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The Bahá’í Faith 1844-1950 by Shoghi Effendi

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THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH

1844-1950

Information Statistical and Comparative

Compiled by

SHOGHI EFFENDI

Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith [Page 1]

THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH

1844-1950

BAHÁ’Í PUBLISHING COMMITTEE WILMETTE, ILLINOIS [Page 2]

Table of Contents

Dates of historic significance, 1844-1950 . . . 3 Countries opened to the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh, 1844-1950 . . . 4 Languages in which Bahá’í Literature has been translated and printed . . . 5 Languages in which Bahá’í Literature is being translated . . . 5 List of the Báb’s best-known works . . . 6 Alphabetical list of Bahá’u’lláh’s best-known writings . . . 6 Races represented in the Bahá’í world community . . . 8 Minority groups and races with which contact has been established by Bahá’ís . . . 8 Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies . . . 9 National Spiritual Assemblies in process of formation . . . 9 Bahá’í National Administrative Headquarters in East and West . . . 9 Incorporated Bahá’í Assemblies . . . 9 Territories, Federal Districts and States of the United States where Bahá’í Marriage Certificates are officially recognized . . . 11 Data concerning important national and international Bahá’í endowments 12 Principal Bahá’í historic sites in Persia owned by the Bahá’í community . . 12 American National Bahá’í Endowments . . . 13 Estimated Value of American Bahá’í Properties . . . 14 Successive stages in the transfer of the remains of the Báb from Persia to the Holy Land and the erection of His Mausoleum on Mount Carmel 15 Fate of those who persecuted the Báb . . . 16 Data regarding the Bahá’í Temple in Wilmette, Illinois . . . 18 Approximate number of localities where Bahá’ís reside in leading Bahá’í communities throughout the world . . . 19 Localities where Bahá’ís reside in the United States of America . . . 20 Localities where Bahá’ís reside in Persia . . . 21 Bahá’í Centers in Latin America . . . 22 Bahá’í Centers in India, Pakistan and Burma . . . 23 Bahá’í Centers in Canada . . . 24 Bahá’í Centers in Australia and New Zealand . . . 25 Bahá’í Centers in the British Isles . . . 26 Bahá’í Centers in Germany and Austria . . . 26 Bahá’í Centers in the ten European countries opened to the Faith by the American Bahá’í Community under the Second Seven Year Plan . . . 27 Bahá’í Centers in Territories of the Arabian Peninsula . . . 28 The Badí’ or Bahá’í Calendar . . . 28 Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting . . . 30 Bahá’í Holy Days on which work should be suspended . . . 30 Chronological List of significant events related to Bahá’u’lláh’s historic pronouncement in His Súriy-i-Múlúk in 1863 . . . 30 Stages in Bahá’u’lláh’s successive exiles from Tihrán to ‘Akká . . . 31 Cities visited by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the course of His three-year Travels 1911-1913 . . . 33 Prominent personages who have paid tribute to the Bahá’í Faith . . . 34 Map of the Bahá’í World . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside back cover

Copyright 1950 By the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States Printed in U.S.A. [Page 3]

Dates of Historic Significance 1844-1950

Declaration of the Mission of the Báb in Shíráz	May 23, 1844
Departure of the Báb on His pilgrimage to Mecca	September, 1844
Arrival of the Báb in Má-Kú, Áḏhirbáyján	Summer, 1847
Incarceration of the Báb in Chihríq, Áḏhirbáyján	April, 1848
Conference of Badasht	June, 1848
Interrogation of the Báb in Tabríz, Áḏhirbáyján	July, 1848
Martyrdom of the Báb in Tabríz, Áḏhirbáyján	July 9, 1850
Attempt on the life of Násiri’d-Dín Sháh	August 15, 1852
Imprisonment of Bahá’u’lláh in the Síyáh-Chál of Ṭihrán	August, 1852
Banishment of Bahá’u’lláh to Baghdád	January 12, 1853
Withdrawal of Bahá’u’lláh to Kurdistán	April 10, 1854
Return of Bahá’u’lláh from Kurdistán	March 19, 1856
Declaration of the Mission of Bahá’u’lláh	April 22, 1863
Arrival of Bahá’u’lláh in Constantinople	August 16, 1863
Arrival of Bahá’u’lláh in Adrianople	December 12, 1863
Departure of Bahá’u’lláh from Adrianople	August 12, 1868
Arrival of Bahá’u’lláh in ‘Akká	August 31, 1868
Death of the Purest Branch	June 23, 1870
Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh	May 29, 1892
First public reference to the Faith in America	September 23, 1893
Establishment of the first Bahá’í center in the West	February, 1894
Arrival of the first group of Western pilgrims in ‘Akká	December 10, 1898
Arrival of the Báb’s remains in the Holy Land	January 31, 1899
Reincarceration of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in ‘Akká	August 20, 1901
Commencement of the construction of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of ‘Ishqábád	1902
Release of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá from His incarceration	September, 1908
Interment of the Báb’s remains on Mt. Carmel	March 21, 1909
Opening of the first American Bahá’í Convention	March 21, 1909
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s departure for Egypt	September, 1910
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s arrival in London	September 4, 1911
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s arrival in America	April 11, 1912
Laying of the corner-stone of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois, by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá	May 1, 1912
‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s return to the Holy Land	December 5, 1913
Unveiling of the Tablets of the Divine Plan	April, 1919
Commencement of the construction of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois	December, 1920
Passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá	November 28, 1921
Verdict of the Muḥammadan Court in Egypt pronouncing the Faith to be an independent religion	May 10, 1925
Martha Root’s first interview with Queen Marie of Rumania	January 30, 1926
Resolution of the Council of the League of Nations upholding the claim of the Bahá’í Community to the House of Bahá’u’lláh in Baghdád	March 4, 1929

[Page 4] Passing of the Greatest Holy Leaf ................................ July, 1932 Inception of the First American Seven-Year Plan ................... April, 1937 Completion of the exterior ornamentation of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois ..................................... December, 1942 Centenary celebration of the Founding of the Bahá’í Faith and opening of first All-American Bahá’í Convention .......... May 23, 1944 Inception of the Second American Seven-Year Plan ........................ 1946 Completion of the Arcade and Parapet of the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel ....................................................... 1950 Commemoration of the Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Báb .................................................. July 9, 1950

Countries Opened to the Faith of Bahá’u’lláh 1844-1950

Period of the Báb’s Ministry (1844-1853): 1. ‘Iráq 2. Persia

Period of Bahá’u’lláh’s Ministry (1853-1892):

3. Burma	7. Lebanon	11. Syria
4. Caucasus	8. Israel	12. Turkey
5. Egypt	9. Pákistán	13. Turkistán
6. India	10. Súdán

Period of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Ministry (1892-1921):

14. Australia	21. Great Britain	27. Japan
15. Austria	22. Hawaiian Islands	28. Russia
16. Brazil	‎22. Hawaii Islands 23. Hawaii Islands‎	29. South Africa
17. Canada	‎23. Hijáz 24. Hijáz‎	30. Switzerland
18. China	‎24. Holland 25. Holland‎	31. Jordan
19. France	‎25. Hungary 26. Hungary‎	32. Tunisia
20. Germany	‎26. Italy 27. Italy‎	33. United States of America

Period since ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Ascension (1921-1950):

