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1954 16 Dec 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced the death of Avarih in Iran, "CONDEMNED POSTERITY MOST SHAMELESS, VICIOUS, RELENTLESS APOSTATE ANNALS FAITH, WHO THROUGH CEASELESS VITRIOLIC ATTACKS RECORDED VOLUMINOUS WRITINGS CLOSE ALLIANCE ITS TRADITIONAL ENEMIES, ASSIDUOUSLY SCHEMED BLACKEN ITS NAME SUBVERT FOUNDATIONS ITS INSTITUTIONS.
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Covenant-breaking; `Abdu'l-Husayn Ávárih; Ameen Fareed (Amin Farid); Nematullah Falah; Iran; Turkey; United States (USA) | |
1954 8 Dec 195- |
Bahá'ís in Ádharbáyján were dismissed from their employment in the Ministries of Health and Public Highways. [BW18p390] | Persecution, Adharbayjan; - Persecution, Other; - Persecution; Azerbaijan | |
1954 27 Nov 195- |
Shoghi Effendi described the significance of the world administrative centre of the Faith and the 'structures, which will serve as the administrative seats of such divinely appointed institutions as the Guardianship, the Hands of the Cause, and the Universal House of Justice' to be ranged along a 'far-flung arc'. [MBW74] | Guardianship; * Hands of the Cause; Universal House of Justice, Seat of; Arc (World Centre); - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; * Bahá'í World Centre; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel; Haifa, Israel | |
1954 27 Nov 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced the commencement of "the excavation for the foundations of the International Archives heralding the rise of the first edifice destine to inaugurate the establishment of the seat of the World Baha'i Administrative order in the Holy Land". [MBW75] | International Bahá'í Archives; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1954 20 Nov 195- |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in Tonga, Harry Terepo, born in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, enrolled.
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First Bahá'ís by country or area; Tonga | first Bahá’í in Tonga |
1954 1 Nov 195- |
The members of the Algerian National Liberation Front initiated an armed conflict on French targets to start the Algerian War, also known as the Algerian Revolution or the War of Independence which lasted until 1962 and lead to the independence of Algeria from France. This decolonization war was marked by guerrilla warfare, war crimes, and civil strife. The conflict ended with the signing of the Évian Accords.
The war had a profound human cost, with estimates of Algerian casualties ranging from 400,000 to 1.5 million, alongside 25,600 French soldiers and 6,000 Europeans. The war also saw the perpetration of war crimes, including massacres, rape, torture, the destruction of villages, and the displacement of over 2 million Algerians. Upon independence, approximately 900,000 European-Algerians fled to France. The FLN targeted the Harkis, Algerian Muslims who served with the French army, for retribution, with many facing brutal violence. About 90,000 Harkis found refuge in France, where they and their descendants form a significant community. [Wikipedia] |
Colonialism and imperialism; History (general); Algeria; France | |
1954 Nov 195- |
A plot of land of slightly less than half an acre (1,300 metres) owned by Farah Sprague (Farahangiz Khanum), a Covenant-breaker, was purchased (after expropriation by the Finance Minister of the state of Israel on the recommendation of the mayor of Haifa), overcoming the final obstacle to beginning the construction of the International Bahá'í Archives. This concluded a thirty-year struggle in the acquisition of land on the Arc for the Guardian. [LI210-211; DH169; MBW73–4; CBN No 60 January 1955 p1]
The ownership of this plot will now enable us to locate the site, excavate the foundations, and erect the structure, of the International Bahá'í Archives, designed by the Hand of the Cause, Mason Remey, President of the International Bahá'í Council, which will serve as the permanent and befitting repository for the priceless and numerous relics associated with the Twin Founders of the Faith, with the Perfect Exemplar of its teachings and with its heroes, saints and martyrs, and the building of which constitutes one of the foremost objectives of the Ten-Year Plan. [CBN No 60 January 1955 p1] |
Farah Sprague (Farahangiz Khanum); Covenant-breaking; International Bahá'í Archives; Purchases and exchanges; Mount Carmel; - Bahá'í World Centre buildings, monuments and gardens; Haifa, Israel | |
1954 22 Oct 195- |
Mr and Mrs Suleimani arrived in Keelung, Taiwan by ship. They spent the rest of their lives there.
