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1930 (before) | It was reported that there were two Bahá'ís resident in Italy in this year.
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Edith Burr; Signora Maria Forni; Crevenna, Italy; Florence, Italy; Italy | first Baha'is in Italy |
1929 27 Nov | The Mansion at Bahjí was evacuated by the Covenant-breakers after the occupation by Muhammad-Alí and his relatives for about 40 years. [DH116; GPB355–6; PP231-232, SETPE1p174]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahji); Covenant-breakers; Bahji, Israel; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Bahji, Israel | |
1929 6–26 Nov | The case of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád was taken before the sixteenth session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations. [BW4:237]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; Montfort Mills; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq | |
1929 14 Sep | The Green Acre Trustees were appointed by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. [GAP118] | Trustees; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; USA | |
1929 9 Sep | The British Bahá'ís opened their new centre, at Walmar House, Upper Regent Street, London. [PSBW46–7] | Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); London, England; United Kingdom | |
1929 Sep | Shoghi Effendi sailed from England to Cape Town and proceeded overland to Cairo. [PP180–1, SETPE1p163]
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Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; United Kingdom; Cape Town, South Africa; South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Egypt; - Africa | |
1929 End of Aug | Martha Root arrived in Albania, the first Bahá'í to set foot in the country. [MR317]
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Martha Root; King Zog I; Albania | first Bahá’í to visit Albania |
1929 12 Aug | Green Acre became a fully fledged Bahá'í summer school when the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada obtained legal title to the property. [BBD91; GAP118; GPB340; SBBH126, Green Acre] | Summer schools; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Eliot, ME; Maine, USA; USA | |
1929 summer | Shoghi Effendi made plans to hold an international conference to consider, among other things, how to establish national spiritual assemblies as a prelude to the Universal House of Justice. [PP250]
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Universal House of Justice; Spiritual Assemblies; - Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel | |
1929 4 May | When the British Mandate in Palestine had been set up, an Order-in-Council had been enacted that allowed each of the recognized religious communities to be administered in all affairs of personal status according to their own religious laws and courts. The Bahá'í community had not, however, been accorded this "recognized" status and was thus compelled to submit to the Muslim Courts. In 1929 Shoghi Effendi asked Mountfort Mills to raise the matter with the authorities and the Bahá'í Community of Haifa formally petitioned the government that the Bahá'í laws on personal status be recognized in Palestine. [BBR459; PP284]
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Recognition (legal); Haifa, Israel; Palestine | |
1929 May | The American National Spiritual Assembly incorporated as a voluntary Trust. [BBRSM122; GPB335]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Voluntary Trust; USA | |
1929 25 Apr | Shoghi Effendi made the sacrifice of a priceless carpet to be sold to contribute to the Mashriqu'lAdhkar Fund. Mr. George Spendlove, a believer exceptionally qualified by expert knowledge and experience was asked to undertake the responsible task of arranging for the sale of this rug. It was valued at some $20,000
"Am sacrificing the most valuable ornament of Baha'u'llah's Shrine in order to consecrate
and reinforce the collective endeavors of the American believers speedily to consummate Plan
for Unified Action. Appeal for unprecedented self-sacrifice."--Cablegram, April 25, 1929. "Soon. shipping silken carpet from Baha'u'llah's Shrine as crowning gift on altar of Bahá'í sacrifice."--Cablegram, April 28, 1929. "Moved by an impulse that I could not resist, I have felt impelled to forego what may be regarded as the most valuable and sacred possession in the Holy Land for the furthering of that noble enterprise which you have set your hearts to achieve. With the hearty concurrence of our dear Bahá'í brother, Ziaoullah Asgarzadeh, who years ago donated it to the Most Holy Shrine, this precious ornament of the Tomb of Bahá'u'lláh has been already shipped to your shores, with our fondest hope that the proceeds from its sale may at once ennoble and reinforce the unnumbered offerings of the American believers already accumulated on the altar of Bahá'í sacrifice." Letter, October 25, 1929. "Shoghi Effendi informs you that the rug can be offered for sale among Baha'is and nonBahá'í alike."-Soheil A/nan, December 12, 1929. [BN No 38 February 1930 insert] |
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Funds; Chicago, IL | |
