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1953 27 Dec 195- |
Gilbert and Daisy Robert, a French couple, become Bahá'ís in Madagascar, the first people to accept the Faith in the country. | Gilbert Robert; Daisy Robert; Madagascar | first Bahá'ís in Madagascar |
1953 19 Dec 195- |
Yan Kee Leong became a Bahá'í, the first person to accept the Faith in Malaya. | Yan Kee Leong; First Bahá'ís by country or area; British Malaya; Malaysia | first Bahá'í in Malaya |
1953 13 Dec 195- |
A separate department for the Bahá'í Faith was established by the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs. [GBF137; PP 291; PP320] | Recognition (legal); Israel; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1953 8 Dec 195- |
Loretta and Carl Scherer arrived in Macau from Milwaukee and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for that island. [BW13:453; PH73]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Macau | |
1953 7 Dec 195- |
Jalál Kházeh was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God after the passing of Hand of the Cause of God Siegfried Schopflocher. [GBF111–12; MBW55] | Jalal Khazeh; Siegfried Schopflocher; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Appointments | |
1953 Dec 195- |
The arrival of Barbara Sims and her family, husband Sandy and daughter Sandra in Tokyo. [Barbara Sims' Contribution to Bahá'í Scholarship in Asia Pacific by Sandra S. Fotos; In memoriam Barbara Sims by Universal House of Justice, Sheridan Sims, and Sandra S. Fotos] | Barbara Sims; Sandra Fotos; Tokyo, Japan; Japan | |
1953 Nov or Dec 195- |
The arrival, from Egypt, of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Labib Isfahani in Dakar, Senegal. He was followed by his brother Habib Isfahani in April of 1954 who also received the honour. [BW13:452, BWNS283] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Labib Isfahani; Habib Isfahani; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Egypt; Dakar, Senegal; Senegal | |
1953 Dec 195- |
Adíb Baghdádí arrived in Hadhramaut and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Hadhramaut, Arabian Peninsula; Yemen | |
1953 Dec 195- |
Kay Khusraw Dahamobedi, Bahíyyih Rawhání and Gulbár Áftábí arrived on Diu Island and are named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Diu Island, India; India | |
1953 Late in the year 195- |
'Abdu'l-Karím Amín Khawja became a Bahá'í in Algeria, the first person to accept the Faith in that country. [BN No277 p8] | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Algeria; - Africa | first Bahá'í in Algeria |
1953 Dec 195- |
Jean and Tove Deleuran arrived in the Balearic Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh in December. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Jean Deleuran; Tove Deleuran; Balearic Islands, Spain | |
1953 20 Nov 195- |
The formation of the Israel Branch of the Bahá'ís of Canada. | Israel Branch of the Bahá'ís of Canada; Canada; Israel | |
1953 13 Nov 195- |
Kámil 'Abbás arrived in the Seychelles from Iraq and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455; BWNS272]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Seychelles | |
1953 11 Nov 195- |
Ottilie Rhein (1903-79), an American of German origin, arrived in Mauritius and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the island. [BW13:454]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Ottilie Rhein; Yim Lim; Mauritius | first Bahá'í in Mauritius |
1953 11 Nov 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced the settling of a further contingent of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh in 21 virgin areas, bringing the number of territories open to the Faith to 200. [MBW52–3] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Statistics; Growth; Ten Year Crusade; - Worldwide | |
1953 Nov 195- |
Matthew W. Bullock of Boston, Massachusetts, arrived in the Dutch West Indies (Netherlands Antilles) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Lesser Antilles | |
1953 Nov 195- |
'Alí Akbar Rafí'í (Rafsanjání) and his wife, Sháyistih, and their 19-year-old son, 'Abbás, arrived in Tangier and all were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Morocco | |
1953 Nov 195- |
Husayn Rawhání Ardikání and his wife, Nusrat, arrived in Tangier with their daughter, Shahlá, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Husayn Rawhani Ardikani; Nusrat Ardikani; Sahla Ardikani; Tangier, Morocco; Morocco | |
1953 Nov 195- |
Dr Khodadad M. Fozdar, an Indian of Parsi background, arrived in the Andaman Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449]
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Khodadad M. Fozdar; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India; India | |
1953 Nov 195- |
Dr Mihdí Samandarí arrived in Italian Somaliland and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Somalia | |
1953 Nov 195- |
Samíra Vakíl arrived in Cyprus and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Cyprus | |
1953 Nov 195- |
Mary Olga Katherine Mills (née Bieymann) arrived in Malta and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Malta | |
1953 Nov 195- |
Tábandih Paymán arrived in San Marino and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh in November. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Tabandih Payman; San Marino, Italy | |
1953 Nov 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Dr. K. M. Fozdar on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. [PH57; BWNS271] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Gail and Gerald Curwin with their daughter Leeanna and Maurice and Ethel Holmes arrived in Nassau and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Bahamas Islands. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Gail Curwin; Ethel Holmes; Gerald Curwin; Maurice Holmes; Nassau, Bahamas; Bahamas | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Bertha Dobbins arrived in Port Vila on the island of Efate from Adelaide, Australia, and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the New Hebrides Islands (Vanuatu). [BW13:454] | Bertha Dobbins; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Port Vila, Vanuatu; Efate, Vanuatu; Vanuatu | |
1953 Oct 195- |
