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.............. :........................................................................ ,r-:-l [J ~'-"~~~ L.:J ..LIt L / / THE BAHA'I FAITH 1844- 1 963 l,NFORMATION STATISTICAL- & COMPARATIVE , INCLUDING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF TH.E TEN YEAR INTERNATIONAL BAHA'i TEACHING & CONSOLIDATION ,PLAN 1953 -,-- 1963 I / I I / / / / I I I / I I I COMPILED BY THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE RESIDING IN THE HOLY LAND , ' .10 [] .........................................•....•..... ~ ••......•.........•.....•......... ~ , , THE BAHA'I FAITH 1844- 1963 SHOGHI EFFENDI GUARDIAN OF THE FAITH IN LOVING MEMORY COMPILED BY THE HANDS OF THE CAUSE RESIDING IN THE HOLY LAND TABLE OF CONTENTS INFORMATION STATISTICAL AND COMPARATIVE 1844-1963 Dates of Historical Significance 1844-1963 5 Achievements under the Ten Year International Baha'i Teaching and Consoli- dation Plan 7 ~ Countries Opened to the Faith of Baha'u'llah 1844-1963 9 '" S' Languages in which Baha'i Literature has been Translated and Printed I I ~ ~ Languages in which Baha'i Literature is being Translated 13 ~ List of the Bab's Best-Known Writings 13 ;:se' ~ Alphabetical List of Baha'u'llah's Best-Known Writings 13 --t:l::. ~ ~ Races Represented in the Baha'i World Community 15 ;:,.. 0 <;' ~ Minority Groups and Races with which Contact has been Established by ~ t""' tx:l tj Baha'is 15 I:: a African Tribes Represented in the Baha'i Faith 16 ~ tr:I ~ ..,Z Indian Tribes of the Western Hemisphere Represented in the Baha'i Faith 19 ~ Indian Sub-Continent, Pacific and Indian Ocean Tribes and Peoples Represen- tr:I ted in the Baha'i Faith 19 0 >Tj Alphabetical List of Capitals and Chief Cities where Baha'is reside throughout .., the world 19 :I: tr:I Hands of the Cause 22 t::C Baha'i National Spiritual Assemblies 1953 22 ~ > :I: Baha'i National Spiritual Assemblies 1963 23 ~... >-...:.. ~. Territories Represented by the Regional National Spiritual Assemblies 25 >Tj National Spiritual Assemblies which have Established Branches in Israel 26 ~ ..,>..... ;:;:. Baha'i National Administrative Headquarters (I:Ia~iratu'I-Quds) in East and :I: '"tx:l West 26 ~, ~~ Baha'i National Spiritual Assemblies which have Established National ~ Endowments 27 Localities in which Baha'i Publishing Trusts have been Founded 28 Q ~ . Baha'i Schools and Institutes 28 ~ Countries, States, Provinces and Cities where Baha'i Marriage Certificates are Recognized 28 Countries, States, Provinces and Cities where Baha'i Holy Days are Recognized 29 Data Concerning Important National and International Baha'i Endowments 30 Principal Baha'i Historic Sites in Persia Owned by the Baha'i Community 3 I Estimated Value of American Baha'i Properties 32 3 Successive Stages in the Transfer of the Remains of the Bab from Persia to the 32 DATES OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Holy Land and the Erection of His Mausoleum on Mount Carmel 1844-1 963 Names Given by 'Abdu'l-Baha to Five of the Doors of the Shrine of the Bab on Declaration of the Mission of the Bab in ~iraz May 23, 1844 Mt. Carmel 34 Departure of the Bab on His pilgrimage to Mecca September, 1844 Names of the Four Doors Added Since the Passing of 'Abdu'l-Baha 34 Arrival of the Bab in Mah-ku, Adhirbayjan Summer, 1847 Incarceration of the Bab III Chihriq, A<fuirbayjan April, Fate of Those Who Persecuted the Bab, Who Opposed the Construction of His 1848 Conference of Bada§ht June, Shrine and Threatened Its Destruction 34 1848 Interrogation of the Bab in Tabriz, Adhirbayjan July, 1848 Cities in which Baha'i Temples have been Constructed 36 Martyrdom of the Bab in Tabriz, Adhirbayjan July 9, 1850 Location of Sites for Future Baha'i Temples _ 36 Attempt on the life of Na~iri ' d-Din Shah August 15, 1852 Imprisonment of Baha'u'llah in the Siyah-Chal of Tihran August, 1852 Data Regarding the Baha'i Temple in Wilmette, Illinois 36 Banishment of Baha'u'llah to BagEdad January 12, 1853 Passages Inscribed over the Nine Entrances of the Baha'i Temple, Wilmette, Withdrawal of Baha'u'llah to Kurdistan April 10, 1854 Illinois, U.S.A. 37 Return of Baha'u'llah from Kurdistan March Ig, 1856 Passages Inscribed in the Inter-ior of the Baha'i Temple, Wilmette, Illinois, Declaration of the Mission of Baha'u'llah April 22, 1863 U.S.A. 37 Arrival of Baha'u'llah in Constantinople August 16, 1863 Arrival of Baha'u'llah in Adrianople December 12, 1863 Baha'i Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting 38 Departure ofBaha'u'llah from Adrianople August 12, 1868 Baha'i Holy Days on which Work Should be Suspended 38 Arrival of Baha'u'llah in 'Akkit August 31, 1868 Death of the Purest Branch June 23, 18 Chronological List of Significant