Ridvaniyyih Suleimani served on the Auxiliary Board and the National Spiritual Assembly. She passed away in Taiwan on the 18th of March 1981. [BW18p752-754] Suleiman Suleimani served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Taiwan from its formation in 1967 until 1978. He also served as a deputy of the institution of the Huqúqu'lláh for about two decades. [BW20p889-891] The Suleimanis, originally from Iran, had lived for about 28 years in Shanghai where Mrs Ridvaniyyih Suleimani's father, Mr Husayn Ouskouli Uskuli (or Uskui) had long resided and conducted a business. Mr and Mrs Suleimani had left Shanghai permanently in 1950 because of the difficult situations for foreigners in China but Mr Ouskouli decided to stay on and won the admiration of the Guardian. He died in Shanghai at the age of 86. [The Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle by Barbara R. Sims p3; PH39; Video Early history of the Bahá'í Faith in China 7 min 57 sec] |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Riḍvániyyih Ouskouli and Muhammad Suleimani Milani; Husayn Ouskouli Uskuli; Auxiliary board members; Keelung, Taiwan; Taiwan; Shanghai, China; China | |
1954 8 Oct 195- |
Richard Nolen and his family, (Lois A. (Warner), Linda Jean, Cynthia and John), arrived in the Azores, for which he and his wife were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. Two more children,Christopher Lee and Sylvia Louise, were born to the Nolens during their time there. Due to Richards failing health, the family returned to the United States and settled in Tacoma, Washington in August of 1962. After a prolonged illness Richard passed away on the 5th of May 1964. [Bahaipedia] | Richard Nolen; Lois Nolen; Linda Jean Nolen; Cynthia Nolen; John Nolen; Knight of Bahá'u'lláh; Azores | |
1954 Oct 195- |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in Nassau, Bahamas, Winfield Small, a young police officer from Barbados, enrolled.
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First Bahá'ís by country or area; Nassau, Bahamas; Bahamas; Barbados | first Bahá’í in Nassau, Bahamas |
1954 3 Oct 195- |
Shoghi Effendi designated Martha Root as a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously. She had passed away on September 28, 1939 in Hawaii.
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Hands of the Cause, Appointments; Martha Root | |
1954 1 - 3 Oct 195- |
Bahá'ís of Germany and the European Hands of the Cause invited the Bahá'ís of Europe to the Haziratu'l-Quds in Frankfurt am Main to develop plans and to coordinate action in the work of the second phase of the Ten-Year Crusade. [BN No 285 Nov 1954 p5] | Conferences, Teaching; - Conferences; Frankfurt, Germany; Germany | first Bahá'í European Conference to meet in Germany |
1954 1 Oct 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced that there were Bahá'ís in 235 countries and territories and over 3000 centres around the world. [MBW69–70] | Statistics; Growth; Ten Year Crusade; - Worldwide | |
1954 1 Oct 195- |
Anthony and Mamie Seto arrived in Hong Kong. | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Anthony Seto; Mamie Seto; Hong Kong; - Asia | |
1954 1 Oct 195- |
The title of the a parcel of land on Mount Carmel was transferred to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, Israel Branch. The title deed was for Parcel No. 304, Block 10811 Mount Carmel, Haifa. | Purchases and exchanges; Mount Carmel; Haifa, Israel; Israel; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1954 Oct 195- |
A National Haziratu'l-Quds was established in Kabul. [MBW70; 81] | Haziratul-Quds (Bahá'í centres); Kabul, Afghanistan; Afghanistan | |
1954 26 Sep 195- |
The first native Greek to become a Bahá'í, Emmanuel Petrakis, enrolled in Crete. | Emmanuel Petrakis; Crete, Greece | first native Greek Bahá’í |
1954 17 - 24 Sep 195- |
The first Italo-Swiss Joint Summer School was held September 17-24 in Bex les Bains in Switzerland, and was attended by as many as 75 friends. Dr. Ugo R. Giachery, Hand of the Cause, discussed the Ten-Year Crusade, and Prof. Zeine-Zeine of Beirut lectured on the Kitáb-i-Iqán. For these sessions all the friends were together. Smaller groups, by language, were formed for study of Bahá’í Administration. [Baha'i News Issue 286, December 1954 p4]
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The first Italo-Swiss Joint Summer School | |
1954 6 Sep 195- |
The first people to become Bahá'ís in Bechuanaland (Lesotho), Chadwick and 'Maselai (Mary) Mohapi, enrolled. [BW17:449–52] | Lesotho, South Africa; - Africa; Bechuanaland | first Bahá’ís in Bechuanaland (Lesotho) |
1954 Sep 195- |
Four people had become Bahá'ís in Zanzibar by this date. | Statistics; Zanzibar, Tanzania | |
1954 28 Aug 195- |
Mihribán Suhaylí (Mehraban Sohaili) arrived on the Comoro Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | Mihriban Suhayli (Mehraban Sohaili); - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Comoros Islands | |
1954 7 Aug 195- |
Marcia Steward de Matamoros Atwater arrived in the Marshall Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | Marcia Atwater; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Marshall Islands | |
1954 15 Jul 195- |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in Macau, Harry P. F. Yim (Yim Pui Foung), a 45-year-old small business proprietor born in Canton, China, enrolled. | Harry P. F. Yim (Yim Pui Foung); Macau | first Bahá’í in Macau |
1954 12 Jul 195- |
The first South African to become a Bahá'í enrolled in the Faith on this day. [That Promising Continent 20] | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Pretoria, South Africa; South Africa | first South African to become a Bahá'í |