34. Abyssinia	48. Chile	62. Finland
35. Aden Protectorate	49. Colombia	63. Formosa
36. Afghánistán	50. Corsica	64. Gold Coast
37. Ahsá	51. Costa Rica	65. Guatemala
38. Alaska	52. Cuba	66. Honduras
39. Argentina	53. Czechoslovakia	67. Iceland
40. Bahrayn Island	54. Denmark	68. Indo-China
41. Balúchistán	55. Dominican Republic	69. Indonesia
42. Belgian Congo	56. Dubai	70. Jamaica
43. Belgium	57. Ecuador	71. Kenya
44. Bermuda	58. Eire	72. Koweit
45. Bolivia	59. El-Salvador	73. Luxemburg
46. Bulgaria	60. Eritrea	74. Malaya
47. Ceylon	61. Fiji	75. Mexico

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76. Morocco	84. Peru	93. Sweden
77. Newfoundland	85. Philippine Islands	94. Tasmania
78. New Zealand	86. Poland	95. ‘Ummán
79. Nicaragua	87. Portugal	96. Uruguay
80. Nigeria	88. Puerto Rico	97. Venezuela
81. Norway	89. Qatar	98. Yemen
82. Panama	90. Siam	99. Yugoslavia
83. Paraguay	91. Spain	100. Haiti
	92. South Rhodesia

Languages in Which Bahá’í Literature Has Been Translated and Printed

1. Abyssinian	21. Greek	41. Portuguese
2. Albanian	22. Gujrati	42. Punjabi
3. Arabic	23. Gurmukhi	43. Pushtoo
4. Armenian	24. Hebrew	44. ‎Rajestani Rajasthani‎
5. Assamese	25. Hindi	45. Rumanian
6. Bengali	26. Hungarian	46. Russian
7. Bulgarian	27. Icelandic	47. Serbian
8. Burmese	28. Italian	48. Sindhi
9. Chin	29. Japanese	49. Sinhalese
10. Chinese	30. Kashmiri	50. Spanish
11. Croatian	31. Kinarese	51. Swahili
12. Czech	32. Kurdish	52. Swedish
13. Danish	33. Maharatti	53. Tahitian
14. Dutch	34. ‎Malyalam Malayalam‎	54. Tamil
15. English	35. Maori	55. Tatar
16. Eskimo	36. Nepalese	56. ‎Telegu Telugu‎
17. Esperanto	37. Norwegian	57. Tigrinia
18. Finnish	38. Oriyya	58. Turkish
19. French	39. Persian	59. Urdu
20. German	40. Polish	60. Welsh

Languages in Which Bahá’í Literature is Being Translated

1. Chinyanja	6. Karen	11. Shans
2. Erso	7. Latvian	12. Siamese
3. Hausa	8. Lithuanian	13. Slovak
4. Ilocano	9. Malay	14. ‎Ukranian Ukrainian‎
5. Kachin	10. Red Indian

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List of the Báb’s Best-Known Works

1. The Persian Bayán
2. The Arabic Bayán
3. The Qayyúmu’l-Asmá’
4. The Ṣaḥífatu’l-Ḥaramayn
5. The Dalá’il-i-Sab‘ih
6. Commentary on the Súrih of Kawthar
7. Commentary on the Súrih of Va’l-‘Aṣr
8. The Kitáb-i-Asmá’
9. Ṣaḥífiy-i-Makhdhúmíyyih
10. Ṣaḥífiy-i-Ja‘faríyyih
11. Zíyárat-i-Sháh-‘Abdu’l-‘Aẓím
12. Kitáb-i-Panj-Sha’n
13. Ṣaḥífiy-i-Raḍavíyyih
14. Risáliy-i-‘Adlíyyih
15. Risáliy-i-Fiqhíyyih
16. Risáliy-i-Dhahabíyyih
17. Kitábu’r-Rúḥ
18. Súriy-i-Tawḥíd
19. Lawḥ-i-Ḥurúfát
20. Tafsír-i-Nubuvvat-i-Kháṣṣih
21. Risáliy-i-Furú‘i-‘Adlíyyih
22. Khaṣá’il-i-Sab‘ih
23. Epistles to Muḥammad Sháh and Ḥájí Mírzá Áqásí

N.B.—The Báb Himself states in one passage of the Persian Bayán that His writings comprise no less than 500,000 verses.

Alphabetical List of Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings

Alváḥ-i-Laylatu’l-Quds	Lawḥ-i-‘Abdu’l-‘Azíz-Va-Vukalá
Aṣl-i-Kullu’l-Khayr	Lawḥ-i-‘Abdu’l-Vahháb
Az-Bágh-i-Iláhí	Lawḥ-i-‘Abdu’r-Razzáq
Báz-Áv-u-Bidih-Jámí	Lawḥ-i-Aḥbáb
Bishárát (Glad-Tidings)	Lawḥ-i-Aḥmad (Tablet of Aḥmad)
Chihár-Vádí (Four Valleys)	Lawḥ-i-Amváj
Haft-Vádí (Seven Valleys)	Lawḥ-i-Anta’l-Káfí
Halih-Halih-Yá-Bishárát	Lawḥ-i-Aqdas
Ḥúr-i-‘Ujáb	Lawḥ-i-Ashraf
Ḥurufát-i-‘Allín	Lawḥ-i-‘Áshiq-va-Ma‘shúq
Ishráqát (Effulgences)	Lawḥ-i-Áyiy-i-Núr
Kalimát-i-Firdawsíyyih	Lawḥ-i-Bahá
(Words of Paradise)	Lawḥ-i-Baqá
Kalimát-i-Maknúnih (Hidden Words)	Lawḥ-i-Basíṭatu’l-Ḥaqíqih
Kitáb-i-‘Ahd (Book of Covenant)	Lawḥ-i-Bismílih
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book)	Lawḥ-i-Bulbulu’l-Firáq
Kitáb-i-Badí‘	Lawḥ-i-Burhán
Kitáb-i-Íqán (Book of Certitude)	Lawḥ-i-Dunyá (Tablet of the World)
Kitáb-i-Sulṭán (Tablet to the	Lawḥ-i-Fitnih
Sháh of Persia)	Lawḥ-i-Ghulámu’l-Khuld

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Lawḥ-i-Ḥabíb Lawḥ-i-Haft-Pursish Lawḥ-i-Ḥaqq Lawḥ-i-Hawdaj Lawḥ-i-Ḥikmat (Tablet of Wisdom) Lawḥ-i-Hirtík Lawḥ-i-Ḥúríyyih Lawḥ-i-‎Husayn Ḥusayn‎ Lawḥ-i-Ibn-i-Dhi’b (Epistle to the Son of the Wolf) Lawḥ-i-‎Ittihád Ittiḥád‎ Lawḥ-i-Jamál Lawḥ-i-Karím Lawḥ-i-Karmil Lawḥ-i-Kullu’ṭ-‎Ṭa’am Ṭa’ám‎ Lawḥ-i-Malikih (Tablet to Queen Victoria) Lawḥ-i-Malik-i-Rús (Tablet to the Czar of Russia) Lawḥ-i-Malláḥu’l-Quds (Tablet of the Holy Mariner) Lawḥ-i-Manikchí-Ṣáḥib Lawḥ-i-Maqṣúd Lawḥ-i-Maryam Lawḥ-i-Mawlúd Lawḥ-i-Mubáhilih Lawḥ-i-Náṣir Lawḥ-i-Napulyún I (First Tablet to Napoleon III) Lawḥ-i-Napulyún II (Second Tablet to Napoleon III) Lawḥ-i-Nuqṭih Lawḥ-i-Páp (Tablet to the Pope) Lawḥ-i-Pisar-‘Amm Lawḥ-i-Qiná‘ Lawḥ-i-Quds Lawḥ-i-Rafí Lawḥ-i-Ra’ís (Tablet to Ra’ís) Lawḥ-i-Raqshá Lawḥ-i-Rasúl Lawḥ-i-Rúḥ Lawḥ-i-Ru’yá Lawḥ-i-Ṣaḥáb Lawḥ-i-Salmán I Lawḥ-i-Salmán II Lawḥ-i-Ṣámsún Lawḥ-i-Sayyáh Lawḥ-i-Shaykh-Fání Lawḥ-i-Tawḥíd

