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1952 12 Nov 195- |
Dagmar Dole, pioneer to Alaska and Denmark, passed away in Glion, Switzerland.
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Dagmar Dole; - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; Glion, Switzerland; Switzerland; Alaska, USA; United States (USA); Denmark | first to give life for Cause in the European project |
1952 12 Nov 195- |
The government of Israel exchanged 145,000 square metres of land surrounding Bahjí for property at Ein Gev on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee belonging to the descendants of Bahá'u'lláh's brother Mírzá Muhammad-Qulí and given to the Faith for this purpose. [DH118, 208; PP233, SETPE1p134-125, MBW454-46]
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Bahji, Israel; Mírzá Muhammad-Quli; Israel; Haifa, Israel; - Bahá'í World Centre; Sea of Galilee, Israel | |
1952 8 Oct 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced his decision to launch 'the fate-laden, soul-stirring, decade-long world-embracing Spiritual Crusade' in the coming year. [BW12:253–5; MBW40-41; StS42]
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Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Teaching Plans; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre; International Archives Building (Haifa) | |
1952 8 Oct 195- |
Holy Year, "The Great Jubilee", October 1952 to October 1953, was inaugurated. [MBW16-18; BW12:116; DG84; PP409–10; SBR170–1]
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Great Jubilee (1952-1953); Holy Years; Centenaries; Bahá'u'lláh, Birth of Revelation of; Síyáh-Chál (Black Pit, Tehran); Kampala, Uganda; Uganda; Wilmette, IL; United States (USA); Stockholm, Sweden; Sweden; New Delhi, India; India | |
1952 26 Aug 195- |
The martyrdom of Nuri'd-Dín Fath-'Azam near Tehran. [BW12p690-692] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1952 Jun 195- |
Aaron ('Arthur') B. Wellesley Cole, a Sierra Leonean barrister, returned to Sierra Leone from England, the first Bahá'í to enter the country. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Sierra Leone | first Bahá’í resident Sierra Leon |
1952 Jun or Jul 195- |
Mr C. C. Cheng, a newspaper reporter; Professor L. S. Tso, a professor of engineering; and Miss Rosie Du (Ruthy Tu) became Bahá'ís in Taiwan, the first people to accept the Faith in the country. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Taiwan; - Asia | first Bahá'ís in Taiwan |
1952 1 Jun 195- |
In a letter written on behalf of the Guardian by the Assistant Secretary, the National Spiritual Assembly was informed that Ahmad Sohrab had cabled the Israeli Minister of Religion to influence the court case brought by the Covenant-breakers, against the Guardian, and which resulted in complete vindication of the Guardian's control of the Bahá'í Shrines and properties. Sohrab's cable identified the Caravan with the Covenant-breakers and stated that the organization was not under the authority of Shoghi Effendi. In a letter dated May 25, 1941, the Guardian wrote through his Secretary that Sohrab "is no doubt the most subtle, resourceful and indefatigable enemy the Faith has had in America." | Covenant-breaking; New History Society; Ahmad Sohrab; United States (USA) | |
1952 c. Jun 195- |
Dudley Smith Kutendere returned to his home in Nyasaland, becoming the first Bahá'í in the country.
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Dudley Smith Kutendere; Malawi | first Bahá’í resident in Nyasaland; first Bahá’í in Nyasalan |
1952 18 May 195- |
The case brought against Shoghi Effendi by the Covenant-breakers in connection with the demolition of a house adjoining the Shrine and Mansion of Bahá'u'lláh at Bahjí was removed from the civil courts by the government of Israel. [CB330; GBF138–9; PP233–4, 290]
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Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); House of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahji); Court cases; Covenant-breaking; Haifa, Israel; Bahji, Israel | |
1952 May (end) 195- |
Plans drawn up by Mason Remey for a Mashriqu'l-Adhkár on the promontory of Mount Carmel in Haifa were approved but construction is not presently planned.
