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PART THREE

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I BAHÁ’Í DIRECTORY, 1945-1946

101-102 OF THE BAHÁ’Í ERA

1. BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand, 2 Lang Road, Centennial Park, Sydney, N.S.W., AUSTRALIA. Cable “NatBahá’í”, Sydney.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt and Súdán, P. O. Box 29, Faggala, Cairo, EGYPT. Cable “Bahá’í,” Cairo.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the British Isles, 1 Victoria Street, London, S. W. I, ENGLAND. Cable “Bahá’í,” London.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and Austria, Care Herr Alfred Kohler, Unterturkheim (14a), Wallmerstrasse, Stuttgart, GERMANY.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma, P. O. Box 8, Poona, INDIA. Cable National Hotel, Poona.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Íráq, P. O. Box 5, Baghdád, ÍRÁQ. Cable “Bahá’í,” Baghdád.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Persia, Care Zikru’lláh Khadim, Ṭihrán, PERSIA. Cable “Rowḥání,” care Zikru’lláh Khadim, Ṭihrán.

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada, 536 Sheridan Road, Wilmette, Ill., U. S. A. Cable “Bahá’í,” Wilmette.

International Bahá’í Bureau, 40 Grand Rue, Geneva, SWITZERLAND. Cable “Bahá’í,” Geneva. [Page 552]

COUNTRIES WHERE BAHÁ’ÍS ARE RESIDENT

• Denotes Local Spiritual Assembly.

ABYSSINIA— Addis Ababa: Sabri Elias, care S. Elias, P. Box 1865, Alexandria, Egypt.

AFGHÁNISTÁN— Kabul: Ni’mat Alá’i, Dáfghánán. Herat: Asadu’lláh Yazdán-Parast.

ALASKA—

• Anchorage: Honor Kempton, the Book Cache, Box 1156.

ARABIA— Jeddah Mecca: A. Anvar, Post Box 119.

ARGENTINA—

• Buenos Aires: Sr. Emilio R. Barros, Secretary, Calle Peru 428-Ap. A Piso Bajo.

La Plata: Marie Kevorkian, care Sr. Barros, Calle Peru 428, Buenos Aires.

AUSTRALIA—

• Adelaide, S. A.: Mr. H. Fitzner, Box 447 D. G.P.O.

Booleroo Centre, S. A.: Mr. D. A. Brooks, "Rockwood." Brisbane, Queensland: Mr. J. Bedgood, 7 Isaacs St., Paddington.

• Caringbah, N. S. W.: Mrs. H. Reynolds, Jackaranda Road.

Goulbourn, N. S. W.: Mr. and Mrs. S. Maginnis, 310 Sloane Street. Harvey, W. A.: Mrs. C. Chinn, Udoc Road. Healesville, Victoria: Miss P. Hancock, "Claremont." Melbourne, Victoria: Mrs. E. Wheeler, Box L1237, Elizabeth Street, P. O. Mt. Helena, W. A.: Mrs. B. A. Bunney. Perth, W. A.: Mrs. A. Miller, 73 Berwick Street, Victoria Park.

• Sydney, N. S. W.: Mrs. L. Hutchinson-Smith, Piccadilly Arcade, Castlereagh Street.

Wollongong, N. S. W.: Mrs. D. Reid, 46 Rosemont St. Yerrinbool, N. S. W.: Mrs. M. Boltow, "Bolton Place."

AUSTRIA— Vienna: Franz Pöllinger, 27 Böcklinstr. 4/15 Wien II.

BÁḤRAYN ISLAND— Báḥrayn: Mr. Faizi, Manama.

BALUCHISTÁN—

• Quetta: P. O. Box 11.

BELGIAN CONGO— Kabongo, Province d’ Elizabethville: Mr. R. A. Vahdat, Agronome Colonie.

BELGIUM— Antwerp: Mme. Steinmann, 53 Ave. Van Peet.

BOLIVIA—

• La Paz: Sra. Molly G. de Landivar, P. O. Box 639.

Sucre: Mrs. Y. De Cúellar.

BRAZIL—

• Bahia: Hilda Rocha Santos, care Dr. Fernando Nova, Caixo Postal 680.

Rio de Janeiro: Mrs. Harold V. Armstrong, Rua Presidente Carlos de Campos 132.

BULGARIA— Sofia: Miss Marion Jack, care Mrs. Svetaneva, 39 Nicholai Nicholaivich.

BURMA—

• Daidanaw

Mandalay

• Rangoon

Tawangyi

CANADA (see sub-section 4.)

CAUCASUS— Bákú

CHILE—

• Punta Arenas-Magallanes: Srta. Rosy Vodanovic, Casilla No. 79.
• Santiago: Walter Hammond, Casilla 236.

Valparaiso: Care C. B. Petersen, Casilla 3200. [Page 553]Bahá’ís and friends of the Faith in San Salvador, El Salvador.

The Bahá’í Community of Guatemala City, Guatemala, May, 1944. [Page 554]

CHINA

Canton: Mr. C. S. Liu No. 56 Fu Hing Road, Shamean. Shanghai: Mr. H. Oaskouli, P. O. Box 551.

COLOMBIA

"Bogota: Magola P. de Maldonado, Calle 13 No. 4-69. Cartagena Contratacion "Mogotes: Gabriel Silva G. Santander de Sur: Asamblea Espiritual de los Bahá’ís.

COSTA RICA

• San Jose: Sr. Gerardo Vega, Apartado 884.

CUBA

"Havana: Bahá’í Centre, Calle Cuba 64.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

Praha II: Mr. Vuk Echtner, care Bruckner, U. Půjčovny 2.

DENMARK

Jerslev, (Jylland): Mrs. Johanne Hoeg.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

"Trujillo: Cruz de Pichardo, De Alfonseca No. 42.

ECUADOR

• Guayaquil: Juan Luis Aguirre Turpeau, Casilla 286.

EGYPT

Alexandria: P. O. Box 1865. Benha: Aly Eff. Abdallah-Store-Keeper. Beni Souef: Fathy Eff. Kamal-Radio Sentrum.

• Cairo: P. O. Box 29, Faggala.

Damanhour: Kamal el Dine Yousri Neseir- El Messaha Administration. Dessouk: Michael Eff. Youssef-Station Master. El Beregat, Karf-Daoud: El Sheikh Mahmoud Gaafar Merchant. El Wahat el-Bahariah: Mohamed Eff. Khamis Manseur Government Hospital.

• Ismailia: Care Khalil Eff. 'Ayád, Canal Press.

Kantara: Mohammed Eff. Eweda-Customs Administration. Kom el Saayda: Hassan Eff. Mohamed Hassan-Merchant. Mehalla el Kobro: Abdel Rahman Eff. Nefal-Photo Studio. Meit Ghamr: Ibrahim Eff. Maamoun Afifi-Merchant.

• Port Sa'id: P. O. Box 339.
• Suez: Care Iskandar Eff. Hanna-Customs Administration.

"Suhag: Care Ismail Eff. Abdel Kerim el Aref-Merchant

• Tanta: P. O. Box 9.

EL SALVADOR

• San Salvador: Srta. Maria Cruz Palma, 18 A Norte Contigua No. 62.

ERITREA

Asmara: Cav. Azmac Seium Gabriel, Viale Regina 58, Residential Court.

FINLAND

Helsinki: Mr. V. Rissanen, P. B. 13.

FRANCE

Hyères: Mme. L. Acard, Le Closfleuri, La Poterie (Vard). Lyon Marseille: Mme. Marie Sojomian, 17 Chemain des Sept St. Troncs, St. Margaret. Orléans: Mlle. M. Gascoin, 22 Rue de la Bretonnerie (Loiret).

• Paris: Miss Edith Sanderson, 9 rue de l'Annonciation, Paris 16 eme.

GERMANY

Berlin: Theo. Lehne, Dallgow - Doberitz, Parkstr 24. Darmstadt: Fr. Marie Schenk, Darmstadt II Land, Kolonie Trautheim. Esslingen/Neckar: Frl. Martha Weiss, Sec., Kesselwasen 4. Frankfurt a.m.: Frl. Ursula Muller, Sec., Waidmannstr 41. Geislingen/Steige: Herr U. Fr. Hans Kraiss, G., Altenstadt Oelweg 22. Giessen: Oberschwester Bertha Freimuller, Balserache Stuftung, Wilhelmstr 14. Goppingen/Wttbg: Fr. Anna Hacher-Schoch, Ullrichstr 24. Hamburg: Frl. Anna Bostelmann, Uhlenhorsterweg 22 II. [Page 555]Bahá’í social gathering, Asuncion, Paraguay, April, 1945.