Lawḥ-i-Ṭibb Lawḥ-i-Tuqà Lawḥ-i-Yúsuf Lawḥ-i-Zaynu’l-Muqarrabín Lawḥ-i-Zíyarih Madínatu’r-Riḍá Madínatu’t-Tawḥíd Mathnaví Munájátháy-i-Ṣíyám Qad-Iḥtaraqa’l-Mukhliṣún Qaṣídiy-i-Varqá’íyyih Rashḥ-i-Amá Riḍvánu’l-‘Adl Riḍvánu’l-Iqrár Ṣaḥífiy-i-Shattiyyih Ṣalát-i-Mayyit (Prayer for the Dead) Sáqí-Az-Ghayb-i-Baqá Shikkar-Shikan-Shavand Subḥána-Rabbíya’l-A‘lá Subḥánaka-Yá-Hú Súratu-lláh Súriy-i-Aḥzán Súriy-i-Amín Súriy-i-Amr Súriy-i-A‘ráb Súriy-i-Aṣḥáb Súriy-i-Asmá Súriy-i-Bayán Súriy-i-Burhán Súriy-i-Damm Súriy-i-Dhabíḥ Súriy-i-Dhibḥ Súriy-i-Dhikr Súriy-i-Faḍl Súriy-i-Fatḥ Súriy-i-Fu’ád Súriy-i-Ghuṣn (Tablet of the Branch) Súriy-i-Ḥajj I Súriy-i-Ḥajj II Súriy-i-Haykal Súriy-i-Ḥifẓ Súriy-i-Hijr Súriy-i-‘Ibád Súriy-i-Ism Súriy-i-Ismuna’ l-Mursil Súriy-i-Javád Súriy-i-Khitáb Súriy-i-Ma‘ání Súriy-i-Man‘

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Súriy-i-Múlúk	Tafsír-i-Hú
Súriy-i-Nida	Tafsír-i-Ḥurúfát-i-Muqaṭṭa‘ih
Súriy-i-Nush	Tafsír-i-Súriy-i-Va’sh-Shams
Súriy-i-Qadír	Tajallíyát (Revelations)
Súriy-i-Qahír	Ṭarázát (Ornaments)
Súriy-i-Qalam	Zíyárat-Námih (The Visiting Tablet)
Súriy-i-Qamís	Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Awlíyá
‎Súriy-i-Ṣabr’ Súriy-i-Ṣabr‎	Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Bábu’l-Báb va Quddús
Súriy-i-Sulṭán	Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Bayt
Súriy-i-Vafá	Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Maryam
Súriy-i-Zíyárih	Zíyárat-Námiy-i-Siyyidu’sh-Shuhadá
Súriy-i-Zubur
Súriy-i-Ẓuhúr

Races Represented in the Bahá’í World Community

1. Abyssinian	11. Finnish	22. Negro
2. Arab	12. French	23. Persian
3. Armenian	13. German	24. Polish
4. British	14. Hungarian	25. Red Indian
5. Bulgarian	15. Irish	26. Russian
6. Burmese	‎17. 16.‎ Indian	27. Scandinavian
7. Chinese	18. Italian	28. Spanish
8. Czech	19. Japanese	29. Sudanese
9. Dutch	20. Kurdish	30. Turkish
10. Eskimo	21. Maori	31. Yugoslavian

Minority Groups and Races with which Contact Has Been Established by Bahá’ís

Eskimos in Alaska

Laps in Scandinavia

Maoris in New Zealand

Mayans in Yucatan

Cherokee Indians in North Carolina

Inca Indians in Peru

Mexican Indians in Mexico

Oneida Indians in Wisconsin

Patagonian Indians in Argentina

Indians of San Blas Islands

Indians of Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Omaha Indians in Nebraska

Indians of La Paz, Bolivia [Page 9]

Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies

1. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States . . . 1925 2. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the British Isles . . . . . 1923 3. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Germany and Austria 1923 4. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt and Súdán . . . 1924 5. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of ’Iráq . . . . . . . . . . . 1931 6. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pakistan and Burma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1923 7. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Persia . . . . . . . . . . . 1934 8. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1934 9. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada . . . . . . . . . . 1948

National Spiritual Assemblies in Process of Formation

10. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Central America . . . 1951 11. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of South America . . . . 1951

Bahá’í National Administrative Headquarters

(HAẒÍRATU’L-QUDS) IN EAST AND WEST 1. Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of the United States, Wilmette, Illinois. 2. Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of Persia, Ṭihrán. 3. Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of Germany, Frankfurt A/M. 4. Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of India, Pakistan and Burma, New Delhi. 5. Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of Egypt and Súdán, Cairo. 6. Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, New South Wales. 7. Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of ’Iráq, Baghdád.

Incorporated Bahá’í Assemblies

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES 1. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States . . . . 1929 2. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pakistan and Burma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1933 3. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Egypt and the Súdán 1934 4. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia and New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1938 5. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the British Isles . . . . . 1939 6. National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Canada . . . . . . . . . . 1949

LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Anchorage, Alaska	9. Birmingham, Ala.
2. Albuquerque, N. M.	10. Boise, Idaho
3. Alhambra, Calif.	11. Boston, Mass.
4. Atlanta, Ga.	12. Cedar Rapids, Iowa
5. Baltimore, Md.	13. Chicago, Ill.
6. Berkeley, Calif.	14. Cincinnati, O.
7. Beverly, Mass.	15. Cleveland, O.
8. Binghamton, N. Y.	16. Columbus, O.

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17. Dayton, O. 18. Denver, Colo. 19. Detroit, Mich. 20. Evanston, Ill. 21. Flint, Mich. 22. Helena, Mont. 23. Honolulu, T. H. 24. Indianapolis, Ind. 25. Jamestown, N. Y. 26. Jersey City, N. J. 27. Kansas City, Mo. 28. Kenosha, Wisc. 29. Lima, O. 30. Los Angeles, Calif. 31. Miami, Fla. 32. Milwaukee, Wisc. 33. Minneapolis, Minn. 34. Muskegon, Mich. 35. New York, N. Y.

36. Oakland, Calif. 37. Pasadena, Calif. 38. Peoria, Ill. 39. Philadelphia, Penna. 40. Phoenix, Ariz. 41. Portland, Ore. 42. Racine, Wis. 43. Richmond Highlands, Wash. 44. San Francisco, Calif. 45. Seattle, Wash. 46. Springfield, Ill. 47. St. Paul, Minn. 48. Teaneck, N. J. 49. Urbana, Ill. 50. Washington, D. C. 51. Wauwatosa, Wis. 52. West Chester, Penna. 53. Wilmette, Ill. 54. Winnetka, Ill.

