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VII
THE INAUGURATION OF THE WORLD BAHÁ’Í CRUSADE
1953
1. ANNOUNCEMENT
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) Bábi 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
1963
BY THE GUARDIAN
Bahá’í Community (in the) five continents, may each (and) all, through their victorious consummation, add distinct fresh luster (t0 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 ghe) 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, decadelong, 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) forth
coming 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) Chiríq.
More than quadruple (the) number (of) National Spiritual Assemblies, twenty-one (0n 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
(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) worldencircling 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. Baha’u’llah’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 Christpromised 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.
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.
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 Siyáh—Chál in Ṭihrán, of the Martyrdom of the Báb in Tabríz, and of His incarceration in Chiríq.
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.
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. German
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
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.) (Pen)
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.) (Pen)
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.) (Pen)
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.
- 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. 5. New Hebrides Is. 2. Cocos Is. 6. Portuguese Timor 3. Loyalty Is. 7. Society Is.
4. Mentawai Is.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CENTRAL AMERICA 1. Gilbert and Ellice Is.
2. Marshall Is.
3. Tuamotu Archipelago
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF ‘IRAQ 1. Hadhramaut 2. Kuria-Muria Is.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CANADA 1. Marquesas Is. 2. Samoa Is.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF SOUTH AMERICA 1. Cook Is.
AFRICA: 33 Territories
I.
II.
III.
IV.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1. Canary Is. 7. Portuguese Guinea 2. Cape Verde Is. 8. Réunion I. 3. French Somaliland 9. Spanish Guinea 4. French Togoland 10. St. Helena 5. Mauritius 11. St. Thomas I. 6. Northern Territories Protectorate NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF PERSIA 1. Ashanti Protectorate 4. Italian Somaliland 2. Basutoland 5. South Rhodesia 3. Bechuanaland 6. Swaziland NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF EGYPT AND SI’JDAN 1. French Equatorial Africa 4. Rio de Oro 2. French West Africa 5. Spanish Morocco 3. Morocco (Int. Zone) 6. Spanish Sahara NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND BURMA 1. Comoro Is. 4. Ruanda—Urundi 2. French Cameroons 5. Socotra I.
3. Gambia
VI.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF BRITISH ISLES 1. British Cameroons 3. Madeira 2. British Togoland 4. South West Africa
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF ‘IRAQ 1. Seychelles
EUROPE: 3O Territories
I.
II.
III.
IV.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA
1. Albania 7. Latvia
2. Crete 8. Lithuania
3. Estonia 9. Moldavia
4. Finno-Karelia 10. Rumania
5. Frisian Is. 11. White Russia 6. Greece
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE BRITISH ISLEs 1. Channel Is. 5. Malta
2. Cyprus 6. Orkney Is. 3. Fame Is. 7. Shetland Is.
4. Hebrides Is.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1. Andorra 4. Lofoten Is.
2. Azores 5. Spitzbergen
3. Balearic Is. 6. Ukraine
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF ITALY AND SWITZERLAND 1. Liechtenstein 4. San Marino
2. Monaco 5. Sardinia
3. Rhodes 6. Sicily
AMERICA: 27 Territories
I.
II.
III.
IV.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CANADA
1. Anticosti I. 7. Labrador
2. Baranof I. 8. Magdalen Is.
3. Cape Breton I. 9. Miquelon I. and St. Pierre I. 4. Franklin 10. Queen Charlotte Is.
5. Grand Manan I. 11. Yukon
6. Keewatin
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF SOUTH AMERICA
1. British Guiana 5. Galapagos Is.
2. Chiloé I. 6. J uan Fernandez Is.
3. Dutch Guiana 7. Leeward Is.
4. French Guiana 8. Windward Is.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1. Aleutian Is. 3. Key West
2. Falkland Is. 4. Kodiak I.
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CENTRAL AMERICA 1. Bahama Is. 3. Dutch West Indies 2. British Honduras 4. Margarita 1.
