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Chronology of the Bahá'í Faith

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Date 1952-02, sorted by events, ascending

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1952 Feb
195-		 Enoch Olinga became a Bahá'í, the third Ugandan and the first of the Iteso tribe to accept the Faith.
  • See TG160 for the story of how he became a Bahá'í.
    		•  Enoch Olinga; Uganda first Bahá'í of Iteso tribe
    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]
  • The first local convert was Christopher Mwitumwa in 1954. [Wikipedia]
    		•  - First travel teachers and pioneers; Eric Manton; Northern Rhodesia; Terry Manton; Zambia first residents in Northern Rhodesia
    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.
  • By June 5, 1952 the first Libyan. Mr El Alamy, declared his faith in Bahá'u'lláh. Later in June a Bahá'í family, the Gorrah family, arrived to assist with the teaching work. [BN No 246 August 1951 p10; BN No 260 October 1952 p5]
    		•  Benghazi, Libya; Gorrah family; Hussein Gollestaneh; Libya; Mr El Alamy first libyan to declare his Faith
    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]
  • They were Fred Schopflocher, Corinne True, Dhikru'lláh Khádem, Shu'á'u'lláh 'Alá'í, Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Músá Banání and Clara Dunn. [BW12:375–6; MWB19–20]
  • Shoghi Effendi described their two-fold function: propagation of the Faith and preservation of its unity. [BW12:376; MBW21]
    		• - Hands of the Cause; Adelbert Muhlschlegel; Clara Dunn; Corinne True; Dhikrullah Khadem; Fred Schopflocher; Haifa, Israel; Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Hands of the Cause, Contingents; Hands of the Cause, Second Contingent; Musa Banani; Shuaullah Alai
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