'Amín Battáh, an Egyptian, arrived in Río de Oro (Western Sahara) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Amin Battah; Western Sahara; - Africa | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Max Kanyerezi, a Ugandan, was brought to Brazzaville by Violette and 'Alí Nakhjavání and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for French Equatorial Africa. [BW13:451] | Violette Nakhjavani; `Alí Nakhjavání; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Max Kanyerezi; Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; French Equatorial Africa | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Albert Nyarko Buapiah became a Bahá'í in Ghana, the first Ghanaian to become a Bahá'í in the country. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Albert Nyarko Buapiah; Ghana | first Ghanaian Bahá’í |
1953 Oct 195- |
Rolf Haug settled in Crete and iwa named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for that island. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Rolf Haug; Crete, Greece | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Dr Malcolm King, an American pioneer in Jamaica, arrived in British Guiana (now Guyana) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Malcolm King; British Guiana | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Shirley Warde arrived in British Honduras (Belize) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Shirley Warde; Belize | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Frederick and Jean Allen and Irving and Grace Geary arrived on Cape Breton Island and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Frederick Allen; Jean Allen; Irving Geary; Grace Geary; Cape Breton Island, NS | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Geertrui Ankersmidt arrived in the Frisian Islands and was named Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Gertrud Ankersmidt; Frisian Islands; Netherlands | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Zunilda de Palacios arrived on Chiloé Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Zunilda de Palacios; Chiloé Island, Chile; Chile; Latin America | |
1953 29 Oct 195- |
Gladys ('Glad') Irene Parke and Gretta Stevens Lamprill arrived in Papeete from Australia and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Society Islands, French Polynesia. [BW13:455]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Papeete, French Polynesia; Society Islands, French Polynesia; French Polynesia | |
1953 29 Oct 195- |
Opal Jensen arrived on Réunion Island from the United States and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Covenant-breaking; Reunion Island; France | |
1953 24 Oct 195- |
Luella McKay, John and Erleta Fleming, and Alyce Janssen arrived in Spanish Morocco and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Luella McKay; John Fleming; Erleta Fleming; Alyce Janssen; Morocco | |
1953 24 Oct 195- |
Elsie Austin arrived in Tangier from the United States and Muhammad-'Alí Jalálí, an Iranian, also arrived. They were both named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). [BW13:454] | Elsie Austin; Muhammad-`Alí Jalálí; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Tangier, Morocco; Morocco | |
1953 20 Oct 195- |
Frances Heller arrived in Macau and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the island. [BW13:453; PH73]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Frances Heller; Macau | first Knight of Bahá’u’lláh to settle in Chinese territory |
1953 18 Oct 195- |
George and Marguerite (Peggy) True arrived on Tenerif with their 12-year-old son Barry and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Canary Islands. [BW13:450; BW19p634] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; George True; Peggy True; Margarite True; Barry True; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands; Canary Islands, Spain | |
1953 17 Oct 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Bertha Dobbins in Vanuatu. [BWNS256] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Vanuatu; Oceania | |
1953 16 Oct 195- |
Benjamin Dunham Weeden and his wife Gladys (née Anderson) arrived in Antigua and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Leeward Islands. [BW13:453]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Antigua; Leeward Islands | |
1953 15 Oct 195- |
Eberhard Friedland arrived in French Guiana from the United States and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; French Guiana | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Enoch Olinga arrived in Victoria (Limbé) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the British Cameroons. [BW13:449]
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Enoch Olinga; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Limbé, Camaroon; British Cameroon; Cameroon; Nigeria | first Cameroonian youth Bahá’í; first Cameroonian adult Bahá’í; first Cameroonian woman Bahá’í |
1953 14 Oct 195- |
Edith M. Danielsen arrived on Aitutaki Island, 150 miles north of Rarotonga, before leaving for Avarua, Rarotonga, five days later and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Cook Islands. [BW13:450]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Cook Islands | |
1953 14 Oct 195- |
Robert and Elinor Wolff arrived in Dutch Guiana and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Dutch Guiana (Suriname); Suriname | |
1953 14 Oct 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced the settling of 13 further Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, with 178 territories now open to the Faith. [MBW173] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Statistics; Growth; Ten Year Crusade; - Worldwide | |
1953 13 Oct 195- |
Esther Evans and Lillian Middlemast arrived in Castries, St Lucia, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Windward Islands. BW13:457] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Castries, St. Lucia; St. Lucia; Windward Islands | |
1953 13 Oct 195- |
Frederick and Elizabeth Laws arrived in Basutoland (Lesotho) and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449, BWNS262 ]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Basutoland | first Bahá'ís in Basutoland (Lesotho) |
1953 13 Oct 195- |
Una Townshend arrived in Malta and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454, BWNS234] | Una Townshend; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Malta | |
1953 11 Oct 195- |
Fawzí Zaynu'l-'Ábidín and his wife, Bahíyyih 'Alí Sa'di'd-Dín, and their sons Kamál and Sharíf arrived in Tetuán from Egypt and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Spanish Morocco. [BW13:456]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Fawzi Zaynul-Abidin; Bahiyyih Ali Sadid-Din; Kamal Zaynul-Abidin; Sharif Zaynul-Abidin; Tétouán, Morocco; Morocco | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Elly Becking arrived in Dutch New Guinea and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Dutch New Guinea; Indonesia | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Salvador and Adela Tormo arrived on the Juan Fernandez Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile; Chile | |
