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1950 (In the year) | By this year the Bahá'í population of Black Africa was probably no more than 12. [BBRSM190–1] | Statistics; Africa | ||
1950 (In the year) | The Court of the First Instance in Karkúk, Iraq, registered a Bahá'í marriage certificate. [MBW4; UD248]
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Firsts, other; Marriage; Weddings; Recognition (legal); Karkuk, Iraq; Iraq | first Bahá’í marriage recognized in the East (outside Israel) | |
1950 (In the decade) | In Iran, the Hujjatiyya Society was started by Shaykh Mahmúd Halabí to persecute and harass the Bahá'ís. [S1296]
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Hojjatieh Society; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iran | ||
1950 (In the year) | The publication of Prescription for Living by Rúhíyyih Rabbani by George Ronald. The first edition was a run of 300 copies, done in a dark blue cloth, serial numbered and autographed by the author. There were subsequent printings in 1950, 1960, 1972, and 1978. [Collins7.2181-2185; CBN No 13 May 1950]
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Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; * Publications | ||
1950 (In the year) | Ghulam Reza Akhzari and his son Nur Allah were killed near Yazd and Bahram Rawhani was murdered in Taft. [Towards a History of Iran's Bahá'í Community During the Reign of Mohammad Reza Shah, 1941-1979 by Mina Yazdani.] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Yazd, Iran; Taft, Iran; Iran | ||
1950 (In the year) | The publication of The Covenant, An Analysis by George Townshend. It was published in Manchester by the Bahá'í Publishing Trust 15p. [Collins7.2578] | Covenant; Manchester, England | ||
1950 3 Jan | A woman named Sughrá and her five children were brutally murdered. Members of the Spiritual Assembly of fhte Bahá'ís of Yazd were falsely accused of ordering the crime. The accusations were orchestrated by the judicial authorities from Yazd who were influenced by Mullá Khálisizádih. The trial of these innocent individuals occurred in Tehran with the help of fundamentalist religious authorities. As a result the guilty were never prosecuted and many innocent individuals were imprisoned and executed. [SCF123117] | Mulla Khalisizadih; Abarqu, Yazd, Iran; Yazd, Iran; Iran | ||
1950 15 Jan | The earliest observation of what has become known as World Religion Day was observed in Portland, Maine in October of 1947
and was entitled "World Peace Through World Religion" after a talk by Firuz Kazemzadeh. [Portland Sunday Telegram And Sunday Press Herald. Portland, Maine. October 19, 1947. p. 42.; BN No 229 March 1956 p1]
".....is a celebration of the need for and the coming of a world religion for mankind, the Bahá'í Faith itself." iiiii |
World Religion Day; - Interfaith dialogue; Firsts, other; Firuz Kazemzadeh; USA | ||
1950 3 Feb | Dr Sulaymán Birgís was martyred in Káshán, Iran. [BW18:390]
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Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Kashan, Iran; Iran | ||
1950 26 Mar - 10 Apr | The British Community needed 22 declarations to complete the goals of their Six Year Plan. The National Spiritual Assembly of Canada sponsored a trip by John Robarts to lend his assistance. During his 13 day stay he visited London, Manchester, Blackpool, Blackburn, Sheffield, Oxford, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow and Edinburgh and witnessed 18 declarations. By April 10th the goal had been won. [CBN No 13 May, 1950 p4] | John Robarts; London, England; Manchester, England; Blackpool, England; Blackburn, England; Sheffield, England; Oxford, England; Dublin, Ireland; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Glasgow, Scotland; Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
1950 Ridván | Shoghi Effendi announced the Africa Campaign (1951-1953) in a cable to the British National Convention. [BW12:52; UD245–6]
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- Teaching Plans; Africa Campaign; Claire Gung; Philip Hainsworth; Hasan Sabri; Isobel Sabri; Ted Cardell; Africa; United Kingdom; USA; Egypt | the first International collaboration plan in Bahá'í history | |
1950 25 Apr | Shoghi Effendi cabled the Bahá'í world with the successes of the Bahá'í work in the past year. [MBW3]
Approximate number of Localities where Bahá'ís resided in the largest Bahá'í communities. |
Statistics | ||
1950 25 May | Dr Khodadad M. Fozdar, a medical officer of the State Railways in India, arrived in Singapore, the first pioneer to the country. [BW13:393]
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Khodadad M. Fozdar; Shirin Fozdar; Singapore | first pioneer to Singapore | |
1950 (Early June) | In 1950 Sutherland Maxwell suffered from a severe illness from which he never recovered. He returned to Montreal in early June, 1951. [From CBN undated Memorial Issue] | Sutherland Maxwell; Haifa, Israel; Montreal, QC; Canada | ||
1950 Jul | The British Six Year Plan was successfully completed. [BW11:25; MBW4] | - Teaching Plans; - Teaching Plans, National; United Kingdom | ||
1950 9 Jul | The Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Báb was commemorated.
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Centenaries; Báb, Martyrdom of; Báb, Shrine of; Pilgrimage; Pilgrims; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel MERGE; Iran; - Worldwide | ||
1950 24–27 Jul | The third European Teaching Conference was held in Copenhagen. [BW12:49; SBBR14p243]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, International; Copenhagen, Denmark; Denmark; Europe | ||
1950 28 - 30 Jul | The First European Teaching Summer School was held in Elsinore, Denmark. [SBBR14p243] | Summer schools; Elsinore, Denmark; Denmark | First European teaching summer School | |
1950 Sep - Oct | Four Bahá'ís in Iran were arrested on trumped-up charges. The trial lasted until 1954, when the accused were given prison sentences. [BW18:390] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution, Court cases; - Persecution; Court cases; Iran | ||
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