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Haifa; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Design; Charles Mason Remey; Haifa, Israel | |
1952 27 Apr 195- |
Hyde Dunn was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously in a cable sent to the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand. [BW13:861; SBR169] | Hyde Dunn; - Hands of the Cause; Hands appointed posthumously by Shoghi Effendi | |
1952 Ridván 195- |
The National Convention of the Bahá'ís of Central America was scheduled to be held in a prestigious hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. When a distinguish believer, Mr Matthew Bullock, was not allowed to register at the hotel because of his race, the National Assembly moved the Convention to another venue and registered guests moved to small pensions rather than staying at the hotel. [SDSC65]
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Conventions, National; NSA; Race; Matthew Bullock; Elsie Austin; San Jose, CA; Costa Rica; Central America | |
1952 Ridván 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly of Singapore City was established. [BW12:573; PH58, 67] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Singapore | first Local Spiritual Assembly Singapore City |
1952 Ridván 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly in Tanganyika was established in Dar-es-Salaam. Jalal Nakhjavani, Hassan Sabri, Isobel Sabri, Leslie Matola, Khanum Darakshandeh Nakhjavani, Dudley Denis-Smith Kutendele, Eustace Mwalimu, and Naimi Frahang Nayer Gopalkrishnan were among its members; Matola belonged to the Yao tribe, while Mwalimu belonged to another. [History of the Bahá'í Faith in Tanzania] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania | first Local Spiritual Assembly in Tanganyika |
1952 Ridván 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly of Uganda was established in Kampala.
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Local Spiritual Assembly; Kampala, Uganda | first Local Spiritual Assembly of Uganda |
1952 Ridván 195- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Central America launched a One Year Plan (1952-1953). [Ruhi 8.2 p46; The Spiritual Conquest of the Planet (Supplement) p2]
Shoghi Effendi provided the following advice for the aims of the Central American Assembly: |
- Teaching Plans; - Teaching Plans, National; Central America One Year Plan; Central America | |
1952 26 Mar 195- |
Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum was appointed Hand of the Cause of God to replace her father. [GBF111; MBW132–3] | Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Haifa, Israel | |
1952 25 Mar 195- |
Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal. He died in the very room that the Master had slept in during His visit to Canada. (b.14 November, 1874) [DH143; MBW132; PP246; CBN undated Memorial Issue]
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Sutherland Maxwell; - Architects; Fortress of Mah-Ku, Iran; Gifts; Relics; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); - In Memoriam; - Births and deaths; Montreal, QC; Canada | |
1952 8 Mar 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced the enlargement of the International Bahá'í Council to eight members. [MBW22; PP252–3]
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International Bahá'í Council; Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Charles Mason Remey; Amelia Collins; Ugo Giachery; Leroy Ioas; Jessie Revell; Ethel Revell; Lutfullah Hakim; Haifa, Israel | |
1952 4 Mar 195- |
Shoghi Effendi described plans for a marble colonnade to encircle the Shrine of the Báb as an intermediate step to building a superstructure for the Shrine and sent his ideas to Italy for scale drawings and estimate. [SE133–4] | Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel; Italy | |
1952 Mar 195- |
The Octagonal component of the Shrine of the Báb was completed. [The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1952 Information Statistical & Comparative p6] | Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel | |
1952 Mar 195- |
Mariette Bolton of Australia visited New Caledonia, the first Bahá'í to visit the islands. [BW15p437]
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- First Bahá'ís by country or area; - Islands; New Caledonia | first Bahá’í to visit New Caledonia; first Bahá'í in New Caledonia |
1952 29 Feb 195- |
Shoghi Effendi appointed the second contingent of Hands of the Cause of God. [BW12:375–6; CT202–3 MBW20–1; PP254; ZK47]
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- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Contingents; Hands of the Cause, Second Contingent; Fred Schopflocher; Corinne True; Dhikrullah Khadem; Shuaullah Alai; Adelbert Muhlschlegel; Musa Banani; Clara Dunn; Haifa, Israel | |
1952 21 Feb 195- |
For their part in the Africa Campaign, Egypt was asked to send pioneers to Libya and to Algeria. The first pioneer to Libya, Dr.
Hussein Gollestaneh, arrived in
Benghazi from Egypt.
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Hussein Gollestaneh; Mr El Alamy; Gorrah family; Benghazi, Libya; Libya | first libyan to declare his Faith |
1952 Feb 195- |
Eric Manton and his son Terry arrived in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), the first Bahá'ís to settle in the country. They settled in the Copperbelt region from where he was able to raise a number of native believers who took the Faith to other parts of Zambia. [A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nance Ororo-Robarts and Selam Ahderrom p2]
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- First travel teachers and pioneers; Eric Manton; Terry Manton; Northern Rhodesia; Zambia | first residents in Northern Rhodesia |
1952 Feb 195- |
Enoch Olinga became a Bahá'í, the third Ugandan and the first of the Iteso tribe to accept the Faith.