1953 7 – 15 Oct 195- |
The Asian Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in New Delhi. [BW12:178; CBN No 50 Mar 1953 p6-7]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; International Bahá'í Archives; Teaching; - First conferences; New Delhi, India; India; - Asia | first international Bahá’í gathering in the East |
1953 Oct 195- |
Earle Render arrived in the Leeward Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Leeward Islands | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Richard and Lois Nolen and children Linda Jean, Cynthia and John arrived in the Azores and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13p449; Bahaipedia] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Richard Nolen; Lois Nolen; Azores | |
1953 7 Oct 195- |
William Danjon Dieudonné arrived in Andorra and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW12:449]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Andorra; - Europe | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Marie Ciocca Holmlund arrived on Sardinia and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Sardinia, Italy | |
1953 4 Oct 195- |
Una Townshend arrived at her pioneer post. It was planed that her father, Hand of the Cause George Townshend, accompany her to Malta where the warm climate might improve his health. He was not well enough to go so Una went alone. Unfortunately his illness advanced and Shoghi Effendi asked her to return home to care for him so she left at the end of 1954. Una and her brother Brian helped him to complete Christ and Bahá'u'lláh by writing down his dictations as he was dying from Parkinson's. Shoghi Effendi called the book Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend's 'crowning achievement'. [KoB359-360] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Malta | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Geraldine Graney arrived in the Hebrides and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Geraldine Graney; Hebrides | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Charles Dunning arrived in the Orkney Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Orkney Islands, Scotland | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Lionel Peraji arrived in Mahé and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Mahé, India | |
1953 Oct 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Emma Rice, followed one week later by Knights Stanley and Florence Bagley and their three teenage children, Susan, Gerrold and Carol in Palermo, Sicily. [BWNS254] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Sicily, Italy; Italy | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Claire Gung arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. She spent 18 months in Salisbury (Harare) where she was a member of the first local spiritual assembly. [CG161] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe | first spiritual assembly of Salisbury (Harare) |
1953 Oct 195- |
The superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb was completed. [BBD210; CB324–5; PP235; ZK85–6]
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Báb, Shrine of; Marble; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; * Bahá'í World Centre; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Margraf; * Bahá'í World Centre; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel; Chiampo, Italy; Italy | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Muhammad Mustafá Sulaymán, an Egyptian, arrived in Spanish Sahara (Western Sahara) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. BW13:456] |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Muhammad Mustafa Sulayman; Spanish Sahara | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Edmund ('Ted') Cardell arrived in Windhoek and wss named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for South West Africa (Namibia). [BW13:456]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ted Cardell; Alicia Cardell; Martin Aiff; Gerda Aiff; Hilifa Andreas Nekundi; Tate Hilifa; Windhoek, Namibia; Namibia | first German Bahá’ís pioneers to Africa; the first Namibian to become a Bahá'í. |
1953 Oct 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Edith Danielson in the Cook Islands. [BWNS265] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Cook Islands; Pacific | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Katharine Meyer arrived on Margarita Island and was named Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Katharine Meyer; Margarita Island, Venezuela | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Ursula von Brunn arrived in the Frisian Islands and was named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | Ursula von Brunn; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Frisian Islands | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Helen Robinson arrived on Baranof Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Baranof Island, AK | |
1953 Oct 195- |
Mrs (Alexandra) Ola Pawlowska arrived in St Pierre and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Miquelon Island and St Pierre Island. [BW13:454] | Ola Pawlowska; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; St. Pierre and Miquelon | |
1953 30 Sep 195- |
Manúchihr Hizárí and Hurmuz Zindih arrived in Tangier and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Tangier, Morocco; Morocco | |
1953 26 Sep 195- |
The martyrdom of Rahmán Kulayní Mamaqání. He was stabbed by a ruffian in a mob. [BW12p710-711] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution, Mobs; Durúd, Iran; Iran | |
1953 23 Sep 195- |
Ted and Joan Anderson arrived in Whitehorse, Canada, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Yukon. [BW13:457] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ted Anderson; Joan Anderson; Whitehorse, YT; Canada | |
1953 20 Sep 195- |
Countries (in which) Bahá'ís residenow aggregate over (one) hundred fifty. over seventy (have been) added (in the) course (of the) nine years separating (the) first (and) second Jubilees. [From a letter from Shoghi Effendi CBN No 46 November 1953 p1] | Statistics; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1953 20 Sep 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Mr. Max Kanyerezi in Middle Congo (now called Republic of Congo). At this time the country was, together with the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, and Gabon, part of a much larger French territory called the Federation of French Equatorial Africa which was dissolved in 1958. [BWNS246; A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p8]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Congo, Democratic Republic of; - Africa | |
