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Date 1939-12-0, ascending — sort newest first

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1939 (Late in the year) Sr. Perfecto Perez Toledo, the first Cuban Bahá'í, accepted the Faith. First Bahá'ís by country or area; Cuba first Cuban Bahá’í
1939 3 Dec Shoghi Effendi obtained permission from the British authorities in Palestine to reinter the bodies of Navváb and the Purest Branch on Mount Carmel. [DH162; PP260]
  • For the report of the Haifa District Commissioner see BBR460–1.
    		• Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Mount Carmel, Israel; Monument Gardens; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Mount Carmel MERGE; - Bahá'í World Centre
    1939 5 Dec Shoghi Effendi disintered the remains of Navváb and the Purest Branch. [DH162; PP260]
  • He went to the 'Akká cemetery at daybreak to and removed the remains of Navváb to a new coffin. [DH162; PP260]
  • He then went to the Nabí Sálib cemetery and transfered the remains of the Purest Branch to a second new coffin. [DH162; PP260]
  • He transported them both to Mount Carmel, near the grave of the Greatest Holy Leaf. [DH162; PP260]
    		• Navvab (Asiyih Khanum); Mírzá Mihdi (Purest Branch); Monument Gardens; Cemeteries and graves; Shoghi Effendi, Life of; Akka, Israel; Mount Carmel MERGE
    1939 8 Dec Margaret Lentz, a German stenographer, arrived in the Dominican Republic from Geneva, the first Bahá'í to settle in that country. Margaret Lentz; Dominican Republic first Bahá’í to settle in Dominican Republic

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