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Enoch Olinga; Uganda | first Bahá'í of Iteso tribe |
1952 10 Jan 195- |
The passing of Honoré Jaxon (b. 1861 as William Henry Jackson in the village of Wingham, ON). He died one month after his eviction from his basement apartment where he hoarded three tons of archival material which he hoped would become a library for the study of the Métis people of Saskatchewan.
See Speechless 4 December 2009 for a chronological biography as well as a bibliography / webliography of other works on him. See NUVO for a photo of his eviction from the New York Daily News archive and a short biography. See as well BFA1p90-93; OBCC18-21, 25-26. |
- In Memoriam; Honoré Jaxon; Metis people; New York, USA | |
1952 (In the year) 195- |
Khodabakhch Attar-Hamedani, his wife, and four sons were the first to pioneer to Algeria. The first Local Assembly was formed in 1954 and several others were formed after. He served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Algeria and Tunisia and was appointed to the Auxiliary Board until all foreign Bahá'ís were expelled in 1968. [BWIM114] | Persecution, Algeria; Algiers, Algeria; Algeria | first to pioneers to Algeria |
1952 (In the year) 195- |
Walli Khan, a Fiji Indian, became a Bahá'í, the first person in Fiji to accept the Faith. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Fiji | first Bahá'í in Fiji |
1952 (In the year) 195- |
Dudley Smith Kutendere from Zomba in the south of Malawi became a Bahá'í in Dar-es-Salaam, the first African to become a Bahá'í in Tanganyika and the first in all of Central and East Africa.
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Dudley Smith Kutendere; Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania; Zomba, Malawi; Malawi | first African Bahá’í in Tanganyika, and Central and East Africa |
1952 (In the year) 195- |
Bahá'ís and their homes were attacked in Najafábád, Iran, and several houses were set on fire. [BW18:390] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Destruction; - Persecution; Najaf, Iranabad, Iran; Iran | |
1952 (In the year) 195- |
Mr Narain Das, a textile salesman from India working in Singapore, became a Bahá'í, the first person in the country to accept the Faith. A few months later Mr Teo Geok Leng, a Chinese Singaporean, became a Bahá'í, the first native of Singapore to accept the Faith. | - First Bahá'ís by country or area; Singapore | first Bahá'í in Singapore; first Chinese Singaporean Bahá'í |
1952 (In the year) 195- |
Aziz Yazdi from Persia joined Ted Cardell in Nairobi. In 1953 they were joined by Ursula Samandari from England. [A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nance Ororo-Robarts and Selam Ahderrom p2] | Pioneering; Aziz Yazdi; Ted Cardell; Ursula Samandari; Nairobi, Kenya; Kenya | |
1952 (In the year) 195- |
Published on the instructions of Shoghi Effendi, Dr Yúnis Afrukhtih's Khatirát-i-Nuh-Saliy-i- Akká, has been described as "pre-eminent among those works dealing with the history of Covenant-breaking".
The English translation was titled, Memories of Nine Years in Akka) by Riaz Masrour and was published by George Ronald in 2004. Over those nine years, 1900 to 1909, Jináb-i-Khán (the title by which Dr. Yúnis Afrukhtih was honoured by 'Abdu'l-Bahá) served the Master in Akká as secretary, translator, envoy and physician. These were difficult years when the Master was imprisoned in the city of Akká, His every move subject to misrepresentation by the Arch-breaker of the Covenant and his associates, and even His life was in danger. At the same time the period saw the victories of the construction of the Shrine of the Báb and the House of Worship in Ishqábád, as well as the rise of the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh in the West. |
Youness Afroukhteh (Yunis Afrukhtih); * `Abdu'l-Bahá (chronology); Memories of Nine Years in Akka (book); Riaz Masrour; Covenant-breaking | |
1952 (In the year) 195- |
The establishment of the Bahá'í Service for the Blind and the Physically Handicapped as a committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States. Its purpose is to provide the literature of the Faith in mediums which can be used by those individuals whose physical or mental handicaps prevent them from using normal print. [website] | Blindness; Disability; United States (USA) |
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