1953 18 Sep 195- |
Dwight and Carole Allen arrived in Athens and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Greece. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Athens, Greece; Greece | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Hugh McKinley and his mother, Violet, arrived in Cyprus and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Hugh McKinley; Violet McKinley; Ismael Velasco; Olive McKinley; Cyprus; Famagusta, Cyprus | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Elsa Grossman arrived in the Frisian Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | Elsa Grossmann; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Frisian Islands | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Diá'i'lláh Asgharzádih arrived in the Channel Islands and was named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Diaillah Asgharzadih; Channel Islands, UK | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Howard Snider arrived in Key West and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Key West, FL | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Dick Stanton arrived in Keewatin and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Keewatin, NT | |
1953 12 Sep 195- |
Nellie French arrived in Monaco and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454]
Then 85, she was the first Bahá'í to arrive in Monaco, but she passed away a few months later. For her act of service in bringing the Faith to the country, she received the accolade Knight of Baha'u'llah from Shoghi Effendi. A celebration to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Bahá'í Faith in the Principality was held on 24-25 April 2004 at the Theatre des Varietes in Monte Carlo, and opened with the reading of a welcoming message from the National Council of the Principality. [Newspaper Archive on BLO] |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Monaco | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Cora Oliver arrived in British Honduras (Belize) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | Cora Oliver; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Belize | |
1953 9 Sep 195- |
José (d. 1985) and Hilda (née Summers) Xavier Rodrigues, a Portuguese-English couple, arrived in Bissau from Portugal as the first Bahá'í pioneers to Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau) and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bissau, Guinea-Bissau; Portuguese Guinea; Guinea Bissau | |
1953 9 Sep 195- |
Rooho'llah Mavadatt arrived in Algeria as a pioneer. [BN No277 p8] | Algeria | |
1953 8 Sep 195- |
Jameson and Gale Bond arrived in Arctic Bay in the District of Franklin and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451, SDSC127] | Jameson Bond; Gale Bond; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Arctic Bay, NU; Franklin, QC | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Doris Richardson arrived on Grand Manan Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Grand Manan Island, NB | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Julius Edwards arrived in the Northern Territories Protectorate (now part of Ghana) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Northern Territories Protectorate; Ghana | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Kathleen Weston arrived in the Magdalen Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Magdalen Islands, QC | |
1953 Sep 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Enayat Sohaili in Nyasaland (now known as Malawi) [BWNS240] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Malawi; - Africa | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Brigitte Lundblade (nee Hasselblatt), (b. 1923 - d. 17 May 2008) arrived in the Shetland Islands and was later honoured with being named as Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [Bahaipedia] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Shetland Islands; Scotland; United Kingdom | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Ada Schott, Elizabeth Hopper, Sara Kenny and Ella Duffield arrived in the Madeira Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Madeira; Portugal; - Europe | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Evelyn Baxter arrived in the Channel Islands and was named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | Evelyn Baxter; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Channel Islands, UK | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Gertrude Eisenberg arrived in Las Palmas and is named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Canary Islands. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Las Palmas, Canary Islands; Canary Islands, Spain | |
1953 Sep 195- |
Brigitte Hasselblatt arrived in Shetland and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Shetland Islands; Scotland; United Kingdom | |
1953 28 Aug 195- |
Mildred Clark, a pioneer in Norway, and Loyce Lawrence (née Drugan), a nurse and hospital matron, arrived in the Lofoten Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Sámi people; Lofoten Islands, Norway; Norway | |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
Pioneers began to arrive in Libya;
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Mustapha Salem; Asia Zein; Feridon Zein; Rizvaniyyih Iqrari; Mohsen Enayat; Laura Kelsey Allen; Local Spiritual Assembly, formation; Mr and Mrs Nemat `Abdu'l-Wahid; Tripoli, Libya; Libya; Benghazi, Libya; Libya | |
1953 26 Aug 195- |
Ella Bailey (b. 16 December, 1864, Houston, Harris County, Texas) passed away in Tripoli, Tarabulus, Libya at the age of 88 years. [BW12:687]
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Ella Bailey; Names and titles; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Tripoli, Libya; Libya; Houston, TX; Texas, USA; United States (USA) | |
1953 (Late August) 195- |
Soon after becoming a Bahá'í in Kampala, Enoch Olinga, together with fellow new believers Max Kanyerezi and Samson Mungono,
responded to the Guardian's call and left his home in Uganda, to fulfill pioneering goals accompanied by Persian pioneers
Ali and Violette Nakhjavání. Leaving in late August 1953 they traveled for almost 3 months, covering a distance
of over 5000 kilometers.