1929 Apr | Shoghi Effendi announced that the Council of the League of Nations had pronounced in favour of the Bahá'í petition regarding the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdad. Unfortunately, King Faisal, a Sunni, relented under the pressure of the Shi'iah element and the property was never returned. [Bahá'í News Letter, no. 31 (April 1929), p.6, SETPE1p169]
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House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); League of Nations; King Faisal; Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland | |
1929 Apr | The New History Society was founded in New York by 'Abdu'l-Bahá's former secretary and interpreter Ahmad Sohrab along with Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler and his wife Julie as an indirect way of spreading the teachings of the Baha'i Faith. The New History Society gave rise in 1930 to the Caravan of East and West and the Chanler's New York house was henceforth called "Caravan House". This foundation was designed to prepare children and youth to join the New History Society. This group had a quarterly magazine called The Caravan. [BRRSM124, LDG2p134] iiiii | Covenant-breakers; New History Society; Ahmad Sohrab; Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler; Julie Chanler; Caravan of East and West; Caravan House; The Caravan; New York, USA; USA | |
1929 18 Mar | The International Bahá'í Bureau was recognized by the League of Nations. [BIC History Timeline] | International Bahá'í Bureau; League of Nations; Bahá'í International Community; New York City, NY | |
1929 16 Mar | In December of 1925 the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of United States and Canada adopted the "Unified Plan of Action" and among the resolutions was to raise some $400,000 over the following three years to construct the first unit of the superstructure of the Temple. By the end of 1926 only $51,000 had been collected and the following year was just as disappointing. At the National Convention in 1928 Fred Schopflocher's donation of $25,000 inspired contributions and the Fund rose to about $87,000 by March 1929. On this day Fred and Lorol Schopflocher contributed a further $100,000. [LoF388-389, SETPE1p162-163]
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Fred Schopflocher; Lorol Schopflocher; Unified Plan of Action, US and CA; Funds; Montreal, QC; Canada; Wilmette, IL; USA | |
1929 4 Mar | The Council of the League of Nations adopted the conclusion reached by the Mandates Commissions upholding the claim of the Bahá'í community to the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Baghdád. They directed the Mandatory Power (Great Britain) to make representations to the government of Iraq with a view of the immediate redress of the injustice suffered by the petitioners (NSA of Iraq). Also, the International Baha'i Bureau was asked by the League's Publishing Bureau for a short historical account that appeared in that same year's publication.
[BW3:50-55; BIC History page 18 Mar 1928]
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League of Nations; House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); Baghdad, Iraq; Iraq; Geneva, Switzerland | |
1929 27 Feb | The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada forwarded a pamphlet published by Ruth White to Shoghi Effendi. His advice was to abstain from any provocation and to avoid hurting her feelings. [SETPET1p157, Bahá'í News p230, 298]
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Covenant-breakers; Ruth White | |
1929 14 Feb | Work began on the three additional chambers of the Shrine of the Báb after the rock had been excavated from behind the building during the previous year. [DH154]
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Báb, Shrine of; International Bahá'í Archives; Hájí Mahmud Qassabchi; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; - Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel | |
1929 11 Feb | William 'Harry' Randall, (b. 1863), passed away in Medford, MA. After his death, Shoghi Effendi named him one of the 19 Disciples of Abdu'l-Baha, a "Herald of the Covenant". [BBD71]
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William Harry Randall; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Medford, MA; Massachusetts, USA | |
1929 (In the year) | The passing of Gulsurkh Bagum, given name Fátímíh-Sultán Bagum (b. 1855 Isfahan) [ARG171-186] | Gulsurkh Bagum; Fatimih-Sultan Bagum; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1929 (In the year) | The publication of Abdul Baha in Egypt by Mirza Ahmad Sohrab for the New History Foundation. The publication was approved by the publishing committee of the National Spiritual Assembly. | `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt; Ahmad Sohrab; East Lansing, MI | |
1929 (In the year) | Shoghi Effendi completed the construction of the building at 10 Haparsim Street, which was designed as a hostel for western pilgrims, and adopted the custom of taking the evening meal with them in the dining room on the lower level. He usually met with the eastern pilgrims in the pilgrim house next to the Shrine of the Báb. [Bahá'í Pilgrimage] | Pilgrimage; Pilgrim Houses; Pilgrim House, Western; Haifa, Israel |
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