Bahá’í World/Volume 13/The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh

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THE KNIGHTS OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH*

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS

Violet Hoehnke

VII 1954

ALBANIA

ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

Jenabe and Elaine Caldwell

VII 1953

Elinore Putney

V 1954

ANDAMAN ISLANDS

K. Fozdar

XI 1953

ANDORRA

William Danjon

X 1953

ANTICOSTI ISLAND

Mary Zabolotny

IV 1956

ASHANTI PROTECTORATE

Benedict Eballa

IV 1954

AZORES

Richard and Lois Nolen

X 1953

BAHAMA ISLANDS

Gerald and Gail Curwin

X 1953

Maurice and Ethel Holmes

X 1953

Andrew and Nina Matthisen

I 1954

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*As listed on the Guardian's scroll and supplemented by later information.

BALEARIC ISLANDS

Virginia Orbison

VIII 1953

Jean and Tove Deleuran

XII 1953

Charles Ioas

I 1954

BARANOF ISLAND Helen Robinson

X 1953

Gail Avery

II 1954

Grace Bahovec

BASUTOLAND

Frederick and Elizabeth Laws

X 1953

BECHUANALAND

John and Audrey Robarts

Patrick Robarts

II 1954

BHUTAN

Shápúr Rawḥání

VI 1954

Ardishír Furúdí

VI 1954

BRITISH CAMEROONS

Enoch Olinga

X 1953

BRITISH GUIANA

Malcolm King

X 1953

BRITISH HONDURAS

Cora Oliver

IX 1953

Shirley Warde

X 1953

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Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Pouva Murday, Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean.

BRITISH TOGOLAND

Edward Tabe

IV 1954

Albert Buapiah

IV 1954

BRUNEI

Harry Clark

II 1954

Charles Duncan

II 1954

John Fozdar

IV 1954

CANARY ISLANDS

Gertrude Eisenberg

IX 1953

George and Marguerite True

X 1953

Shawqí Rawḥání

VI 1954

CAPE BRETON ISLAND

Frederick and Jean Allen

X 1953

Irving and Grace Geary

X 1953

CAPE VERDE ISLANDS

Howard and Joanne Menking

I 1954

CAROLINE ISLANDS

Virginia Breaks

I 1954

CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO

Pouva Murday

V 1957

CHANNEL ISLANDS Ḍiá’u‘lláh Aṣgharzádih

IX 1953

Evelyn Baxter

IX 1953

CHILOÉ ISLAND

Zunilda de Palacios

X 1953

Louise Groger

VI 1954

COCOS ISLAND

Frank Wyss

VI 1955

COMORO ISLANDS

Mihribán Suhaylí

1954

COOK ISLANDS

Edith Danielson

X 1953

Dulcie Dive

I 1954


{{center|Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Rolf Haug, Crete, on the left. (On the right is the first Cretar Bahá’í; centre, pioneer Waltraud Weber.)

CRETE

Rolf Haug

X 1953

CYPRUS

‘Abbás and Samira Vakíl

VIII 1953 and XI 1953

Hugh McKinley

IX 1953

Violet McKinley

IX 1953

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Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Eskil Ljungberg, Faroe Islands.

DAMAN

Ghulám ‘Alí Kurlawala

VI 1953

DIU ISLAND

Kaykhusraw Dahamobedi

XII 1953

Bahíyyih Rawḥání

XII 1953

Gulnár Áftábí

XII 1953

DUTCH GUIANA

Robert and Elinor Wolff

X 1953

DUTCH NEW GUINEA

Elly Becking

X 1953

DUTCH WEST INDIES

Matthew Bullock

XI 1953

John and Marjorie Kellberg

IV 1954

ESTONIA

FALKLAND ISLANDS

John Leonard II 1954

FAROE ISLANDS

Eskil Ljungberg

VII 1953

FINNO—KARELIA

FRANKLIN

Jameson and Gale Bond

IX 1953

FRENCH CAMEROONS

Samuel Njiki

IV 1954

Mehrangiz Munsiff

IV 1954

FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA

Max Kenyerezi

X 1953

FRENCH GUIANA

Eberhard Friedland

X 1953

FRENCH SOMALILAND

Fred Schechter

VIII 1953

Mr. and Mrs. Ṣabrí Elias

V 1954

FRENCH TOGOLAND

David Tanyi

IV 1954

Mavis Nymon

V 1954

Vivian Wesson

V 1954

Knights of Bahá’u’lláh Jameson and Gale Bond, Franklin, North-West Territory, Canada.