Bahá’ís of San José, Costa Rica. [Page 556]Heidelberg: Frl. Elsa M. Grossmann, 1. Sec. Neckargemund, Friedrich Eberstr 39. Frl. Frieda Eichler, 2. Sec. Rohrbacherste 22.

Heilbronn: Fr. Marie Ott, Raabeweg.

Heppenheim a.d.b.: Hans Gajus Schmidt, Postfach 41.

Karlsruhe/Baden: Fr. Martha Brauns, Ruppurr-Gartenstadt, Resendenweg 70.

Kreidach/Odenwald: Herr U. Fr. Adolf Lorey, Kr. uber Waldmichelbach/Odenwald, Am Bahnhof.

Kussnach: Herr U. Fr. Carl Wutemberger, K. Amt Waldshut Baden.

Leipzig: Fr. Martha Matzold, Plausigerstr 6 II links.

Lich/Oberhessen: Fr. Johanns v. Werthern, Oberstadt 60 b. Fr. Schone.

Ludwigsburg: Marie Kussner, Seestr 13.

Munchen: Katy Mills, ABC House Belgraderstr 64.

Murnau/Oberb: Fr. Margarete Walcker, Kohlgruberstr 75c.

Neckargemund/Wttbg: Dr. Herman Grossmann, Friedrich Eberstr 39.

Plochingen: Julius Henseler, Bergstr 64.

Rostock/Mecklbg.: Fr. Lieselotte Jenzch, Massmannstr 31.

Schwerin: Herr Karl Klitzing, Yungferussieg 21.

Seeheim a.d.b.: Herr U. Fr. Horny, Ph. Marzstr, 8.

Stockenhausen: Fr. Erna Schmidt, St. uber Balingen/Alb.

Stuttgart, Woerttenburg: Paul Gollmer, Neckarstr. 127 III.

Thalkirchdorf: Familie Bracht-Macco, Th.b. Immenstadt/Allgau.

Ueberlingen/Bodensee: Herr U. Fr. Arno Knabe, Muhlbackstr 22.

Warnemunde: Emil Jorn, Reuterstr 31.

Weinheim a.d.b.: Phillipp Krekel, Karillonstr 20.

Wiesbaden: Paul Schraher, Nerobergstr 24.

Zwickau: Frl. Else Becker, Auerbach b. Zwickau, Ernst Thalmannstr 84.

GREAT BRITAIN

Alderley Edge, Cheshire: Miss L. Niven, Broom Corner, Chalford Road.

Amersham, Bucks: Mrs. G. Saunders, care Saunders & Hance, Regent Parade.

Amesbury, Wiltshire: care of Mrs. Rideout, The Cottage, West Amesbury House.

Birmingham: Mr. J. Marshall, 67 Nansen Road, Alum Rock.

Blackburn: Care of Mrs. Cooper, Feniscowles Old Hall, Pleasington Near Blackburn.

Blackpool, Lancashire: Mrs. A. Curwen, 6 Mansfield Road West.

Bloxwich: Walsall, Staffs, Mr. M. McLean, 130 Broad Lane.

• Bournemouth: Miss Dorothy Dewhirst, 167 Tuckton Road, Southbourne.

• Bradford: Mrs. Arthur Norton, 41 Cranbourne Road, Bradford, Yorks.

Bristol, Gloucestershire: Miss S. Jewell, 74 the Crescent, Healcaze; also Mrs. D. Weeks, 42 Oakwood Road, Henleaze.

Bushey, Hertfordshire: Miss I. weapon Mittler, Wick House, Sparrow's Herne.

Buxton Derbyshire: Miss A. Phillips, Corbar Hall, Manchester Road.

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Mme. Charlot, also Mrs. Gregory, 53 Painswick Road.

Dalraddie, Dalry, Ayrshire: Miss F. Champion, care of Mrs. Douglas Gordon.

Fishpool, Nottinghamshire: Mr. and Mrs. A. Nazar, Jalal, Nottingham Road, Larch Farm.

Hereford, Herefordshire: Mrs. C. Cohen, 10 Manor Road.

Ilkeston, Derbyshire: Mrs. E. Lacey, 15 Church Drive, Cotmanhay.

Kirby Lonsdale, Westmoreland: Mr. and Mrs. T. Hall, The School House, Lupton.

Liverpool 12, Lancashire: Mr. A. Cole, 159 Eaton Road, West Derby.

• London: Miss M. Wellby, 1 Victoria St., London, S. W. I.

• Manchester: Miss Ada Williams, 294 Barton Road, Streatford, Manchester.

Northampton: Miss J. Howes, 30 Sandiland Road, Headlands.

Norwich: Miss E. Bird, 18 Lower Clarence Rd., Thorp Road.

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: Miss E. Richardson, Epworth, Fernleigh Ave., Mapperley.

Painswick, Gloucestershire: Mr. D. Faux, the Bungalow, New Drive. [Page 557]Petersfield, Hampshire: Miss T. MacWilliams, 17 Princes Road. Puncknoll, nr. Dorchester, Dorset: Mr. R. St. Barbe Baker, Greenleaze. Roath Park, Cardiff: Mrs. R. Jones, 55 Albany Rd. Ruislip, Middlesex: Mrs. H. Toye, 24 King’s End. Sacriston, Co. Durham: Miss H. Strong, Model Cottage Findon Hill. St. Ives, Cornwall: Mr. B. Leach, the Pottery: Stratford-on-Avon: Miss E. Howlett, 8 High St. Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire: Miss E. Eastgate, Richmond Road, off Tudor Hill. Thetford, Norfolk: Mrs. and Miss Stockley, Mundford.

• Torquay: Mrs. Stevens, “Three Hills” Hampton Ave., Babbacombe.

GUATEMALA

• Guatemala City: Sr. Carlos Contreras, Avenida de Los Arboles, No. 101.

HAITI

• Port-au-Prince: Mrs. Gerald G. McBean, Ruelle Charles Jeanty, Bas Peu de Chose.

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS

(See sub-section 4.)

HOLLAND

Haarlem

HONDURAS

Tegucigalpa: Sr. Leovigildo Alfaro M., Calle Morelos.

HUNGARY

Budapest XII: Mrs. R. Felbermann, Hidegkuti ut 31/a.

ICELAND

Reykjavik: Miss Holmfridur Arnadottir, no. 8 Vonarstrceti.

INDIA

(See sub-section 7.)

IRAQ

‘Amárih: Mr. ‘Alí Bahá’í.

• Aváshiq: Mr. Bayoun Ismá’íl, P. O. Box 5, Baghdad.

‘Azízíyyih: Mr. Sa’id Dhihni.

• Baghdád: Mr. N’imat Sabour, P. O. Box 5, Baghdad.

Basra Ashar: Mr. Siyyid Naji Al-Hasani. Ba’ija: Mr. C. Moll, care I. P. C. “Dhiyabih: Mr. Ibrahim Faraj, P. O. Box 5, Baghdad. “Khániqin: Mr. Na’im Reyhani, Hamidiyyih Quarter. Khirnabat: Mr. Jabir Muhsin. Kirkúk: Mr. Daoud Al-’Ani. Miqdádiyyih: Mr. Ihsan Abdul Wahid. Mosul: Mr. Abid R. Baghdadi, P. O. B. 19. “Sulaymaniyyih: Mr. Mohammed Tahir Sa’ati.

• Ya’qubih and Huwaidar: Mr. A. Najmu’ddin.

IRELAND

Ahascragh: Mr. George Townshend, Ahascragh Rectory, Ballinasloe, County Galway.

ITALY

Reggio Emilia: Mr. S. Malé, Via Magenta 9. Serravalle di Bibbiena: Gen. R. Piola Caselli, Provincia di Arezzo.

JAMAICA

• Kingston: Miss Marie L. Browne, 190 Orange Street.

JAPAN

Kyoto: Mr. H. S. Fujita. Tokyo Yamaguchi ken

JAVA

Batavia

KENYA

Sotik: Mrs. T. Preston, Kapkimolwa Estate, P. O. B. Sotik.

LEBANON

Beirut: Mr. A. Ikbal, Post Box 774.

MEXICO

• Mexico City: Edmundo Resenos, Bucareli 65 bajos 3.

Pueblo: G. O. Alarcon, Arda. 3, Oriete 608. Vera Cruz: Jose T. Gutierrez, Calle Constitucion 23-25 Apto. 185. [Page 558]

NEW ZEALAND

Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Panama City, 1946.

• Auckland: Mr. P. Leadley, P. O. Box 1906.

Cambridge: R. C. Davies, 29 Victoria Road. Lower Hutt: Mrs. P. Eames, 171 High St. Rama Rama: Mrs. V. Cayley-Alexander, care Post Office. Wellington: Mrs. Z. Lane, "Marlowes." Whangarei: Mrs. H. Parkin, 222 Mauna Road.

