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Tag "Somalia"

tag name: Somalia type: Geographic locations
web link: Somalia
related tags: - Africa
referring tags: Mogadishu, Somalia

"Somalia" appears in:

1.   from the main catalog (1 result)

  1. Graham Hassall. Jonah Winters, ed. Bahá'í Communities by Country: Research Notes (2000). Brief notes on the history of Bahá'í activities and the dates of NSA formation in Africa, China, Australia, and elsewhere.

2.   from the Chronology (6 results; less)

  1. 1953-00-00 — The arrival of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Dr. Mihdi Samandari and Mrs. Ursula Samandari (Newman) in Mogadishu, Somalia [BWNS230]
  2. 1953-11-05
      Dr Mihdí Samandarí arrived in Italian Somaliland and was named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. [BW13:452]
    • His wife Ursula (née Newman) arrived in 1954 and was also named a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh.
  3. 1954-07-06 — The first Somali to become a Bahá'í in Djibouti, 'Alí 'Abdu'lláh, a 21-year old employee of a commercial firm, enrolled.
  4. 1960-00-00 — The first woman Somali to become a Bahá'í, Fatumeh Jama, enrolled.
  5. 1968-04-21 — Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia formed their own regional assembly. Those elected to serve were: Gila Michael Bahta, Dr. Leo Neiderreitter, Gamal Rushdy, Asfaw Tessema, Dr. Heshmat Farhoumand, Dr. Hushang Ahdieh, Ursula Samandari, Assefaw Habte Michael and Rabbi Teele Mariam. [Wikipedia]
  6. 2003-06-20
      The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Ursula Samandari (b. Ursula Newman 29 December, 1909 in Mitcham, Surrey, England) at her pioneering post in Buea, Cameroon.
    • In 1953 she and Dr. Mihdi Samandari moved to Nairobi, Kenya, and a year later went to live in Mogadishu, Somalia where they stayed until 1971. At the request of the Universal House of Justice, they had pioneered to Cameroon. [BWNS230, BW'03-'04pg237]
 
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