Shoghi Effendi Through the Pilgrim’s Eye Vol 1

Shoghi Effendi Through the Pilgrim's Eye  (2015) by Earl Redman Volume 1: Building the Administrative Order, 1922-1952

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Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

Who is Shoghi Effendi?
The Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

1922: ‘Tell the friends, time will prove that there has been no mistake’

Emogene Hoagg and Lady Blomfield — A memorial feast — The pilgrims — Curtis Kelsey and Fujita go to Cairo — Translating the Will and Testament — The first challenges — The House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad — A gathering of supporters

1922: A Gathering of the Learned

Mason Remey’s demons — Consulting with the architect — The Tablets of the Divine Plan become the guide — Comings and goings

1922: The First Respite in Switzerland

Genevieve Coy — The beginnings of the Administrative Order — Stanwood and Nayyan Cobb — Shoghi Effendi’s return

1923

A girl’ school — An opponent — First National Spiritual Assemblies — Inspired problem solving — May and Mary Maxwell — The water pump — A lesson in humility — Amelia Collins — Commemoration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s passing — Genevieve Coy

1924

Pilgrims — The murder of Major Robert Imbrie — Ali-Kuli Khan and Florence — Dr John Esslemont

1925

The International Bahá’í Bureau in Geneva — John Esslemont — Corinne True, Effie Baker, Martha Root, and the New Zealand pilgrims — A visitor — First Dutch pilgrim — Dhikru’lláh Khádem’s first pilgrimage — Egypt: Recognition of the Faith as an independent religion — Lorol Schopflocher — Effie stays in Haifa — The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada — The passing of Dr Esslemont — Another future Hand of the Cause

1926

Looking for help — The first Alaskan pilgrims and others — Victoria Bedekian — Keith Ransom-Kehler — May and Isabelle Stebbins — George Townshend — Persian martyrdoms — Queen Marie of Romania — Juliet Thompson and other pilgrims — Shoghi Effendi keeps looking for help — Serving at the World Centre — Visiting students and others — The House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdad

1927-1928

Ethel Rosenberg returns — Sadie and Bertha Oglesby and Shoghi Effendi’s advice on racial unity — An American Bahá’í constitution — Another future Hand of the Cause — Pilgrims, visitors and other happenings — 1928: Pilgrims, enemies and Effie — Disruption in ‘Ishqábád

1929

More Covenant-breaking — The vision of Shoghi Effendi — Pilgrim visits — Traversing Africa — Expanding the Shrine of the Báb and the Bahá’í gardens — Developments in Haifa — Petitioning the League of Nations about the House of Bahá’u’lláh — Martha Root — The Mansion at Bahjí back in Bahá’í hands

1930

Queen Marie’s attempted visit — Commemorating the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh — The Dawn-Breakers — Effie Baker photographs Bahá’í sites in Iran — Curtains and marble tablets — Pilgrims

1931

Marion Jack and Alice Doolittle — Corinne True and Albert Windust — Nancy Bowditch — Mabel and Sylvia Paine — Other visitors

1932

Pilgrims — The Dawn-Breakers — Abu’l-Qásim Khurásání — Keith Ransom-Kehler — The Passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf

1933-1936

Muhammad Mustafa and Sabrí Elias — The visit of a sceptic — 1934 — Músá Banání — Pilgrims from Germany — Pilgrims from America — The Administrative Order, and Gleanings — 1935: Pilgrims, properties, and a public presentation — Implementing Bahá’í laws in the West — 1936: Effie Baker leaves the Holy Land — Lorol Schopflocher — The first stage in the implementation of the Tablets of the Divine Plan — Palestinian branches of National Spiritual Assemblies

1937

The Guardian is married — May and Sutherland Maxwell — Switzerland — The challenge of being the Guardian’s wife — Hermann and Anna Grossmann — Agnes Alexander — Dhikru’lláh Khádem — Amelia Collins — Margery McCormick and Emeric Sala

1938-1939

Ethel Dawe — Rom Landau, impressed and depressed — Habíb Taherzadeh — The passing of Munírih Khánum — Shoghi Effendi’s writing — Bahá’ís and the coming war — A local tragedy — The Divine Plan — The passing of Martha Root — Monuments for the Purest Branch and Navváb

1940

A dedication and a commemoration — The passing of May Maxwell — Three Iraqis on pilgrimage — A wartime journey to England and Africa

1941-1944

The Promised Day Is Come — Shoghi Effendi’s command of language — ‘Alí-Akbar Furútan — Failure of Ahmad Sohrab’s rebellion — The family of the Master breaks the Covenant — A rare pilgrim — 1942 — Sutherland Maxwell and the Shrine of the Báb — 1943: Pilgrims and plans — Akka and Haifa — 1944: Centenary of the Faith — God Passes By — The British Six Year Plan — Completion of the first Seven Year Plan

1945-1946

The second stage in the implementation of the Tablets of the Divine Plan — Relationship of National Spiritual Assemblies and the Guardian — Philip Hainsworth — A new Hand of the Cause — The Guardian in Scotland

1947-1949

Gladys Anderson comes to help — Life in Haifa — Commemoration of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh — The Guardian’s Plans — 1948 — Ben and Gladys Weeden: First wedding of western Bahá’ís by eastern Bahá’ís — Marble from Italy for the Shrine of the Báb — The end of the British Mandate — National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, and more teaching plans — The Shrine of the Báb — Bahá’u’lláh’s cell in the Most Great Prison — 1949: Increasing recognition

1950

The superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb — Completion of the Arcade — Completion of national plans and the beginning of the Africa Plan — A world secretariat

1951-1952

The International Bahá’í Council — Victory after victory — Announcement of the Holy Year — Hands of the Cause of God — Leroy Ioas — The gardens at Bahjí — A day in the life of the Guardian

1952: Some Last Pilgrimages before the Ten Year Crusade

Larry Hautz — Aziz Panahi — Ugo Giachery — Músá and Rúḥíyyih Banání — Dhikru’lláh Khádem — Nell French — Ted Cardell — Pilgrims from Persia — End of year pilgrims

The Next Big Step

A Holy Year and four intercontinental conferences — The Ten Year Spiritual Crusade

Bibliography
References
Index of Names