Chronology: Date 1928-1

date	event	tags	firsts
1928 31 Dec	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] See AY103 for 'Abdu'l-Bahá's reaction to Ruth White in New York in 1912. See FMH64-65 for the story of how her plans to convince Doris and Willard McKay of her theories were thwarted by the sudden arrival of their two dogs who had had a recent encounter with a skunk.	Covenant-breakers; Ruth White; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; Palestine; New York, USA; USA
1928 20 Dec	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] See Find a grave for a succinct biography. For Shoghi Effendi's eulogy of him see BW3:210–14 and UD84–5. Shoghi Effendi's letter to his widow. See Biography of Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney by Laura Clifford Barney and Shoghi Effendi, edited by Thomas Linard.	Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Paris, France; France
1928 3 Dec	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 (İzmir), Turkey; Turkey; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey
1928 13 Dec	The case arising out of the newspaper persecution of the Bahá'ís of Turkey was brought before a criminal tribunal. [PP316] The Bahá'ís were able to make known the history and tenets of the Faith. [PP316–17; UD78–9]	Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution; Court cases; Human Rights; Turkey
1928 Nov	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] See Minutes of the Fourteenth Session, 1928, by Permanent Mandates Commission.	House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Geneva, Switzerland
1928 26 Oct-13 Nov	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] The right of the Bahá'ís to the House was upheld and the government of Iraq was strongly pressed to find a solution but the House was not returned to the Bahá'ís. [BW3:207–9; GBF35; PP96–7] For Shoghi Effendi's comment on these developments see BW3:206–9. The Shí'ís turned the House into a Husayníyyih, where the martyrdom of the Imám Husayn is mourned. [BBD113–14] See Minutes of the Fourteenth Session, 1928, by Permanent Mandates Commission.	House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; Imam Husayn; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq
1928 Oct	A newspaper campaign of opposition to the Bahá'ís began in Turkey. [BBR474] Several Bahá'ís were arrested as a result and a close investigation of Bahá'í affairs in Turkey was made by the judiciary and the police. [BBR474]	Persecution, Turkey; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; Turkey
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