1954 12 Jul 195- |
Dudley Moore Blakely, an artist, sculptor and designer, and his wife, Elsa ('Judy'), British citizens living in Maine, arrived on Tongatapu and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Tonga Islands. [BW13:456] They shared the honour with Dr. Stanley Bolton. [BWNS286] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Tonga | |
1954 Second half of the year 195- |
The first Somali to become a Bahá'í in Djibouti, 'Alí 'Abdu'lláh, a 21-year old employee of a commercial firm, enrolled. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Djibouti, East Africa; Somalia; - Africa | first Somali Bahá’í |
1954 5 Jul 195- |
Violet Hoehnke, an Australian, arrived in Papua New Guinea and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Admiralty Islands. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Papua New Guinea; Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea | |
1954 Jul 195- |
Reginald Stone and Allan Delph became Bahá'ís in British Guiana, the first two people to accept the Faith in that country. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; British Guiana; Latin America | first Bahá'ís in British Guiana |
1954 Jul 195- |
Dr John George Mitchell, an English physician who became a Bahá'í in 1950, arrived in Malta and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Malta | |
1954 Jul 195- |
José Marques arrived in Portuguese Timor and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Portuguese Timor; East Timor | |
1954 Jul c. 195- |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in Brunei, Daphne Hassan, enrolled. | Daphne Hassan; Brunei | first Bahá’í in Brunei |
1954 24 Jun 195- |
Shápúr Rawhání and Ardishír Furúdí, Iranian residents of India, arrived in Bhutan by foot and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. They spent about two months in Bhutan. However, circumstances did not permit them to remain longer and they had to return to India. [BW13:449]
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Shapur Rawhani; Ardishir Furudi; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bhutan; India | |
1954 19 Jun 195- |
The first Canary Islander to become a Bahá'í, Sr. José Jacinto Castillo y Gonzalez, enrolled. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Canary Islands, Spain | first Canary Islander Bahá’í |
1954 18 Jun 195- |
The first islander to become a Bahá'í in the Seychelles, Marshall Delcy, a local school teacher, enrolled. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Islands; Seychelles | first islander Bahá'í in Seychelles |
1954 9 Jun 195- |
The passing of Alain LeRoy Locke (b. September 13, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) in New York. He was laid to rest in Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC.
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Alain Locke; In Memoriam; * Philosophy; Race amity; Race unity; Harlem Renaissance; African Americans; Philadelphia, PA; New York, USA | the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, |
1954 Jun 195- |
Shawqí Riyád Rawhání (Shoghi Riaz Rouhani), an Iranian from Egypt, arrived in Las Palmas and was 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 | |
1954 Jun 195- |
Louise Groger arrived on Chiloé Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Chiloé Island, Chile | |
1954 Jun 195- |
Harold and Florence Fitzner arrived in Portuguese Timor and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | Harold Fitzner; Florence Fitzner; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Portuguese Timor; East Timor | |
1954 29 May 195- |
Haik (Haig) Kevorkian arrived in the Galápagos Islands and settled on the island of Santa Cruz. He was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. Haig had been present in Guayaquil as an itinerant pioneer-teacher in 1945 when the first local Assembly of that city was formed. He returned in 1954 to fill the virgin goal of the Galapagos. [BW13:452; Heroes of God: History of the Bahá'í Faith in Ecuador, 1940-1979 p24; 61]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Haig Kevorkian; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; Ecuador | |
1954 26 May 195- |
Shoghi Effendi, Rúhíyyih Khánum and Leroy Ioas returned the visit of President Ben Zvi by visiting him in Jerusalem. [GBF140; PP293–4] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Amatul-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum; Leroy Ioas; Ben Zvi; - Presidents; Jerusalem, Israel; Israel | |
1954 17 May 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Elise Lynelle (then Schreiber) in Bata, the capital of Rio Muni, Spanish Guinea, and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for a second time, this time for Spanish Guinea. [BW13:456; BWNS330] | Elise Schreiber (later Lynelle); - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Bata, Equatorial Guinea; Spanish Guinea; Equatorial Guinea | |
1954 2 May 195- |
Mavis Nymon and Vivian Wesson, both Americans, arrived in French Togoland and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Togo; - Africa | |
1954 5 May 195- |
Sabrí and Fahima (Ra'isa) Elias, an Egyptian couple with four children, arrived in Djibouti and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for French Somaliland. [BW13:451] | Sabri Elias; Raissa Elias; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; French Somaliland; Djibouti, East Africa | |
1954 4 May 195- |
Elizabeth Stamp, an Irish-American widow from New York City, arrived in St Helena and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; St. Helena | |
1954 4 May 195- |