The first leg took them to Samson Mungono's post in Kamina, in the Katanga region of the Belgian Congo. They then took a grueling route to Brazzaville, where Max was dropped off and continued through the thick forests of French Congo and Gabon, hoping to pass through French Cameroons and finally reach the British Cameroons. The car broke down in the tropical forest of Gabon leaving the three remaining friends unable to continue. Enoch volunteered to walk to a town 50 miles ahead through the forbidding jungle to get help. Upon arrival Enoch was so ill he was hospitalized for two days and could not travel for a week. He told of a dream he had in which Shoghi Effendi took him in his arms to comfort and reassure him in his desperation. In mid-October they reached the British Cameroons on the very evening of the conclusion of the Holy Year. Confirmations of the monumental efforts these first African pioneers made soon followed: Enoch, Max and Samson all successfully brought many local people under the banner of the Greatest Name. [A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p4] |
Pioneering; Max Kanyerezi; Samson Mungono; `Alí Nakhjavání; Violette Nakhjavani; Congo, Democratic Republic of; Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo; Cameroon | |
1953 14 Aug 195- |
In a letter written on behalf of the Guardian to the National Spiritual Assembly of Germany and Austria it was stated that:
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Germany; Austria; Soviet Union; Moldavia | |
1953 11 Aug 195- |
Virginia Orbison arrived in the Balearic Islands from a pioneer post in Spain and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Balearic Islands. [BW13:449]
It was neither her first nor her last pioneer experience. Between 1942 and 1946 she pioneered to Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Brazil. After World War II she went to Madrid, Spain where she helped raise the first local spiritual assembly and she did the same thing in Barcelona the following year. In July of 1953 she went to the Stockholm Intercontinental Teaching Conference where she offered to pioneer to Mallorca in one of the Balearic Islands, She stayed about one year before returning to Barcelona in August of 1954 where she attended the Iberian Teaching Conference that was attended by 60 people. Late that nine, she and nine others were arrested by the police and interrogated for 18 hours. They had thought that the Bahá'í were Communists. In 1956 she moved to Portugal where she was elected to the first Iberian Regional Spiritual Assembly. After three years she was forced to leave by the authorities because of her Bahá'í activities, holding property and owning a telephone. She was asked to go to Luxembourg where she spent nine years but made little progress in establishing the Faith. She was then asked to got to Malaga, Spain and by 1972 Malaga had a local spiritual assembly so she pioneered to Margella in 1979. The National Spiritual Assembly asked her to write a history of the Faith in Spain which was completed in 1980. As was her wish, she passed to the Abha Kingdom in 1985, still a pioneer. [KoB346-347; Wikipedia] See also Also see Bahá'í World 19 pages 715-721 or 692-697 in the print version and Bahá'í News #586 January 1980 p2-5. |
Virginia Orbison; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Balearic Islands, Spain; Spain; Chile; Argentina; Bolivia; Peru; Ecuador; Brazil; Mallorca, Spain; Spain; Portugal; Luxembourg | |
1953 Aug 195- |
Udai Narain Singh arrived in Sikkim and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455; PH63] | Udai Narain Singh; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Sikkim, India; India | |
1953 Aug 195- |
Edythe MacArthur arrived in the Queen Charlotte Islands (now Haida Gwaii) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455; BWIM143-145] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Queen Charlotte Island, BC | |
1953 Jul - Aug 195- |
Amín and Sheila Banání, a Persian-American couple, settled in Athens-Kifissia in August 1953 and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Greece. [BW452]
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Amin Banani; Sheila Banani; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; In Memoriam; Athens, Greece; Greece | |
1953 Aug 195- |
Salísa Kirmání and Shírín Núrání arrived in Karikal and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Karikal, India | |
1953 Aug 195- |
Amír Húshmand Manúchihrí arrived in Liechtenstein and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Liechtenstein; - Europe | |
1953 Aug 195- |
Shiyam Behari arrived in Pondicherry and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Pondicherry, India; India | |
1953 2 Aug 195- |
Fred Schechter, an American, arrived in Djibouti and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for French Somaliland. [BW13:451]
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Fred Schechter; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Counsellors; International Teaching Centre, Members of; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); French Somaliland; Djibouti, East Africa | |
1953 Aug 195- |
'Abbás Vakíl arrived in Cyprus and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Cyprus | |
1953 Aug 195- |
Shawkat Nahví arrived in Pondicherry and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Pondicherry, India; India | |
1953 Aug 195- |
The Congo-Belgian colony had its first believers, identified under the term "The Spiritual Sowers". The story begins with Louis Selemani Bin Kimbulu (the first person to accept the Faith) and Sébastien Ilunga Ngoy Buanga Tumba, two Congolese bank officials who were living and working in neighbouring Burundi, where they received, from a servant working for a Western expatriate, a book of Bahá'í prayers which they did not hesitate to liken to a grimoire. Finding it interesting, they sent a letter for further clarification regarding the nature of the prayers to the Bahá'í Publishing House which published the book.