TERRITORIES TO BE OPENED TO THE FAITH, 1953-1963
Division of Activities According to National Spiritual Assemblies
1. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 29 Territories in 4 Continents
1. AFRICA (l) Canary Is. (7) (2) Cape Verde Is. (8) (3) French Somaliland (9) (4) French Togoland (10) (5) Mauritius ( 1 1) (6) Northern Territories Protectorate 2. ASIA (1) Caroline Is. (5) (2) Dutch New Guinea (6) (3) Hainan I. (7) (4) Kazakhstan (8) 3. EUROPE (1 ) Andorra (4) (2) Azores (5) (3) Balearic Is. (5) 4. AMERICA (1) Aleutian Is. (3) (2) Falkland Is. (4)
II. INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND BURMA
1. ASIA (l) Andaman Is. (7) (2) Bhutan (8) (3) Daman (9) (4) Din I. (10) (5) Goa (11) (6) Karikal
2. AFRICA (1) Comoro Is. (4) (2) French Cameroons (5) (3) Gambia
III. PERSIA: 13 Territories in 2 Continents
1. ASIA (1) Brunei (5) (2) Chagos Archipelago (6) (3) Kirgizia (7) (4) Mongolia
2. AFRICA (1) Ashanti Protectorate (4) (2) Basutoland (5) (3) Bechuanaland (6)
Portuguese Guinea Réunion 1. Spanish Guinea St. Helena
St. Thomas I.
Macao I. Sakhalin 1. Tibet Tonga Is.
Lofoten Is. Spitzbergen Ukraine
Key West Kodiak I.
- 16 Territories in 2 Continents
Mahé Mariana Is. Nicobar Is. Pondicherry Sikkim
Ruanda—Urundi Socotra I.
Solomon Is. Tadzhikistan Uzbekistan
Italian Somaliland South Rhodesia Swaziland
IV.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
. BRITISH ISLES:
CANADA :
1. AMERICA (1) Anticosti I. (2) Baranof I. (3) Cape Breton I. (4) Franklin (5) Grand Manan I. (6) Keewatin
2. ASIA (1) Marquesas Is.
1. EUROPE (1) Channel Is. (2) Cyprus (3) Fame Is. (4) Hebrides Is.
2. AFRICA (1) British Cameroons (2) British Togoland
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA:
1. EUROPE (1) Albania (2) Crete (3) Estonia (4) Finno-Karelia (5) Frisian Is. (6) Greece
13 Territories in 2 Continents
(7) Labrador
(8) Magdalen Is.
(9) Miquelon I. and St. Pierre 1. (10) Queen Charlotte Is. (1 1) Yukon
(2) Samoa Is.
11 Territories in 2 Continents
(5) Malta (6) Orkney Is. (7) Shetland Is.
(3) Madeira (4) South West Africa
11 Territories in 1 Continent
(7) Latvia (8 ) Lithuania ( 9 ) Moldavia ( 10) Rum ania (1 1) White Russia
SOUTH AMERICA: 9 Territories in 2 Continents
1. AMERICA (1) British Guiana (2) Chiloé I. (3) Dutch Guiana (4) French Guiana
2. ASIA (1) Cook Is.
(5) Galapagos Is.
(6) Juan Fernandez Is. (7) Leeward Is.
(8) Windward Is.
CENTRAL AMERICA: 7 Territories in 2 Continents
1. AMERICA (1) Bahama Is. (2) British Honduras
2. ASIA (1) Gilbert and Ellice Is. (2) Marshall Is.
(3) Tuamotu Archipelago
(3) Dutch West Indies (4) Margarita I.
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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 SUDAN: 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
XII. ‘IRAQ: 3 Territories in 2 Continents
1. ASIA ( 1) Hadhramaut (2) Kuria—Muria Is.
2. AFRICA (1) Seychelles Is.
(4) San Marino
(5) Sardinia (6) Sicily
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LANGUAGES INTO WHICH BAHÁ’Í LITERATURE IS TO BE TRANSLATED, 1953-1963
Abor Miri (borders of Tibet and NE. Assam)
Accra 0r 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 (Sl’ldén)
Kroo (Liberia)
Kuanyama (S.W. Africa)
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)
Th6 (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
Abor Miri
. Aneityum
Annamese
Balochi
. Bentuni
. Binandere
Cheremiss
. Chungchia
. Georgian
10. Houailou
11. Javanese
12. Kado
13. Kaili
14. Kopu
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. Basque
. Estonian
Flemish
Lapp
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Accra
. Afrikaans
. Aladian
. Ashanti
Banu
15.