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FRENCH WEST AFRICA

Labíb Iṣfahání

XI 1953

Ḥabíb Iṣfahání

IV 1954

FRISIAN ISLANDS

Elsa Grossmann

IX 1953

Gertrud Ankersmidt

X 1953

Ursula von Brunn

X 1953

GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS

Gayle Woolson

IV 1954

Haig Kevorkian

V 1954

Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Haig Kevorkian, Galápagos Islands, Pacific Ocean (shown standing).

GAMBIA Faríburz Rúzbihyán

II 1954

GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS

Roy and Elena Fernie

III 1954

GOA

Rawshan Áftábí

VII 1953

Fírúzih Yigánigí

VII 1953

GRAND MANAN ISLAND

Doris Richardson

IX 1953


Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Elsa Grossmann, Frisian Islands, on the right. (With her is the first Frisian Islander Bahá’í.)

GREECE

Amín and Sheila Banání

VIII 1953

Dwight and Carole Allen

IX 1953

HADHRAMAUT

Adíb Baghdádí

XII 1953

Ḥusayn Ḥalabí

II 1954

HAINAN ISLAND

John Z. T Chang

HEBRIDES ISLANDS

Geraldine Craney

X 1953

ITALIAN SOMALILAND

Suhayl Samandari

III 1953

Mihdí and Ursula Samandarí

XI 1953

JUAN FERNANDEZ ISLANDS

Salvador and Adela Tormo

X 1953

KARIKAL

Salísa Kirmání

VIII 1953

Shírín Núrání

VIII 1953

KAZAKHSTAN

Bahá’ís mentioned in Shoghi Effendi’s Riḍván message 1956 but no names

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Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Munír Vakíl, Kuria-Mupia Islands, Indian Ocean.

KEEWATIN

Dick Stanton

IX 1953

KEY WEST

Arthur and Ethel Crane

VII 1953

Howard J. Snider

IX 1953

KIRGIZIA

Bahá’ís mentioned by Shoghi Effendi in Riḍván message 1957 but no names

KODIAK ISLAND

Jack Huffman

VII 1953

Rose Perkal

VII 1953

Bernard Guhrke

II 1954

KURIA-MURIA ISLANDS

Munír Vakíl

I 1954

LABRADOR

Bruce Matthews

IV 1954

Howard Gilliland

IV 1954

LATVIA

LEEWARD ISLANDS

Benjamin and Gladys Weeden

X 1953

Earle Render

X 1953

David Schreiber

II 1954

Charles and Mary Dayton

II 1954

LIECHTENSTEIN

Amír Húshmand Manúchihrí

VIII 1953

LITHUANIA

LOFOTEN ISLANDS

Mildred Clark

VIII 1953

Loyce Lawrence

VIII 1953

LOYALTY ISLANDS

Daniel Haumont

X 1955

MACAO ISLAND

Frances Heller

X 1953

Carl and Loretta Scherer

XII 1953

MADEIRA ISLANDS

Ada Schott

Elizabeth Hopper

Sara Kenny

Ella Duffield

IX 1953

MAGDALEN ISLANDS

Kathleen Weston

IX 1953

Kay Zinky

IV 1954

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Knights of Bahá’u’lláh Ada Schott and Elizabeth Hopper, Madeira Islands.

MAHÉ

Lionel Peraji

X 1953

Qudratu’lláh Rawḥání

III 1954

Khudáraḥm Muzhgání

III 1954

MALTA

Una Townshend

X 1953

Olga Mills

XI 1953

John Mitchell

VII 1954

MARGARITA ISLAND

Katharine Meyer

X 1953

MARIANA ISLANDS

Robert Powers Jr.

IV 1954

Cynthia Olson

V 1954

MARQUESAS ISLANDS

Greta Jankko

III 1954

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Marcia Atwater

VIII 1954

MAURITIUS

Ottilie Rhein

XI 1953

MENTAWAI ISLANDS

Raḥmatu’lláh and Írán Muhájir

II 1954

MIQUELON ISLAND AND ST. PIERRE ISLAND

Alexandra Pawlowska

X 1953

MOLDAVIA

MONACO

Nellie French

IX 1953

‘Azízu’lláh and Shamsí Navídí

II 1954

Olivia Kelsey

III 1954

Florence Ullrich

III 1954

MONGOLIA

MOROCCO (INTERNATIONAL ZONE)

