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1928 31 Dec 192- |
Ruth White, who had met 'Abdu'l-Bahá in New York in 1912 and who had been on pilgrimage in 1922, wrote to the High Commissioner of Palestine with a charge that the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá was a forgery. [SETPE1p157]
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Covenant-breaking; Ruth White; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; Palestine; New York, USA; United States (USA) | |
1928 20 Dec 192- |
Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, (b. 12 Apr 1873, Paris, France, d. 20 Dec 1928, Paris, France), Disciple of Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in Paris. He was buried in Cimetiere de Montmartre in Paris. [UD84–5; BN No 29 January 1929 p2]
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Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Paris, France; France | |
1928 3 Dec 192- |
The pronouncement of the verdit of the court in the case of the official inquiry into the activities of the Bahá'í Faith.
As the result of being mistaken for a secret political society, the members of the Spiritual Assemblies of Constantinople and Smyrna were seized and imprisoned at the police station overnight. After cross–examination for eight consecutive hours by high state officials, they were acquitted and released the following day. The result was that all newspapers carried the story with front page headlines, and the population was made thoroughly aware of the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW3 p121; Bahá'í Administration> p151-152; Bahá'í Administration p167-169] |
Persecution, Turkey; Smyrna, Turkey; Turkey; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey | |
1928 13 Dec 192- |
The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Bahá'ís of Turkey was brought before a criminal tribunal. [PP316]
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Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution; Court cases; Human rights; Turkey | |
1928 Nov 192- |
It was recommended to the Council of the League of Nations to request that the British Government make representations to the Iraqi Government to redress the denial of justice to the Bahá'ís with reference to House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad. [GBF35]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Geneva, Switzerland | |
1928 26 Oct-13 Nov 192- |
The case of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád was taken before the fourteenth session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations. [BW3:207]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; Imam Husayn; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1928 Oct 192- |
A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Bahá'ís began in Turkey. [BBR474]
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Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Turkey | |
1928 11 Sep 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Iraq submitted a petition to the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations for the return of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. [BW3:198–206]
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Petitions; League of Nations; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1928 27 Aug 192- |
The word 'Bahá'í' was registered with the United States Patent Office as a trademark. [BW6:348] | United States Patent Office; Copyright and trademarks; United States (USA) | |
1928 Jul 192- |
The first International Religious Congress for World Peace was held at The Hague. It was attended by Martha Root. [BW3:45] | - International peace conferences; Martha Root; - First conferences; The Hague, Netherlands; Netherlands | first International Religious Congress for World Peace |
1928 Jun 192- |
Martha Root visited the parents of Milosh Wurm in Brno. He had been the first to become a Bahá'í in Czechoslovakia and the first to have translated a book into Czech when he was only seventeen years of age. He lost his life in the Great War. [BW3p44, Bahá'í Historical Facts 26 March, 2018] | Martha Root; Milosh Wurm; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Brno, Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic | first to become a Baha'i in Czechoslovakia; first to translate a book into Czech; |
1928 27 May 192- |
Hájí Amín, Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikání, Hand of the Cause of God and Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh, passed away in Tihrán. [BBD7; EB263]
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Hájí Amin (Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani); * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi; In Memoriam; - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1928 26–30 Apr 192- |
The National Convention of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was held in the Foundation Hall of the House of Worship for the first time. [BW2:180; CT167; BN No 24 June 1928]
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Conventions, National; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Firsts, other; Allen McDaniel; Alfred Lunt; Horace Holley; Carl Scheffler; Roy C. Wilhelm; May Maxwell (Bolles); Louis G. Gregory; Amelia Collins; Nellie French; Wilmette, IL; Chicago, IL; United States (USA) | first time National Convention held in the Foundation Hall of the House of Worship, Wilmette |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Mírzá 'Alí-Muhammad, known as Ibn-i-Asdaq. He was born in Mashhad in 1850/1851. [Bahá'í Encyclopedia Project]
Today, the greatest of all deeds is service to the Cause. Souls that are well-assured should with utmost discretion teach the Faith,lll this martyrdom is no confined to the destruction of life and the shedding of blood. A person enjoying the bounty of life may yet be recorded as a martyr in the Book of the Sovereign Lord.[OLOMP46N12] |
In Memoriam; Ibn-i-Asdaq (Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad); - Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh; * Hands of the Cause; Hands appointed by Bahá'u'lláh; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Ismullahul-Asdaq (Mulla Sadiq Khurasani); Names and titles; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; Tehran, Iran; Mashhad, Iran; Iran | |
1928 Apr 192- |
As part of a general anti-religious campaign launched under Stalin, the Soviet authorities abrogated the constitution of the Spiritual Assembly of 'Ishqábád (now Ashgabat, Turkmenistan) and the Assembly was dissolved.
