Chronology: Date 1920-04-27-01

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1920 27 Apr 192-	`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] For the document recommending `Abdu'l-Bahá for knighthood, see BBR344. The knighthood was in recognition of `Abdu'l-Bahá's humanitarian work during the war for famine relief. [AB443] He accepted the honour as a gift from a `just king'. [AB443] He did not use the title. [AB443] For Lady Blomfield's account see AB443-4 and CH214-15. See SoW vol 13 No 11 p298. See Senn McGlinn's Abdu'l-Baha's British knighthood.	`Abdu'l-Bahá, Knighthood (KBE); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); World War I; Charity and relief work; Social and economic development; Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * `Abdu'l-Bahá, Basic timeline; Haifa, Israel; Abu-Sinan, Israel; Palestine; Israel; United Kingdom


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