Shoghi Effendi closed the Roll of Honour, except for those pioneers who have already left for their posts and those first arriving in the remaining virgin territories inside and outside the Soviet Republics and satellites. [MBW69] | Roll of Honour; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Haifa, Israel; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1954 2 May 195- |
Cynthia R. Olson of Wilmington, Delaware, settled in Barrigada, the largest village in Guam, and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Mariana Islands. [BW13:454; BWNS303] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Barrigada, Guam; Guam; Mariana Islands; Oceania | |
1954 2 May 195- |
The arrival of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Mavis Nymon and Vivian Wesson in French Togoland (now called Togo). [BWNS329 ] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); French Togoland (Togo); Togo | |
1954 May 195- |
Elinore Putney arrived in the Aleutian Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Aleutian Islands, AK; Alaska, USA; United States (USA); Russia | |
26 Apr 195- |
President of Israel Ben Zvi and his wife visit the Shrines on Mount Carmel, the first official visit paid by a head of a sovereign state to the Shrines of the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá. [GBF139–140; MBW68; PP2923] | Ben Zvi; - Presidents; Prominent visitors; Báb, Shrine of; Firsts, other; Haifa, Israel; Mount Carmel | first official visit head of a sovereign state to Shrine of the Báb |
1954 Ridván 195- |
In Uganda, 2 years previous, there were no Bahá'ís. By this time there were over 700 Bahá'ís, with 24 Spiritual Assemblies. [That Promising Continent 18] | Statistics; Uganda | |
1954 21 Apr 195- |
Bruce Matthews arrived at Goose Bay and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Labrador. [BW13:453]
See Bruce Matthews, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Goose Bay, Labrador by Lynn Wright and Susan Gammage. |
- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Goose Bay, NL; Labrador, NL; Canada | |
1954 Ridván 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly in Algeria was formed in Algiers. [BWIM114] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Algiers, Algeria; Algeria | first Local Spiritual Assembly Algeria |
1954 Ridván 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly was formed in in Usumbura (later Bujumbura, Burundi) and it composed entirely of Congolese. At that time the area was called Ruanda-Urundi. In 1962 Ruanda-Urundi became the two independent states of Rwanda and Burundi. [A Remarkable Response Film 26:55] | Local Spiritual Assembly; Bujumbura, Burundi; Burundi | first Local Spiritual Assembly Ruanda-Urundi (Burundi) |
1954 Ridván 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly was formed in British Cameroons. | Local Spiritual Assembly; British Cameroon | first Local Spiritual Assembly British Cameroons |
1954 Ridván 195- |
The first all African local spiritual assembly in Tanganyika was formed in Bukoba. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Bukoba, Tanzania; Tanganyika, Tanzania | first all African Local Spiritual Assembly in Tanganyika |
1954 Ridván 195- |
The first local spiritual assembly in the Malay Peninsula was established in Seremban. | Local Spiritual Assembly; Seremban, Malaysia; British Malaya | first Local Spiritual Assembly Malay Peninsula |
1954 Ridván 195- |
Adelaide Sharp, who had been in Iran since 1929, was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, the first woman elected to that body. [BFA2:361] | Adelaide Sharp; NSA; Firsts, other; Women; Iran | first woman elected NSA Iran |
1954 Ridván 195- |
In his cablegram of October 8, 1952, Shoghi Effendi called upon all 15 "continental" Hands to appoint, during Ridván, 1954, five Auxiliary Boards, one on each continent, composed of nine members each to work as their deputies along with the National Assemblies to assist in the execution of the twelve teaching plans. [BW13p335, MBW44, 63] | Auxiliary board members; Assistants; Appointed arm | |
18 Apr 195- |
John and Valera Allen arrived in Swaziland and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Swaziland | |
1954 13 Apr 195- |
David Tanyi, a tailor, arrived in French Togoland from British Cameroons and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; French Togoland (Togo); Togo | |
1954 12 Apr 195- |
Shoghi Effendi accepted the bid made by the firm of Enrico Pandolfini of Pietrasanta in Tuscany, Italy for the supply of the obelisk will mark the place of the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar of the Holy Land. After the delivery of the materials circumstances did not allow for the obelisk to be erected. The Universal House of Justice completed the project in August, 1971. | Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Haifa; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Obelisks; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Haifa, Israel; * Bahá'í World Centre; Pietrasanta, Italy; Tuscany, Italy; Italy | |
1954 11 Apr 195- |
Bula Mott Stewart arrived in Swaziland and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Swaziland | |
1954 9 Apr 195- |
Gayle Woolson and her companion, Rebecca Kaufman, arrived in the Galapagos Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] [Heroes of God p59] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; Ecuador | |
1954 6 Apr 195- |
In his Ridván Message Shoghi Efffendi announced that:
The site for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of the Holy Land has been selected--an area of approximately twenty thousand square meters--situated at the head of the Mountain of God, in close proximity to the Spot hallowed by the footsteps of Bahá'u'lláh, near the time-honoured Cave of Elijah, and associated with the revelation of the Tablet of Carmel, the Charter of the World Spiritual and Administrative Centres of the Faith on that mountain. Funds totalling one hundred thousand dollars have, moreover, been contributed by one of the Hands of the Cause*, residing in the Holy Land, and negotiations have been initiated with the Israeli authorities for the purpose of effecting the immediate purchase of the selected site.(*Hand of the Cause Milly Collins) [MBW63; DoH175] In another message about a year later he provided further details. [MBW78-79] |
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Haifa; Funds; Amelia Collins; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); * Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel; Haifa, Israel | the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of the Holy Land |
1954 6 Apr 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced that plans for the International Bahá'í Archives had been completed and that steps had been taken to begin its construction. [PP264BBD22–3; DH169; GBF117–8; MBW64] | International Bahá'í Archives; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; * Bahá'í World Centre; Mount Carmel; Haifa, Israel | |
1954 6 Apr 195- |
Five Continental Bahá'í Funds were inaugurated by Shoghi Effendi. [MBW59, 63] | Funds; Funds, Continental; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1954 (Prior to) 195- |
The first native Fijian, the first Pygmy, the first Berber and the first Greenlander to accept the Bahá'í Faith enrolled. [MBWp62] | First Bahá'ís by country or area; First believers by background; Greenland | |
1954 6 Apr 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced the creation of five Auxiliary Boards with the following number of members: Asia 7; America 9; Europe 9; Africa 9; Australia 2. [BW13p335; CBN No 53 June 1954 p6; MBW44, 58-60]
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Auxiliary board members; Appointed arm; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Activities; Ten Year Crusade; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; Funds, Continental; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; * Bahá'í World Centre | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced that there were Bahá'ís in 228 countries and that Bahá'í literature has been translated into 130 languages. [MBW61–2] | Statistics | |
1954 Apr 195- |
The site for the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkár of the Holy Land was selected. [DH175; MBW63] | Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Haifa; * Mashriqu'l-Adhkár (House of Worship); Haifa, Israel | first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of the Holy Land |
1954 Apr 195- |
Robert B. Powers, Jr., a member of the U.S. armed forces at the Navy Air Station, arrived in Guam and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Mariana Islands. [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Guam; Mariana Islands | |
1954 Apr 195- |
John and Marjorie Kellberg of Oak Park, Illinois, arrived in the Dutch West Indies (Netherlands Antilles) and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Lesser Antilles | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Corporal Richard Walters and his wife, Evelyn, and Richard and Mary L. Suhm arrived in Tangier from the United States and were all named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Morocco (International Zone). BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Tangier, Morocco; Morocco | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Howard Gilliland arrived in Labrador and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Labrador, NL | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Kay Zinky 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 | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Habíb Isfahání arrived in Dakar and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for French West Africa. [BW13:452] | Habib Isfahani; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Dakar, Senegal; French West Africa | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Benedict Eballa arrived in Ashanti Protectorate (Now part of Ghana) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449; BWNS249] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Ashanti Protectorate, Ghana; Ghana | |
1954 Apr 195- |
The arrival of Knight Martin Manga to Northern Territories Protectorate (now part of Ghana). [BWNS249; BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Northern Territories Protectorate; Ghana | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Edward Tabe, a youth from Cameroon, no older than fourteen, and Albert Buapiah from the Gold Coast arrived in British Togoland and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450; KoB78-79; BWNS249] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Edward Tabe; Albert Buapiah; British Togoland (Ghana); Ghana | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Mrs Mehrangiz Munsiff pioneered to the city of Douala in the French Cameroons (later Cameroon). Both she and Mr Samuel Njiki were honoured as Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for this territory. [Bahá'í Journal UK Vol 20, No 5 Jan/Feb 2004, BW13:451; BWNS249]
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Meherangiz Munsiff; Samuel Njiki (Samuel Nyki); - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; French Cameroon; Cameroon; Douala, Cameroon | Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Cameroons |
1954 Apr 195- |
Dr John Fozdar arrived in Brunei in April 1954 and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | John Fozdar; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Brunei | |