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ASIA: 40
Kusaie 29. Ossete . Lepcha 30. Ostiak . Lifu 31. Pali . Manchu 32. Panjabi . Manipuri 33. Pashto . Manus Island 34. Perm . Marquesas 35. Petats . Mentawai 36. Samoan . Mongolian 37. Th6 . Mordof‘f 38. Tibetan . Mwala 39. Tonga . Na-Hsi 40. Vogul . Nicobarese . Niue EUROPE: 10 . Maltese 8. Romansch Piedmontese 9. Yiddish . Romani 10. Ziryen AFRICA: 31 . Bemba 11. Jieng Bua 12. Jolof . Chuana ’13. Kuanyama Gio 14. Krongo . Gu 15. Kroo
. Liumbi 22. Sena 27. Wongo . Malagasy 23. Shilha 28. Xosa . Nubian 24. Shona 29. Yalunka . Pedi 25. Sobo 30. Yao . Popo 26. Suto 31. Zulu . Ronga
AMERICA: 10
Aguaruna 5. Iroquois 8. Maya Arawak 6. Lengua 9. Mexican Blackfoot 7. Mataco 10. Yahgan Cherokee
OBJECTIVES OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AT THE WORLD CENTER OF THE FAITH IN ISRAEL
P?VO‘MPP’P?‘
10.
Preliminary steps for the construction of the Sepulcher of Bahá’u’lláh. Purchase of Land for the Temple on Mt. Carmel.
Establishment of an International Bahá’í Court.
Construction of the International Bahá’í Archives.
Extension of international Bahá’í endowments.
. Development of the functions of the Institution of the Hands of the Cause. . Codification of the Laws of the Kitáb—i-Aqdas.
Reinforcement of ties binding the World Bahá’í Community to the United Nations. Convocation of a World Bahá’í Congress in the vicinity of the Garden of Riḍván, City of Banéd, 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.
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
II. PERSIA: 14 Territories
1. ASIA
Aden Protectorate
Adhirbáyján
Afghánistán
Armenia
Bahrayn Is.
. Georgia
2. AFRICA
1. North Rhodesia
2.
III. INDIA, PÁKISTÁN, AND BURMA:
1. ASIA 1.
?‘?‘PP’N
Nyasaland
Balfiglistén
. Borneo
Burma Ceylon Indo-China Indonesia
2. AFRICA
1. 2.
Madagascar Mozambique
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10. . Turkmenistan 12.
Hasé (Ahsa) Hijéz Saudi-Arabia Turkey
Yemen
14 Territories
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IV. CENTRAL AMERICA: 13 Territories
AMERICA
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V. BRITISH ISLES: 11 Territories
. Bermuda . Costa Rica
Cuba
. Dominican Republic
El Salvador
. Guatemala . Haiti
1. AFRICA
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. Angola
. Belgian Congo . Gold Coast
. Kenya
. Nigeria
2. EUROPE
1.
3. ASIA 1.
Eire
Hong Kong
10. . Mexico 12. 13.
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Malaya Nepal
. Pékistén
Sarawak Siam
. Zanzibar
. Honduras
Jamaica Martinique 1.
Nicaragua Panama
. Sierra Leone . Tanganyika . Uganda
. Zululand
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VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
XI.
XII.
SOUTH AMERICA: 10 Territories
AMERICA
1. Argentina 6. Ecuador
2. Bolivia 7. Paraguay
3. Brazil 8. Peru
4. Chile 9. Uruguay
5. Colombia 10. Venezuela
EGYPT AND SÚDÁN: 8 Territories
AFRICA
l. Abyssinia 5. Morocco (French)
