Bahá’í World/Volume 12/The Inauguration of the World Bahá’í Crusade 1953-1963

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VII

THE INAUGURATION OF THE WORLD BAHÁ’Í CRUSADE

1953-1963

1. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE GUARDIAN

HAIL, (with) feelings (of) humble thankfulness (and) unbounded joy, opening (of the) Holy Year commemorating (the) centenary (of the) rise (of the) Orb (of) Bahá’u’lláh’s most sublime Revelation marking (the) consummation (of the) six thousand year cycle ushered in (by) Adam, glorified (by) all past prophets (and) sealed (with the) blood (of the) Author (of the) Bábí Dispensation. Evoke (on this) auspicious occasion (the) glorious memory (and) acclaim (the) immortal exploits (of the) Dawn-Breakers (of the) Apostolic Age (of the) Bahá’í Dispensation (in the) cradle (of the) Faith (and the) mighty feats (of the) champion builders (of) its rising World Order (in the) Western Hemisphere as well as (the) multitude (of) valorous achievements (of the) past (and) present generations (of) their brethren (in the) European, Asiatic, African (and) Australian continents, whose combined accomplishments during (the) one hundred (and) nine years (of) its existence contributed (to the) survival (of) God’s struggling Faith, (the) reinforcement (of) its infant strength, (the) safeguarding (of the) unity (of) its supporters, (the) preservation (of the) integrity (of) its teachings, (the) enrichment (of the) lives (of) its followers, (the) rise (of the) institutions (of) its administrative order, (the) fashioning (of the) agencies for (the) systematic diffusion (of) its light (and the) broadening (and the) consolidation (of) its foundations. Moved (to) express (the) confident hope as (the) centenary celebrations now commencing, attain (their) climax during (the) approaching Riḍván period, (that the) plans formulated (by the) valiant members (of the) World Bahá’í Community (in the) five continents, may each (and) all, through their victorious consummation, add distinct fresh luster (to the) world-wide festivities constituting (the) collective tribute paid (by the) followers (of the) Most Great Name (to the) memory (of the) august Founder (of) their Faith in honor (of the) centenary (of the) birth (of) His Mission (and the) eternal glory (of) His embryonic, majestically unfolding World Order.

Feel hour propitious (to) proclaim (to the) entire Bahá’í world (the) projected launching (on the) occasion (of the) convocation (of the) approaching Intercontinental Conferences (on the) four continents (of the) globe (the) fate-laden, soul-stirring, decade-long, world-embracing Spiritual Crusade involving (the) simultaneous initiation (of) twelve national Ten Year Plans (and the) concerted participation (of) all National Spiritual Assemblies (of the) Bahá’í world aiming (at the) immediate extension (of) Bahá’u’lláh’s spiritual dominion as well as (the) eventual establishment (of the) structure (of) His administrative order (in) all remaining Sovereign States, Principal Dependencies comprising Principalities, Sultanates, Emirates, Shaykhdoms, Protectorates, Trust Territories, (and) Crown Colonies scattered (over the) surface (of the) entire planet. (The) entire body (of the) avowed supporters (of) Bahá’u’lláh’s all-conquering Faith (are) now summoned (to) achieve (in a) single decade feats eclipsing (in) totality (the) achievements which (in the) course (of the) eleven preceding decades illuminated (the) annals (of) Bahá’í pioneering.

(The) fourfold objectives (of the) forthcoming [Page 254] Crusade, marking (the) third (and) last phase (of the) initial epoch (of the) evolution (of) ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Divine Plan (are) destined (to) culminate (in the) world-wide festivities commemorating (the) fast-approaching Most Great Jubilee. First, development (of the) institutions (at the) World Center (of the) Faith (in the) Holy Land. Second, consolidation, through carefully devised measures (on the) home front (of the) twelve territories destined (to) serve (as) administrative bases (for the) operations (of the) twelve National Plans. Third, consolidation (of) all territories already opened (to the) Faith. Fourth, (the) opening (of the) remaining chief virgin territories (on the) planet through specific allotments (to) each National Assembly functioning (in the) Bahá’í world.

(The) projected historic, spiritual venture, at once arduous, audacious, challenging, unprecedented (in) scope (and) character (in the) entire field (of) Bahá’í history, soon to be set (in) motion, involves (the) adoption (of) preliminary measures (to the) construction (of) Bahá’u’lláh’s Sepulcher (in the) Holy Land.

Doubling (the) number (of) countries within (the) pale (of the) Faith through planting its banner (in the) remaining Sovereign States (of the) planet as well as (the) remaining virgin Territories mentioned (in) ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Tablets (of the) Divine Plan, involving (the) opening (of) forty-one countries (on the) Asiatic, thirty-three (on the) African, thirty (on the) European, twenty-seven (on the) American continents. Over twofold increase (in the) number (of) languages into which Bahá’í literature (is) translated, printed or (in) process (of) translation—forty (in) Asia, thirty-one (in) Africa, ten each (in) Europe (and) America, to be allocated (to the) American, British, Indian (and) Australian Bahá’í communities, including for (the) most part those into which Gospels (have been) already translated. Doubling (the) number (of) Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs, through (the) initiation (of the) construction (of) one (on the) Asiatic (and the) other (on the) European continent. (The) acquisition (of the) site (of the) future Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (on) Mt. Carmel. (The) purchase (of the) land (for) eleven future Temples, three (on the) American, three (on the) African, two (on the) Asiatic, two (on the) European, one (on the) Australian continents. (The) erection (of the) first dependency (of the) Mashriqu’l-Adhkár (in) Wilmette. (The) development (of the) functions (of the) institution (of the) Hands (of the) Cause. (The) establishment (of a) Bahá’í Court (in the) Holy Land, preliminary (to the) emergence (of the) Universal House (of) Justice.

Codification (of the) laws (and) ordinances (of the) Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Mother Book (of the) Bahá’í Revelation. Establishment (of) six national Bahá’í Courts (in the) chief cities (of the) Islamic East, Ṭihrán, Cairo, Baghdád, New Delhi, Karáchí, Kábul. Extension (of) international Bahá’í endowments (in the) Holy Land, (on the) plain (of) ‘Akká (and the) slopes (of) Mt. Carmel. Construction (of) international Bahá’í Archives (in the) neighborhood (of the) Báb’s Sepulcher. Construction (of a) tomb (for the) wife (of the) Báb (in) Shíráz. Identification (of the) resting places (of the) father (of) Bahá’u’lláh (and the) mother (and) cousin (of the) Báb (for) reburial (in the) Bahá’í cemetery (in the) vicinity (of the) Most Great House. Acquisition (of the) Garden (of) Riḍván (in) Baghdád, site (of the) Siyáh-Chál (in) Ṭihrán, (site of the) martyrdom (of the) Báb (in) Tabríz, (and of) His incarceration (in) Chihríq.