INDIA AND PAKISTAN

1. Ahmedabad 2. Andheri 3. Bangalore 4. Baroda 5. Bombay 6. Calcutta 7. Delhi 8. Hyderabad, Deccan 9. Hyderabad, Sind 10. Karachi

11. Kariafghanan 12. Kolhapur 13. Lahore 14. Panchgani 15. Poona 16. ‎Secundarabad Secunderabad‎ 17. Serampore 18. Sholapur 19. Srinagar 20. Vellore

BURMA

1. Daidanow Kalazoo 2. Mandalay 3. Rangoon

LATIN AMERICA

1. Asunción, Paraguay 2. Bogotá, ‎Columbia Colombia‎ 3. Caracas, Venezuela 4. El-Salvador, San Salvador 5. Guatemala City, Guatemala 6. Havana, Cuba 7. La Paz, Bolivia 8. Lima, Peru

9. Mexico City, Mexico 10. Panamá City, Panamá 11. Port-au-Prince, Haiti 12. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 13. Santiago, Chile 14. San José, Costa Rica 15. Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic

CANADA

1. Montreal 2. Toronto [Page 11] AUSTRALIA

1. Adelaide
2. Sydney

NEW ZEALAND Auckland

BALUCHISTÁN Quetta

GERMANY Esslingen

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Solano

Territories, Federal Districts and States of the United States of America Where Bahá’í Marriage Certificates Are Officially Recognized

1. Alabama	11. Maryland
2. Territory of Alaska	12. Massachusetts
3. Arizona	13. Michigan
4. California	14. Minnesota
5. Delaware	15. New Jersey
6. District of Columbia	16. New Mexico
7. Georgia	17. New York
8. Territory of Hawaii	18. Ohio
9. Idaho	19. Pennsylvania
10. Illinois	20. Wisconsin

Bahá’í Marriage Certificate recognized by the Israel civil authorities.

Bahá’í Marriage Certificate recognized by Courts of First Instance throughout the Kingdom of ‘Iráq.

Bahá’í Holy Days recognized by the Educational Department of the State of Victoria, Australia. [Page 12]

Data Concerning Important National and International Bahá’í Endowments

Estimated value of Bahá’í national endowments in the United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,663,701.06

Area of land purchased as the site of the first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of Persia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,819,000 sq. meters

Area of land surrounding and dedicated to the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167,100 sq. meters

Area of land dedicated to the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh in ‘Akká . . 4,000 sq. meters

Area of land dedicated to the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh in the district of Gaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,530 sq. meters

Area of land dedicated to the Shrines of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb in the Jordan Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,354,108 sq. meters

Area of land dedicated to the Shrines of Bahá’u’lláh and the Báb in Israel and registered in the name of the Israel Branch of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States of America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,000 sq. meters

Area of land dedicated to the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel and registered in the name of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India, Pakistan and Burma, Israel Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,480 sq. meters

Total cost of the construction of the Arcade of the Shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $240,000

Total cost of the construction of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Ill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,084,564.00

Cost of the National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of India, Pakistan and Burma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575,000 rupees

Cost to date of the National Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds of the Bahá’ís of Persia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000 pounds

Area of land dedicated to the first Mashriqu’l-Adhkár of South America, in Santiago, Chile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,000 square meters

Principal Bahá’í Historic Sites in Persia Owned by the Bahá’í Community

House of the Báb in Shíráz and several adjoining houses.

Ancestral Home of Bahá’u’lláh in Tákur, Mázindarán.

House of Bahá’u’lláh in Ṭihrán.

House owned by the Báb’s maternal uncle in Shíráz.

Shop belonging to the Báb in Búshihr.

A quarter of the village of Chihríq in Áḍhirbáyján.

House of Ḥájí Mírzá Jání in Káshán where the Báb stayed on His way to Tabríz.

House of Imám-Jum‘ih in Iṣfáhán.

Public bath used by the Báb in Shíráz and some adjacent houses. [Page 13] Half of the house owned by Vahid in Nayriz. Part of the house owned by Hujjat in Zanján. The three gardens rented by Bahá’u’lláh in Badasht. Burial-place of Quddús in Bárfurúsh, Mázindarán. House of Mahmud Khán-i-Kalantar in Tihrán where Táhirih was confined. Public Bath visited by the Báb when in Urúmíyyih, Ádhirbáyján. House owned by Mirza Husayn-’Alíy-i-Núr in Tihrán where the Báb’s remains were concealed. The Bábíyyih in Mashhad, Khurásán. The house owned by Mullá Husayn in Mashhad, Khurásán. The residence of the Sultanu’sh-Shuhada (King of Martyrs) and of the Mahbubu’sh-Shuhadá (Beloved of Martyrs) in Isfáhán. Apartments occupied by the Báb in Urúmíyyih, Adhirbáyján. Spot where the heads of two hundred martyrs were buried in Ábádih, Fárs. House where the Báb’s remains were concealed in Qum. Site of martyrdom and burial-place of the "Seven Martyrs" of ‘Iraq in Sultán-Abád, Iraq. Caravansarai occupied by the Báb in Zanján. Burial-place of Ashraf and his mother in Zanján. House where the Báb’s remains were concealed in Kirmánsháh. Room occupied by Vahid and other rooms in the Fort of Khájih in Nayríz. Land adjoining the Fort of Khájih, site of the martyrdom of Vahid and some of his companions. Site of martyrdom and burial-place of the "Four Martyrs" of ‘Iraq in Sultán-Ábád, ‘Iraq.

American National Bahá’í Endowments

MASHRIQU’L-ADHKÁR, WILMETTE, ILLINOIS Temple Caretaker’s Cottage Land

HAZIRATU’L-QUDS, WILMETTE, ILLINOIS National Bahá’í Office Supplementary Administrative Office Bahá’í Publishing Committee Office Collins House

GREEN ACRE BAHÁ’Í SCHOOL, ELIOT, MAINE Bahá’í Hall Dormitory and Dining Room Studio Three Cottages, Supplementary Dormitories Ole Bull Cottage Arts and Crafts Studio Schopflocher Cottage Rogers Cottage Lucas Studio [Page 14] Fellowship House

Reeves Camp

Atkinson Cottage

Thompson Cottage

Vaugh Cottage

Nine Gables, Schopflocher Estate; House, Studio, Farm Buildings

138 acres of land, including area on Monsalvat

WILHELM PROPERTY, WEST ENGLEWOOD, NEW JERSEY

Wilhelm House

Evergreen Cabin

Cottage, Garage

Land, including pine grove where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá gave the unity feast in 1912

GEYSERVILLE BAHÁ’Í SCHOOL, GEYSERVILLE, CALIFORNIA

Bosch House

Bahá’í Hall

Dormitory

Ranch Buildings

Land

INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ’Í SCHOOL, PINE VALLEY, COLORADO

Mathews House

Ranch Buildings

20 acres of land

CENTRAL STATES SUMMER SCHOOL

Eggleston House

Library

Dormitory

Cottages

WILSON PROPERTY, MALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS

Wilson House, where ‘Abdu’l-Bahá rested in 1912

Land

MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN

Land

Estimated Value of American Bahá’í Properties

Mashriqu’l-Adhkár	$2,381,012.91*
Ḥazíratu’l-Quds	25,526.42
Green Acre	126,718.73
Wilhelm Property	79,000.00
Geyserville School	48,500.00
International School	51,500.00
Central States School	64,700.00
Wilson House	7,000.00
TOTAL	$2,783,958.06

• Includes the estimated total cost of interior ornamentation, $860,000.

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Successive Stages in the Transfer of the Remains of the Báb from Persia to the Holy Land and the Erection of His Mausoleum on Mount Carmel

Execution of the Báb in Tabriz and the exposure of His mangled body on the edge of the moat outside the city, July 9, 1850.

Wrapping of His remains in a cloak, their secret removal to the silk factory owned by one of the believers of Mílán and their deposition in a small wooden casket, July 11, 1850.