2. Algeria 6. Somaliland
3. Eritrea 7. Sfidén
4. Libya 8. Tunisia
GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: 7 Territories
1. EUROPE
1. Austria 5. Poland
2. Bulgaria 6. Russian S.F.S.R.
3. Czechoslovakia 7. Yugoslavia
4. Hungary
‘IRAQ: 7 Territories
1. ASIA
1. Jordan 5. Syria
2. Koweit 6. Trucial Sheiks
3. Lebanon 7. ‘Ummén
4. Qatar
. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 6 Territories
1. ASIA
1. Bismarck Archipelago 3. New Caledonia
2. Fiji 4. New Guinea (Australia)
2. AUSTRALASIA 1. New Zealand 2. Tasmania
CANADA: 4 Territories
1. AMERICA 1. Greenland 2. Mackenzie 3. Newfoundland
2. EUROPE 1. Iceland
ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: 1 Territory
1. EUROPE 1. Corsica
CONSOLIDATION OF THE FAITH IN TERRITORIES INCLUDED WITHIN ITS PALE AS OF 1953
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Allocation According to National Spiritual Assemblies
. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 23
12 in Europe, 6 in Asia, 3 in the Americas, 2 in Africa
PERSIA: 14 12 in Asia, 2 in Africa
INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND BURMA: 14 11 in Asia, 3 in Africa
. CENTRAL AMERICA: 13
13 in the Americas
BRITISH ISLES: 11 9 in Africa, 1 in Europe, 1 in Asia
. SOUTH AMERICA: 10
10 in the Americas
EGYPT AND SUDAN: 8 8 in Africa
. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: 7
7 in Europe
‘IRAQ: 7 7 in Asia
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 6 4 in Asia, 2 in Australasia
CANADA: 4 3 in the Americas, 1 in Europe
ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: 1 1 in Europe
LOCATION OF SITES FOR FUTURE BAHÁ’Í TEMPLES TO BE ACQUIRED 1953-1963
. Sydney, Australia 7. Rome, Italy
. Toronto, Canada 8. Johannesburg, South Africa . Panama City, Central America 9. Santiago, South America
. Cairo, Egypt 10. Stockholm, Sweden
. New Delhi, India 11. Kampala, Uganda
. Bag_hdéd, ‘Iráq
CITIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í TEMPLES ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED 1953-1963
1. Ṭihrán, Persia 2. Frankfurt, Germany
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COUNTRIES IN WHICH BAHA’E NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963
. Afg_hénistén 5. Belgium 9. Ceylon . Alaska 6. Bolivia 10. Chile . Argentina 7. Brazil 11. Colombia
. Austria 8. Burma 12. Costa Rica
13. Cuba 23
14. Denmark 24
15. Dominican Republic 25
16. Ecuador 26
17. El Salvador 27
18. Finland 28
19. France 29
20. Guatemala 30
21. Haiti 31
22. Holland 32
. Honduras
. Italy
. Japan
. Luxembourg . Mexico
. New Zealand . Nicaragua
. Norway
. Pékistén
. Panama
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. Paraguay
. Peru
. Portugal
. Spain
. Sweden
. Switzerland . Turkey
. Uruguay
. Venezuela
COUNTRIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í REGIONAL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963
. Arabia (Bahrayn)
. Central and East Africa (Kampala) Near East (Beirut)
. North West Africa (Tunis)
. South East Asia (Jakarta)
South Pacific Islands (Suva)
South and West Africa (Johannesburg)
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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 Sfidén 3. South and West Africa (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. cf the United ' States
AMERICAS: 21 Assemblies
National Assemblies to be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States:
1. Alaska 12. Guatemala 2. Argentina 13. Haiti
3. Bolivia 14. Honduras 4. Brazil 15. Mexico 5. Chile 16. Nicaragua 6. Colombia 17. Panama 7. Costa Rica 18. Paraguay 8. Cuba 19. Peru
9. Dominican Republic 20. Uruguay 10. Ecuador 21. Venezuela 11. El Salvador
ASIATIC CONTINENT: 10 Assemblies
1. Afghénistén To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia
2. Burma To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pékistén, and Burma
3. Ceylon To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pékistén, and Burma
4. Japan To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United
States
10.
. Pékistén
. Tufkey
Arabia
. Near East . South East Asia
South Pacific Is.
THE BAHA’I WORLD
(Regional) (Regional) (Regional)
(Regional)
AUSTRALASIA: 1 Assembly
1. New Zealand .....................
EUROPEAN CONTINENT: 13 Assemblies 1.
Austria
To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pékistén, and Burma
To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia
To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia
To be formed by the N.S.A. of ‘Iráq
To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pékistén, and Burma
To be formed by the N.S.A. Of the United States
To be formed by the N.S.A. of Australia and New Zealand
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. 3. 4. 5.
Belgium Denmark Finland 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
. N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A.
Of Afg_hénistén of Alaska
of Argentina of Austria
of Belgium
of Bolivia
of Brazil
of Burma
of Ceylon
of Chile
of Colombia of Costa Rica of Cuba
of Denmark of Dominican Republic of Ecuador
of El Salvador of Finland
of France
of Guatemala of Haiti
of Holland
. N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A. . N.S.A.
of Honduras of ‘Iráq
of Italy
of J apan
of Luxembourg of Mexico
of New Zealand of Nicaragua of Norway
of Pékistén
of Panama
of Paraguay of Persia
of Peru
of Portugal
of Spain
of Sweden
of Switzerland of Turkey
of Uruguay of Venezuela
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES WHICH ARE TO
ESTABLISH BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS 1953-1963
I. REGIONAL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES
II.
wwsgweww 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
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
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES.