In response to their correspondence, an American Bahá'í living in Usumbura, present-day Bujumbura, went to meet these two men. Some time after they met, and after conducting the independent search for Truth, they decided to become Bahá'ís. This is how they began to spread the "new message" to their other colleagues at the Bank, all Congolese living in eastern DRC. Very quickly, these two young bankers succeeded in finding souls receptive to the message of the Bahá'í teachings. They were 19 in all and constituted the nucleus called "Spiritual Sowers", the founders of the Faith in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [bahai.org; bahai.org; A Remarkable Response Film 4:18] |
Louis Selemani Bin Kimbulu; Sébastien Ilunga Ngoy Buanga Tumba; Bujumbura, Burundi; Congo, Democratic Republic of | first believers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
1953 27 Jul 195- |
Siegfried (Fred) Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal and was buried beside the grave of Sutherland Maxwell in Mount Royal Cemetery. He was born in Landkreis Fürth, Germany 26 September 1877. [BW12:664-666, LOF390, TG119, CBNS 24 July 2014, Bahá'í Chronicles, SCRIBD, Schopflocher, Siegfried (1877–1953) by Will C. van den Hoonaard]
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Siegfried Schopflocher; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, Second Contingent; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Montreal, QC; Canada | |
1953 21 – 26 Jul 195- |
The European Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in Stockholm. [BW12:167; CBN No 46 November, 1953 p4; CBN No 47 December 1953 p6; CBN No 49 February 1954 p3]
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Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; Teaching; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Stockholm, Sweden; Sweden; - Europe | |
1953 Jul 195- |
Jenabe and Elaine Caldwell arrived in the Aleutian Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | Jenabe Caldwell; Elaine Caldwell; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Aleutian Islands, AK | |
1953 Jul 195- |
Jack Huffman and Rose Perkal arrived on the Kodiak Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Kodiak Islands, AK | |
1953 Jul 195- |
Sa'íd Nahví arrived in Pondicherry and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Pondicherry, India; India | |
1953 Jul 195- |
Arthur and Ethel Crane arrived in Key West and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW16:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Key West, FL | |
1953 Jul 195- |
Eskil Ljungberg of Sweden, aged 67, arrived in the Faroe Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Faroe Islands, Denmark | |
1953 Jul 195- |
Rawshan Áftábí and Fírúzih Yigánigi arrived in Goa and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Rawshan Aftabi; Firuzih Yiganigi; Goa, India; India | |
1953 20 Jun 195- |
Shoghi Effendi designated the Maxwell home in Montreal as a Shrine. [MtC179] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Montreal Shrine; Maxwell residence, Montreal, QC; Firsts, other; Montreal, QC; Canada | first Bahá'í Shrine in North America |
1953 6 Jun 195- |
'Izzatu'lláh Zahrá'í (Ezzat Zahrai) arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Zimbabwe; - Africa | |
1953 Jun 195- |
Dunduzu Chisiza, a Nyasaland student who had recently become a Bahá'í in Uganda, arrived in Ruanda-Urundi (Burundi) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ruanda-Urundi | |
1953 Jun 195- |
Ghulám 'Alí Kurlawala arrived in Daman and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Daman, India | |
1953 28 May 195- |
In a message addressed on the eve of the 61st anniversary of the passing of Bahá'u'lláh, at the opening of the Ten Year Crusade, Shoghi Effendi encouraged 70 pioneers to arise to fill the goals promising that a Roll of Honour with their names would be deposited at the entrance door of the inner Sanctuary of the Tomb of Bahá'u'lláh. [MBW48-49]
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Pioneers; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Roll of Honour; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Haifa, Israel; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1953 23 May 195- |
The Hand of the Cause of God, Mr. Valiollah Vargha, arrived in Guayaquil accompanied by Miss Eve Nicklin, a pioneer and the spiritual mother of Perú. He also visited Quito and left the country in early July to attend the conference in Stockholm. [Heroes of God pp53-54] | Valiollah Vargha; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Eve Nicklin; Guayaquil, Ecuador; Ecuador; Quito, Ecuador; Ecuador | |
1953 3 – 6 May 195- |
The All-America Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in Chicago. [BW12:133]
.....the lands contributed in Latin America for a similar purpose approximate one-half of a million square meters, ninety thousand of which have been set aside near Santiago, Chile, for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of South America.. |
Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; Teaching; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Pioneering; Elsie Austin; Dorothy Baker; Matthew Bullock; Mamie Seto; William Kenneth Christian; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Santiago; Purchases and exchanges; Chicago, IL; United States (USA); Santiago, Chile; Chile; United States (USA) | first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in South America |
1953 2 May 195- |
The House of Worship in Wilmette, the Mother Temple of the West, was dedicated in a public ceremony. [BW12:142, BWNS218]
Specifics