Transportation in accordance with Bahá’u’lláh’s instructions, of the casket to Tihrán and its concealment in the shrine of Imám-Zádih Hasán.

Removal of the remains to the home of Hájí Sulaymán Khán and their subsequent transfer to the shrine of Imám-Zádih Ma’súm.

Instructions issued by Bahá’u’lláh, while in Adrianople, to Mullá’Ali Akbar-i-Shahmirzádi and Jamál-i-Burújirdi, to transfer the casket to a safer hiding place, and its temporary concealment within a wall of the Masjid-i-Masha’u’lláh outside the gates of the capital, 1867-1868.

Detection of the hiding place of the casket and its smuggling into Țihrán and its deposition in the house of Mírzá Hasan-i-Vazír, a believer and son-in-law of Háji Mirza Siyyid ‘Aliy-i-Tafrishi, the Majdu’l-Ashraf.

Discovery of the hiding place by a number of believers and the consequent removal of the casket by Háji Sháh Muhammad-i-Manshadi, surnamed Aminu’l-Bayán, in accordance with Bahá’u’lláh’s instructions, to the shrine of Imám-Zádih Zayd, and its burial beneath the floor of the inner sanctuary, whence it was again removed to a series of private homes in Ţihrán.

Bahá’u’lláh’s visit to Mount Carmel, the revelation of the Tablet of Carmel, and the appointment by Him, in the presence of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, of the site to serve as the permanent burial-place for the remains of the Báb.

Despatch of Mirza Asadu’lláh by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with specific instructions to transport the body of the Báb to the Holy Land, and the transfer of the remains to Isfáhán, and thence, via Kirmánsháh, Baghdad and Damascus, to the Holy Land, arriving at their destination on January 31, 1899, fifty lunar years after the Báb’s execution in Tabriz.

Purchase by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá of the site designated by Bahá’u’lláh, and the construction of a marble sarcophagus by the Burmese believers in accordance with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s suggestion, designed to receive the body of the Báb.

Laying of the foundation-stone of the Shrine of the Báb by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá with the participation of Ibrahim Khayru’lláh, while on his pilgrimage to ‘Akká, following the establishment of the Faith in the United States of America, 1899.

Construction by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá of six chambers constituting the initial stage in the erection of the mausoleum of the Báb.

Downfall of Sultán ‘Abdu’l-Hamid II, whose Commission of Inquiry had visited the Shrine and was contemplating its destruction; the release of [Page 16] ‘Abdu’l-Bahá from His incarceration and the placing by Him of the wooden casket in the marble sarcophagus on the day coinciding with the inauguration of the first American Bahá’í Convention, March 21, 1909.

Purchase of extensive properties on the slope of Mt. Carmel in the immediate vicinity of the Shrine of the Báb and their permanent dedication to His memory.

Construction of three additional chambers marking the completion of the preliminary structure contemplated by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

Opening of terraces stretching from the Shrine to the foot of Mount Carmel; the exemption by the British High Commissioner of the entire area dedicated to the Mausoleum of the Báb from taxation; the establishment of the Palestine Branches of the American and Indian National Spiritual Assemblies; and the subsequent transfer of a part of the dedicated properties to the name of these newly formed branches.

Entombment of the remains of the Purest Branch and of the Mother, sister and wife of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in the vicinity of the Shrine, as a prelude to the establishment of the World Administrative Center of the Faith in that same neighborhood.

Unveiling of the model designed by W. S. Maxwell for the superstructure of the Shrine on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the Declaration of the Báb in Haifa on May 23, 1944.

Placing of successive contracts for the masonry and ornamentation of the Arcade and Parapet of the Shrine, amounting to approximately eight hundred tons, and their transportation from Italy to Haifa.

Completion of the Arcade and Parapet of the Shrine on the occasion of the centenary of the Báb’s martyrdom, July 9, 1950.

Fate of Those Who Persecuted the Báb, Who Opposed the Construction of His Shrine and Threatened its Destruction

MUHAMMAD SHAH, who disregarded the appeal of the Báb to meet Him in person and plead His Cause, sustained a sudden reverse of fortune, and succumbed, at the age of forty, to a complication of maladies.

NÁŞIRI’D-DÍN SHÁH, during whose reign the Báb was executed, and under whose ageis the greatest massacre of the Bábís took place, was, in the plenitude of his power, dramatically assassinated on the eve of his jubilee. The Qájár dynasty to which he belonged was subsequently brought to an ignominious end.

HÁJÍ MÍRZÁ ÁQÁSÍ, the Grand Vazir of Muhammad Shah and chief instigator of the outrages perpetrated against the Báb, was disgraced by his sovereign, lost his fortune, was expelled to Karbilá, and became a victim of disease and poverty.

MÍRZÁ TAQÍ KHÁN, the Amír Nizám, the Grand Vazir of Náşiri’d-Dín Sháh, who was directly responsible for the execution of the Báb, was disgraced and put to death by the royal order in the bath of the Palace of Fín, near Káshán. [Page 17] MÍRZÁ HASAN KHÁN, who carried out the execution of the Báb, was subjected, two years after, to a dreadful punishment which ended in his death.

MIRZA ‘ALÍ-ASGHAR, the Shaykhu’l-Islám of Tabriz, who inflicted the bastinado on the Báb with his own hand, was stricken, in that same year, with paralysis, and died a miserable death.

THE REGIMENT, which constituted the firing squad that executed the Báb, lost, in that same year, two hundred and fifty of its officers and men in an earthquake near Ardibil, while the remaining five hundred were shot, two years later, in Tabríz, for mutiny. The head of the regiment, Áqá Ján Big, lost his life, six years after the martyrdom of the Báb, during the bombardment of Muhammarih by the British.

THE SHI’AH SACERDOTAL ORDER, which violently opposed the Báb, aroused the populace and instigated the government against Him, was discredited, fell from power, and ceased to exercise its paramount influence on both the people and the government.

SULTAN ‘ABDU’L-HAMID II, who lent his support to the enemies of the Faith in their efforts to obstruct the construction of the Shrine of the Báb, was deposed and made a prisoner of state. The Caliphate was subsequently abolished and the Sultanate ceased to exist.

THE FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY, who were appointed by ‘Abdu’l-Hamid to investigate the activities of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and who misrepresented the Shrine of the Báb as a fortress and vast ammunition depot on Mt. Carmel, suffered an ignominious fate, one being shot, another robbed of all his possessions, the third exiled, and the fourth sinking into abject poverty.

JAMÁL PÁSHÁ, the Turkish Commander-in-Chief, who threatened the destruction of the Holy Tomb, was defeated in battle, fled, and was slain while a refugee in the Caucasus.

MIRZA MUHAMMAD-’ALÍ, the Arch-Breaker of the Covenant of Bahá’u’lláh, who was the chief instigator of the enemies of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and exerted his utmost to obstruct the construction of the Shrine of the Báb, was stricken with paralysis, and lived to see every hope he had cherished dashed to the ground.

THE INVADING FORCES OF GENERAL ROMMEL, whose threat to Alexandria constituted the gravest danger to the Holy Land, and whose victory would have precipitated the direst crisis in the fortunes of the Faith at its World Center, and imperiled its institutions, was routed from the continent of Africa, and the peril of a régime inimical to the Faith removed forever.