NICARAGUA

Managua: Jose Antonio Banilla, 3a Calle N. E. 711; also Srta. Blanca Mejia, Frante al Palacio de Credito.

NORWAY

Kristiansund N.: Mrs. Aagot Krantz-Ramsli, Kristiansund, Vägevei 7, N. Norway. Oslo: Miss Johanna Schubarth, Prof. Dahl's gt. I.

PALESTINE

‘Akká: The Mansion, Bahji. Haifa: P. B. 155. Jaffa: Mr. A. Irání. Majdal: Mr. M. Murád. Samrih: Mr. H. Tabrízí. Şafad: Mr. A. Jarráḥ. ‘Samakh: Mr. S. Jarráh. Tiberias: Mr. M. Írání.

PANAMA

Ancon, Canal Zone: Mrs. L. Caswell, P. O. B. 1328. Balboa, Canal Zone: Mr. Osborne, Box K. Christobal, Canal Zone: Mr. C. E. Hamilton, P. O. B. 1775. "Panama City: Miss Julie Regal, Navy 121, Box 59 F. P. O. N. Y.

PARAGUAY

• Asuncion: Sra. Josefina Pla de Campos,

Calle Estados Unidos 658.

PERSIA (See sub-section 5.)

PERU

"Lima: Srta. Julia Mendoza, Apartado No. 772. [Page 559]

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Quezon City: Mr. Tabora, 22 Halun Street, Mesa Heights. Solano: Mr. Felix R. Maddela, Nueva Viscaya.

PUERTO RICO

Arecibo Juncos Rio Grande

• San Juan: Mrs. A. McComb, P. B. 2130.

RUSSIA

Leningrad: Mrs. L. Grinevskaya, Prospect Nahimson, No. 10, log. 32.

SOUTH AFRICA

Amanzimtoti: Mrs. A. F. Carey, P. O. South Coast, Natal.

SOUTH RHODESIA

Salisbury: Mr. J. Dee.

SUDÁN

Khartúm: Mr. Hussein Ismá’il, P. O. Box 38.

SWEDEN

Stockholm: Mr. G. Sundquist, Bränkyr Kagatan 36. III

SWITZERLAND

Dietoldsau: Mr. Spiess. Geneva: International Bahá’í Bureau, 40 Grand Rue. Wolfhalden: Mr. F. Semle. Zurich: Mr. Leo Bernhard, Grubenackerstr, 67.

SYRIA

• Aleppo: P. B. 445.

Damascus: P. B. 194.

TAHITI

Tahiti: Mr. G. Spitze.

TASMANIA

Hobart: Miss Gretta G. Lamprill, P. O. Box 292 C. Queenstown: Mr. E. W. Handley, P. O. Box 56. Woodbridge: Mrs. Malcolm Greenlaw "Coonawara."

TRANSJORDAN

• • Adasiyyih: P. B. 11, Samakh.
  • Ammán: Care S. Jarráḥ, Samakh.

Ma’an: M. Jamshid.

TUNISIA

• Tunis: S. A. Khumeiri, Rue Tourbet el Bey, Imp. Jasmin.

TURKEY

Adana Alexandretta: Mr. N. Vakil. Istanbul

TURKISTÁN

‘Ishqábád

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

(See sub-section 4.)

URUGUAY

• Montevideo: Mr. Simon Rosenzweig, Cololo 2708 bis.

VENEZUELA

• Caracas: Srta. Louise Baker, care Venezuelan Atlantic Refining Co. Apt. No. 893.

YUGOSLAVIA

Turkin Ursac: Prof. Desanka Yargovic, Sindelićeva ul 8. [Page 560]

3. OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA 1945 1946

THE NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY George O. Latimer, Chairman Allen B. McDaniel, Vice-Chairman Horace Holley, Secretary Mrs. Dorothy Baker, Recording Secretary Philip G. Sprague, Treasurer Louis G. Gregory Roy C. Wilhelm Mrs. Amelia E. Collins Leroy Joas

COMMITTEES

American Memorial to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Archives and History Assembly Development Bahá’í News Bahá’í School Green Acre Geyserville Louhelen International Spanish Publications Study Aids Temple Guides Temple Librarian and Sales Temple Program Translations Trustees Maintenance Committees Temple, Green Acre, Bosch, Wilhelm, Wilson Bahá’í World Editorial (Vol. X, 1944-1946) Visual Education Child Education College Speakers Bureau Contacts Elementary Education Exhibits Index Inter-America International Auxiliary Language Legal Library Pamphlet Literature Photography Portuguese Bulletin Public Meetings Public Relations Publishing Race Unity Radio Reviewing Selective Service Advisory Service to the Blind World Order Magazine Youth Teaching, National Teaching, Regional Alberta British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan Ontario (Including Ottawa) Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut New York New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Florida [Page 561]

1. Cities and Townships having Assemblies

ALABAMA Birmingham

ALASKA Anchorage

ARIZONA Phoenix East Phoenix

ARKANSAS Little Rock

CALIFORNIA Alhambra Berkeley Beverley Hills Burbank Burlingame Geyserville Glendale Long Beach Los Angeles Oakland Pasadena Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara

CANADA Alberta: Edmonton British Columbia: Vancouver Manitoba: Winnipeg New Brunswick: Moncton Nova Scotia: Halifax Ontario: Hamilton Toronto Prince Edward Island: Charlottetown Quebec: Montreal St. Lambert Saskatchewan: Regina

COLORADO Colorado Springs Denver

CONNECTICUT Hamden New Haven

DELAWARE Wilmington

FLORIDA Jacksonville Miami St. Augustine [Page 562]The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Montevideo, Uruguay.

GEORGIA

Atlanta

INDIANA

Fort Wayne Indianapolis South Bend

Augusta

HAWAII

Cedar Rapids Honolulu Sprecklesville, Maui

IDAHO

Boise

ILLINOIS

Chicago Danville Elmhurst Evanston Maywood Peoria Springfield Urbana

Topeka

KENTUCKY

Louisville

LOUISIANA

New Orleans

MAINE

Eliot

MARYLAND

Baltimore Bethesda-Chevy Chase

Waukegan Wilmette Oak Park

MASSACHUSETTS

Beverly [Page 563]Boston Brookline Springfield Worcester

MICHIGAN

Ann Arbor

NORTH CAROLINA

Greensboro

NORTH DAKOTA

Fargo

OHIO

Detroit Flint Grand Rapids Lansing Muskegon Roseville

MINNESOTA

Duluth Minneapolis St. Paul

MISSISSIPPI

Jackson

MISSOURI

Independence Kansas City St. Louis

MONTANA

Butte Helena

NEBRASKA

Omaha

NEVADA

Reno

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Portsmouth

NEW JERSEY

East Orange Teaneck Dumont

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque

NEW YORK

Binghamton Jamestown New York Rochester Syracuse Yonkers Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton East Cleveland Lima

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City

OREGON

Portland

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia Pittsburgh Scranton West Chester

PUERTO RICO

San Juan

RHODE ISLAND

Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA

Greenville

SOUTH DAKOTA

Sioux Falls

TENNESSEE

Memphis Nashville

TEXAS

Houston

UTAH

Salt Lake City

VERMONT

Brattleboro

VIRGINIA

Alexandria Arlington [Page 564]WASHINGTON Richmond Highlands Seattle Spokane Tacoma

WEST VIRGINIA Charleston

WISCONSIN Kenosha Madison Milwaukee Racine Wauwatosa White Fish Bay

WYOMING Laramie

2. Cities having Groups

ALABAMA Tuskegee

ARIZONA Phoenix Rural (West) Poston

ARKANSAS Hot Springs

CALIFORNIA Alturas Township Analy Township Bakersfield Arcadia Monrovia Township Oceanside Township (Fallbrook) Palo Alto Pasadena Twp. (Altadena) Piedmont Richmond San Antonio Twp. (Los Angeles Co.) San Marino San Mateo San Mateo Co. Twp. No. 1 Santa Monica Santa Rosa Sausalito South Gate Tulare Twp. (Visalia) Valley Center Twp.

CANADA Armstrong, British Columbia Vernon, British Columbia West Vancouver, British Columbia Ottawa, Ontario Outremont, Quebec Westmount, Quebec

CANAL ZONE Balboa

CONNECTICUT Hartford Norwich Orange Washington

FLORIDA Florida City Pine Castle Bear Valley Township Center Township (Sacramento) Claremont Compton Compton Township Downey Township Eden Township (Hayward) Elsinore Fresno Gardena Glen Ellen Township Huntington Park Inglewood Inglewood Township Knightsen Monrovia

GEORGIA Augusta

ILLINOIS Brookfield Champaign Cicero Glenview Harvey (Markham) Harvey (Phoenix) Hollywood Limestone Twp. (Peoria) Melrose Twp. (Quincy) Moline Northbrook [Page 565]Members of the first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Kingston, Jamaica, established in the closing months of the First Bahá’í Century.