More than quadruple (the) number (of) National Spiritual Assemblies, twenty-one (on the) American, thirteen (on the) European, ten (on the) Asiatic, three (on the) African (and) one (on the) Australian continents. Multiply sevenfold national Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds, their establishment (in the) capital cities (of the) chief Sovereign States (and) chief cities (of the) principal Dependencies (of the) planet, twenty-one (in) America, fifteen (in) Europe, nine (in) Asia, three (in) Africa, one (in) New Zealand. Framing national Bahá’í constitutions, establishment national Bahá’í endowments (in) same capitals and cities (of) same States (and) Dependencies.

More than quintuple (the) number (of) incorporated National Assemblies, twenty-one (in) America, thirteen (in) Europe, twelve (in) Asia, three (in) Africa, one (in) Australasia. (The) establishment (of) six national Bahá’í Publishing Trusts, two (in) America, two (in) Asia, one (in) Africa, one (in) Europe.

(The) participation (of the) women (of) Persia (in the) membership (of) national [Page 255] (and) local Assemblies. Establishment (of) seven Israel branches (of) National Spiritual Assemblies, two (in) Europe, two (in) Asia, one each (in) America, Africa (and) Australia. (The) establishment (of a) national Bahá’í printing press (in) Ṭihrán.

Reinforcement (of the) ties binding (the) Bahá’í World Community (to the) United Nations. Inclusion, circumstances permitting, (of) eleven Republics comprised within Union (of) Soviet Social Republics and two European Soviet—controlled States within (the) orbit (of the) Administrative Order (of the) Faith. Convocation World Bahá’í Congress vicinity Garden (of) Riḍván, Baghdád, third holiest city Bahá’í world, (on the) occasion (of the) worldwide celebrations (of the) Most Great Jubilee, commemorating (the) Centenary (of the) Ascension (of) Bahá’u’lláh (to the) Throne (of) His Sovereignty.

Current Bahá’í history must henceforth, as second decade (of) second Bahá’í century opens, move rapidly (and) majestically as (it has) never moved before since (the) inception (of the) Faith over (a) century ago. Earthly symbols (of) Bahá’u’lláh’s unearthly Sovereignty must needs, ere (the) decade separating (the) two memorable Jubilees draws (to a) close, be raised as far north as Franklin beyond (the) Arctic Circle (and) as far south as (the) Falkland Islands, marking (the) southern extremity (of the) western hemisphere, amidst (the) remote, lonely, inhospitable islands (of the) archipelagos (of the) South Pacific, (the) Indian (and) Atlantic oceans, (the) mountain fastnesses (of) Tibet, (the) jungles (of) Africa, (the) deserts (of) Arabia, (the) Steppes (of) Russia, (the) Indian Reservations (of) North America, (the) wastelands (of) Siberia (and) Mongolia, amongst (the) Eskimos (of) Greenland (and) Alaska, (the) Negroes (of) Africa, Buddhist strongholds (in the) heart (of) Asia, (amongst) Lapps (of) Finland, (the) Polynesians (of the) South Sea Islands, Negritos (of the) Archipelagos (of the) South Pacific Ocean.

(The) broad outlines (of the) world-encircling plan (were) divinely revealed. Its course (was) chartered (by) ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s infallible Pen. Its shining goals (have been) set. (The) requisite administrative machinery (has been) created. Signal (has been) given by (the) Author (of the) Plan, (its) Supreme Commander. (The) Lord (of) Hosts, (the) King of Kings, (has) pledged unfailing aid (to) every crusader battling (for) His Cause. Invisible battalions (are) mustered, rank upon rank, ready (to) pour forth reinforcements from on high. Bahá’u’lláh’s army (of) light (is) standing (on the) threshold (of the) Holy Year. Let them, as they enter it, vow (with) one voice, one heart, one soul, never (to) turn back (in the) entire course (of the) fateful decade ahead until each (and) every one will have contributed (his) share (in) laying on (a) world-wide scale an unassailable administrative foundation for Bahá’u’lláh’s Christ-promised Kingdom on earth, swelling thereby (the) chorus (of) universal jubilation wherein earth (and) heaven will join as prophesied (by) Daniel, echoed (by) ‘Abdu’l-Bahá; “on that day will (the) faithful rejoice with exceeding gladness.”

Call upon fifteen Hands (from) five continents, by virtue (of) their supreme function as chosen instruments (for the) propagation (of the) Faith, (to) inaugurate historic mission through (the) appointment, during Riḍván 1954, (of) five auxiliary boards (one) each continent, (of) nine members each, who will, as their adjuncts, or deputies, and working (in) conjunction (with the) various National Assemblies functioning (on) each continent, assist, through periodic systematic visits (to) Bahá’í centers, (in the) efficient, prompt execution (of the) twelve projected National Plans. Moreover request communities observing Bahá’í Holy Days, solar calendar, celebrate (with) befitting solemnity (the) approaching anniversary (of) Bahá’u’lláh’s Birthday, falling (in the) middle (of the) two month period during which, a hundred years ago, (the) Author (of the) Faith received (the) first intimation (of) His glorious Mission.

Advise American Bahá’í community commemorate occasion (by) special gathering (in the) Temple (in) Wilmette (and) urge attendance (of) as many believers (as) possible (and) invite Hands (of the) Cause (in) United States (and) Canada (to) participate as my representatives.

—SHOGHI

Haifa, Israel

October 8, 1952

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2. TEN-YEAR INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ’Í TEACHING AND CONSOLIDATION PLAN 1953-1963

OBJECTIVES OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN TO BE CONDUCTED BY TWELVE BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES, 1953-1963

1. Adoption of preliminary measures for the construction of Bahá’u’lláh’s Sepulcher in the Holy Land.

2. Doubling the number of countries within the pale of the Faith, involving the opening of:

41 countries in the Asiatic Continent
33 countries in the African Continent
30 countries in the European Continent
27 countries in the American Continent

3. Over twofold increase in the number of languages into which Bahá’í literature has been translated and printed, or is in process of translation:

40 in Asia
31 in Africa
10 in Europe
10 in America
allocated to American, British, Indian, and Australian Bahá’í Communities.

4. Doubling the number of Mashriqu’l-Adhkárs through the initiation of construction of:

1 in the Asiatic Continent
1 in the European Continent

5. Acquisition of a site for the future Mashriqu’l-Adhkár on Mt. Carmel.

6. Erection of the first dependency of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois, USA.

7. Purchase of land for eleven future Temples:

3 in the American Continent
3 in the African Continent
2 in the Asiatic Continent
2 in the European Continent
1 in the Australian Continent

8. Development of the functions of the institution of the Hands of the Cause.

9. Establishment of a Bahá’í Court in the Holy Land, as a preliminary to the emergence of the Universal House of Justice.

10. Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Mother Book of the Bahá’í Revelation.

11. Establishment of six National Bahá’í Courts in the chief cities of the Islamic East:

Ṭihrán
Cairo
Baghdád
New Delhi
Karáchí
Kábul

12. Extension of the International Bahá’í Endowments in the Holy Land, in the plain of ‘Akká and on the slopes of Mt. Carmel.

13. Construction of the International Bahá’í Archives in the neighborhood of the Báb’s Sepulcher.

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14. Construction of the tomb of the Wife of the Báb in Shíráz.

15. Identification of the resting-places of the Father of Bahá’u’lláh, and of the Mother and of the Cousin of the Báb, and their reburial in the Bahá’í cemetery in the vicinity of the Most Great House.

16. Acquisition of the Garden of Riḍván in Baghdád, and of the site of the Síyáh—Chál in Ṭihrán, of the Martyrdom of the Báb in Tabríz, and of His incarceration in Chihríq.

17. More than quadruple the number of the National Spiritual Assemblies:

21 in the American Continent
13 in the European Continent
10 in the Asiatic Continent
3 in the African Continent
1 in the Australian Continent

18. Multiply sevenfold the number of the National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds and their establishment in the capital cities of the chief Sovereign States and in the chief cities of the principal Dependencies of the planet:

21 in America
15 in Europe
9 in Asia
3 in Africa
1 in New Zealand

19. Framing of national Bahá’í constitutions and the establishment of national Bahá’í endowments in the capitals and cities of the same States and Dependencies.

20. More than quintuple the number of incorporated National Spiritual Assemblies:

21 in America
13 in Europe
12 in Asia
3 in Africa
1 in Australia

21. Establishment of six national Bahá’í Publishing Trusts:

2 in America
2 in Asia
1 in Africa
1 in Europe

22. Participation by the women of Persia in the membership of National and Local Assemblies.

23. Establishment of seven Israel branches of National Spiritual Assemblies:

2 Europe
2 Asia
1 America
1 Africa
1 Australia

24. Establishment of a National Bahá’í printing press in Ṭihrán.

25. Reinforcement of the ties binding the Bahá’í World Community to the United Nations.

26. Inclusion, circumstances permitting, of eleven republics comprised within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and of two European Soviet-controlled States within the orbit of the Administrative Order of the Faith.

27. Convocation of a World Bahá’í Congress in the vicinity of the Garden of Riḍván, Baghdád, the third holiest city in the Bahá’í world, on the occasion of the worldwide celebrations of the Most Great Jubilee, commemorating the Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh to the throne of His sovereignty.

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TERRITORIES MENTIONED BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ IN THE TABLETS OF THE DIVINE PLAN

1. Afghánistán

2. Alaska

3. Andorra

4. Argentina

5. Austria-Hungary

6. Bahama Islands

7. Balearic Islands

8. Belgium

9. Belize (or British Honduras)

10. Bermuda

11. Bismarck Archipelago

12. Bolivia

13. Borneo

14. Brazil

15. British Guiana

16. British Isles

17. Bulgaria

18. Canary Islands

19. Cape Verde Islands

20. Caroline Islands

21. Celebes

22. Ceram

23. Ceylon

24. Chile

25. China

26. Colombia

27. Corsica

28. Costa Rica

29. Crete

30. Cuba

31. Denmark

32. Dutch Guiana

33. Ecuador

34. Falkland Islands

35. Faroe Islands

36. Fiji Islands

37. France

38. French Guiana

39. French Indo-China

40. Friendly Islands

41. Galapagos Islands

42. Germany

43. Gilbert Islands

44. Greater Antilles

45. Greece

46. Guatemala

47. Haiti

48. Hawaiian Islands

49. Hebrides

50. Holland

51. Honduras

52. Iceland

53. India

54. Italy

55. Jamaica

56. Japan

57. Java

58. Juan Fernandez

59. Korea

60. Lesser Antilles

61. Liechtenstein

62. Low Archipelago

63. Loyalty Islands

64. Luxembourg

65. Madagascar

66. Madeira Islands

67. Malta

68. Marquesas

69. Marshall Islands

70. Mauritius

71. Melanesia

72. Mexico

73. Micronesia

74. Moluccas

75. Monaco

76. Montenegro

77. New Caledonia

78. New Guinea

79. New Hebrides

80. New Zealand

81. Nicaragua

82. Norway

83. Orkney Islands

84. Panama

85. Paraguay

86. Peru

87. Philippine Islands

88. Polynesia

89. Portugal

90. Puerto Rico

91. Réunion Island

92. Rumania

93. Russia (Asia)

94. Russia (Europe)

95. Saint Helena

96. Salvador

97. Samoa Islands

98. San Marino

99. Santo Domingo

100. Sardinia

101. Serbia

102. Shetland Islands

103. Siam

104. Sicily

105. Society Islands

106. Solomon Islands

107. South Africa

108. Spain

109. Straits Settlements

110. Sumatra

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111. Sweden

112. Switzerland

113. Tasmania

114. Timor

115. Tobago

116. Trinidad

117. Uruguay

118. Venezuela

119. Watling Island

120. Zanzibar

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF TERRITORIES TO BE OPENED TO THE FAITH, 1953-1963

Showing Allocation to National Spiritual Assemblies

Admiralty Is. (As.) (Aus.)

Albania (E) (Ger.)

Aleutian Is. (Am.) (U.S.A.)

Andaman Is. (As.) (In.)

Andorra (E) (U.S.A.)

Anticosti I. (Am.) (Can.)

Ashanti Protectorate (Af.) (Per)

Azores (E) (U.S.A.)

Bahama Is. (Am.) (C.Am.)

Balearic Is. (E) (U.S.A.)

Baranof I. (Am.) (Can.)

Basutoland (Af.) (Per)

Bechuanaland (Af.) (Per)

Bhutan (As.) (In.)

British Cameroons (Af.) (Br.)

British Guiana (Am.) (S.Am.)

British Honduras (Am.) (C.Am.)

British Togoland (Af.) (Br.)

Brunei (As.) (Per)

Canary Is. (Af.) (U.S.A.)

Cape Breton I. (Am.) (Can.)

Cape Verde Is. (Af.) (U.S.A.)

Caroline Is. (As.) (U.S.A.)

Chagos Archipelago (As.) (Per.)

Channel Is. (E) (Br.)

Chiloé I. (Am.) (U.S.A.)

Cocos Is. (As.) (Aus.)

Comoro Is. (Af.) (In.)

Cook Is. (As.) (S.Am.)