8. N.S.A. of Afghénistén 30. N.S.A. of Guatemala 9. N.S.A. of Alagka 31. N.S.A. of Haiti 10. N.S.A. of Argentina 32. N.S.A. of Holland 11. N.S.A. of Austria 33. N.S.A. of Honduras 12. N.S.A. of Belgium 34. N.S.A. of Italy 13. N.S.A. of Bolivia 35. N.S.A. of Japan 14. N.S.A. of Brazil 36. N.S.A. of Luxembourg 15. N.S.A. of the British Isles 37. N.S.A. of Mexico 16. N.S.A. of Burma 38. N.S.A. of New Zealand 17. N.S.A. of Canada 39. N.S.A. of Nicaragua 18. N.S.A. of Ceylon 40. N.S.A. of Norway 19. N.S.A. of Chile 41. N.S.A. of Pékistén 20. N.S.A. of Colombia 42. N.S.A. of Panama 21. N.S.A. of Costa Rica 43. N.S.A. of Paraguay 22. N.S.A. of Cuba 44. N.S.A. of Peru 23. N.S.A. of Denmark 45. N.S.A. of Portugal 24. N.S.A. of Dominican Republic 46. N.S.A. of Spain 25. N.S.A. of Ecuador 47. N.S.A. of Sweden 26. N.S.A. of El Salvador 48. N.S.A. of Switzerland 27. N.S.A. of Finland 49. N.S.A. of Turkey 28. N.S.A. of France 50. N.S.A. of Uruguay 29. N.S.A. of Germany 51. N.S.A. of Venezuela LOCALITIES IN WHICH A NATIONAL HAziRATu’L-QUDS IS TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953—1963 . Anchorage *18. Jakarta 34. Paris . Asuncién *19. Johannesburg 35. Port-au—Prince . Auckland 20. Kébul 36. Quito . Bahrayn *21. Kampala 37. Rangoon Beirut 22. Karécili 38. Rio de Janeiro Bern 23. La Paz 39. Rome Bogoté. 24. Lima 40. San José . Brussels 25. Lisbon 41. San Salvador . Buenos Aires 26. London 42. Santiago . Caracas 27. Luxembourg 43. Stockholm . Ciudad Trujillo 28. Madrid *44. Suva . Colombo 29. Managua 45. Tegucigalpa . Copenhagen 30. Mexico City 46. The Hague . Guatemala 31. Montevideo 47. Tokyo . Havana 32. Oslo *48. Tunis . Helsingfors 33. Panama City 49. Vienna . Istanbul
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1. Cairo, Egypt 4.
2. Frankfurt, Germany 5.
3. New Delhi, India 6.
- 1. Armenia 6
- 2. Ad_hirbéyjé.n 7
3. Estonia 8
4. Finno~Karelia 9
- 5. Georgia 10
- 11. Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republics
(1) Bashkiria (7)
(2) Buryat Mongolia (8)
(3) Chuvashi (9)
(4) Daghestan (10)
(5) Karbardinia (11)
(6) Komi (12)
12. Tadzhikistan 15.
- 13. Turkmenistan 16.
THE BAHA’I WORLD
NATIONAL BAHÁ’Í COURTS TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963
Baghdád (‘Iráq) 3. Kábul (Afghánistán) 5. New Delhi (India) Cairo (Egypt) 4. Karégli (Pákistán) 6. Ṭihrán (Persia)
NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES WHICH ARE TO ESTABLISH BRANCHES IN ISRAEL 1953-1963
National Spiritual Assembly of Australia
National Spiritual Assembly of British Isles
. National Spiritual Assembly of Canada
. National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and Sfidén
. National Spiritual Assembly of Germany and Austria . National Spiritual Assembly of ‘Iráq
. National Spiritual Assembly of Persia
LOCALITIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í PUBLISHING TRUSTS ARE TO BE FOUNDED 1953—1963
Rio (16 J aneiro, Brazil Ṭihrán, Persia Wilmette, Illinois
LIST OF REPUBLICS CONSTITUTING THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
14. Ukraine
- Already opened to the Faith.
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. Kazakhstan . Kirgizia
. Latvia
. Lithuania
. Moldavia
Marii
Mordovia
N. Ossetia
Tatarstan
Udmurt
Yakutia
Uzbekistan
White Russia (Byelorussia)
COUNTRIES WITHIN ORBIT OF THE SOVIET UNION
Albania 3. Rumania Mongolia 4. Sakhalin I.
COUNTRIES WHOSE NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES ARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FAITH IN THE SOVIET UNION
Germany Persia United States of America
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Chart showing the expansion of the Bahá’í Faith.