[BW3:37-43; BW8p88; SETPE1p154; YS2]
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Persecution, Russia; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Ishqabad; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Moojan Momen; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan; Soviet Union; Russia | |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
In this year there were 579 localities in the world in which Bahá'ís lived, 102 local spiritual assemblies, nine national spiritual assemblies, and about eight languages into which Bahá'í literature was translated. [BBRSM160–1] | National Spiritual Assembly; Local Spiritual Assembly; Statistics | |
1928 Mar (date approximate) 192- |
In early Spring Louise Gregory sailed for Dresden, Germany where she spent 11 days renewing old acquaintances. [SYH149]
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Louise Gregory; Pilgrimage; Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Czech Republic; Sofia, Bulgaria; Bulgaria; Trencianske Teplice, Slovakia; Slovakia; Vienna, Austria; Austria; Haifa, Israel | the first Bahá’í to settle in Bulgaria. |
1928 11 - 12 Feb 192- |
The 'Conference for Inter-Racial Amity' was arranged by Inter-Racial Amity Committee of the Bahá'ís of Montreal'. There were three sessions in three venues: the YMCA, Channing Hall, and the Union Congregational Church. Speakers included Louis Gregory ('International Lecturer on Race Relations') and Agnes MacPhail, first Canadian woman Member of Parliament. [The Bahá'í 'Race Amity' Movement and the Black Intelligentsia in Jim Crow America: Alain Locke and Robert Abbot by Christopher Buck page 34, Bahá'í Studies Review, 17, pages 3-46, 2011, BW7p660]
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Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Agnes MacPhail; Louis G. Gregory; Montreal, QC; Quebec, Canada; Canada | |
1928 Jan (toward the end of the month) 192- |
The Chicago community held its first Race Amity Conference. Louis Gregory was a speaker at that gathering. [SYH147] | Louis G. Gregory; Race; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Chicago, IL | |
1928 Jan 192- |
A Covenant-breaker, Jamil Irani, tried to stir up trouble by implicating the Bahá'ís with Saláru'd-Dawlih, an ambitious brother of Muhammad-'Ali Sháh who had been deposed by the 1909 Revolution in Iran. The allegation was investigated by Lord Plummer, the British High Commissioner in Palestine who learned the truth of the matter. [SETPE1p151-152] | Covenant-breaking; Jamil Irani; Plummer, Lord; Iran; Haifa, Israel | |
1928 Jan 192- |
A charter was granted by the State of New York to World Unity Foundation, a body of trustees administering the Conferences, the Institute of World Unity, and also assisting in the promotion of World Unity Magazine. The purpose of the Foundation, as set forth in the Charter, is "to maintain facilities for promoting those ethical, humanitarian and spiritual ideals and principles which create harmony and understanding among religions, races, nations and classes; and for cooperating with established educational, scientific and religious bodies working ior these ends." The Charter was granted to the following as trustees: John Herman Randall (a Christian Minister), Mary Rumsey Movius, Melbert B, Cary, Florence Reed Morton, Alfred W. Martin, Horace Holley and Mountfort Mills. [BN No 20 Nov 1927 p8; BN No 22 Mar 1928 p8] | Conferences, World unity; World Unity Foundation; World Unity (magazine); New York, USA; United States (USA) | |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
The publication of Bahá'í Administration, a collection of communications to the American Bahá'í community from the Guardian between 1922 and 1929. Revisions were published in 1933, 1936, 1941 and 1945. Additional messages and an expanded index was added in 1968. [WOBpv, BAiv] "His letters to Bahá'í institutions and to Bahá'ís in general began almost at once, and many will be found in Bahá'í Administration, beginning January 21, 1922. Early or late, his communications were not merely writings, they were the dynamic that moved the Bahá'í world. These letters in effect built the Administrative Order, its most vital features being found there. They taught the Bahá'í Assemblies how to be, how to consult, what their duties were. The book also contains the Declaration of Trust and By-Laws drawn up by the international lawyer Mountfort Mills, carefully reviewed by Shoghi Effendi, and adopted in 1926 by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada, at this time under one jurisdiction. (Khan, back in America by then. Shoghi Effendi wished all National Spiritual Assemblies to adopt, with necessary local adaptations, this Declaration of Trust and ByLaws, which set forth the character and objectives of Bahá'í communities worldwide." [Cited from AY304] |
Bahá'í Administration (book); * Shoghi Effendi, Writings of; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Publications; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Declaration of Trust and By-laws; Mountfort Mills; - Basic timeline, Expanded; * Administrative Order; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Local Spiritual Assemblies; National Spiritual Assemblies | |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
The first publication of Kalil Gibran's book, Jesus (The Son Of Man: His Words And His Deeds As Told And Recorded By Those Who Knew Him) in New York by A.A. Knopf. It was re-published in 1946 and 1995 again by Knopf Doubleday, by Oneworld in 1993 2008 and 2012 and by Green Light Ebooks in Los Angeles in 2011. Around 1911–1912, Gibran met with ʻAbdu'l-Bahá to draw His portrait when He visited the United States The meeting made a strong impression on Gibran. One of Gibran's acquaintances later in life, Juliet Thompson reported that Gibran was unable to sleep the night before meeting him. This encounter with ʻAbdu'l-Bahá later inspired Gibran to write Jesus the Son of Man that portrayed Jesus through the "words of seventy-seven contemporaries who knew him – enemies and friends: Syrians, Romans, Jews, priests, and poets." After the passing of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Gibran gave a talk on religion with Baháʼís and at another event with a viewing of a movie of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Gibran would rise to talk and proclaim in tears an exalted station of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and leave the event weeping. [Wikipedia] |
Jesus the Son of Man (book); Kahlil Gibran | |
1928 (In the year) 192- |
The first local assembly of Shanghai was formed. [PH28; Film Early History of the Baha'í Faith in China 17 min 34 sec ] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Shanghai, China | first LSA Shanghai |
1928 to 1938 192- |
The third Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh was Hájí Ghulám-Ridá (entitled Amín-i-Amín) (Trustee of the Trustee). He had been Hájí Amín's assistant for several years and so was chosen to succeed him. He had been born into the wealthy merchant class in Tehran. [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 25 March, 1985]
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Huqúqu'lláh; Huququllah, Trustees of; Hájí Ghulam-Rida (Amin-i-Amin); Tehran, Iran; Iran |
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