Park Ridge Pekin Rockford Villa Park Western Springs Winnetka

INDIANA

Fort Wayne Twp. (Ft. Wayne) Greenfield

IOWA

Independence Mason City Waterloo

KANSAS

Burlingame Elwood

KENTUCKY

Jefferson Co. (Louisville)

LOUISIANA

Covington

MAINE

Canaan Portland South Windham Stoneham (No. Lovell)

MARYLAND

Cabin John

MASSACHUSETTS

Arlington Auburn Belchertown Everett Hamilton Ipswich Malden Monson Natick Needham Newton No. Scituate Norton Palmer Plainville Sharon Upton Wenham West Brookfield Woburn [Page 566]

MICHIGAN

Davison Dearborn Township Flint (Burton Twp.) Fruitport Grand Haven Grosse Ile Grosse Pointe City Grosse Pointe Farms Highland Park Kalamazoo Lake Harbor (Muskegon) Lansing Lincoln Park Marysville Muskegon Heights Nirvana Olivet Pentwater Plymouth Port Huron St. Clair Shores Van Dyke Wyoming Park

MISSOURI

St. Louis Co. (Normandy)

NEVADA

Washoe County (Reno)

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Ashuelot Dover Hinsdale New Market

NEW JERSEY

Atlantic City Bergenfield Bloomfield Englewood Hackensack Jersey City Neptune Newark Red Bank Ridgewood Riverton Weehawken

NEW YORK

Albany Ballston Spa Little Falls Mamaronek Penfield Penn Yan Ransomville Roscoe Schenectady Seneca Twp. (Geneva) Victor Waterloo

OHIO

Akron Bucyrus Circleville Cleveland Heights Columbus Grove Cuyahoga Falls Dayton Findlay Granger Twp. (Medina). Hickley Twp. (Medina) Lakewood Mansfield Upper Arlington (Columbus) Urbana Waynesville Weller Twp. (Mansfield)

PENNSYLVANIA

Clifton Heights Downingtown Glenside Ingomar New Castle West Goshen (West Chester) Wilkensburg

RHODE ISLAND

Pawtucket Warren

SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston Columbia North Augusta

SOUTH DAKOTA

Lead

TENNESSEE

Knoxville [Page 567]The first Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assembly of Guayaquil, Ecuador, formed on April 20, 1945. Photographed with the members of the Assembly are the two teachers who helped in the establishment of this Bahá’í Assembly.

TEXAS

Carrizo Springs San Antonio

VIRGINIA

Franklin Loudoun County (Waterford) Newport News

WASHINGTON

Anacortes Kirkland May Valley (Renton) Monroe Sultan

WISCONSIN

Bristol Chenequa Green Bay Lake Geneva Lincoln Twp. (Eagle River) Manitowoc Oconomowoc Shorewood Somers Twp. (Kenosha) Wisconsin Rapids

ALABAMA

Birmingham (Homewood) Birmingham (Jefferson County) Chickasaw Fairhope Gadsden Huntsville Irondale Mobile Theodora Tuskegee

ALASKA

Anchorage Baranof Bethel Cordova [Page 568]

ARIZONA

Coolidge Buckeye Florence Glendale Kingman Payson Phoenix Prescott Tempe Tucson

ARKANSAS

El Dorado

Napa Napa Twp. Newport Beach Newport Beach Twp. Orosi Twp. Paso Robles Prather Redlands Redlands Twp. Reedley Riverside Salinas San Gabriel San José San Rafael

Gillham Harrison Malvern North Little Rock

CALIFORNIA

Alma Arlington Atascadero Beaumont Bell Brighton Twp. (Sacramento) Camarillo Carmel Chula Vista

Santa Clara Santa Cruz Santa Maria Santa Paula Santa Rosa Twp. Signal Hill Twp. Stanford University St. Helena Stockton Templeton Twp. Torrance Twp. No. 17 Colusa County Tulare Vallejo Venice Twp. Whittier Whittier Twp.

Colton Corte Madera Culver City Woodside Twp. El Monte Twp. Encinitas

CANADA

Escondido Exeter Alberta Glendale Twp. Ardmore Galahad Taber

Gridley Healdsburg Knights Landing Laguna Beach Lakeport La Mesa Lindsay Los Gatos Lynwood Malibu Twp. Maywood Modesto Montara Montebello Twp. Montecito Twp.

British Columbia Cloverdale Cultus Lake Enderby Kamloops Penticton Victoria West Vancouver

New Brunswick Lewisville [Page 569]

Nova Scotia

Fairview Halifax County

Ontario

Amherstberg Bartonville Birchcliff Bluevale Dobit Farran Point Nobel Ottawa Rice Lake Toronto

Quebec

Huntingdon Isle Meligne Longueuil Montreal West Mount-Royal Riv. Beaudette Verdun

CANAL ZONE

Curundu

FLORIDA

Boynton Daytona Beach Dunedin Fernandina Florida City Fort Lauderdale Gainesville Hollywood Jacksonville Beach Lakeland Miami Orlando Palm Beach Ruskin St. Petersburg Sarasota Warrington Williston Winter Haven

GEORGIA

Augusta Belvedere Decatur Griffin

Arvada Boulder Climax Colorado Springs Cowdrey Denver Ft. Collins

Industrial College Midville Sparta Wrens

IDAHO

St. Anthony

ILLINOIS

Fountain Trinidad

CONNECTICUT

Greenwich Glastonbury Hartford Meriden No. Stonington Norwalk Seymour Waterbury Yalesville

DELAWARE

New Castle Newport, Wilmington

Alton Antioch Batavia Berwyn Chillicothe De Kalb Des Plaines Dixon Downers Grove Glencoe Glen Ellyn Harvey Henry Highwood Hinsdale Jacksonville Joliet [Page 570]La Grange La Grange Park Lincoln Lincolnwood Marengo Morrison Mundelein Oak Lawn Oglesby Peoria Peoria Heights Quincy River Forest Riverside St. Charles Serena Tower Hill Watseka Waukegan West Peoria Wheaton

INDIANA

Anderson Ft. Wayne Garrett Gary Marshall Mishawaka

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge

MAINE

Augusta Bangor Gardiner Lovell South Berwick South Portland Springvale Wells

MARYLAND

Bettsville Brentwood Chestertown Halethorpe Hyattsville Laurel Patuxent River Taneytown

MASSACHUSETTS

Belmont Bernardston Boston Buzzards Bay Cambridge Easthampton

Monroeville Monticello Muncie New Haven Winamac

IOWA

Belknap Correctionville Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Independence Iowa City Walker Waterloo

KANSAS

Kansas City Topeka

KENTUCKY

Bowling Green Cave City Franklin

Fitchburg Gloucester Marlboro Norfolk North Billerica Petersham Princeton Sherborn South Dartmouth Springfield Wellesley Hills Weston Worcester

MICHIGAN

Allen Park Ann Arbor (Pittsfield Village) Battle Creek Bellevue Berkley Birmingham (Beverly Hills) Cassopolis Clio Coloma [Page 571]Dearborn

NEBRASKA

Brock Detroit Ferrysburg Flint Franklin Village Fruitport Goodrich Grand Rapids Hazel Park Lawrence Lawton Ludington Mears Muskegon Niles Pontiac Roseville Royal Oak St. Joseph Smith's Creek Sparta W. Dearborn Ypsilanti

MINNESOTA

Detroit Lakes Halstad Hopkins Mankato Minneapolis Moorhead Preston Red Wing Sabin South St. Paul

MISSISSIPPI

Greenwood Money

MISSOURI

Jefferson Joplin Kansas City Lees Summit St. Joseph St. Louis

MONTANA

Fairview Glendive Great Falls Winifred Schuyler Waterbury

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Center Ossipee Epping Fitzwilliam Salmon Falls

NEW JERSEY

Atlantic City Avon Basking Ridge Bayonne Bogota Bordentown Bradley Beach Elizabeth Fairlawn Grenloch Hamburg Harrington Park Hasbrouck Heights Hohokus Irvington Little Falls Millburn Morristown Ocean Grove Orange Passaic Paterson Plainfield Point Pleasant Princeton Red Bank Ridgefield Park Ridgewood Rochelle Park Short Hills So. Orange Tenafly Westfield Wyckoff

NEW MEXICO

Albuquerque Hobbs Las Vegas [Page 572]