Events Related to Baha'u'llah's Historic 70 Ascension of Baha'u'llah May 2g, 18g2 Pronouncement in His Suriy-i-Muluk in 1868 38 First public reference to the Faith in America September 23, 1893 Stages in Baha'u'llah's Successive Exiles from Tihran to 'Akka 39 Establishment of the First Baha'i centre in the West February, 1894 Cities Visited by 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Course of His Three~Year Travels 19 11 - Arrival of the first group of Western pilgrims in 'Akkit December 10, 1898 Arrival of the Bab's remains in the Holy Land 19 13 41 January 31, 1899 Reincarceration of 'Abdu'l-Baha in 'Akkit August 20, 1901 Territories Mentioned by 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Tablets of the Divine Plan 41 Commencemen t of the construction of the Mailiriqu'l-Adhkar Territories to be Opened to the Faith 1953-1963 42 of 'I§hqabad November 28, 1902 . Release of 'Abdu'l-Baha from His incarceration September, 1908 Territories to be Consolidated 1953-1963 44 Interment of the Bab's remains on Mt. Carmel March 21, 1909 Approximate Number of Localities where Baha'is Reside Throughout the Opening of the first American Baha'i Convention March 21, 1909 World 45 'Abdu'l-Baha's departure for Egypt September, 19 10 Incorporated Baha'i Assemblies - National Spiritual Assemblies 46 'Abdu'l-Baha's arrival in London September 4, 19 11 'Abdu'l-Baha's arrival in America April I I, 19 12 Incorporated Baha'i Assemblies - Local Spiritual Assemblies 47 Laying of the cornerstone of the Ma~riqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette, Baha'i Centres Throughout the World 55 Illinois, by . 'Abdu'l-Baha May I, 1912 'Abdu'l-Baha's return to the Holy Land December 5, 19 13 Unveiling of the Tablets of the Divine Plan April, 1919 Commencement ofthe construction of the Mailiriqu'l-Adhkar in Wilmette, Illinois December, 1920 Passing of 'Abdu'l-Baha November 28, 1921 Verdict of the Mul).ammadan Court in Egypt pronouncing the Faith to be an independent religion May 10, 1925 Martha Root's first interview with Queen Marie of Rumania January 30, 1926 Resolution of the Council of the League of Nations upholding the claim of the Baha'i Community to the House of Baha'u'llah in Ba~dad March 4, 1929 Passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf July, 1932 Inception of the First American SevenYear Plan April, 1937 4 5 ACHIEVEMENTS UNDER THE TEN YEAR INTERNATIONAL Completion of the exterior ornamentation of the Mailiriqu'l-A<!bkar BAHA'i TEACHING AND CONSOLIDATION PLAN in Wilmette, Illinois 1943 Centenary celebration of the founding of the Baha'i Faith and the opening of the first All-American Baha'i Convention I. Adop~ion of preliminary measures for the construction of Baha'u'llah's Sepul Inception of the Second American Seven Year Plan chre m the Holy Land through the purification and embellishment of the . Commencement of the construction of the Shrine of the Bab on I:Jaram-i-Aqdas by Shoghi Effendi. Mt. Carmel March 21, 1949 2. The number of countries within the pale of the Faith has been more than Completion of the Arcade and Parapet of the Shrine of the Bab on doubled through the opening of: Mt. Carmel July 9, 1950 43 in the Asiatic Continent Commemoration of the Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Bab July 9, 1950 37 in the African Continent Completion of the Octagon of the Shrine of the Bab March, 1952 2 I in the European Continent Completion of interior ornamentation of the Mamriqu'l-Adhkar 30 in the American Continent in Wilmette, Illinois . October, 1952 3. The number oflanguages into which Baha'i literature has been translated and Inauguration of the Centenary celebrations of the birth of printed has been more than tripled through the addition of: Baha'u'llah's prophetic Mission October, 1952 90 languages in the Asiatic Continent Placing of the fragment of plaster from the Bab's prison cell in 82 in the African Continent Mah-ku in the Dome of the Shrine of the Bab by Shoghi Effendi April 29, 1953 I I in the European Continent Dedication to Public Worship of the Maili-riqu'l-Adhkar in 37 in the American Continent Wilmette, Illinois May 2, 1953 Inception of the Ten Year Baha'i Teaching and Consolidation Plan May 3, 1953 4. The number of Mailiriqu'l-Adhkars has been more than doubled through Completion of the Superstructure of the Shrine of the Bab on the completion of: Mt. Carmel October, 1953 The first Baha'i Temple in Africa Commencement of the construction of the International Baha'i The first Baha'i Temple in Australasia Archives Building on M t. Carmel July, 1955 The superstructure of the first Baha'i Temple in Europe Completion of the International Baha'i Archives Building on 5. Acquisition of the site for the future Mailiriqu'l-Adhkar on Mt.