [Bahá'í Teachings 4 Oct 2012] |
Childrens Savings Fund; Nonahalan Society; Mírzá Mohammed Tabib; Lillian Kappes; Mírzá Nuredin; Doctor Susan Moody; Goodsea Ashraf Khanom; Nawnahalan; Tehran, Iran; Iran | ||
1920 3 Apr | The founders of Teheran branch of Societé Nonahalan 'Children's Savings Fund' were Mirza Mohammed Tabib, Miss Lillian F. Kappes, Mirza Nuredin, Doctor Susan I. Moody, and Goodsea Ashraf Khanom. [Women's Worlds in Qajar Iran] | Childrens Savings Fund; Nonahalan Society; Mírzá Mohammed Tabib; Lillian Kappes; Mírzá Nuredin; Doctor Susan Moody; Goodsea Ashraf Khanom; Tehran, Iran | ||
1920 Apr | Louis Bourgeois was selected as the architect for the Chicago House of Worship. [DP94; GPB303; SBBH1:145]
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Louis Bourgeois; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Architecture; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Architects; Wilmette, IL; Chicago, IL; USA | first House of Worshp | |
1920 Apr | Mírzá Asadu'lláh Fádil-i-Mázandarání arrived in North America with Manúchihr Khán in time to speak at the National Convention. [AB443; SBR88; PG127]
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Mírzá Asadullah Fadil-i-Mazandarani; Manuchihr Khan; Conventions, National; USA | ||
1920 Mar | John and Louise Bosch pioneered in Tahiti until September, the first Bahá'ís to travel to the island.
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Louise Bosch; John Bosch; Tahiti | the first Bahá'ís to travel to Tahiti | |
1920 27 Jan | The passing of Joseph H. Hannen, (b. January 27, 1920, Allegheny, Pennsylvania) Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá a week after he was knocked down by a truck in Washington, DC. [Washington Evening Star 29 Jan 1920] It was Joseph Hannen who served as a note-taker for many of the talks of 'Abdu'l-Bahá during His tour in the United States. A number of the entries in Promulgation of Universal Peace have been accredited to him. [The Washington Times 28 January, 1928] 'Abdu'l-Bahá sent the first Tablet of the Divine Plan to the southern states in care of Joseph. He and his wife Pauline taught the Faith to African Americans; among those they taught were Louis Gregory and Mrs. Pocahontas Pope. [Bahá'í Chronicles, Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy pp 38-39 by Christopher Buck, Kalimat Press] He was buried with his wife, Pauline Amalie Knobloch Hannen (b. 29 August, 1874 d. 4 October, 1939) in Prospect Hill Cemetery, in Washington, DC. iiiii |
Joseph Hannen; Pauline Hannen; Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Cemeteries and graves; Tablets of the Divine Plan; Promulgation of Universal Peace (book); Pocahontas Pope; Washington, DC, USA; Allegheny, PA; USA | ||
1920 Jan | `Abdu'l-Bahá wrote a Tablet to a group in Chile. [SWAB:246-50] | * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Writings and talks of; Chile | ||
1920 early Jan | The arrival of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's hand-built seven-seater Cunningham touring car made in Rochester NY by James Cunningham and Sons. The automobile probably cost in the range from $7,500 to $8.000 and was a gift from Mrs Ella Goodall Cooper. [Coachbuilt website] Mr. Fujita accompanied the shipment from the United States to Haifa where he maintained the car and was one of the drivers. The Master gave Shoghi Effendi instructions to see that it was cleared and delivered to the house after receiving notice of its arrival from Port Said. Although it was not a business day, he succeeded in getting the car delivered by taking the papers to the homes of various officials, asking them to sign the documents and give the necessary orders for the car of Sir 'Abdu'l-Baha 'Abbas to be delivered to Him at once. Although Abdul-Baha rode in the Cunningham car on occasions, it was predominantly used for transporting the pilgrims. The car has since been restored and pilgrims have the opportunity to see it. [PP28, Reflections on the Bahá'í Writings; PG126] |
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Ella Goodall Cooper; Saichiro Fujita; Cars; Gifts; Pilgrimage; Haifa, Israel | ||
1920 - 1922 | Laura and Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney visited China and the Far East from 1920 to 1922. [Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 8 min 23 sec ] | Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; China | ||
1920 (In the year) | Agnes Parsons made her second pilgrimage. It was during this visit that 'Abdu'l-Baha charged her with the responsibility to arrange a convention for amity between the the coloured and the white races in Washington. [SYH124-125; TMW136] | Agnes Parsons; Pilgrimage; Race amity; Haifa, Israel; Akka, Israel; Bahji, Israel | ||
1920 (in the year) | Fanny Knobloch arrived in Mozambique, the first Bahá'í to visit this country. She gave some `drawing room talks' at the mansion of the Portuguese Governor-General and spoke at various clubs. [BW2p40] | Fanny Knobloch; Mozambique | first Bahá'í to visit Mozambique | |
1920 (In the year) | George Townshend became a Bahá'í, and sent a letter of acceptance of the Faith to `Abdu'l-Bahá. [GT49] | George Townshend; - Hands of the Cause; Dublin, Ireland; Ireland | ||
1920 (in the year) | Hyde and Clara Dunn arrived in Samoa enroute to Australia, the first Bahá'ís to visit the islands.
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Hyde Dunn; Clara Dunn; Islands; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Samoa | first to visit Samoa | |
1920 (in the year) | Mírzá Ibráhím Khán, Ibtiháju'l-Mulk, was martyred in Rasht at the hands of the Jangalís. [BW18:387]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Rasht, Iran; Iran | ||
1920 (in the year) | The House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád was seized by Shí'ís. [BBD109; GBF33; GPB356-7] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | ||
1920 (in the year) | The British Mandate for Palestine began. [BBR488]
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British history; History (general); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Life of (chronology); Palestine; Israel | ||
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