NEW YORK

East Willeston, L. I. Farmingdale, L. I. Glenwood Landing, L. I. Great Neck, L. I. Hempstead, L. I. Hempstead Gardens, L. I. Locust Manor, L. I. Lynbrook, L. I. Port Washington, L. I. Queens Village, L. I. Sea Cliff, L. I. Auburn Bedford Village Binghamton Briarcliff Manor Canandaigua Conklin Cortland Delmar Dunkirk Eden Freehold. Hamburg Hastings Jamestown Jamesville

NORTH CAROLINA

Asheville Kannapolis Lenoir New River Raleigh Rich Square Winston-Salem

NORTH DAKOTA

Glenfield Sutton

OHIO

Akron Bethesda Brady Lake Bratenhall Bryan Celina Chagrin Falls Cincinnati (Westwood) Circleville Cleveland Coshocton Eaton Fremont Galion Kenmore Lakeview Lima Geneva Linwood Harrod Little Falls Kent Massena Mayville Mt. Kisco Mt. Vernon Norwich Pike Port Dickinson Potsdam Rochester Rye Saratoga Springs Schenectady Shandaken Snyder Trumansburg Utica Watertown White Plains Wolcott Woodbourne Youngstown Lima Loudonville Loveland Mechanicsburg Medina Middletown New Breman No. Bloomfield No. Olmsted Norwood Osborn Peebles Peninsula Rocky River Salem Springdale Springfield Urbana Westerville Xenia [Page 573]Charleston No. Augusta

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City Spavinaw Tulsa

OREGON

Corvallis Eugene Grants Pass Merlin Merrill Newport Pendleton Talent Timber

PENNSYLVANIA

Allentown

SOUTH DAKOTA

Wall Watertown

TENNESSEE

Knoxville Madison Memphis Nashville Oak Ridge

TEXAS

Austin Big Springs Bryan Bellevue Broomall Cambridge Springs Cheney Clifton Heights Dunmore Eau Claire Conroe Dallas Houston Lubbock Port Arthur San Antonio Winter Haven Elkins Park Evans City Fallsington Gettysburg Glenolden Harrisburg Needmore North Hills Oxford Pottsville Saltsburg Union City Warfordsburg Wesleyville West Chester

PUERTO RICO

Arecibo Juncos Rio Grande

RHODE ISLAND

Ashton Jamestown Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA

Aiken Belvedere

UTAH

Logan Murray Salt Lake City

VERMONT

Barre Burlington

VIRGINIA

Alexandria Amelia Cartersville Courtland Farmville Grottoes Millers Tavern Petersburg Staunton

WASHINGTON

Almira Auburn Bremerton Chehalis Chelan Ferndale Locke [Page 574]Monroe Omak Paulsbo Port Angeles Snohomish Spokane (Ft. Wright) Tacoma Vancouver Woodinville

WEST VIRGINIA Huntington

WISCONSIN Birnamwood Eagle River Loretta Madison Manitowoc Milwaukee (Granville) Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Schofield Stoughton Thiensville Waukesha West Allis Wisconsin Rapids

WYOMING Albin Buffalo Cheyenne

IN PERSIA

I. DISTRICT: TIHRÁN

1. TIHRÁN, 2. Hasan-Abád, 3. Ja’far-Ábád, 4. ‘Abdu’lláh-Abád, 5. Hadrat-i-‘Abdu’l-‘Azím (Rayy), 6. Khání-Ábád, 7. Díyá-Ábád, 8. Qulhak, 9. Tajrísh, 10. Fishandak, 11. Gatihdih, 12. Shahr-i-Qum, 13. Damávand, 14. Chálás, 15. Karaj, 16. Khádim-Ábád-i-Bábá-Salmán, 17. ‘Ismat-Ábád-i-Bábá-Salmán, 18. Zarnán, 19. Hadíqih, 20. Míyán-Ábád, 21. Sávih, 22. Maḥallát, 23. Isfandiyari.

GROUPS: 1. Misgar-Ábád, 2. ‘Ali-Ábád, 3. Ismá’il-Abád, 4. Sharif-Abád, 5. Maqsúd-Abád, 6. Jalálíyyih, 7. Kamálíyyih, 8. Qal’ih-Naw, 9. Kabir-Ábád, 10. ‘Adl-Ábád, 11. Muzaffariyyih, 12. Sálur, 13. Chihár-Tági, 14. Varámín, 15. Diliján, 16. Ádirán, 17. Daw Tú’ih Suflá, 18. Kalak, 19. Garm-Darrih, 20. Qáhán-i-Qum, 21. Qalih-Hasan-Khán, 22. Júqín, 23. Pishvá (Imám-Zádih Ja’far), 24. Arádán, 25. Sifijkhání, 26. Justán, 27. Karkabúd, 28. Mishkin-Abád, 29. Báqir-Ábád, 30. Mihdi-Abád, 31. Sálib-Abád, 32. Mihr-Ábád, 33. Kahrizak, 34. Dawlat-Ábád, 35. Fath-Abád, 36. Qal’ih Sulaymán-Khání, 37. Kúhak, 38. Dávádíyyih, 39. Qal’ah Sálár, 40. Rámjín, 41. Vasmih-Nár, 42. Muhammad-Ábád, 43. Kalár-Dasht, 44. Hisárak, 45. Hamidának, 46. Qalih-Murghí, 47. Jahán-Ábád, 48. Aḥmad-Ábád, 49. Balábán, 50. Rubát-Karim, $1. Haft-Júy, 52. ‘Azim-Ábád, 53. Úrin, 54. Kilán-i-Damávand, 55. Shimshak, 56. Maygún, 57. Kan, 58. Kaligún, 59. Husayn-Abád-i-Afshár, 60. Garmsár, 61. Uqlán-Tappih, 62. Rúd-Hin, 63. Giliyárd, 64. Hájí-Ábád, 65. Amín-Ábád.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Tanbákú’í, 2. Áb-Sard.

II. DISTRICT: ÁBÁDIH

1. ÁBÁDIH, 2. Iqlid, 3. Idris-Ábád, 4. Qishláq-i-Qunquri, 5. Khurramiy-i-Qunquri, 6. Dihbid, 7. Dirghúk, 8. Kúshkik, 9. Najaf-Abád-i-Suflá, 10. Himmat-Ábád, 11. Vazir-Ábád, 12. Suryán-i-Bavánát, 13. Sarvistán-i-Bavánát.

GROUPS: 1. Isfand-Ábád, 2. Bahman, 3. Chinár, 4. Sughád, 5. ‘Ali-Abád-i-Suflá, 6. Firághih, 7. ‘Abbás-Ábád-i-Bahman, 8. ‘Abbás-Ábád-i-Háji-‘Ali-Khán, 9. Saydán, 10. Munj-i-Bavánát, 11. Súrmaq, 12. Chír-i-Bavánát. [Page 575]

III. DISTRICT: KÁSHÁN

1. KÁSHÁN, 2. Natanz, 3. Núsh-Ábád, 4. Yazdil, 5. Mashgán, 6. Vádiqán, 7. Naraq, 8. Jawshiqán, 9. Qamşar, 10. Mázgán, 11. Fath-Abád, 12. Árán.

GROUPS: 1. Visqúnaqán-i-Jásb, 2. Barzuk, 3. Abyánih, 4. Kajgán, 5. Girúgán-i-Jásb, 6. Tarq, 7. Hanjan.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Bídhind, 2. Várán-i-Jásb.

IV. DISTRICT: KIRMÁN

1. KIRMÁN, 2. Rafsanján, 3. Bandar-'Abbás, 4. Sírján, 5. Bam, 6. Anár, 7. Rávar, 8. Hasan-Abád (Khurram-Abád: name given by the Master), 9. Núq, 10. Khabraqtá, 11. Bandar-i-Langih.

GROUPS: 1. Zarand, 2. Bághayn, 3.1 Páriz, 4. Qaryatu'l-'Arab, 5. Langar, 6. Bahrámjird, 7. Báft, 8. Bastak-i-Bandar-'Abbás, 9. Mínáb.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Chatrúd, 2. Rábur, 3. Hútk, 4. Bunistán-i-Jibál-i-Báriz, 5. Jiruft, 6. Dávaran, 7. Qanat-i-Ghassán, 8. Kúhbanán, 9. Hurmuzd-Ábád, 10. Júpár, 11. Rahmat-Ábád-i-Rafsanján, 12. Jinnat-Abád-i-Rafsanján, 13. 'Ali-Ábád-i-Rafsanján, 14. Rustam-Ábád-i-Rafsanján, 15. Kúhpanj, 16. Garmustij, 17. Ahmadi, 18. Sarbunán-i-Rávar, 19. Biyád, 20. Máhán, 21. Qavám-Ábád-i-Kavur, 22. Shahdad.