1954 Apr 195- |
A mere eight months after settling in British Cameroons, Enoch Olinga, along with
the community of new believers at his pioneering post received a cable from Shoghi
Effendi asking for African believers to settle in British Togoland, French Togoland, the Ashanti Protectorate and in the Northern Territories Protectorate before the following Ridván. Although Bahá'ís for only a few months, their response was instantaneous; the largest difficulty arose in limiting themselves to the four names required to fulfill the designated posts. This was determined by a vote. David Tanyi, Edward Tabe, Benedict Eballa, and Martin Manga were duly selected. Samuel Nyki was sent to French Cameroon. Each one established a Local Spiritual Assembly in their assigned posts within two years. [A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p4; KoB71] |
Pioneering; David Tanyi; Edward Tabe; Benedict Eballa; Martin Manga; Samuel Njiki (Samuel Nyki); Cameroon; British Togoland (Ghana); French Togoland (Togo); Ashanti Protectorate, Ghana; Northern Territories Protectorate | |
1954 Apr 195- |
The arrival of future Knight of Bahá'u'lláh, Mr. Enoch Olinga, in British Cameroon. [BWNS291] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Enoch Olinga; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); British Cameroon; - Africa | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Bahá'í women in Iran were accorded full rights to participate in membership of both national and local Bahá'í assemblies. [MBW65]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Local Spiritual Assembly; Women; Equality; Iran | |
1954 Apr 195- |
Suhráb Paymán, together with his five-year old-daughter Ghitty, arrived in San Marino from Tihrán to join his wife. He was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh in April. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; San Marino, Italy | |
1954 25 Mar 195- |
Leland Jensen arrived on Réunion Island from the United States and ws named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]
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Leland Jensen; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Covenant-breaking; Reunion Island; France | |
1954 25 Mar 195- |
The passing of Marion Jack (General Jack) (b. St. John, New Brunswick) at her pioneer post in Sofia, Bulgaria at the age of 87. She had been at her post since 1931. [BWNS385; Never be Afraid to Dare p. 227]
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Marion Jack; Pioneers; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; Pioneers; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Sofia, Bulgaria; Bulgaria | |
1954 21 Mar 195- |
Shoghi Effendi announced that there were Bahá'ís in 219 countries. [MBW57] | Statistics | |
1954 19 Mar 195- |
Paul Haney was appointed Hand of the Cause of God following the death of Hand of the Cause of God Dorothy Baker. [GBF111; MBW57] | Paul Haney; Dorothy Baker; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Appointments | |
1954 Mar 195- |
Olivia Kelsey and Florence Ullrich (later Ullrich-Kelley), a young college graduate, and Olivia Kelsey, an accomplished Bahá'í author and poet, arrived in Monaco from the United States and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454; Collins 4.6 and 7.1359]
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 | |
1954 4 Mar 195- |
The arrival of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Elena (Marsella) and Roy Fernie in Kiribati (Gilbert Islands). They had come from the National Spiritual Assembly of Panama. [BWNS301, BW13:452]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; First Bahá'ís by country or area; Islands; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Tabiteuea, Kiribati; Kiribati; Gilbert and Ellice Islands | first Bahá'í on Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) |
1954 Mar 195- |
Qudratu'lláh Rawhání and Khudárahm Muzhgání arrived in Mahé and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Mahé, India | |
1954 1 Mar 195- |
Shirin Fozdar visited Cambodia to receive the first medallion and Certificate of Satrei Vatthana (Champion of Women) from His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk. She was the first Bahá'í to enter the country.
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Shirin Fozdar; King Norodom Sihanouk; Cambodia | first medallion and Certificate of Satrei Vatthana (Champion of Women) recipient; first Bahá’í in Cambodia |
1954 1 Mar 195- |
Alvin J. Blum and his wife, Gertrude (née Gewertz), arrived in Honiara and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Solomon Islands. They were accompanied by their eight-year-old daughter Keithie. [BW13:456; BWNS291] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Solomon Islands | |
1954 Mar 195- |
Greta Jankko arrived in the Marquesas Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454] | Greta Jankko; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia | |
1954 spring 195- |
The Síyáh-Chál and some surrounding property was acquired by the Bahá'ís. [BW12:64–5; SE153; SS45]
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Siyah Chal (Black Pit); Purchases and exchanges; Tehran, Iran; Iran | |
1954 21 Feb 195- |
Charles ('Chuck') and Mary Dayton from the United States, settled in Charlotte Amalie, on St Thomas, and wre named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for the Leeward Islands. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; St. Thomas Island; Leeward Islands | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Shirin Fozdar arrived in Saigon, the first pioneer to Vietnam.
