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

The Bahá’í World
Volume 12

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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

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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.

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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) fortyone 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-A<fl1kérs, 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)

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erection (of the) first dependency (of the) Mashriqu’l-Acfllkér (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, Bag_hdéd, New Delhi, Karéchi, Kébul. 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) Shiréz. 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) Bag_hdéd, site (of the) Siyéh-Qiél (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, twentyone (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

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(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, Bag_hdad, 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) Baha’u’llah (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)

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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.

—SHOGHI Haifa, Israel October 8, 1952

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2. TEN—YEAR INTERNATIONAL BAHA’I TEACHING AND CONSOLIDATION PLAN 1953-1963

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

. Adoption of preliminary measures for the construction of Bahá’u’lláh’s Sepulcher

in the Holy Land. 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 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.

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

of:

1 in the Asiatic Continent 1 in the European Continent

. Acquisition of a site for the future Mashriqu’l-Adhkár on Mt. Carmel. . Erection of the first dependency of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois,

USA.

. 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

. Development of the functions of the institution of the Hands of the Cause. . Establishment of a Bahá’í Court in the Holy Land, as a preliminary to the emer gence of the Universal House of Justice. Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the 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 Karéchi Kébul

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

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

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Construction of the tomb of the Wife of the Báb in Shiréz. 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. Acquisition of the Garden of Riḍván in Baghdád, and of the site of the Siyéh—C_hél in Ṭihrán, of the Martyrdom of the Báb in Tabríz, and of His incarceration in Chiríq. 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

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

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.

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

Establishment of six national Bahá’í Publishing Trusts:

2 in America 2 in Asia

1 in Africa 1 in Europe

Participation by the women of Persia in the membership of National and Local Assemblies. Establishment of seven Israel branches of National Spiritual Assemblies:

2 Europe

2 Asia

1 America

1 Africa

1 Australia 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 the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and of two European Soviet-controlled States within the orbit of the Administrative Order of the Faith. Convocation of a World Bahá’í Congress in the vicinity of the Garden of Riḍván, Bag_hdéd, 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-BAHA IN THE TABLETS OF THE DIVINE PLAN

. Afg_hénistén

. Alaska

. Andorra

. Argentina

. Austria-Hungary . Bahama Islands . Balearic Islands . Belgium

. 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

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. Japan

. Java

. Juan Fernandez . Korea

. Lesser Antilles

. Liechtenstein

. Low Archipelago . Loyalty Islands . Luxembourg

. Madagascar

. Madeira Islands . Malta

. Marquesas

. Marshall Islands

Mauritius

. Melanesia

. Mexico

. Micronesia

. Moluccas

. Monaco

. Montenegro

. New Caledonia . New Guinea

. New Hebrides

. New Zealand

. Nicaragua

. Norway

. Orkney Islands . Panama

. Paraguay

. Peru

. Philippine Islands . Polynesia

. Portugal

. Puerto Rico

. Réunion Island . Rumania

. Russia (Asia)

. Russia (Europe) . Saint Helena

. Salvador

. Samoa Islands

. San Marino

. Santo Domingo . Sardinia

. Serbia

. Shetland Islands . Siam

. Sicily

. Society Islands . Solomon Islands . South Africa

. Spain

. Straits Settlements . Sumatra

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1 11. Sweden

1 12. Switzerland 1 13. Tasmania 114. Timor

1 15. Tobago

1 16. Trinidad

l 17. Uruguay

1 18. 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.) (Pen) Bechuanaland (Af.) (Pen) 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.) (Pen) 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, PAKISTAN, AND BURMA

. Andaman Is. . Bhutan

. Daman

Diu

Goa

. Karikal

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7. Mahé 8. Mariana Is. 9. Nicobar Is. 10. Pondicherry 11. Sikkim

11. 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

. Macao I.

. Sakhalin 1. Tibet

. Tonga Is.

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NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF PERSIA

1. Brunei 5. Solomon Is.

2. Chagos Archipelago 6. Tadzhikistan

3. Kirgizia 7. Uzbekistan

4. Mongolia

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

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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

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THE BAHA’I WORLD

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.

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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

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IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

. BRITISH ISLES:

THE BAHA’I WORLD

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 (Sfidén) Jolof or Wolof (Gambia) Kado (China)

Kaili (Celebes)

Kopu (S.W. China)

Krongo (Sl’ldén)

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.)

THE BAHA’I WORLD

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

l3. 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

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

2. South Africa

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II. PERSIA: 14 Territories

1. ASIA

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THE BAHA’I WORLD

Aden Protectorate

Adhirbéyj én Afgllénistén Armenia Bahrayn Is.

. Georgia

2. AFRICA

1. North Rhodesia

2.

III. INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND BURMA:

1. ASIA 1.

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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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VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

INAUGURATION OF WORLD BAHA’I CRUSADE 269

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 SUDAN: 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

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THE BAHA’I WORLD

CONSOLIDATION OF THE FAITH IN TERRITORIESINCLUDED WITHIN ITS PALE AS OF 1953

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10.

11.

12.

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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

[Page 271]INAUGURATION 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

OF WORLD BAHA’I CRUSADE

. Honduras

. Italy

. Japan

. Luxembourg . Mexico

. New Zealand . Nicaragua

. Norway

. Pékistén

. Panama

271

. Paraguay

. Peru

. Portugal

. Spain

. Sweden

. Switzerland . Turkey

. Uruguay

. Venezuela

COUNTRIES IN WHICH BAHA’t 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

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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 ‘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

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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

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

Belong to Regional National Assemblies

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1.

2.

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

Baglldéd (‘Iráq) 3. Kébul (Afg_hénistén) 5. New Delhi (India) Cairo (Egypt) 4. Karégli (Pékistz’m) 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 SOCIALIS’I‘ 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.