Administration: On the same day as the internment of the sacred remains of the Báb on Mount Carmel, March 21st, 1909, the first American Bahá'í Convention opened in Chicago. The Convention established the 'Bahá'í Temple Unity', incorporated to hold title to the Temple property and to provide for its construction. A constitution was framed and an Executive Board of the Bahá'í Temple Unity elected. This body became the future National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada. [BBD39; BBRSM:106; BW10:179; GPB349; PP397; SBBH1:146; BFA2:XVII, 309; BW13:849; MBW142–3] Foundation Stone: by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 1 May, 1912 Construction Period:The purchase of the site completed: 1914. Design Chosen: 1920. Superstructure: 1921 – 1 May 1931. External Ornamentation: June 1932 -1943. Interior: 1951 Dedication: 1 May 1953 Architects: Louis Bourgeois with Alfred Shaw (interior cladding) Bourgeois became a Baha'i in New York City in 1907, and two years later responded to the call for designs for the Temple. In 1920, delegates from across the country unanimously selected his innovative design. Bourgeois traveled to Haifa to consult with 'Abdu'l-Bahá. With 'Abdu'l-Bahá's encouragement, Bourgeois refined and scaled down the size of his design. [The House of Worship Architecture] Seating: 1,191 [DP220] Dimensions: 203ft at the base and 49ft high Cost: $2.6 million (another source) $51,500 (land) plus $3,212,517.60 (construction costs 1921-1953) Dependencies: Construction of a home for the aged was began in December, 1957 and inaugurated on 1 February, 1959. It is located about three blocks away. Note: In GPB349 Shoghi Effendi states that "…this enterprise—the crowning achievement of the Administrative Order of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh in the first Bahá'í century…". References: CEBF236-241,GPB348-353, MDM121-239, The Dawning Place, The Bahá'í Faith 1844-1963 Information Statistical & Comparative p36-37. iiiii |
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Mother Temples; Lawh-i-Ahmad (Tablet of Ahmad (Arabic)); Gifts; Archives; Dedications; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Quick facts; Alfred Shaw; - Architects; Homes for the aged; - Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Dependencies of; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); - Basic timeline, Expanded; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Wilmette, IL; United States (USA) | |
1953 1 May 195- |
The House of Worship in Wilmette was consecrated in a simple ceremony for Bahá'ís only. [BW12:143, 152; ZK93]
A most wonderful and thrilling motion will appear in the world of existence," are 'Abdu'l-Bahá's own words, predicting the release of spiritual forces that must accompany the completion of this most hallowed House of Worship. "From that point of light," He, further glorifying that edifice, has written, "the spirit of teaching … will permeate to all parts of the world." And again: "Out of this Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, without doubt, thousands of Mashriqu'l-Adhkárs will be born." "It marks the inception of the Kingdom of God on earth.[CoF69 Message of 21 March 1949] |
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Dedications; Wilmette, IL; United States (USA) | |
1953 May 195- |
Mary and Reginald (Rex) Collison, an elderly Canadian-American couple, arrived in Ruanda-Urundi (Burundi) from Uganda and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Mary Collison; Rex Collison; Dunduzu Chisza; Alphonse Semanyenzi; Marthe Molitor; Ruanda-Urundi | First Baha'i in Rwanda |
1953 30 Apr 195- |
Messages from Shoghi Effendi regarding a victory in France:
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Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Hussayn Quli Kiyani; Ugo Giachery; Paris, France; France | |
1953 29 Apr - 2 May 195- |
The All-American Jubilee celebrations began. [BW12:149] | Centenaries; United States (USA) | |
1953 29 Apr 195- |
In a moving ceremony, Shoghi Effendi placed a silver box containing a fragment of plaster from the ceiling of the Báb's cell in Máh-Kú under a tile in the golden dome of the Shrine of the Báb. [BW12:239; ZK285] | Báb, Shrine of; Mah-Ku, Iran; Boxes containing dust, earth or plaster; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel; Mah-Ku, Iran; Iran | |
1953 Ridván 195- |
Bahjí was lit for the first time by 99 four-branched wrought iron lamp posts. [GBF32; PP89–90] | Light; Firsts, other; Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Bahji, Israel; Haifa, Israel | first time Bahjí lit |
1953 Ridván 195- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Italy and Switzerland was established. Elected were: Prof. Mario Fiorentini, Mrs. Anna Kunz, Dr. Ugo R. Giachery, Miss Elsa Steinmetz, Mrs. Stella Lonzar, Mrs. Anne Lynch, Friedrich Schar, Mrs. Marion Little, and Prof. Alessandro Bausani.
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation; Italy; Switzerland | first NSA Italy and Switzerland |
1953 Ridván 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly in Kenya was established in Nairobi. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Nairobi, Kenya; Kenya | first Local Spiritual Assembly in Kenya |
1953 Ridván 195- |
Mrs Meherangiz Munsiff, the wife of an Indian diplomat in London, arrived in Madagascar and was acknowledged as the first Bahá'í in the country. [BWNS288]
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Meherangiz Munsiff; Danile Randrianarivo; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Madagascar | first Bahá’í in Madagascar |
1953 Ridván 195- |
The Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963) was launched. See MBW151-156, MBW151.