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Shirin Fozdar; Pioneer; Saigon, Vietnam; Vietnam | first pioneer to Vietnam. first person to become a beliver in Viet Nam |
1954 15 Feb 195- |
Charles Duncan (a musician and composer) and Harry Clark, both Americans, arrived in Brunei from Kota Kinabalu (Jesselton) in Sabah, where they had been waiting for several weeks, and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451; PH63]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Charles Duncan; Harry Clark; Brunei; Thailand | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Husayn Halabi arrived in Hadhramaut and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Hadhramaut, Arabian Peninsula; Yemen | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Elise Schreiber (later Lynelle) arrived on St Thomas Island and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | Elise Schreiber (later Lynelle); - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Sao Tome and Principe | |
1954 10 Feb 195- |
John Leonard arrived in the Falkland Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:451] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Falkland Islands | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir and Irán Muhájir arrived the Mentawai Islands and received the accolade "Knight of Bahá'u'lláh".[BS13p454] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; * Hands of the Cause; Mentawai Islands; Indonesia | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Faríburz Rúzbihyán (Feriborz Roozbehyan) arrived in The Gambia and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Gambia, The | |
1954 Feb 195- |
David Schreiber, an American, arrived in Antigua and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Leeward Islands. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Antigua; Leeward Islands | |
1954 Feb 195- |
John and Audrey Robarts their son Patrick and young daughter Tina arrived in Mafikeng and the three adults were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh for Bechuanaland (Botswana). [BW13:449]
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John Robarts; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Mafikeng, Botswana; Botswana; Dr Molema | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Gail Avery arrived in the Baranof Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Baranof Island, AK | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Bernard H. Guhrke arrived on the Kodiak Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Kodiak Islands, AK | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Joan Powis arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe | |
1954 Feb 195- |
'Azízu'lláh and Shamsí Navídí with their daughters Vida and Giuilda arrived in Monaco and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455]
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 | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Rahmatu'lláh and Írán Muhájir arrived in Mentawai Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:454]
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Rahmatullah Muhajir; Iran Muhajir; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Mentawai Islands; Indonesia | |
1954 Feb 195- |
Grace Bahovec arrived in the Baranof Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Baranof Island, AK | |
1954 25 Jan 195- |
Stanley P. Bolton, Jr. arrived in Nuku'alofa, on Tongatapu Island, from Australia and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Tonga Islands. [BW13:456, BWNS286] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Tonga | |
1954 18 Jan 195- |
Mrs Dulcie Burns Dive arrived in the Cook Islands from Australia and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450, 925] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Cook Islands | |
1954 15 Jan 195- |
'Abdu'l-Rahmán Zarqání, from India, arrived in the Seychelles and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Seychelles; - Africa; India | |
1954 14 Jan 195- |
Lilian E. Wyss arrived in Apia from Australia and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Samoa Islands. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Apia, Samoa; Samoa | |
1954 Jan 195- |
John and Audrey Robarts with their two younger children, Patrick and Tina, left Toronto for their pioneer post in Mafeking (later Mafikeng), Buchuanaland (later Botswana and formerly Bophuthatswana). Older children Aldham and Gerald pioneered to Nigeria and a homefront post respectively. [LOF485-6; CBN No48 January 1954 p11]
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John Robarts; Auxiliary board members; Canada; Botswana; Nigeria; - Africa | |
1954 10 Jan 195- |
Dorothy Baker, (b. Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA 21 December, 1898) Hand of the Cause of God, was killed in a plane crash in the Mediterranean Sea, near the island of Elba. BOAC Flight 781 departed Rome, Italy on a flight to London, England. While climbing through 27,000 feet, the plane experienced a sudden in-flight break-up and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near the Island of Elba. All 35 passengers and crew on board were killed. Following this accident, the Comet fleet was taken from service and subjected to numerous modifications in areas believed to have been the origin of the yet-unknown failure. The fleet was returned to service in late March 1954. [BW12:670; FAA Website]
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Dorothy Baker; * Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; Births and deaths; In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, First Contingent; Mediterranean Sea; Elba, Italy; Italy | |
1954 Jan 195- |
Andrew and Mina Matthisen arrived in the Bahamas and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Bahamas; Caribbean | |
1954 Jan 195- |
Kenneth and Roberta Christian arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | Kenneth Christian; Roberta Christian; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Southern Rhodesia; Zimbabwe | |
1954 Jan 195- |
Virginia Breaks arrived on the island of Truk and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for the Caroline Islands. [BW13:450; MBW57] | Virginia Breaks; - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Truk, Caroline Islands; Caroline Islands | |
1954 Jan 195- |
Elizabeth Bevan (later Mrs Golmohammed) arrived in Rhodes and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:455] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Rhodes, Greece | |
1954 Jan 195- |
Munír Vakíl, a former general in the Iraqi army, settled on one of the Kuria-Muria Islands in the Arabian Sea and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:453]
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- Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Khuriya Muriya Islands, Oman; Oman | |
1954 Jan 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Abdu'l Rahman Zarqani, in the Seychelles. [BWNS272] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Seychelles; - Africa | |
1954 3 Jan 195- |
The passing of Helen "Nellie" Stevison French (b.19 Oct 1868 Peoria, Illinois) in Monaco. She was buried in the Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Chicago.