THE ARAB COMMUNITY living in the neighborhood of the Shrine of the Báb, which violated the sacredness of its precincts, in the course of the disturbances in the Holy Land, and supported the schemes of the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, who had threatened to extirpate the Faith, fled in ignominy and joined the great army of refugees that was seeking shelter in the adjoining territories. [Page 18]

Data Regarding the Bahá’í Temple in Wilmette, Illinois

Cost of Temple property..... $51,500

Area of Temple property..... 6.97 acres

Materials used in ornamentation: crystalline quartz, opaque quartz and white Portland cement.

Total cost of the structure of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois (1921-1943)..... $1,342,813

Estimated cost of the interior ornamentation of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár, Wilmette, Illinois..... $ 860,000

Height from floor of basement to culmination of the dome ribs..... 191 feet

Depth of caissons..... 120 feet

Diameter at the foundation floor..... 204 feet

Height of dome..... 49 feet

Outside diameter of dome..... 90 feet

Inside diameter of dome..... 72 feet

Number of sections of ornamentation comprising the dome and ribs.....387

Height of mainstory pylons..... 45 feet

Perforation of dome surface..... 30%

Seating capacity of Auditorium..... 1,600

Number of Temple visitors from 1932-1950..... 400,000

Letter addressed by Bahá’ís of ‘Ishqábád to the Bahá’ís of Chicago..... 1902

Petition addressed to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá by the "House of Spirituality" of the Bahá’ís of Chicago appealing for permission to construct a Bahá’í Temple in America..... March, 1903

‘Abdu’l-Bahá gives His approval through a Tablet dated..... June, 1903

Delegates of various American Bahá’í Assemblies meet in Chicago and choose a site for the Temple..... November, 1907

First two building lots purchased..... April, 1908.

First American Bahá’í Convention establishes Bahá’í Temple Unity..... March, 1909

‘Abdu’l-Bahá lays dedication stone of the Temple..... May, 1912

Purchase of Temple property completed..... 1914

Bahá’í Convention selects design of L. J. Bourgeois..... April, 1920

Contract awarded for the sinking of the nine caissons (completed 1921)..... December, 1920

Contract awarded for the construction of the basement structure (completed 1922)..... August, 1921

Contract awarded for the erection of the superstructure (completed May, 1931)..... August, 1930

Contract awarded for the exterior ornamentation of the dome (completed January, 1934)..... June, 1932

Ornamentation of the clerestory completed..... July, 1935

Ornamentation of the gallery unit completed..... November, 1938

Ornamentation of the mainstory begun..... April, 1940

Ornamentation of the mainstory completed..... July, 1942

Steps placed in position..... December, 1942

Completion of exterior ornamentation of Temple..... 1943

First contract interior ornamentation..... November, 1947

Date fixed for the completion of the interior ornamentation..... 1953 [Page 19]

Passages Inscribed Over the Nine Entrances of the Bahá’í Temple

1. "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." 2. "The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice; turn not away therefrom if thou desirest Me." 3. "My love is My stronghold; he that entereth therein is safe and secure." 4. "Breathe not the sins of others so long as thou art thyself a sinner." 5. "Thy heart is My home; sanctify it for My descent." 6. "I have made death a messenger of joy to thee; wherefore dost thou grieve." 7. "Make mention of Me on My earth, that in My heaven I may remember thee." 8. "O rich ones on earth! The poor in your midst are My trust; guard ye My trust." 9. "The source of all learning is the knowledge of God, exalted be His glory!"

Passages Inscribed in the Interior of the Bahá’í Temple

1. "All the prophets of God proclaim the same faith." 2. "Religion is a radiant light and an impregnable stronghold." 3. "Ye are the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch." 4. "So powerful is unity's light that it can illumine the whole earth." 5. "Consort with the followers of all religions with friendliness." 6. "O Son of Being! Thou art My lamp and My light is in thee." 7. "O Son of Being! Walk in My statutes for love of Me." 8. "Thy Paradise is My love; thy heavenly home reunion with Me." 9. "The light of a good character surpasseth the light of the sun."

Comparative Measurements of Famous Domed Structures

St. Peter's in Rome - Total height.... 450 feet Inside diameter of dome.... 137 feet St. Paul's in London - Total height.. 366 feet Inside diameter of dome.... 112 feet St. Sophia in Constantinople-Total height 180 feet Inside diameter of dome... 107 feet Pantheon in Rome - Inside height. 142 feet Insid: diameter of dome... 142 feet

Approximate Number of Localities Where Bahá’ís Reside in Leading Bahá’í Communities Throughout the World

Ten European Goal Countries: Over thirty localities. Germany and Austria: Over forty localities. British Isles: Over fifty localities. Australia and New Zealand: Over sixty localities. Dominion of Canada: Over eighty localities. India, Pakistan and Burma: Over eighty localities. Latin America: Over one hundred localities. Persia: Over seven hundred localities. United States of America: Over eleven hundred localities. [Page 20]

Localities Where Bahá’ís Reside in the United States of America

State or Territory Assemblies Groups Isolated Total

Alabama 1 2 8

Alaska 1 4 7 12

Arizona 3 4 12 19

Arkansas 2 1 8 11

California (No.) 10 10 40 60

California (So.) 19 23 30 72

Colorado 2 3 14 19

Connecticut 3 4 9 16

Delaware 1 1 3 S

Washington (D. C.) 1 0 0 1

Florida 3 4 23 30

Georgia 2 0 9 11

Hawaii 2 0 0 2

Idaho 2 0 6 8

Illinois (No.) 10 8 37 55

Illinois (So.) S 3 17 25

Indiana 3 2 15 20

Iowa 2 0 7 9

Kansas 1 3 2 6

Kentucky 0 3 4 7

Louisiana 1 0 6

Maine 2 2 9 13

Maryland 1 3 11 15

Massachusetts S 18 29 52

Michigan 9 22 33 64

Minnesota 3 0 9 12

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

1 0 7 8

3 3 S 11

3 1 9

Nebraska 1 0 7 8

Nevada 1 0 3 4

New Hampshire 1 2 4 7

New Jersey 10 6 52 68

New Mexico 1 6 0 7

New York (No.) 8 12 44 64

New York (So.) 2 4 30 36

North Carolina 1 0 10 11

North Dakota

Ohio...

Oklahoma

1

0

8

16

1

0

Oregon 1 3

Pennsylvania 4 6 29

Puerto Rico 1 0

Rhode Island 1 2

South Carolina 2 1 16322146 3 4 70 4 16 39 2 7 9 20 [Page 21]

State or Territory	Assemblies	Groups	Isolated	Total
South Dakota	1	0	4	5
Tennessee	2	1	7	10
Texas	3	1	17	21
Utah	1	1	4	6
Vermont	1	1	3	5
Virginia	2	4	15	21
Washington	7	4	29	40
West Virginia	1	1	4	6
Wisconsin	8	12	33	53
Wyoming	1	0	4	5
TOTALS	172	207	735	1114

Localities Where Bahá’ís Reside in Persia

Districts	Assemblies	Groups	Isolated	Total
Ábádih	11	16	19	46
Ahváz.	15	4	12	31
Bábul	7	2	1	10
Bandar-I-Jaz	4	3	1	8
Birjand	S	13	2	20
Hamadán	12	7	2	21
Iráq	S	12	1	18
Isfahan	27	35	14	76
Káshán	11	8	0	19
Kirmán	9	11	14	34
Kirmánsháh	6	1	3	10
Mashad	21	26	16	63
Nayriz	3	0	0	3
Qazvin	7	7	7	21
Rasht	8	4	8	20
Sangsar	4	0	20	24
Sárí	12	4	8	24
Shiráz	21	14	9	44
Tabriz	33	19	10	62
Ţihrán	29	46	29	104
Yazad	24	16	22	62
Záhidán	1	1	5	7
TOTALS	280	253	179	712