The four primary goals of the plan were outlined as follows: For the objectives of the Crusade see BW12:256–14. Among the goals to be achieved was the construction of the International Bahá'í Archives building. [BBD22; DH168; MBW43] "the first of the major edifices destined to constitute the seat of the World Bahá'í Administrative Centre to be established on Mount Carmel". [PP264]
To those Bahá'ís who arose to open new territories to the Faith during the Ten Year Crusade, the title 'Knight of Bahá'u'lláh' was given. On 27 May 1992, the Roll of Honour containing the names of all the Knights of Bahá'u'lláh was deposited beneath the entrance door to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. "…Sometimes people strive all their lives to render outstanding service. Here is the time and opportunity to render historic services; in fact, the most unique in history, aiding in the fulfillment of Daniel's Prophecies of the Last Day, and the 1335 days, when men are to be blessed by the Glory of the Lord, covering the entire globe—which is the real goal of the Ten Year Crusade. [DG54-55] A map of goals for the Ten Year World Crusade by Shoghi Effendi can be found in Bahá'í World, Vol. 12 (April 1950-1954). Electronic versions, in both medium and large format can be found here. The achievements of the Ten Year Crusade were celebrated at the Most Great Jubilee in April and May 1963, which commemorated the Centenary of the Declaration of Baha'u'llah's Mission. Two historic events transpired during that time: the International Convention, convened in Haifa, Israel, to elect the first Universal House of Justice; and the World Congress held in London, England. |
Statistics; Ten Year Crusade; - Teaching Plans; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Roll of Honour; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; Endowments; * Bahá'í World Centre; - Worldwide | |
1953 20 Apr 195- |
The Second Seven Year Plan ended with 2,425 localities, 611 local spiritual assemblies, 100 countries, islands and dependencies opened to the Faith. There were 12 national assemblies to this date; [UC43]
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- Teaching Plans; Second Seven Year Plan, US and CA (1946-1953); Statistics | |
1953 19 Apr 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced plans to build a House of Worship in Frankfurt. [BW13:733; LDG191–2]l
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Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Langenhain; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Langenhain, Germany; Frankfurt, Germany; Germany; - Europe | |
1953 Apr 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly in Finland was established in Helsinki. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Helsinki, Finland | first Local Spiritual Assembly in Finland |
1953 25 Mar 195- |
Enayat Sohaili, an Iranian, arrived in Mozambique from India, the first Bahá'í pioneer to the country. [BW13:290]
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Enayat Sohaili; Pioneers; Persecution, Mozambique; - Persecution, Arrests; - Persecution; First travel teachers and pioneers; Mozambique | first Bahá’í pioneer Mozambique |
1953 19 Mar 195- |
Suhayl Samandarí arrived in Mogadishu and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Italian Somaliland. [BW13:452]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Mogadishu, Somalia; Italian Somaliland | first Somali Bahá’í |
1953 (Early in the year) 195- |
Shoghi Effendi obtained a wrought-iron gate from England with the intention of installing it at the bottom of the terraces on Mount Carmel. Instead, he had it installed on the path radiating out from the entrance to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh. The Pyramidal-obelisks and the flower-urns made of lead, border the path on either side. He had originally planned to pave the main path with Carrara marble, the same stone used in the Monument Gardens but abandoned the idea and used pebbles from the Sea of Galilee as he had done on the path between the second and third gates leading to the Shrine of the Báb and at the house of 'Abdu'l-Bahá at 7 Persian Street.
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Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of; Collins Gate; Amelia Collins; Bahji, Israel | |
1953 12–18 Feb 195- |
The first Intercontinental Teaching Conference was convened by the British National Spiritual Assembly in Kampala, Uganda. [BW12:121, MBW135-140; BN No 267 May 1953 p5-7]
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* Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Guardianship; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences, Intercontinental; Ten Year Crusade; Teaching; - First conferences; Kampala, Uganda; Uganda; - Africa | first Intercontinental Teaching Conference; first international conference held in Africa |
1953 (In the Year) 195- |
The publication of Questions about the Second Coming by George Townshend by the Bahá'í Publishing Committee in Wilmette in response to questions asked of him by the Bahá'ís of Kampala.
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- Christianity; George Townshend; Wilmette, IL; United States (USA); Uganda | |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
Anjoman-e Hojjatieh ("Society of Allah's Proof Over Creation"), also called the Hojjatieh Society was founded specifically as an anti-Bahá'í organization by a charismatic Shiite Muslim cleric, Shaikh Mahmoud Halabi in the aftermath of the coup d'état of 1953. Between the early 1950s and the early 1970s a great number of the future elite of the Islamic revolution were trained by Hujjatieh. During the 1979 Iranian revolution, the Society was to play an important role in stirring animosity against Bahá'ís. However, in part because of differences in theology—among other things the Hojjatieh believe a truly Islamic state cannot be established until the return of the 12th Imam—the Society fell into disfavour and was banned by the regime in 1984. [Hojjatieh Society, Wiki] | Hojjatieh Society; Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Iran | |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
Grant Mensah, a Ghanaian, became a Bahá'í in Ruanda-Urundi, the first person to accept the Faith in that country. | Grant Mensah; Ruanda-Urundi | first Bahá’í in Burundi |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
Alfred Amisi (Maragoli), Jacob Kisombe (Mtaita), Laurence Ouna (Mluhya), Labi Mathew (Zulu), and Zablon Bob (Luo) were among the first Kenyans to become Bahá'ís. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Kenya | first Kenyans Bahá’ís |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
Áqá Rahmán Kulayní-Mamaqání was martyred in Durúd, Iran. [BW18:390] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Durúd, Iran; Iran | |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
The arrival of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Dr. Mihdi Samandari and Mrs. Ursula Samandari (Newman) in Mogadishu, Somalia [BWNS230] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Mogadishu, Somalia; Somalia | |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
Mr. Mohammad Ali Djalali was among the first Baha'i's to reside in Morocco, for which Shoghi Effendi gave him the title "Knight of Baha'u'llah." [BW34p239]
It is not certain which "Morocco". |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Morocco | |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
Marthe Molitor, a Belgian from Rwanda, began to teach the Bahá'í Faith in Kalina (now Gombe), a district in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa). [bahai.org] | Marthe Molitor; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo | |
1953 (In the year) 195- |
Bahá'ís and their houses were attacked in Bushrúyih and Fárán, Iran. [BW18:390] | Persecution, Iran; - Persecution; Bushrúyih, Iran; Faran, Iran; Iran |
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