Crete (E) (Ger.)

Cyprus (E) (Br.)

Daman (As.) (In.)

Diu I. (As.) (In.)

Dutch Guiana (Am.) (S.Am.)

Dutch New Guinea (As.) (U.S.A.)

Dutch West Indies (Am.) (C.Am.)

Estonia (E) (Ger.)

Falkland Is. (Am.) (U.S.A.)

Faroe Is. (E) (Br.)

Finno-Karelia (E) (Ger.)

Franklin (Am.) (Can.)

French Cameroons (Af.) (In.)

French Equatorial Africa (Af.) (Eg.)

French Guiana (Am.) (S.Am.)

French Somaliland (Af.) (U.S.A.)

French Togoland (Af.) (U.S.A.)

French West Africa (Af.) (Eg.)

Frisian Is. (E) (Ger.)

Galapagos Is. (Am.) (S.Am.)

Gambia (Af.) (In.)

Gilbert and Ellice Is. (As.) (C.Am.)

Goa (As.) (In.)

Grand Manan I. (Am.) (Can.)

Greece (E) (Ger.)

Hadhramaut (As.) (Ir.)

Hainan I. (As.) (U.S.A.)

Hebrides Is. (E) (Br.)

Italian Somaliland (Af.) (Per)

Juan Fernandez Is. (Am.) (S.Am.)

Karikal (As.) (In.)

Kazakhstan (As.) (U.S.A.)

Keewatin (Am.) (Can.)

Key West (Am.) (U.S.A.)

Kirgizia (As.) (Per)

Kodiak I. (Am.) (U.S.A.)

Kuria-Muria Is. (As.) (Ir.)

Labrador (Am.) (Can.)

Latvia (E) (Ger.)

Leeward Is. (Am.) (S.Am.)

Liechtenstein (E) (It.Sw.)

Lithuania (E) (Ger.)

Lofoten Is. (E) (U.S.A.)

Loyalty Is. (As.) (Aus.)

Macao I. (As.) (U.S.A.)

Madeira (Af.) (Br.)

Magdalen Is. (Am.) (Can.)

Mahé (As.) (In.)

Malta (E) (Br.)

Margarita I. (Am.) (C.Am.)

Mariana Is. (As.) (In.)

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Marquesas Is. (As.) (Can.)

Marshall Is. (As.) (C.Am.)

Mauritius (Af.) (U.S.A.)

Mentawai Is. (As.) (Aus.)

Miquelon I. and St Pierre I. (Am.) (Can.)

Moldavia (E) (Ger.)

Monaco (E) (It.Sw.)

Mongolia (As.) (Per.)

Morocco (Int.Zone) (Af.) (Eg.)

New Hebrides Is. (As.) (Aus.)

Nicobar Is. (As.) (In.)

Northern Territories Protectorate (Gold Coast) (Af.) (U.S.A.)

Orkney Is. (E) (Br.)

Pondicherry (As.) (In.)

Portuguese Guinea (Af.) (U.S.A.)

Portuguese Timor (As.) (Aus.)

Queen Charlotte Is. (Am.) (Can.)

Réunion I. (Af.) (U.S.A.)

Rhodes (E) (It.Sw.)

Rio de Oro (Af.) (Eg.)

Ruanda-Urundi (Af.) (In.)

Rumania (E) (Ger.)

Sakhalin I. (As.) (U.S.A.)

Samoa Is. (As.) (Can.)

San Marino (E) (It.Sw.)

Sardinia (E) (It.Sw.)

Seychelles (Af.) (Ir.)

Shetland Is. (E) (Br.)

Sicily (E) (It.Sw.)

Sikkim (As.) (In.)

Society Is. (As.) (Aus.)

Socotra I. (Af.) (In.)

Solomon Is. (As.) (Per.)

South Rhodesia (Af.) (Per.)

South West Africa (Af.) (Br.)

Spanish Guinea (Af.) (U.S.A.)

Spanish Morocco (Af.) (Eg.)

Spanish Sahara (Af.) (Eg.)

Spitzbergen (E) (U.S.A.)

St. Helena (Af.) (U.S.A.)

St. Thomas I. (Af.) (U.S.A.)

Swaziland (Af.) (Per.)

Tadzhikistan (As.) (Per.)

Tibet (As.) (U.S.A.)

Tonga Is. (As.) (U.S.A.)

Tuamotu Archipelago (As.) (C.Am.)

Ukraine (E) (U.S.A.)

Uzbekistan (As.) (Per.)

White Russia (E) (Ger.)

Windward Is. (Am.) (S.Am.)

Yukon (Am.) (Can.)

TERRITORIES TO BE OPENED TO THE FAITH, 1953-1963

Division of Activities According to Continents

ASIA: 41 Territories

I. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF INDIA, PÁKISTÁN, AND BURMA
1. Andaman Is.
2. Bhutan
3. Daman
4. Diu
5. Goa
6. Karikal
7. Mahé
8. Mariana Is.
9. Nicobar Is.
10. Pondicherry
11. Sikkim
II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. Caroline Is.
2. Dutch New Guinea
3. Hainan I.
4. Kazakhstan
5. Macao I.
6. Sakhalin I.
7. Tibet
8. Tonga Is.


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III. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF PERSIA
1. Brunei
2. Chagos Archipelago
3. Kirgizia
4. Mongolia
5. Solomon Is.
6. Tadzhikistan
7. Uzbekistan
IV. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
1. Admiralty Is.
2. Cocos Is.
3. Loyalty Is.
4. Mentawai Is.
5. New Hebrides Is.
6. Portuguese Timor
7. Society Is.
V. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CENTRAL AMERICA
1. Gilbert and Ellice Is.
2. Marshall Is.
3. Tuamotu Archipelago
VI. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF ‘IRÁQ
1. Hadhramaut
2. Kuria-Muria Is.
VII.NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CANADA
1. Marquesas Is.
2. Samoa Is.
VIII. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF SOUTH AMERICA
1. Cook Is.


AFRICA: 33 Territories

I. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. Canary Is.
2. Cape Verde Is.
3. French Somaliland
4. French Togoland
5. Mauritius
6. Northern Territories Protectorate
7. Portuguese Guinea
8. Réunion I.
9. Spanish Guinea
10. St. Helena
11. St. Thomas I.
II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF PERSIA
1. Ashanti Protectorate
2. Basutoland
3. Bechuanaland
4. Italian Somaliland
5. South Rhodesia
6. Swaziland
III. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF EGYPT AND SÚDÁN
1. French Equatorial Africa
2. French West Africa
3. Morocco (Int. Zone)
4. Rio de Oro
5. Spanish Morocco
6. Spanish Sahara
IV. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF INDIA, PÁKISTÁN, AND BURMA
1. Comoro Is.
2. French Cameroons
3. Gambia
4. Ruanda—Urundi
5. Socotra I.