Manúchihr Ḥizárí

IX 1953

Hurmuz Zindih

IX 1953

Elsie Austin

X 1953

Muḥammad-‘Alí Jalálí

X 1953

Ḥusayn and Nuṣrat Ardikání

XI 1953

‘Alí Akbar and Sháyistih Rafí‘í

XI 1953

‘Abbás Rafí‘í

XI 1953

Richard and Evelyn Walters

IV 1954

Richard and Mary L. Suhm

IV 1954

NEW HEBRIDES ISLANDS

Bertha Dobbins

X 1953

NICOBAR ISLANDS

Jeanne Frankel

Margaret Bates

VII 1957

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NORTHERN TERRITORIES PROTECTORATE

Julius Edwards

IX 1953

Martin Manga

IV 1954

ORKNEY ISLANDS

Charles Dunning

X 1953

PONDICHERRY

Sa‘id and Shawkat Naḥví

VII 1953 and V 1954

Shiyam Behari La]

VIII 1953

PORTUGUESE GUINEA

José and Hilda Xavier Rodrigues

IX 1953


Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Kámil ‘Abbás, Seychelles Islands. (On the left is the first Seychelles Bahá’í.)

PORTUGUESE TIMOR

Harold and Florence Fitzner

VI 1954

José Marques

VII 1954

QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS

Edythe MacArthur

VIII 1953

RÉUNION ISLAND

Opal Jensen

X 1953

Leland Jensen

III 1954

RHODES

Elizabeth Bevan

I 1954

RIO DE ORO

Amín Baṭṭáḥ

X 1953

RUANDA-URUNDI

Rex and Mary Collison

V 1953

Dunduzu Chisiza

VI 1953

RUMANIA

SAKHALIN ISLAND

SAMOA ISLANDS

Lilian Wyss

I 1954

SAN MARINO

Tábandih Paymán

XI 1953

Suhráb Paymán

IV 1954

SARDINIA

Marie Ciocca

X 1953

SEYCHELLES

Kámil ‘Abbás

XI 1953

‘Abdu'l Raḥmán

SHETLAND ISLANDS

Brigitte Hasselblatt

IX 1953

SICILY

Emma Rice

X 1953

Stanley and Florence Bagley

X 1953

SIKKIM

Udai Narain Singh

VIII 1953

SOCIETY ISLANDS

Gretta Lamprill

X 1953

Glad Parke

X 1953

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Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Kamálí Sarvístání, Socotra Island, Indian Ocean, with his wife and child.

SOCOTRA ISLAND

Kamálí Sarvístání

III 1955

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Alvin and Gertrude Blum

III 1954

SOUTHERN RHODESIA

‘Izzatu’lláh Zahrá’í

VI 1953

Claire Gung

X 1953

Kenneth and Roberta Christian

I 1954

Joan Powis

II 1954

‘Aynu’d-dín and Ṭáhirih ‘Alá’í

SOUTH WEST AFRICA

Ted Cardell

X 1953

SPANISH GUINEA

Elise Schreiber

V 1954

SPANISH MOROCCO

Fawzí Zaynu’l-‘Ábidín and family

X 1953

Luella McKay

X 1953

John and Earleta Fleming

X 1953

Alyce Janssen

X 1953

SPANISH SAHARA

Muḥammad Muṣṭafá Sulaymán

X 1953

ST. HELENA ISLANDS

Elizabeth Stamp

V 1954

ST. THOMAS ISLAND

Elise Schreiber

II 1954

SPITZBERGEN

Paul Adams

VI 1958

SWAZILAND

Bula Mott Stewart

John and Valera Allen

IV 1954

Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Elizabeth Stamp, St. Helena Island.

TADZHIKISTAN

Bahá’ís mentioned by Shoghi Effendi in Riḍván message 1957 but no names

TIBET

Udai Narain Singh

Spring 1956

TONGA ISLANDS

Stanley Bolton Jr.

I 1954

Dudley and Elsa Blakely

VII 1954

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Knight of Bahá’u’lláh Paul Adams, Spitzbergen.

Addendum: GULF ISLANDS

Clifford and Catherine Huxtable

TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO

Jean Sevin

I 1954

UKRAINE

UZBEKISTAN

Bahá’ís mentioned in Shoghi Effendi’s message Riḍván 1956 but no names

WHITE RUSSIA

WINDWARD ISLANDS

Esther Evans

X 1953

Lillian Middlemast

X 1953

YUKON

R. Ted and Joan Anderson

IX 1953

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Mexican Bahá’í Teaching Conference held in San Miguel de Allende, 1958.