Bahá’í World/Volume 11

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Contents

PART ONE

I. Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith

II. International Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities in the East and West

III. Bahá’í Sacred Writings

1. Words of Bahá’u’lláh
2. Words of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

IV. The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Guardianship

1. Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship
2. The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Guardianship

PART TWO

I. The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

1. Present-Day Administration of the Bahá’í Faith

   The Formation of an Organic Religious Community, by Horace Holley

   A Procedure for the Conduct of a Local Spiritual Assembly

   The Annual Bahá’í Convention

   The Non-Political Character of the Bahá’í Faith

   Concerning Membership in Non-Bahá’í Religious Organizations

   Bahá’ís and War

   The Bahá’í Position on Military Enlistment and Service

   Interpretation of the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   Bahá’í Relations With Civil Authority

   Excerpts from the Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   Messages from Shoghi Effendi to the American Believers 1946-1950

2. The Spirit and Form of the Bahá’í Administrative Order

   Certificate of Declaration of Trust of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís Of the United States

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Persia

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and Austria

   Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ‘Iráq

   Declaration of Trust of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt and Sudan

   By-Laws of a Local Spiritual Assembly

   Certificate of Registration, Delhi, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pakistan and Burma

   Certificate of Registration, Rangoon, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pakistan and Burma

   Certificate of Articles of Incorporation and Affidavit of Officers of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Alhambra, California

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Beverly, Massachusetts

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Anchorage, Alaska

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Boise, Idaho

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Jamestown, New York

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of West Chester, Pennsylvania

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Cedar Rapids, Iowa

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Albuquerque, New Mexico

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Muskegon, Michigan

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Asunción, Paraguay

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Caracas, Venezuela

   Certificate of Registration of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís Of Bogotá, Colombia

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of La Paz, Bolivia

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Lima, Peru

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Santiago, Chile

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Panama City, Panama

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of San Salvador, El Salvador

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Guatemala City, Guatemala

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Havana, Cuba

   Certificate of Registration of the Bahá’í Assembly, Hyderabad, (Deccan) India

   Certificate of Registration of the Bahá’í Assembly, Secunderabad, (Deccan) India

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Srinagar, Kashmir

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Lahore, India

   Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Solano, Philippines

   Authorization issued by the Court of First Instance, Karkúk, ‘Iráq, recognizing Bahá’í Marriage Certificate

   Attorney General’s Opinion on Legality of Bahá’í Marriage Ceremony in Arizona, U.S.A.

   Marriage Certificate issued by the State of Wisconsin, U.S.A.

   Marriage Certificate issued by the State of New Jersey

   Authorization for Conduct of Legal Bahá’í Marriage Ceremonies in Minnesota, U.S.A.

   Copy of a letter from the Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., directed to the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Baltimore, Maryland recognizing them as a Religious Body, exempt from Federal Taxation

   Certificate of Title of a Block of Land at Yerrinbool, Australia transferred by Albert Styles to the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand, September, 1948

   Documents related to the Bahá’í Burial Ground granted to the Bahá’ís of Port Sa‘íd, Egypt

   Certificate of Bahá’í Marriage issued by Spiritual Assemblies in India, Pakistan and Burma

   Text of Bill passed by Canadian Parliament incorporating the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada, 1949

   The Bahá’í Publishing Trust Investment Scheme issued by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the British Isles, 1949

   Bahá’í Marriage Certificate recognized by the Israel Government

   Loan Acknowledgment Form Issued by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the British Isles

3. The Institution of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   Foreword

   The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

   Passages Regarding the Temple in America, taken from “God Passes By,” by Shoghi Effendi, and Introduction by Archdeacon Townshend, M.A.