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V. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF BRITISH ISLES
1. British Cameroons
2. British Togoland
3. Madeira
4. South West Africa
VI. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF ‘IRÁQ
1. Seychelles

EUROPE: 3O Territories

I. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA
1. Albania
2. Crete
3. Estonia
4. Finno-Karelia
5. Frisian Is.
6. Greece
7. Latvia
8. Lithuania
9. Moldavia
10. Rumania
11. White Russia
II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE BRITISH ISLEs
1. Channel Is.
2. Cyprus
3. Faroe Is.
4. Hebrides Is.
5. Malta
6. Orkney Is.
7. Shetland Is.
III. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. Andorra
2. Azores
3. Balearic Is.
4. Lofoten Is.
5. Spitzbergen
6. Ukraine
IV. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF ITALY AND SWITZERLAND
1. Liechtenstein
2. Monaco
3. Rhodes
4. San Marino
5. Sardinia
6. Sicily

AMERICA: 27 Territories

I. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CANADA
1. Anticosti I.
2. Baranof I.
3. Cape Breton I.
4. Franklin
5. Grand Manan I.
6. Keewatin
7. Labrador
8. Magdalen Is.
9. Miquelon I. and St. Pierre I.
10. Queen Charlotte Is.
11. Yukon
II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF SOUTH AMERICA
1. British Guiana
2. Chiloé I.
3. Dutch Guiana
4. French Guiana
5. Galapagos Is.
6. Juan Fernandez Is.
7. Leeward Is.
8. Windward Is.
III. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. Aleutian Is.
2. Falkland Is.
3. Key West
4. Kodiak I.
IV. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CENTRAL AMERICA
1. Bahama Is.
2. British Honduras
3. Dutch West Indies
4. Margarita I.

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TERRITORIES TO BE OPENED TO THE FAITH, 1953-1963

Division of Activities According to National Spiritual Assemblies

I. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 29 Territories in 4 Continents

1. AFRICA
(1) Canary Is.
(2) Cape Verde Is.
(3) French Somaliland
(4) French Togoland
(5) Mauritius
(6) Northern Territories Protectorate
(7) Portuguese Guinea
(8) Réunion I.
(9) Spanish Guinea
(10) St. Helena
(11) St. Thomas I.
2. ASIA
(1) Caroline Is.
(2) Dutch New Guinea
(3) Hainan I.
(4) Kazakhstan
(5) Macao I.
(6) Sakhalin I.
(7) Tibet
(8) Tonga Is.
3. EUROPE
(1) Andorra
(2) Azores
(3) Balearic Is.
(4) Lofoten Is.
(5) Spitzbergen
(6) Ukraine
4. AMERICA
(1) Aleutian Is.
(2) Falkland Is.
(3) Key West
(4) Kodiak I.

II. INDIA, PÁKISTÁN, AND BURMA: 16 Territories in 2 Continents

1. ASIA
(1) Andaman Is.
(2) Bhutan
(3) Daman
(4) Diu I.
(5) Goa
(6) Karikal
(7) Mahé
(8) Mariana Is.
(9) Nicobar Is.
(10) Pondicherry
(11) Sikkim
2. AFRICA
(1) Comoro Is.
(2) French Cameroons
(3) Gambia
(4) Ruanda—Urundi
(5) Socotra I.

III. PERSIA: 13 Territories in 2 Continents

1. ASIA
(1) Brunei
(2) Chagos Archipelago
(3) Kirgizia
(4) Mongolia
(5) Solomon Is.
(6) Tadzhikistan
(7) Uzbekistan
2. AFRICA
(1) Ashanti Protectorate
(2) Basutoland
(3) Bechuanaland
(4) Italian Somaliland
(5) South Rhodesia
(6) Swaziland

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IV. CANADA: 13 Territories in 2 Continents

1. AMERICA
(1) Anticosti I.
(2) Baranof I.
(3) Cape Breton I.
(4) Franklin
(5) Grand Manan I.
(6) Keewatin
(7) Labrador
(8) Magdalen Is.
(9) Miquelon I. and St. Pierre I.
(10) Queen Charlotte Is.
(11) Yukon
2. ASIA
(1) Marquesas Is.
(2) Samoa Is.

V. BRITISH ISLES: 11 Territories in 2 Continents

1. EUROPE
(1) Channel Is.
(2) Cyprus
(3) Faroe Is.
(4) Hebrides Is.
(5) Malta
(6) Orkney Is.
(7) Shetland Is.
2. AFRICA
(1) British Cameroons
(2) British Togoland
(3) Madeira
(4) South West Africa

VI. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: 11 Territories in 1 Continent

1. EUROPE
(1) Albania
(2) Crete
(3) Estonia
(4) Finno-Karelia
(5) Frisian Is.
(6) Greece
(7) Latvia
(8) Lithuania
(9) Moldavia
(10) Rumania
(11) White Russia

VII. SOUTH AMERICA: 9 Territories in 2 Continents

1. AMERICA
(1) British Guiana
(2) Chiloé I.
(3) Dutch Guiana
(4) French Guiana
(5) Galapagos Is.
(6) Juan Fernandez Is.
(7) Leeward Is.
(8) Windward Is.
2. ASIA
(1) Cook Is.

VIII. CENTRAL AMERICA: 7 Territories in 2 Continents

1. AMERICA
(1) Bahama Is.
(2) British Honduras
(3) Dutch West Indies
(4) Margarita I.
2. ASIA
(1) Gilbert and Ellice Is.
(2) Marshall Is.
(3) Tuamotu Archipelago

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IX. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 7 Territories in 1 Continent

1. ASIA
(1) Admiralty Is.
(2) Cocos Is.
(3) Loyalty Is.
(4) Mentawai Is.
(5) New Hebrides Is.
(6) Portuguese Timer
(7) Society Is.

X. EGYPT AND SÚDÁN: 6 Territories in 1 Continent

1. AFRICA
(1) French Equatorial Africa
(2) French West Africa
(3) Morocco (International Zone)
(4) Rio de Oro
(5) Spanish Morocco
(6) Spanish Sahara

XI. ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: 6 Territories in 1 Continent

1. EUROPE
(1) Liechtenstein
(2) Monaco
(3) Rhodes
(4) San Marino
(5) Sardinia
(6) Sicily

XII. ‘IRÁQ: 3 Territories in 2 Continents

1. ASIA
(1) Hadhramaut
(2) Kuria-Muria Is.
2. AFRICA
(1) Seychelles Is.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LANGUAGES INTO WHICH BAHÁ’Í LITERATURE IS TO BE TRANSLATED, 1953-1963

Abor Miri (borders of Tibet and N.E. Assam)

Accra or Ga (Gold Coast)

Afrikaans (S. Africa)

Aguaruna (Peru)

Aladian (Ivory Coast)

Aneityum (New Hebrides)

Annamese (Indo—China)

Arawak (Guiana)

Ashanti (W. Africa)

Balochi (Baluchistan)

Banu (French Equat. Africa)

Basque (Pyrenees)

Bemba or Wendea (N. Rhodesia)

Bentuni (New Guinea)

Binandere (Papua)

Blackfoot (Canada)

Bua (Belgian Congo)

Cheremiss (Kazan, Russia)

Cherokee (Carolina, USA.)

