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event |
tags |
firsts |
| 1953 27 Dec |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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| 1953 8 Dec |
Loretta and Carl Scherer arrived in Macau from Milwaukee and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for that island. [BW13:453; PH73]
For the stories of their lives see BW18:738–40. |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Macau |
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| 1953 7 Dec |
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 |
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| 1953 Dec |
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 |
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| 1953 Nov or Dec |
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 |
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| 1953 Dec |
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 |
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| 1953 Dec |
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 |
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| 1953 Late in the year |
'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 |
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 |
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