   To Know and Worship God by Horace Holley

   Architecture of the Temple Interior by Robert W. McLaughlin

   The Bahá’í House of Worship by William Kenneth Christian

   This Temple

   Nine Selections Used on Temple Exterior

   This Faith

   Nine Selections Used on Temple Interior

4. Bahá’í Calendar, Festivals and Dates of Historic Significance

   Foreword

   Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting

   Bahá’í Holy Days on Which Work Should Be Suspended

   Additional Material Gleaned from Nabil’s Narrative (Vol. II) Regarding the Bahá’í Calendar

   Historical Data Gleaned from Nabil’s Narrative (Vol. II) Regarding Bahá’u’lláh

   Dates of Historic Significance During the First Bahá’í Century

5. Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World

   Around the World With Bahá’í Youth, 1946-1948

   Around the World With Bahá’í Youth, 1948-1950

   Bahá’í Youth Speaks Out

   God’s Plan for World Peace

   Prejudice by A. Johansson

   Tokyo Report by Robert Imagire

   Youth Week at the Laurentian Bahá’í School by Norma Sala and David Tate

   The Quest for Truth by Graham Patrick Conroy

   Bahá’í Children’s Section

   Bahá’í Children and the Peace by Amy Brady Dwelly

II. References to the Bahá’í Faith

1. Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania
2. Prof. E. G. Browne, M.A., M.B., Cambridge University
3. Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt., Manchester College, Oxford
4. Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D.Litt., D.D., Oxford University
5. Prof. Arminius Vambéry, Hungarian Academy of Pesth
6. Sir Valentine Chirol
7. Harry Charles Lukach
8. Prof. Jowett, Oxford University
9. Alfred W. Martin, Society for Ethical Culture, New York
10. Prof. James Darmesteter, École des Hautes Études, Paris
11. Charles Baudouin
12. Dr. Henry H. Jessup, D.D.
13. Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Kedleston
14. Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E.
15. The Christian Commonwealth, Anonymous
16. Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, B.A.
17. Herbert Putnam, Congressional Library, Washington, DC.
18. Leo Tolstoy
19. Dr. Edmund Privat, University of Geneva
20. Dr. Auguste Forel, University of Zurich
21. General Renato Piola Caselli
22. Rev. Frederick W. Oakes
23. Renwick J. G. Millar, Editor of John O’Groat Journal, Scotland
24. Charles H. Prisk
25. Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt.
26. Shri Purohit Swami
27. Prof. Herbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College
28. Viscount Herbert Samuel, G.C.B., M.P.
29. Rev. K. T. Chung
30. Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria
31. Rev. Griffith J. Sparham
32. Ernest Renan
33. The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L.
34. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
35. Emile Schreiber, Publicist
36. Miss Helen Keller
37. Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence of Japan
38. Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist
39. Former President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia
40. Archduchess Anton of Austria
41. Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons
42. H.R.H. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia
43. Eugen Relgis
44. Arthur Henderson
45. Prof. Dr. V. Lesny
46. Princess Marie Antoinette de Broglie Aussenac
47. David Starr Jordan, Late President, Leland Stanford University
48. Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia
49. Ex-Governor William Sulzer
50. Luther Burbank
51. Prof. Yone Noguchi
52. Prof. Raymond Frank Piper
53. Angela Morgan
54. Arthur Moore
55. Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, Charles University, Praha. Czechoslovakia
56. A. L. M. Nicolas
57. President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia
58. Sir Ronald Storrs, N.V.C., M.G., C.B.E.
59. Col. Raja Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh, Raja of Bajang (Nepal)
60. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
61. Rt. Hon. M. R. Jayakar, Privy Councillor, London
62. Prof. Benoy Kumar Sarkar, M.A., Ph.D.
63. Mrs. Sarojinu Naidu
64. Jules Bois
65. The late Sir John Martin Harvey, D.Litt.
66. Dr. Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury
67. Hon. Arnold J. Toynbee, D.Litt., Oxon
68. Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, K.C.S.I.
69. Dr. Bhagavan Das
70. S. Eitrem, University of Oslo, Norway