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CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE ANTILLES

LOCAL ASSEMBLIES

Costa Rica 1. San José

Cuba 2. Havana

Dominican Republic 3. Ciudad Trujillo

El Salvador 4. San Salvador

Guatemala 5. Chichicastenango 6. Guatemala

Haiti 7. Port-au-Prince

Honduras 8. San Pedro Sula 9. Tegucigalpa

Jamaica 10. Kingston 11. Spanishtown

Mexico 12. Mexico City 13. Puebla

Nicaragua 14. Managua

Panama 15. Panamá 16. Colon

Puerto Rico 17. San Juan

GROUPS

Costa Rica 18. Punta Arenas

Cuba 19. Cienfuegos

Honduras 20. Taulebé

Mexico 21. Coatepec

Nicaragua 22. Granada

Puerto Rico 23. Rio Piedras

ISOLATED CENTERS

Canal Zone 24. Ancón

El Salvador 25. Armenia 26. Santa Ana

Mexico 27. Tehuacán

SOUTH AMERICA

LOCAL ASSEMBLIES

Argentina 1. Buenos Aires 2. Córdoba

Bolivia 3. La Paz

Brazil 4. Bahía 5. Rio de Janeiro 6. Sao Paulo

Chile 7. Santiago 8. Valparaiso 9. Viña del Mar 10. Punta Arenas

Colombia 11. Bogotá 12. Cali 13. Bucaramanga 14. Barranquilla

Ecuador 15. Quito 16. Guayaquil

Peru 17. Lima

Venezuela 18. Caracas

Peru 30. Callao

Paraguay 31. Asunción

Uruguay 32. Montevideo

GROUPS

Argentina 19. Ezeiza 20. Rosario 21. La Plata

Bolivia 22. Sucre

Chile 23. Puerto Montt 24. Mulchén 25. Osorno 26. Antofagasta 27. Quilpué

Colombia 28. Medellín 29. Cartagena

ISOLATED CENTERS

Bolivia 33. Cataví 34. Cochabamba

Brazil 35. Belém 36. Niteroi

Chile 37. Chuquicamata 38. Sewell 39. Talca 40. Lonchoche 41. Puerto Aysen

Ecuador 42. Amabato

Peru 43. Talara [Page 23]

Bahá’í Centers in India, Pakistan and Burma

13. *Delhi

INDIA

1. Agra 2. * Ahmedabad 14. Gorakhpur 3. "Aligarh 4. * Allahabad 5. Amritsar 6. * Andheri 7. Banares 8. *Bangalore 9. *Baroda 10. *Belgaum 11. *Bombay Bulandshahr 12. *Calcutta 15. Hyderabad (Deccan) 16. *Indore 17. *Jaipur 18. *Jalna 19. *Kamarhatti 20. Kanpur 21. Kaprin 22. "Kolhapur 23. *Lucknow 24. *Madras 25. "Mysore

PAKISTAN

44. *Lahore 26. Nagpur 27. "Panchgani 28. *Poona 29. Rajkot 30. Runza 31. *Secunderabad (Dn) 32. *Serampore 33. *Sholapur 34. *Srinagar 35. *Surat 36. Trivandrum 37. Wai 52. Sheikhpura 53. *Sialkot 54. Siran Wali 38. Batapur 39. Jallo 40. *Chittagong 41. *Dacca 42. Ghokal 43. "Hyderabad (Sind)

BURMA

57. Allezoo 58. Ayanzoo 59. *Daidanaw 65. Ahmednagar 66. Anantnag 67. Barabanki 68. Bhatkal 69. Cambay 70. Deolali 82. Allipur Saidan 83. Budhagoraia 45. *Mirpurkhas 46. Multaw 47. *Peshawar 48. *Quetta 49. "Rawalpindi

BURMA

60. "Kyigon 61. "Mandalay 62. "Rangoon

INDIA

71. Igatpuri 72. Jhalrapatan City 73. Jodhpur 74. Kolaba 75. Radhanpur 76. Shopian

PAKISTAN

84. Dinajpur 85. Gasbaria

BURMA

55. *Sukkur 56. *Karachi 63. *Thamaing 64. *Twante "Spiritual Assembly. 77. Simla 78. Sultanpur 79. Vizagapatam 80. Vyganellore 81. Yaripora 86. Nowshera 87. Partapgarh 88. Kalaw

• Spiritual Assembly.

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ALBERTA

1. Banff 2. *Calgary 3. *Edmonton 4. Grand Prairie 5. Medicine Hat 6. Rat Lake

BRITISH COLUMBIA

7. Armstrong 8. Cumberland 9. Hautzic Prairie 10. Kamloops 11. Langley Prairie 12. Mission City 13. Nanaimo 14. Oak Bay 15. Okanagan Landing 16. Parksville 17. Penticton 18. Saanich 19. *Vancouver 20. Vernon 21. *Victoria 22. West Vancouver

MANITOBA

23. Fisher River 24. St. Boniface 25. St. James 26. *Winnipeg

NEW BRUNSWICK

27. *Moncton 28. Saint John 29. Sunny Brae

NEWFOUNDLAND

30. Goose Bay 31. St. John's

NOVA SCOTIA

32. Armdale 33. Fairview 34. *Halifax

ONTARIO

35. Amhurstberg 36. Burwash 37. Coppercliff 38. Dobie 39. East York 40. Farren Point 41. Forest Hill 42. Gore's Landing 43. *Hamilton 44. Humberstone 45. Islington 46. Kingston 47. Kirkland Lake 48. Langstaffe 49. London 50. Manotick 51. Milton 52. North York 53. Owen Sound 54. *Ottawa 55. Nobel 56. Peterboro 57. Pickering 58. Roslin 59. * Scarboro 60. St. Catherine's 61. Shannonville 62. *Toronto 63. West York 64. Windsor 65. York

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

66. Clyde River 67. Charlottetown 68. Vernon Bridge [Page 25] 69. Beaulac 70. Buckingham 71. Hampstead 72. Huntington 73. Longueuil

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QUEBEC

74. "Montreal 75. Montreal West 76. Mount Royal 77. Noranda 78. Outremont 79. Riviere Beaudette 80. St. Lambert 81. Westmount 82. Verdun

Bahá’í Centers in Australia and New Zealand

1. Broken Hill 2. *Caringbah 3. Glen Innes 4. Goulburn 5. Kuring-gai 6. Leura

NEW SOUTH WALES

7. Lismore 8. Neville 9. North Sydney 10. Qurindi 11. *Sydney 12. Tamworth

NEW ZEALAND

18. *Auckland 19. Cambridge 20. Dargaville 21. Devonport 22. Hamilton East 23. Lower Hutt 24. Mangakino 13. Toongabbie 14. West Wyalong 15. Wollongong 16. Yass 17. Yerrinbool 28. Tauranga 29. Wanganui 25. Mount Maunganui 30. Wellington 31. Weymouth 32. Whangarei 26. New Plymouth 27. Rama Rama

QUEENSLAND

33. *Brisbane 34. Toowoomba 35. Townsville

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

36. * Adelaide 37. Belair 38. Booleroo Centre 39. *Burnside 40. Kingston 41. Payneham 42. Quorn 43. *St. Peters 44. Strathalbyn 45. Unley 46. *Woodville