In September 1953 Nellie French, 85, became 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] |
Nellie French; In Memoriam; Knight of Bahá'u'lláh; Peoria, IL; United States (USA); Monaco | |
1954 3 Jan 195- |
Howard and Joanne Menking arrived in the Cape Verde Islands and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:450] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Cape Verde | |
1954 Jan 195- |
Charles M. Ioas arrived in the Balearic Islands and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:449] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Balearic Islands, Spain | |
1954 Jan 195- |
Jean Sevin arrived in Tuamotu Archipelago and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:457] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia | |
1954 Jan 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Dulcie Dive in the Cook Islands. [BWNS265] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Islands; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Cook Islands | |
1954 or 1955 195- |
"The sacred dust of the Báb's infant son, extolled in the Qayyum-i-Asma, was respectfully and ceremoniously transferred on the anniversary of his Father's martyrdom, in the presence of pilgrims and resident believers to the Bahá'í cemetery in Shiraz, the prelude to the translation to the same spot of the remains of the Báb's beloved and long-suffering consort." [CBN No 65 June, 1955 p1]
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Ahmad (son of the Báb); Shíráz, Iran; Iran | |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Ted Cardell in South West Africa (now called Namibia). [BWNS280] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Namibia | |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
The arrival of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Violet Noehnke on the Admiralty Islands, now Manus Province in Papua New Guinea. [BWNS307, BWNS312] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea | |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
The arrival in Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Izzat'u'llah Zahrai, Douglas Kadenhe, Nura Faridian (now Steiner), Enayat and Iran Sohaili, Shidan Fat'he-Aazam (later member of the Continental Board of Counsellors for Africa) and his wife Florence. [BWNS275] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Zimbabwe; - Africa | |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
Mehraban Isfandiar Sohaili arrived on Mayotte and stayed for two months, the first Bahá'í to visit the island. | Mihriban Suhayli (Mehraban Sohaili); Mayotte | first Bahá’í to visit Mayotte |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
Khodadad Irani settled in Zanzibar, the first Bahá'í to do so. | Khodadad Irani; Zanzibar, Tanzania | first Bahá’í pioneer in Zanzibar |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
José Mingorance Fernandez and his wife, Carmen Tost, a Spanish couple, accepted the Bahá'í Faith; they were the first to enrol in Andorra. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Andorra | first Bahá’ís in Andorra |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
Mr and Mrs Sandikonda, Eliam Chisengalumbwe, Mr Musonda, Peter Chitindi and Elias Kanayenda became Bahá'ís, the first African Bahá'ís to enrol in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). BANANI BULLETIN, 1 AUG 1954] | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Zambia | first African Bahá’ís in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
'Aynu'd-Dín and Táhirih 'Alá'í arrived in Southern Rhodesia and were named Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:456] | - Knights of Bahá'u'lláh; Zimbabwe | |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
The first person to become a Bahá'í in the Balearic Islands, C. Miguel, enrolled. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Islands; Balearic Islands, Spain | first Bahá’í in Balearic Islands |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
The first Tlinget from Alaska to become a Bahá'í, Eugene King, enrolled. | First Bahá'ís by country or area; Alaska, USA; United States (USA) | first Tlinget Bahá'í |
1954 (In the year) 195- |
The purchase of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Istanbul was concluded. [SS38] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Istanbul); Purchases and exchanges; Istanbul, Turkey; Turkey |
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