III. In Memoriam

Fannie Lesch

Walter Olitzki

Fanny A. Knobloch

Marta Brauns-Forel

Fred Mortensen

Haj Taha El-Hamamsi

Friedrich Schweizer

John David Bosch

‘Alí Saboor

Orcella Rexford

Abu’l-Fetouh Battah

‘Alí Said Eddin

Muhammad-Taqí Iṣfáhání

Ḥájí Mahmúd Qassabchi

Beulah Storrs Lewis

Ḥasan Mar’í Ṭanṭáwí

Núri’d-Dín ‘Abbás

Julia Culver

Mountfort Mills

George Orr Latimer

Mani Mehta

Maulví Muḥammad ‘Abdu’lláh Vakíl

PART THREE

I. Bahá’í Directory 1949-1950

1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies
2. Countries where Bahá’ís are resident

   Abyssinia

   Aden Protectorate

   Af{u|gh}}ánistán

   Ahsá

   Alaska

   Argentina

   Australia

   Austria

   Báḥrayn Island

   Balúchistán

   Belgian Congo

   Belgium

   Bolivia

   Brazil

   British Isles

   Bulgaria

   Burma

   Canada

   Caucasus

   Ceylon

   Chile

   China

   Colombia

   Costa Rica

   Cuba

   Czechoslovakia

   Denmark

   Dominican Republic

   Dubai

   Ecuador

   Egypt

   El-Salvador

   Eritrea

   Fiji Islands

   Finland

   Formosa

   France

   Germany

   Gold Coast

   Guatemala

   Haiti

   Hawaiian Islands

   Holland

   Honduras

   Hungary

   Iceland

   India

   Indonesia

   ‘Iráq

   Israel

   Italy

   Jamaica

   Japan

   Jordan

   Kenya

   Koweit

   Lebanon

   Luxembourg

   Malaya

   Manchuria

   Mexico

   Morocco

   Newfoundland

   New Zealand

   Nicaragua

   Nigeria

   Norway

   Oman

   Pákistán

   Panama

   Paraguay

   Persia

   Peru

   Philippine Islands

   Poland

   Puerto Rico

   Qatar

   Russia

   Siam

   South Africa

   South Rhodesia

   Súdán

   Sweden

   Switzerland

   Syria

   Tahiti

   Tasmania

   Tunisia

   Turkey

   Turkistán

   United States of America

   Uruguay

   Venezuela

   Yugoslavia

3. Officers and Committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States 1949-1950
4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies, Groups and Localities where Isolated Bahá’ís Reside in the United States 1949-1950
5. Directory of Assemblies, Groups and Isolated Bahá’ís in Administrative Divisions in Persia 1949-1950
6. Directory of Localities where Bahá’ís Reside in India, Pakistan and Burma 1949-1950
7. Directory of Localities in Central and South America where Bahá’ís Reside 1949-1950
8. Directory of Localities in Australia and New Zealand where Bahá’ís Reside 1949-1950
9. Directory of Localities in the Dominion of Canada where Bahá’ís Reside 1949-1950
10. Directory of Localities in the British Isles where Bahá’ís Reside 1949-1950
11. Directory of Localities in Germany and Austria where Bahá’ís Reside 1949-1950

II. Bahá’í Bibliography

1. Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings
2. The Báb’s Best-Known Works
3. Bahá’í Publications of North America in Print

   a Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   b. Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   c. Works Compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   d. Works Compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, the Báb, and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   e. Works Compiled from Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi

   f. Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   g. Writings on the Bahá’í Faith

   h. Bahá’í Reprints

   i. Pamphlets

   j. Outlines and Guides for Bahá’í Study Classes

   k. Children’s Courses

   l. Bahá’í Literature in Foreign Languages

   m. Periodicals

   3A. Bahá’í Publications of North America that are out of print

4. Bahá’í Publications of Great Britain in print

   a Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

   b. Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   c. Works Compiled from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

