Chronology: Date 1924-00

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1924 (In the year) 192-	Memorials of the Faithful was published in Farsi under the auspices of the Haifa Bahá'í Assembly. [MFxii]	* Publications; Haifa, Israel; Haifa Spiritual Assembly (1922-1938); Memorials of the Faithful (book)	first book printed in Haifa under the Guardianship. [MFxi]
1924 (In the year) 192-	In 1924 Amelia Collins became the first to visit Iceland when she and her husband had a two-days stopover while on a cruise. During the time spent in Reykjavik she became friends with Hólmfríôur Árnadóttir with whom she corresponded about the Faith for many years. This same lady was then able to open many doors for Martha Root who followed in July of 1935. Hólmfríôur is considered the first believer in Iceland. [Bahá'í News No 417 10 December 1965 p10-11]	Amelia Collins; Holmfriour Arnadottir; Iceland; Martha Root; Reykjavik, Iceland; Travel Teaching	first Baha'i in Iceland
1924 (In the year) 192-	Miss Nora Lee, who became a Bahá'í in New Zealand, was the first Bahá'í to travel to Fiji, working as a nanny in Labasa from 1924 to about 1930. Gretta Lamprill became the first Bahá'í in Tasmania in the latter part of the year. [SBR162] In 1924 Clara and Hyde Dunn spent three months in Hobart together with two Melbourne Baha'is. Their visit attracted a small number of individuals to the Bahá'í Faith, the first of whom was a nurse, Gretta Lamprill. She was gradually joined by others in Hobart, Launceston and Devonport. The first Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Hobart was established in 1949, providing the basis for the effective functioning of the Baha'i community since that time. [Australian Baha'i Community site]	- First Bahá'ís by country or area; - First travel teachers and pioneers; Clara Dunn; Devonport, Australia; Fiji; Hobart, Australia; Hyde Dunn; Launceston, Australia; Tasmania, Australia	first Bahá'í to travel to Fiji; first Bahá'í in Tasmania
1924 (In the year) 192-	The passing of Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání (b. c1875). He was 'Abdu'l-Bahá's secretary on his western trip and is the author of Mahmúd's Diary. In his youth he travelled and taught around Iran and from 1903 he began travelling to and in India, learning Urdu. He also made a pilgrimage to Haifa where he transcribed Tablets and from there accompanied 'Abdu'l-Bahá on His journey to Europe and to America. [Ahmad Sohrab's Diary Edinburgh p.5] He was appointed as one of the Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.	- Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Biography; Mahmuds Diary; Mírzá Mahmud-i-Zarqani
1924 (In the year) 192-	The publication of The Book of Assurance (The Book of Ighan) translated by Ali Kuli Khan with assistance from Howard MacNutt published by Brentano's Publishers for the Bahá'í Publishing Committee in New York. It was published a second time in 1929. [Collins1.10-11]	`Alí Kulí Khán; Howard MacNutt; Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude); New York, USA; United States (USA)
1924 (In the year) 192-	The publication of Episodes in the Life of Moneereh Khanum. Moneereh Khanum translated by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab by the Persian American Publishing Company. It is a short autobiography by the wife of 'Abdu'l-Bahá. A more complete translation was published in 1986 by Kalimat Press entitled Munirih Khanum, Memoirs and Letters, translation by Sammireh Anwar Smith.	* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Munirih Khanum
1924 (In the year) 192-	The publication of Abdul Baha's First Days in America from the Diary of Juliet Thompson by Juliet Thompson. Note that portions of these extracts differ from The Diary of Juliet Thompson published in 1983 by Kalimat Press.	* `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); `Abdu'l-Bahá, Travels of; Diary of Juliet Thompson; East Aurora, NY; Juliet Thompson; Pilgrims notes
1924 (In the year) 192-	The publication of The Divine Art of Living by Mary M Rabb. It had been serialized in Star of the West from Vol 7 No 16 (Dec 31, 1916) to Vol 8 No 13 (Nov 4, 1917) and later in World Order Vol 1 No 1 April 1940 to Vol 6 No 1 April, 1940. In 1924 was published in a leather bound volume and was reprinted in 1926 by Brentan's of New York. [Collins3.39 - 3.40] The full text of the book is available online.	Divine Art of Living (book); Mary Rabb; New York City, NY
1924 (In the year) 192-	'Abdu'l-Hamid Khemiri arrived in Haifa from Tunis. He was the first from that country to make a pilgrimage. [BWNW1577]	- Bahá'í World Centre; Pilgrims; Tunis, Tunisia; Tunisia	First pilgrim from Tunisia.


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