V. DISTRICT: QAZVÍN AND ZANJÁN

1. QAZVÍN, 2. Qadim-Abád, 3. Muḥammad-Ábád, 4. Kakin, 5. Kuláh-Darrih, 6. Ishtihárd, 7. Abhar, 8. Tákistán (Siyáduhun), 9. Zanján.

GROUPS: 1. Amin-Ábád, 2. Ya'qúb-Abád, 3. Shahristán, 4. 'Ali-Ridá-Ábád, 5. Ávaj, 6. Shinát, 7. Khurram-Darrih, 8. Búyin, 9. Khurram-Abád-i-Dashtábí, 10. Dastgirdak, 11. Murád-Tappih, 12. Shutur-Khán-i-Alamút, 13. Bảyih.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Nawdih.

VI. DISTRICT: ÁDHIRBÁYJÁN

1. TABRÍZ, 2. Milán, 3. Uskú, 4. Bȧvil-i-"Ulyá, 5. Bávil-i-Suflá, 6. Ilkhichi, 7. Mámáqán, 8. Gávgán, 9. Dihkharagán (Adhar-Shahr), 10. Shishaván, 11. 'Ajab-Shir, 12. Mihr-Abád, 13. Hiraw-Ábád, 14. Ruvisht, 15. Bunáb, 16. Marághih, 17. Áqjih-Dizaj, 18. Qijilú, 19. Miyán-Du'áb, 20. Nawrúzlú, 21. Sávujbulagh (Mah-Ábád), 22. Ridá'íyyih (Urúmíyyih), 23. Sháhpur, 24. Khuy, 25. Vishlag, 26. Pírkandí, 27. Ívuqlí, 28. Marand, 29. Zunuz, 30. Saysán, 31. Maçanaq, 32. Diznáb, 33. Bábákandi, 34. Miyánaj (Miyánih), 35, Saráb, 36. Ardibil, 37. Al-i-Háshim, 38. Ahar, 39. Qubád.

GROUPS: 1. 'Alaviyán, 2. Chupuqli, 3. Malik-Kandi, 4. Mishgin-Shahr, 5. Qahramánlú, 6. Qubaydih, 7. Kundulaj, 8. Astamál, 9. Khámnih, 10. Shabastar, 11. Kurdasht, 12. Sárán, 13. Gilih-Khánih, 14. Haddádán, 15. Girdilqán, 16. Khánbághí, 17. Qávshúq, 18. Qarah-Shirán, 19. Sharaf-Khánih, 20. Ástárá, 21. Bústán-Ábád, 22. Hiraván-Khalkhál.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Khátún-Ábád, 2. Árin-Jilik, 3. Saraskand.

VII. DISTRICT: YAZD

1. YAZD, 2. Ardakán, 3. Amir-Ábád, 4. Husayn-Ábád, 5. 'Izz-Ábád, 6. 'Alí-Ábád, 7. Sharaf-Abád, 8. Mihdi-Abád-i-Rustáq, 9. 'Asr-Ábád, 10. Mariyam-Ábád, 11. Kúchih-Biyúk, 12. Khurramshah, 13. Mihdi-Abád-i-Húmih, 14. Taft, 15. Narsí-Ábád, 16. Nasr-Ábád-i-Píshkúh, 17. Khud-Ábád-i-Pishkúh, 18. Manshád, 19. Hurmuzak, 20. Marvast, 21. Dahaj, 22. Qásim-Abád, 23. Hasan-Ábád-i-Qutb-Abád, 24. Iláh-Ábád, 25. Na'im-Ábád, 26. Rahmat-Ábád, 27. Anárak.

GROUPS: 1. Ashguzar, 2. Firúz-Ábád, 3. Şadr-Abád, 4. Nusrat-Abád, 5. Mahmúd-Abád, 6. Hujjat-Abád, 7. Muhammad-Ábád-i-Cháhak, 8. Hasan-Ábád-i-Húmih, 9. Khávidak, 10. Mihriz, 11. Gávshád, 12. Hidish, 13. Bunáft-i-Sádát, 14. Mazra'iy-i-Siyyid-Mírzá, 15. Shahr-i-Bábak, 16. Hirát, 17. Harábarján, 18. Ahristán, 19. Kharáshih, 20. Shamsi, 21. Sakhud.

VIII. DISTRICT: ISFÁHÁN

1. ISFÁHÁN, 2. Najaf-Ábád, 3. Ardistán, 4. Zavárih, 5. Burújin, 6. Qahfirukh, 7. Dastjird-i-Imám-Zádih, 8. Sámán, 9. Diháqán, 10. Jaz, 11. Khúlinján, 12. [Page 576]Iskandari, 13. Afús, 14. Tirán, 15. Mu- hammadiyyih, 16. Kishih, 17. Músí-Ábád, 18. Kata, 19. Kurd-i-Suflá, 20. Murgh- Chinár, 21. Shahrak, 22. Talkháb, 23. Chádigán, 24. Chaygán, 25. Shah-Ridá (Qumshih), 26. Ná'in, 27. Chamgurdán, 28. Isfarján, 29. Shahr-i-Kurd, 30. Julfá.

GROUPS: 1. Dizaj, 2. Rustam-Ábád, 3. Mihdi-Abád, 4. Dihaq, 5. Khurzúq, 6. Laftuván, 7. Shaydán, 8. Qal'ih-Sháh, 9. Dumnih, 10. Varnamkhás, 11. Sidih- Linján, 12. Baghbahádurán, 13. Ádigán, 14. Qúchának-Faridan, 15. Riz, 16. Qahnaviyyih, 17. Darrih-Shúr, 18. Kutuk, 19. Tár, 20. Chulchih, 21. Múrchih- Khurt, 22. Muḥammad-Ábád, 23. Nanád- gán, 24. Khúzán, 25. Ádirján, 26. Máyán- Dasht, 27. Katih-Shúr, 28. Hasan-Abád, 29. Namángird, 30. Nisár, 31. Ákhurih, 32. Mubárakih, 33. Dihnaw-Mubárakih.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Jarquviyyih, 2. Iláh-Abád, 3. Paykán-i-Ástánih, 4. Qand-Áb, 5. Shish-Javán, 6. Mihdi-Ábád- i-Karvan, 7. Girdáb, 8. Barjú'i, 9. Alúní.

IX. DISTRICT: FÁRS

1. SHÍRÁZ, 2. Burázján, 3. Sarvistán, 4. Dáriyán, 5. Sa'di, 6. Qalát, 7. Zákhirz, 8. Zarqán, 9. Shams-Ábád-i-Burzú, 10. Fath-Ábád-i-Marvdasht, 11. Shams-Abád- i-Takht, 12. Jahrum, 13. Firúzi-Marv- dasht, 14. Kázirún, 15. Láristán, 16. Baydá', 17. Qaryiy-i-Dih-Píyálih, 18. Ahrum, 19. Faqih-Masnan, 20. Khurmúj.

GROUPS: 1. Kinárih-Marvdasht, 2. "Imád-Abád-i-Marvdasht, 3. Kúshk-i- Marvdasht, 4. Fárúq, 5. Búshihr, 6. Qasru'd-Dasht, 7. Khánih-Kahdán, 8. Abád-Shápur, 9. Firuz-Ábád.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Khur-i- Láristán, 2. Karásh-i-Láristán.

X. DISTRICT: HAMADÁN

1. HAMADÁN, 2. Malayir, 3. Túysargán, 4. Nahávand, 5. Amzájird, 6. Bahár, 7. Lálijín, 8. Husayn-Abád, 9. Uqchulú, 10. Chupuqlú, 11. Qurvih-Kurdistán, 12. Sári-Qamish, 13. Khusháb-i-'Ulyȧ va Suflá, 14. Uch-Tappih, 15. Jamshid-Ábád, 16, Qiziljahkand, 17. Mirzá-Hisári.

GROUPS: 1. Ávarsmán, 2. Áqbuláq, 3. Latgá, 4. Khánbághí, 5. Sáliḥ-Ábád, 6. Kushg-Ábád, 7. Qizil-Abád, 8. Dinár- Ábád, 9. Ukinlú, 10. Qádir-Khalaj, 11. Qábáq-Tappih, 12. Mánizán, 13. Túsk, 14. Asad-Abád, 15. Dizaj, 16. Dihdaván, 17. Amír-Ábád.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Júráb, 2. Qarahbuláq, 3. Shaykh-Ján, 4. Gumbadán, 5. Hamih-Kisí.