Chuana (Bechuanaland)

Chungchia (S.W. China)

Estonian (Estonia)

Flemish (Belgium)

Georgian (Caucasus)

Gio (Liberia)

Gu (French W. Africa)

Houailou (Wailu) (New Caledonia)

Iroquois (Ontario)

Javanese (Java)

Jieng or Dinka (Súdán)

Jolof or Wolof (Gambia)

Kado (China)

Kaili (Celebes)

Kopu (S.W. China)

Krongo (Súdán)

Kroo (Liberia)

Kuanyama (S.W. Africa)

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Kusaie (Caroline Is.)

Lapp (Norway)

Lengua (Paraguay)

Lepcha or Rong (Sikkim)

Lifu (Loyalty Is.)

Luimbi (Angola)

Malagasy (Madagascar)

Maltese (Malta)

Manchu (Manchuria)

Manipuri (Manipur)

Manus Island (Admiralty Is.)

Marquesas (Marquesas Is.)

Mataco (Argentina)

Maya (Yucatan)

Mentawai (Mentawai Is.)

Mexican (Mexico)

Mongolian (Mongolia)

Mordoff (Central Russia)

Mwala (Solomon Is.)

Na-Hsi (Yunnan, S. China)

Nicobarese (Nicobar Is.)

Niue (Cook Is.)

Perm (Perm, Russia)

Petats (Solomon Is.)

Piedmontese (Piedmont, Italy)

Popo (Togoland)

Romani, German (Gipsies S. Germany)

Romansch (Grisons, Switzerland)

Ronga (Mozambique)

Samoan (Samoan Is.)

Sena (Lower Zambezi)

Shilha (Morocco)

Shona (S. Rhodesia)

Sobo (Nigeria)

Suto (Basutoland)

Thô (Indo-China)

Tibetan (Tibet)

Tongan (Tonga Is.)

Vogul (W. Siberia)

Wongo (Belgian Congo)

Xosa or Kafir (S. Africa)

Yahgan (S. Chile)

Yalunka (Sierra Leone)

Yao (Nyasaland)

Yiddish (Israel)

Ziryen (Russian S.F.S.R.)

Zulu (Zululand)

LANGUAGES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í LITERATURE IS TO BE TRANSLATED, 1953-1963 LISTED ACCORDING TO CONTINENTS

ASIA: 40

1. Abor Miri

2. Aneityum

3. Annamese

4. Balochi

5. Bentuni

6. Binandere

7. Cheremiss

8. Chungchia

9. Georgian

10. Houailou

11. Javanese

12. Kado

13. Kaili

14. Kopu

15. Kusaie

16. Lepcha

17. Lifu

18. Manchu

19. Manipuri

20. Manus Island

21. Marquesas

22. Mentawai

23. Mongolian

24. Mordoff

25. Mwala

26. Na-Hsi

27. Nicobarese

28. Niue

29. Ossete

30. Ostiak

31. Pali

32. Panjabi

33. Pashto

34. Perm

35. Petats

36. Samoan

37. Thô

38. Tibetan

39. Tonga

40. Vogul

EUROPE: 10

1. Basque

2. Estonian

3. Flemish

4. Lapp

5. Maltese

6. Piedmontese

7. Romani

8. Romansch

9. Yiddish

10. Ziryen

AFRICA: 31

1. Accra

2. Afrikaans

3. Aladian

4. Ashanti

5. Banu

6. Bemba

7. Bua

8. Chuana

9. Gio

10. Gu

11. Jieng

12. Jolof

13. Kuanyama

14. Krongo

15. Kroo

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16. Liumbi

17. Malagasy

18. Nubian

19. Pedi

20. Popo

21. Ronga

22. Sena

23. Shilha

24. Shona

25. Sobo

26. Suto

27. Wongo

28. Xosa

29. Yalunka

30. Yao

31. Zulu

AMERICA: 10

1. Aguaruna

2. Arawak

3. Blackfoot

4. Cherokee

5. Iroquois

6. Lengua

7. Mataco

8. Maya

9. Mexican

10. Yahgan

OBJECTIVES OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AT THE WORLD CENTER OF THE FAITH IN ISRAEL

1. Preliminary steps for the construction of the Sepulcher of Bahá’u’lláh.

2. Purchase of Land for the Temple on Mt. Carmel.

3. Establishment of an International Bahá’í Court.

4. Construction of the International Bahá’í Archives.

5. Extension of international Bahá’í endowments.

6. Development of the functions of the Institution of the Hands of the Cause.

7. Codification of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.

8. Reinforcement of ties binding the World Bahá’í Community to the United Nations.

9. Convocation of a World Bahá’í Congress in the vicinity of the Garden of Riḍván, City of Baghád, on the occasion of the world-wide celebration of the Most Great Jubilee commemorating the centenary of the formal assumption by Bahá’u’lláh of His Prophetic Office.

10. Establishment of Israel Branches of seven National Spiritual Assemblies.

TERRITORIES ALREADY OPENED TO THE FAITH, ALLOCATED TO BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES FOR CONSOLIDATION 1953-1963

I. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 23 Territories

1. EUROPE
1. Belgium
2. Denmark
3. Finland
4. France
5. Holland
6. Italy
7. Luxembourg
8. Norway
9. Portugal
10. Spain
11. Sweden
12. Switzerland
2. ASIA
1. China
2. Formosa
3. Japan
4. Korea
5. Manchuria
6. Philippine Is.
3. AMERICA
1. Alaska
2. Hawaiian Is.
3. Puerto Rico
4. AFRICA
1. Liberia
2. South Africa

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II. PERSIA: 14 Territories

1. ASIA
1. Aden Protectorate
2. Adhirbáyján
3. Afghánistán
4. Armenia
5. Baḥrayn Is.
6. Georgia
7. Ḥasá (Aḥsa)
8. Ḥijáz
9. Saudi-Arabia
10. Turkey
11. Turkmenistan
12. Yemen
2. AFRICA
1. North Rhodesia
2. Nyasaland