   d Writings of Shoghi Effendi

   e. Writings on the Bahá’í Faith

   f Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form

   g. General Publications

   4A. Publications of Great Britain that are out of print

5. Bahá’í Publications of Burma, India, Pakistan and Princely States in English (Publications in other Languages Spoken in India, Burma and Ceylon Listed Elsewhere under Name of Language)
6. Bahá’í Publications in Albanian
7. Bahá’í Publications in Bulgarian
8. Bahá’í Publications in Croatian
9. Bahá’í Publications in Czech
10. Bahá’í Publications in Danish
11. Bahá’í Publications in Dutch
12. Bahá’í Publications in Esperanto
13. Bahá’í Publications in Finnish
14. Bahá’í Publications in French
15. Bahá’í Publications in German
16. Bahá’í Publications in Greek
17. Bahá’í Publications in Hungarian
18. Bahá’í Publications in Icelandic
19. Bahá’í Publications in Italian
20. Bahá’í Publications in Maori
21. Bahá’í Publications in Norwegian
22. Bahá’í Publications in Polish
23. Bahá’í Publications in Portuguese
24. Bahá’í Publications in Rumanian
25. Bahá’í Publications in Russian
26. Bahá’í Publications in Serbian
27. Bahá’í Publications in Spanish
28. Bahá’í Publications in Swedish
29. Bahá’í Publications in Oriental Languages

    Abyssinian (Amharic)

    Arabic

    Armenian

    Assamese

    Bengali

    Burmese

    Chinese

    Gujrati

    Gurmukhi

    Hebrew

    Hindi

    Japanese

    Kashmiri

    Kinarese

    Kurdish

    Mahratti

    Malayalam

    Nepalese

    Oriya

    Persian

    Punjabi

    Pushtoo

    Rajasthani

    Sindhi

    Singhalese

    Tamil

    Tartar

    Telugu

    Turkish

    Urdu

30. Languages into which Bahá’í Literature is being Translated
31. Bahá’í Literature for the Blind

    a. Published in Australia

    b. Published in Czechoslovakia

    c. Published in France

    d. Published in Japan

    e. Published in New Zealand

    f. Published in United States of America

32. Bahá’í Periodicals
33. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books and Pamphlets published under Non-Bahá’í Auspices
34. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by Non-Bahá’í authors
35. References to the Bahá’í Faith by Bahá’ís in Non-Bahá’í publications
36. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Encyclopedias and Reference Books

III. Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature

Guide to the Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet

Notes on the Pronunciation of Persian Words

IV. Definitions of Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature

PART FOUR

I. Articles and Reviews

1. Religious Education for a Peaceful Society, by Horace Holley
2. The Old Churches and the New World-Faith, by George Townshend, M.A.
3. Bahá’ís Look to the Future, by William Kenneth Christian
4. The Next Hundred Years, by Stanwood Cobb
5. The Bahá’í Faith and World Peace, by Dr. R. Bradley Roe
6. New Hope for Minority Peoples, by Emeric Sala
7. The Prophet and the Scientist, by Ross Woodman, M.A.
8. World Unity as a Way of Life, by Elsie Austin
9. Building the Peace, by Shirin Fozdar
10. Assurances of Immortality, by Joyce Lyon Dahl
11. An Experiment in Race Relations, by Bob Powers
12. The Alternative to Labor War, by Harold Gail
13. Science and Revelation, by G. A. Shook
14. Search for Faith, by Edris Rice-Wray
15. Um Die Lebensfrage Der Menschheit, by Dr. Eugen Schmidt
16. Bahá’u’lláh’s Message and the Germans, by Karl Schueck
17. The Country of Light, by Robert Lee Gulick, Jr.
18. Bahá’í Encounter in Japan, by Michael Jamir
19. Ilusiones, by Hascle M. Cornbleth
20. Acquaint the People, by Eve B. Nicklin
21. The United States of America Fulfills Its Destiny, by Artemus Lamb
22. In the High Sierras, by Marzieh Gail
23. To Gather Jewels, by Honor Kempton
24. La Civilisation, Fruit de la Révélation, by Lucienne Migette
25. Die Kleine Welt und Der Grosse Friede, by Dr. Hermann Grossmann
26. The Small World and the Great Peace, Translation of article above by Karl Schueck

II. Verse

III. Music

IV. Contents of Volume I — Bahá’í Year Book, and Volumes II, III, IV. V, VI, VII, VIII, IX and X — The Bahá’í World

V. Maps of Bahá’í Communities Around the World, 1950

Australia and New Zealand

The British Isles

Canada

Central America

Germany and Austria

India, Pakistan and Burma

South America

The United States of America

The Bahá’í World