XI. DISTRICT: QÁ'INÁT

1. BÍRJAND, 2. Sarcháh, 3. Ásiyábán, 4. Dastjird, 5. Khúník, 6. Zirk.

GROUPS: 1. Míriz, 2. Bídisk, 3. Naw- firist, 4. Durukhsh, 5. Ridván, 6. Mud, 7. Khúsf, 8. Qal'ih-Kúh (Chishmih), 9. Núk, 10. Nawzád.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Kundur, 2. Gaz, 3. Tughb, 4. Siskin, 5. Khán, 6. Sarkhung, 7. Takhtih-Bán.

XII. DISTRICT: 'IRAQ

1. 'IRAQ (Sultán-Ábád), 2. Sházand, 3. Khalaj-Ábád, 4. Gulpáygán, 5. Shah- Ábád, 6. Mashhad-i-Zulf-Ábád, 7. Varga, 8. Khumayn.

GROUPS: 1. Husayn-Abád-i-Farahán, 2. Amirih, 3. Isfín, 4. Akbar-Abád, 5. Áshtiyán, 6. Tafrish, 7. Majd-Abád, 8. Khunsar, 9. Galgún.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Ástánih, 2. Hak, 3. Nizám-Abád.

XIII. DISTRICT: GÍLÁN

1. RASHT, 2. Bandar-i-Pahlaví, 3. Láhí- ján, 4. Rúdsar, 5. Shahsavár, 6. Siyahkal, 7. Sangar, 8. Báz-Qal'ih, 9. Ásíyábar.

GROUPS: 1. Gháziyán, 2. Langarúd, 3. Diyá'bar, 4. Rúdbár, 5. Manjil, 6. Khur- ram-Ábád, 7. Shahristán-Shahsavár, 8. Miyán-Kú-Maḥallih, 9. Talih-Sad, 10. Marz-Lat, 11. Darján, 12. Sawma'ih-Sará, 13. Miyán-Kúh.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Hasan-Kíyá- dih, 2. Líyák, 3. Birísih-Búr, 4. Qádí- Mahallih, s. Bálán, 6. Khalkháli-Mahallih, 7. Kapúrchál.--BLANK-- [Page 577]نا الاب

Members of the first Bahá’í Spiritual Assembly of Peru, established in the City of Lima, April, 1944.

The first Bahá’í Spiritual Assembly of Punta Arenas, Chile, the world's southernmost city, established April, 1945. [Page 578]

XIV. DISTRICT: KHÚZISTÁN

1. AHVÁZ, 2. Ábádán, 3. Khurram-Shahr (Muhammarih), 4. Manyúḥi, 5. Sáliḥ-Ábád (Andímishg), 6. Şafá’íyyih.

GROUPS: 1. Shúshtar, 2. Dizfúl, 3. Quşbih, 4. Masjid-i-Sulaymán, 5. Nahr-Kut, 6. Tungih, 7. Bihbahán, 8. Rámhurmuz, 9. Fayliyyih, 10. Chamtang, 11. Hindíján, 12. Chamtangú.

XV. DISTRICT: KIRMANSHAH

1. KIRMÁNSHAH, 2. Khurram-Ábád, 3. Burujird, 4. Sanandaj, 5. Qasr-i-Shirin, 6. Kangávar.

GROUPS: 1. Sunqur, 2. Kirind, 3. Shah-Ábád, 4. Dinavar, 5. flám-i-Pusht-i-Kúh, 6. Khusrawvi, 7. Gilán-i-Gharb, 8. ‘Aligudarz, 9. Durúd, 10. Qal’ih-Muzaffari.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Şahnih, 2. Harsín.

XVI. DISTRICT: KHURÁSÁN

1. MASHHAD, 2. Turbat-i-Jám, 3. Qúchán, 4. Shíraván, 5. Muḥammad-Ábád-i-Darigaz, 6. Bujnúrd, 7. Nayshábúr (Ridván), 8. Sabzavár (Khadrá’), 9. Turbat-i-Haydariyyih, 10. Pitraw, 11. Dúgh-Abád (Furúgh), 12. Hisár, 13. Námiq, 14. Káshmar, 15. Júymind-i-Gunábád, 16. Firdaws (Fárán), 17. Bághistán, 18. Bushrúyih, 19. Zirk (Khayru’l-Qurá), 20. Farímán.

GROUPS: 1. Sarakhs, 2. Nasr-Abád-i-Jám, 3. Tayyibát, 4. Bákharz, 5. Isfará’in, 6. Ma’muri, 7. Dastgird, 8. Rúḥ-Ábád, 9. Sarvaláyat, 10. Ma’dan, 11. Sudkharv, 12. Kushk-Bágh, 13. Rubát-i-Gaz, 14. Juvayn, 15. Dávarzan, 16. Závih, 17. Marghzár, 18. Hasan-Ábád, 19. Khayr-Abád, 20. Miyándihi, 21. Maghán, 22. Kákhk, 23. Rawshanávand, 24. Suriyán, 25. Surund, 26. Tabas, 27. Hasan-Ábád-i-Mahvilat, 28. Fayd-Abád-i-Mahvilat, 29. Káhú.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Sharif-Ábád, 2. Kalát, 3. Bulán, 4. Bájgirán, 5. Lutf-Ábád, 6. Jájarm, 7. Safi-Abád, 8. Ja’far-Ábád, 9. Mihnih, 10. ‘Alí, 11. Furshih, 12. Sih-Qalih, 13. Gazin, 14. Bijistán, 15. Bághdihúk, 16. Barakúb.

XVII. DISTRICT: SANGSAR

1. SANGSAR, 2. Shahmirzád, 3. Sháhrúd, 4. Simnán, 5. Dámghán, 6. Firáz-Kúh.

GROUPS: 1. Aftar, 2. Cháshm, 3. Abr, 4. Pindar-i-Dudángih.

XVIII. DISTRICT: SÁRÍ

1. SÁRI, 2. Mahfurúzak, 3. Aratih, 4. Chálih-Zamin, 5. Sháhi (‘Ali-Abád), 6. Kafshgar-Kuláh, 7. Rawshan-Kúh, 8. fval, 9. Bihshahr, 10. Pul-i-Sifid, 11. Darzi-Kuláh, 12. Sárú-Kuláh.

GROUPS: 1. Amrih, 2. Ázád-Gulih, 3. Birinjistának, 4. Shirgáh, 5. Adhandih, 6. Kúhán, 7. Zíráb, 8. Tírtásh, 9. Valújá.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Amir-Ábád, 2. Issi-Sandúq, 3. Abák-Sar, 4. Júybar-i-Sárí.

XIX. DISTRICT: BANDAR-I-GAZ

1. BANDAR-I-GAZ, 2. Bandar-i-Sháh, 3. Gurgán (Istir-Abád), 4. Gunbad-Qábús.

GROUPS: 1. Gumíshán, 2. Mínú-Dasht (Dasht-i-Gurgán), 3. Pahlavi-Dizh, 4. Kurd-Kúy.

XX. DISTRICT: BÁBUL

1. BABUL (Bárfurúsh), 2. ‘Arab-Khayl, 3. Bahnamir, 4. Bábulsar (Bandar-i-Mashhadsar), 5. Firaydún-Kinár, 6. Mahmúd-Abád, 7. Ámul, 8. Kiyá-Kálá.

GROUPS: 1. Diyar-Kálá, 2. Tákur-i-Núr, 3. Kapúrchál, 4. Naw-Shahr, 5. Surkhih-Rúd.

XXI. DISTRICT: ZÁHIDÁN

1. ZÁHIDÁN, 2. Zábul, 3. Khásh.

GROUPS: 1. Saraván (Shahistán), 2. Cháh-Bahár.

ISOLATED BELIEVERS: 1. Írán-Shahr.

