Chronology: Date 1920-05

date	event	tags	firsts
1920 mid July - mid October	Shoghi Effendi arrived in England to take up his studies at Oxford. His stated objective was: "My sole aim is to perfect my English, to acquire the literary ability to write it well, speak it well & translate correctly & eloquently from Persian & Arabic into English. My aim is to concentrate for two years upon this object & to acquire it through the help of a tutor, by attending lectures, by associating with cultured & refined literary circles & by receiving exercises in Phonetics. I would be much obliged if you could help me along that line." [SEO61] He spent one week in London. He brought with him Tablets from the Master for Lady Blomfield, Lord Lamington and Major Tudor-Pole. 21 July: Shoghi Effendi met Dr. Esslemont at a meeting of the believers Lindsay Hall in Notting Hill Gate. The meeting was also attended by Mr and Mrs Ober visiting from America. 22 July: Dr Esslemont called on Shoghi Effendi at his hotel and they went to Miss Grand's home were the Obers were staying. 23 July: Dr Esslemont met Shoghi Effendi at Miss Rosenberg's and together they went to the Grand home where some 17 people were introduced to the Faith. [PG141] 26 July: Dr Esslemont came to London to meet Shoghi Effendi and they both visited Miss Herrick. [PG142] He relocated to Oxford and stayed at the Randolph Hotel. He met with professors and looked for tutors. [PG142] Probably in the early days of August Shoghi Effendi met with Lord Lamington. [PG142] Although it was still the long vacation Shoghi Effendi started his work with the assistance of a tutor. [PG142] 10-15 September: Shoghi Effendi visited Dr Esslemont at the sanitorium where he practiced in Bournemouth. They were joined by Shoghi Effendi's sister Rúhangíz and by a Persian believer Aflátún. [PG142-143]	Shoghi Effendi at Oxford; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; * Translation; London, England; Oxford, England; Bournemouth, England; United Kingdom
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] See also The Journey of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablet to The Hague. It is a photographic chronology by Jelle and Adib de Vries of the Netherlands. See BWNS1378 and BWNS1431. It was printed in the Star of the West Vol 11 No 8 1 August 1920. 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 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 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] For details of his life see SBR97-105. For his obituary see SW11, 19:321-2.	Charles Greenleaf; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; William Harry Randall; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Boston, MA; Massachusetts, USA; USA
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