III. INDIA, PÁKISTÁN, AND BURMA: 14 Territories

1. ASIA
1. Balúchistán
2. Borneo
3. Burma
4. Ceylon
5. Indo-China
6. Indonesia
7. Malaya
8. Nepal
9. Pákistán
10. Sarawak
11. Siam
2. AFRICA
1. Madagascar
2. Mozambique
3. Zanzibar

IV. CENTRAL AMERICA: 13 Territories

AMERICA
1. Bermuda
2. Costa Rica
3. Cuba
4. Dominican Republic
5. El Salvador
6. Guatemala
7. Haiti
8. Honduras
9. Jamaica
10. Martinique I.
11. Mexico
12. Nicaragua
13. Panama

V. BRITISH ISLES: 11 Territories

1. AFRICA
1. Angola
2. Belgian Congo
3. Gold Coast
4. Kenya
5. Nigeria
6. Sierra Leone
7. Tanganyika
8. Uganda
9. Zululand
2. EUROPE
1. Eire
3. ASIA
1. Hong Kong

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VI. SOUTH AMERICA: 10 Territories

AMERICA
1. Argentina
2. Bolivia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
5. Colombia
6. Ecuador
7. Paraguay
8. Peru
9. Uruguay
10. Venezuela

VII. EGYPT AND SUDAN: 8 Territories

AFRICA
1. Abyssinia
2. Algeria
3. Eritrea
4. Libya
5. Morocco (French)
6. Somaliland
7. Súdán
8. Tunisia

VIII. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: 7 Territories

1. EUROPE
1. Austria
2. Bulgaria
3. Czechoslovakia
4. Hungary
5. Poland
6. Russian S.F.S.R.
7. Yugoslavia

IX. ‘IRÁQ: 7 Territories

1. ASIA
1. Jordan
2. Koweit
3. Lebanon
4. Qatar
5. Syria
6. Trucial Sheiks
7. ‘Ummán

X. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 6 Territories

1. ASIA
1. Bismarck Archipelago
2. Fiji
3. New Caledonia
4. New Guinea (Australia)
2. AUSTRALASIA
1. New Zealand
2. Tasmania

XI. CANADA: 4 Territories

1. AMERICA
1. Greenland
2. Mackenzie
3. Newfoundland
2. EUROPE
1. Iceland

XII. ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: 1 Territory

1. EUROPE
1. Corsica

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CONSOLIDATION OF THE FAITH IN TERRITORIES INCLUDED WITHIN ITS PALE AS OF 1953

Allocation According to National Spiritual Assemblies

1. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 23

12 in Europe, 6 in Asia, 3 in the Americas, 2 in Africa

2. PERSIA: 14

12 in Asia, 2 in Africa

3. INDIA, PÁKISTÁN, AND BURMA: 14

11 in Asia, 3 in Africa

4. CENTRAL AMERICA: 13

13 in the Americas

5. BRITISH ISLES: 11

9 in Africa, 1 in Europe, 1 in Asia

6. SOUTH AMERICA: 10

10 in the Americas

7. EGYPT AND SÚDÁN: 8

8 in Africa

8. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: 7

7 in Europe

9. ‘IRÁQ: 7

7 in Asia

10. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 6

4 in Asia, 2 in Australasia

11. CANADA: 4

3 in the Americas, 1 in Europe

12. ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: 1

1 in Europe

LOCATION OF SITES FOR FUTURE BAHÁ’Í TEMPLES TO BE ACQUIRED 1953-1963

1. Sydney, Australia

2. Toronto, Canada

3. Panama City, Central America

4. Cairo, Egypt

5. New Delhi, India

6. Baghdád, ‘Iráq

7. Rome, Italy

8. Johannesburg, South Africa

9. Santiago, South America

10. Stockholm, Sweden

11. Kampala, Uganda

CITIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í TEMPLES ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED 1953-1963

1. Ṭihrán, Persia

2. Frankfurt, Germany

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COUNTRIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963

1. Afghánistán

2. Alaska

3. Argentina

4. Austria

5. Belgium

6. Bolivia

7. Brazil

8. Burma

9. Ceylon

10. Chile

11. Colombia

12. Costa Rica

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13. Cuba

14. Denmark

15. Dominican Republic

16. Ecuador

17. El Salvador

18. Finland

19. France

20. Guatemala

21. Haiti

22. Holland

23. Honduras

24. Italy

25. Japan

26. Luxembourg

27. Mexico

28. New Zealand

29. Nicaragua

30. Norway

31. Pákistán

32. Panama

33. Paraguay

34. Peru

35. Portugal

36. Spain

37. Sweden

38. Switzerland

39. Turkey

40. Uruguay

41. Venezuela

COUNTRIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í REGIONAL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963

1. Arabia (Barayn)
2. Central and East Africa (Kampala)
3. Near East (Beirut)
4. North West Africa (Tunis)
5. South East Asia (Jakarta)
6. South Pacific Islands (Suva)
7. South and West Africa (Johannesburg)

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963

Division According to Continents

AFRICAN CONTINENT: 3 Assemblies

1. Central and East Africa (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of the British Isles

2. North West Africa (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of Egypt and Súdán

3. South and West Africa (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States

AMERICAS: 21 Assemblies

National Assemblies to be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States:

1. Alaska

2. Argentina

3. Bolivia

4. Brazil

5. Chile

6. Colombia

7. Costa Rica

8. Cuba

9. Dominican Republic

10. Ecuador

11. El Salvador

12. Guatemala

13. Haiti

14. Honduras

15. Mexico

16. Nicaragua

17. Panama

18. Paraguay

19. Peru

20. Uruguay

21. Venezuela

ASIATIC CONTINENT: 10 Assemblies

1. Afghánistán To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia

2. Burma To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pákistán, and Burma

3. Ceylon To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pákistán, and Burma

4. Japan To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States

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5. Pákistán To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pákistán, and Burma

6. Turkey To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia

7. Arabia (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia

8. Near East (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of ‘Iráq

9. South East Asia (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pákistán, and Burma

10. South Pacific Is. (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States

AUSTRALASIA: 1 Assembly

1. New Zealand .....................To be formed by the N.S.A. of Australia and New Zealand

EUROPEAN CONTINENT: 13 Assemblies

1. Austria To be formed by the N.S.A. of Germany and Austria

To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States:

2. Belgium
3. Denmark
4. Finland
5. France
6. Holland
7. Italy
8. Luxembourg
9. Norway
10. Portugal
11. Spain
12. Sweden
13. Switzerland

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES TO BE INCORPORATED 1953-1963