XXII. DISTRICT: NAYRÍZ

1. NAYRÍZ, 2. Fasá.

GROUPS: 1. Dáráb, 2. Istahbánát. [Page 579]

JOHN P. STEARNS

BORN JULY 24, 1907 DIED NOVEMBER 7, 1944 FIRST BAHÁ’Í PIONEER TO ECUADOR

HIS SERVICES HAVE BEEN UNFORGETTABLE AND HIGHLY MERITORIUS." SHOGHI EFFENDI

"I HAVE MADE DEATH A MESSENGER OF JOY TO THEE. WHEREFORE DOST THOU GRIEVE? I MADE THE LIGHT TO SHED ON THEE ITS SPLENDOR WHY DOST THOU VEIL THYSELF THEREFROM?" BAHÁ’U’LLÁH

Memorial to John P. Stearns at Lima, Peru. [Page 580]

DIRECTORY OF LEADING ASSEMBLIES IN BAHÁ’Í ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS OF PERSIA: YEAR 101

No.	Division	Central Assembly	Secretary Central Assembly	Address of Secretary	Cable Address
1.	Ṭihrán	Ṭihrán	‘Alí-Akbar Furútan	Shirkat-i-Nawnahálán	Rawḥání
2.	Ábádih	Ábádih	Qulám-‘Alí Dihqán	c/o Dr. Badí’u’lláh Ágáh
3.	Káshán	Káshán	Mas‘úd Sháyán	c/o Dr. Sulaymán Birgís
4.	Kirmán	Kirmán	Shahríyár Áryání	Saráy-i-Vakíl
5.	Qazvín & Zanján	Qazvín	‘Abbás Furútan	c/o Ardishír Hizárí
6.	Ádhirbáyján	Tabríz	Ḥusayn Asadu’lláh-Zádih	c/o Aḥmad Salímí Saráy-i-Fatḥ-‘Alí Bayq
7.	Yazd	Yazd	Dr. Kay-Khusraw Rástí	c/o Shirkat-i-Paymán
8.	Iṣfáhán	Iṣfáhán	Mr. Bashírí	Saráy-i-Mukhliṣ
9.	Fárs	Shíráz	‘Alí Naqí Farvadín	c/o Shirkat-i-Paymán
10.	Hamadán	Hamadán	Abu’l-Ḥasan Mu’ávin-Zádih	Saráy-i-Ḥájí Ṣafar Khán
11.	Qá’inát	Bírjand	Qulam-Ḥusayn Sabeti (‎Ṭhábití Thábití‎)	Bírjand
12.	‘Iráq	‘Iráq-i-‘Ajam	Khalíl-Farzánih	Khíyábán-i-Urdíbihisht
13.	Gílán	Rasht	‘Aṭá’u’lláh Samandarí	c/o Davá-Khániy-i-Ittiḥádíyyih
14.	Khúzistán	Ahváz	‘Abdu’l-Ḥusayn Ímání	Khíyábán-i-Pahlaví, Hotel Qaṣr-i-Shírín
15.	Kirmánsháh	Kirmánsháh	‘Ináyatu’lláh Bihjat	Khíyábán-i-Sipah, Magházih Kahrubá

[Page 581]Central No. Division Assembly Secretary Central Assembly Address of Secretary Cable Address 16. Khurásán Mashhad "Açá’u’lláh Qadimi Falikih Junúbi c/o Magházih Bulúr-Furúshí 17. Sangsar Sangsar Muhammad Sangsar Asghari Ta’if 18. Sárí Sárí 19. Bandar-Gaz Bandar-Gaz ‘Abdu’l-Báqi Malikí ‘Abbas-‘Alí Ranjbar c/o Davá-Khániy-i- Háfizi Khíyábán-i- Pahlavi, Saqat- Furushi Rawḥání 20. Bábul Bábul Dr. Furúgh Başṣṣárí Bábul 21. Záhidán Záhidán Shih-Bahrám c/o Tijárat-Khániy- Húshidari i-Húshidari 22. Nayriz Nayriz Bahá’i ‘Ahdiyyih Saray-i-Sarvi

LOCALITIES IN INDIA WHERE BAHÁ’ÍS RESIDE

LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES (Telegraphic addresses in parentheses)

1. Ahmedabad, Secretary, Babubhai Panchal, Post Box No. 63. 2. Aligarh, Secretary, Dr. M. S. Burney, Railway Road. 3. Andheri, Secretary, Rúhu’lláh Basiri, Bahá’i Haziratu’l-Quds, Telli Road (Rabbanian). 4. Bangalore, Secretary, S. A. Hussain, 44 Madhavaraya Mdr. Road, Fraser Town (Rabbanian). 5. Belgaum, Secretary, P. G. Chandavarkar, Bahá’í House, Opp. Social Club. 6. Bombay, Secretary, Khudaraham Payman, P. O. Box No. 470 (Rabbanian). 7. Calcutta, Secretary, M. A. Latiff, P. O. Box No. 8940. 8. Delhi, Secretary, Jafarali Sidiqi, Islam Nagar, Qarol Bagh. 9. Gorakhpur, Golghar. 10. Hyderabad (DN), Secretary, Ali Akbar, P. O. Box No. 139. 11. Hyderabad (Sind), Secretary, H. Behishty, Shirazian House, School Road, Hirabad (Rabbanian). 12. Kamarhati, Secretary, Mujibar Rahman, c/o Dr. Wali Md, Balutalaya, 24, Parganas (Bengal). 13. Karachi, Secretary, F. J. Yazehmedi, Bahá’í Hall, Deepchand Ohja Road (Rabbanian). 14. Kariafghanan, Secretary, Md. Hanif, P. O. Bhattian, Gurdaspur. 15. Kolhapur, Secretary, K. M. Talgeri, P. O. Box No. 37 (Rabbaniyan). 16. Panchgani, Secretary, Azizullah Ishraqi, Rockside (Rabbanian). 17. Poona, Secretary, Habibullah Behi, P. O. Box No. 8 (Rabbanian). 18. Quetta, Secretary, N. Akhtar-Khawari, P. O. Box 11 (Rabbanian). 19. Seramore, Secretary, Mahafuzu’r-Rahman, c/o Nine Stores, Tin Bazar. [Page 582]20. Sholapur, Secretary, (Mrs.) Ruhingiz Najjar, P. O. Box No. 39 (Rabbanian). 21. Srinagar, Secretary, Md. Khalil, c/o Photographer Habibullah, Near Thana Shergarhi. 22. Ujjain, Secretary, Kishanlal Malviya, Nazarali Bagh, Devas Road. 23. Vellore, Secretary, A. Parthasarthy, P. O. Box No. 16 (Rabbanian).

GROUPS AND ISOLATED BELIEVERS

1. Amritsar, Gulam Md. Sani, Parja St., Hathi Gate. 2. Bareilly, Md. Husain Sabari, Resident Engineer's Office, Izatnagar. 3. Bareilly U. P., Mr. M. I. K. Ghori, No. SR-193790, Stenography Class No. 5. S. T. B. 4. Baroda, Mr. Paul Samual, Ishwarlal Chawl, Pensionpura, Camp Baroda. 5. Benares, Mr. S. Chatterjea, c/o Chatterjee & Chatterjee, Registered Accountants and Auditors, Lajpat Rai Road. 6. Bulandshahr, Mr. Irtiza Husain, Govt. High School. 7. Cawnpore, Faquir Md. Muqri, 100/46 Baconganj, Coughi Mohal. 8. Chatanah, Md. Yasin Khan, Sultanpur, Oudh. 9. Chittagong, Amirul Islam, Noormahal, Dewan Bazar. 2. Abdul Rahim Abdul Hai, Court Road, Post Satkania, Chittagong. 10. Dehra Dun, S. Mazhar Ali, 25 New Road. 11. Deolali, Behram Manavi, 39 Sansari Lane. 12. Hoshiarpur, Major S. H. Ali, Military Hospital. 13. Igatpuri, H. Jehangir, Railway Station Restaurant. 14. Jammu, S. Karmat Ali Shah, Near Purani Mandi. 15. Jodhpur, A. Sidiqi, Superfine Art Decorators, Station Road. 16. Kadvai, Nuruddin Nakhwa Bhubal, Dist. Ratangiri, Ilaghah Sangmshwar. 17. Kasur, Dost. Md. Tahir, Kot Peran. 18. Kohkand, Dr. M. A. Khan, Dera Bugti Dispensary. 19. Kotah, Mr. Gurdip Singh, Near Ghantaghar. 20. Kotah, S. N. Chaturvedi, Nizamat Digod (Kotah State). 21. Lahore, 39 Temple Road. 22. Madras, K. Rangaswami, 15/2 Bunder St., George Town. 23. Mysore, Jamshed Mahallati, Bahá’í House, No. 44 Govt. House Road, Nazarabad. 24. Nagpur, Mr. Abdul Rahman, Poralkar Photographer's Building, near Statue, Nagpur City. 25. Nohar, Samiu'l-Hasan Zaidi, Station Master, Nohar. 26. Rahimyarkhan, Md. Ishaq, B. Sc., Govt. High School, Bahawalpur State. 27. Rajkot, R. V. Doshi, Sir Lakhajiraj Road. 28. Rouzachapra, Mrs. Md. Arastoo (Bihar) 29. Savanoor, Nazarali Valibhai, Merchant, Savanur, Dist. Dharwar. 30. Secunderabad, P. O. Box No. 34. 31. Shadikhan, Dr. Abdul Qadir (Attock). 32. Simla, Syed Hasan, Reader, Govt. Press. 33. Surat, Kotval St., Nanpura. 34. Vyganellore, Mr. A. Rangaswami Iyer, Retd. Deputy Nazir, Kulitalai.