I. REGIONAL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES
1. N.S.A. of Arabia
2. N.S.A. of Central and East Africa
3. N.S.A. of the Near East
4. N.S.A. of North West Africa
5. N.S.A. of South East Asia
6. N.S.A. of the South Pacific Islands
7. N.S.A. of South and West Africa
II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES
8. N.S.A. of Afghánistán
9. N.S.A. of Alaska
10. N.S.A. of Argentina
11. N.S.A. of Austria
12. N.S.A. of Belgium
13. N.S.A. of Bolivia
14. N.S.A. of Brazil
15. N.S.A. of Burma
16. N.S.A. of Ceylon
17. N.S.A. of Chile
18. N.S.A. of Colombia
19. N.S.A. of Costa Rica
20. N.S.A. of Cuba
21. N.S.A. of Denmark
22. N.S.A. of Dominican Republic
23. N.S.A. of Ecuador
24. N.S.A. of El Salvador
25. N.S.A. of Finland
26. N.S.A. of France
27. N.S.A. of Guatemala
28. N.S.A. of Haiti
29. N.S.A. of Holland
30. N.S.A. of Honduras
31. N.S.A. of ‘Iráq
32. N.S.A. of Italy
33. N.S.A. of Japan
34. N.S.A. of Luxembourg
35. N.S.A. of Mexico
36. N.S.A. of New Zealand
37. N.S.A. of Nicaragua
38. N.S.A. of Norway
39. N.S.A. of Pákistán
40. N.S.A. of Panama
41. N.S.A. of Paraguay
42. N.S.A. of Persia
43. N.S.A. of Peru
44. N.S.A. of Portugal
45. N.S.A. of Spain
46. N.S.A. of Sweden
47. N.S.A. of Switzerland
48. N.S.A. of Turkey
49. N.S.A. of Uruguay
50. N.S.A. of Venezuela

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES WHICH ARE TO ESTABLISH BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS 1953-1963

I. REGIONAL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES

1. N.S.A. of Arabia
2. N.S.A. of Central and East Africa
3. N.S.A. of the Near East
4. N.S.A. of North West Africa
5. N.S.A. of South East Asia
6. N.S.A. of the South Pacific Islands
7. N.S.A. of South and West Africa

II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES.

8. N.S.A. of Afghánistán
9. N.S.A. of Alaska
10. N.S.A. of Argentina
11. N.S.A. of Austria
12. N.S.A. of Belgium
13. N.S.A. of Bolivia
14. N.S.A. of Brazil
15. N.S.A. of the British Isles
16. N.S.A. of Burma
17. N.S.A. of Canada
18. N.S.A. of Ceylon
19. N.S.A. of Chile
20. N.S.A. of Colombia
21. N.S.A. of Costa Rica
22. N.S.A. of Cuba
23. N.S.A. of Denmark
24. N.S.A. of Dominican Republic
25. N.S.A. of Ecuador
26. N.S.A. of El Salvador
27. N.S.A. of Finland
28. N.S.A. of France
29. N.S.A. of Germany
30. N.S.A. of Guatemala
31. N.S.A. of Haiti
32. N.S.A. of Holland
33. N.S.A. of Honduras
34. N.S.A. of Italy
35. N.S.A. of Japan
36. N.S.A. of Luxembourg
37. N.S.A. of Mexico
38. N.S.A. of New Zealand
39. N.S.A. of Nicaragua
40. N.S.A. of Norway
41. N.S.A. of Pákistán
42. N.S.A. of Panama
43. N.S.A. of Paraguay
44. N.S.A. of Peru
45. N.S.A. of Portugal
46. N.S.A. of Spain
47. N.S.A. of Sweden
48. N.S.A. of Switzerland
49. N.S.A. of Turkey
50. N.S.A. of Uruguay
51. N.S.A. of Venezuela

LOCALITIES IN WHICH A NATIONAL ḤAẒÍRATU’L-QUDS IS TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953—1963

1. Anchorage

2. Asunción

3. Auckland

*4. Baḥrayn

*5. Beirut

6. Bern

7. Bogotá.

8. Brussels

9. Buenos Aires

10. Caracas

11. Ciudad Trujillo

12. Colombo

13. Copenhagen

14. Guatemala

15. Havana

16. Helsingfors

17. Istanbul

*18. Jakarta

*19. Johannesburg

20. Kábul

*21. Kampala

22. Karáchí

23. La Paz

24. Lima

25. Lisbon

26. London

27. Luxembourg

28. Madrid

29. Managua

30. Mexico City

31. Montevideo

32. Oslo

33. Panama City

34. Paris

35. Port-au-Prince

36. Quito

37. Rangoon

38. Rio de Janeiro

39. Rome

40. San José

41. San Salvador

42. Santiago

43. Stockholm

*44. Suva

45. Tegucigalpa

46. The Hague

47. Tokyo

*48. Tunis

49. Vienna

*Belong to Regional National Assemblies

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NATIONAL BAHÁ’Í COURTS TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963

1. Baghdád (‘Iráq)

2. Cairo (Egypt)

3. Kábul (Afghánistán)

4. Karáchí (Pákistán)

5. New Delhi (India)

6. Ṭihrán (Persia)

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES WHICH ARE TO ESTABLISH BRANCHES IN ISRAEL 1953-1963

1. National Spiritual Assembly of Australia
2. National Spiritual Assembly of British Isles
3. National Spiritual Assembly of Canada
4. National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and Súdán
5. National Spiritual Assembly of Germany and Austria
6. National Spiritual Assembly of ‘Iráq
7. National Spiritual Assembly of Persia

LOCALITIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í PUBLISHING TRUSTS ARE TO BE FOUNDED 1953-1963

1. Cairo, Egypt

2. Frankfurt, Germany

3. New Delhi, India

4. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

5. Ṭihrán, Persia

6. Wilmette, Illinois

LIST OF REPUBLICS CONSTITUTING THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

*1. Armenia

*2. Adhirbáyján

3. Estonia

4. Finno-Karelia

*5. Georgia

6. Kazakhstan

7. Kirgizia

8. Latvia

9. Lithuania

10. Moldavia

*11. Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republics

(1) Bashkiria
(2) Buryat Mongolia
(3) Chuvashi
(4) Daghestan
(5) Karbardinia
(6) Komi
(7) Marii
(8) Mordovia
(9) N. Ossetia
(10) Tatarstan
(11) Udmurt
(12) Yakutia

12. Tadzhikistan

*13. Turkmenistan

14. Ukraine

15. Uzbekistan

16. White Russia (Byelorussia)

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*Already opened to the Faith.

COUNTRIES WITHIN ORBIT OF THE SOVIET UNION

1. Albania

2. Mongolia

3. Rumania

4. Sakhalin I.

COUNTRIES WHOSE NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES ARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FAITH IN THE SOVIET UNION

1. Germany

2. Persia

3. United States of America

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Chart showing the expansion of the Bahá’í Faith.

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