TASMANIA

47. "Hobart 48. Launceston 49. Taraoona 50. Woodbridge 51. Zeehan

VICTORIA

52. Bonegilla 53. Geelong 54. Koraleigh 55. *Melbourne 56. Talgarno

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

57. Emu Point 58. Harvey 59. "Perth

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Bahá’í Centers in the British Isles

1. "Belfast, N. Ireland 2. *Birmingham, Warwickshire 3. *Blackburn, Lancashire 4. *Blackpool, Lancashire 5. "Bournemouth, Hampshire 6. *Bradford, Yorkshire 7. "Brighton, Sussex 8. Bristol, Gloucestershire 9. *Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales 10. *Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland 11. *Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 12. "Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland 13. "Leeds, Yorkshire

ISOLATED

26. Abbotsbury, Dorset 27. Alderley Edge, Cheshire 28. Amesbury, Wiltshire 29. Amersham, Buckinghamshire 30. Chingford, Essex 31. Coventry, Warwickshire 32. Dorking, Surrey 33. Eastbourne, Sussex 34. Hastings, Sussex 35. Hertford, Hertfordshire 36. Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland 14. "Liverpool, Lancashire 15. *London 16. "Manchester, Lancashire 17. "Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland 18. "Northampton, Northamptonshire 19. Norwich, Norfolk 20. "Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 21. Oxford, Oxfordshire 22. St. Ives, Cornwall 23. Sheffield, Yorkshire 24. *Stockport, Cheshire 25. "Torquay, Devonshire

CENTERS

38. Luton, Bedfordshire 39. Maughold, Isle of Man 40. Middlewich, Cheshire 41. Old Coulsdon, Surrey 42. Petersfield, Hampshire 43. Portrush, Antrim, N. Ireland 44. Reading, Berkshire 45. Salisbury, Wiltshire 46. Southend, Essex 47. Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire 48. Thetford, Norfolk 37. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire 49. Tunbridge Wells, Kent

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Bahá’í Centers in Germany and Austria

AUSTRIA 1. Vienna

GERMANY

SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES

1. Bergstrasse 2. Darmstadt 3. Esslingen 4. Frankfurt A/M 5. Göppingen 6. Hamburg 7. Heidelberg 8. Karlsruhe 9. Leipzig 10. Nürnberg 11. Plochingen 12. Schwerin 13. Stuttgart 14. Weisbaden

GROUPS AND ISOLATED CENTERS

1. Auerbach bei Zwickau 2. Berlin 3. Ebingen 4. Essen 5. Furtwangen 6. Garmisch 7. Geisenfeld 8. Giessen 9. Heilbronn 10. Immenstadt 11. Küssnach bei Waldshut 12. Lich/Oberhessen 13. Lohm/Oldenburg 14. Laubach [Page 27] 15. München 16. Murnau 17. Murrhardt 18. Bad Nauheim 19. Neuburg an der Donau 20. Oldenburg/Oldenburg 21. Pfullingen 22. Talheim-Vellberg uber Schwäb. Hall 23. Thal bei Bad Pyrmont 24. Rostoch-Warnemünde 25. Trossingen 26. Tübingen 27. Tuttlingen 28. Wachendorf Kreis Horb 29. Überlingen

BELGIUM

1. *Brussels 2. Antwerp

DENMARK

3. *Copenhagen 4. Jylland

HOLLAND

5. * Amsterdam 6. Bussum 7. Rotterdam

ITALY

8. Genoa 9. Florence 10. Naples 11. Piacenza 12. *Rome 13. San Remo 14. Stra

LUXEMBURG

15. *Luxemburg

NORWAY

16. Christiansund 17. *Oslo

PORTUGAL

18. *Lisbon

SPAIN

19. Asturias 20. *Barcelona 21. Cadiz 22. *Madrid

SWEDEN

23. Gothenburg 24. Slatthult 25. *Stockholm

SWITZERLAND

26. *Bern 27. Diepoldsau 28. *Geneva 29. Gossau-Mettendorf 30. Heerbrugg 31. Lausanne 32. Rheineck 33. Wolfhalden 34. *Zurich

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Bahá’í Centers in Territories of the Arabian Peninsula

1. Aden Protectorate: Aden 2. Aḥsá: Dhahrán 3. Bahrayn: Baḥrayn 4. Dubai: Freeport 5. Hijáz: Mecca, Jedda 6. Koweit: Al-Koweit 7. Oman: Matrah (near Masqat) 8. Qatar: Zigrid 9. Jordan: ‘Adasiyyih, ‘Ammán, Salt 10. Yemen (in process of establishment)

The Badí’ or Bahá’í Calendar

This calendar was laid down by the Báb in His book the "Kitáb-i-Asmá’" and further elucidated by Bahá’u’lláh in these words: "The Year Sixty, A.H. (1844 A.D.), the year of the Declaration of the Báb, must be regarded as the beginning of the Badí’ Calendar." Therefore all Bahá’í reckoning commences with that Declaration which took place on the evening preceding the fifth day of Jamádíyu’l-Avval, of the year 1260 A.H. (May 23, 1844). The Solar calendar is followed and the Bahá’í New Year, called "Naw-Rúz," falls on the vernal equinox which takes place on March 21.

NAMES OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK

Day	Arabic Name	English Name	Translation
1st	Jalál	Saturday	Glory
2nd	Jamál	Sunday	Beauty
3rd	Kamál	Monday	Perfection
4th	Fidál	Tuesday	Grace
5th	‘Idál	Wednesday	Justice
6th	Istijlál	Thursday	Majesty
7th	Istiqlál	Friday	Independence

NAMES OF THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR

(Each day of the Bahá’í month also has a name, which follows the same order and is the same name as those of the months of the year.)

Month	Arabic Name	Translation	First Day
1st	Bahá	Splendor	March 21
2nd	Jalál	Glory	April 9
3rd	Jamál	Beauty	April 28
4th	‘Azamat	Grandeur	May 17
5th	Núr	Light	June 5
6th	Rahmat	Mercy	June 24
7th	Kalimát	Words	July 13
8th	Kamál	Perfection	August 1
9th	Asmá’	Names	August 20
10th	‘Izzat	Might	September 8
11th	Mashiyyat	Will	September 27

[Page 29] 12th ’Ilm Knowledge October 16 13th Qudrat Power November 4 14th Qawl Speech November 23 15th Masá’il Questions December 12 16th Sharaf Honor December 31 17th Sultán Sovereignty January 19 18th 19th Mulk Dominion February 7 Loftiness ‘Alá March 2

Ayyam-i-Há (Intercalary Days) February 26 to March 1 inclusive—four in ordinary and five in leap years.

The Báb has regarded the solar year of 365 days, 5 hours, and 50 odd minutes, as consisting of 19 months of 19 days each, every new day being reckoned as starting from sunset, not midnight. Every fourth year the number of intercalary days is raised from four to five. Naw-Rúz, or New Year, falls on the 21st of March only if the vernal Equinox precedes the setting of the sun on that day. Should the vernal Equinox take place after sunset, Naw-Rúz will be celebrated on the following day.

The Báb has divided the years following the date of His Revelation into cycles of nineteen years each. Each cycle of nineteen years He has named a Váhid, and nineteen Váhids constitute a period called by Him a Kull-i-Shay’. The numerical value of the word "Váhid" is 19 and that of "Kull-i-Shay’" is 361. "Váḥid" signifies unity and is symbolic of the unity of God.

NAMES OF THE YEARS IN A VÁHID

Year Translation 1. Alif .A. 2. Bá .B. 3. Ab Father 4. Dál .D. 5. Báb S 6. Váv Gate 7. Abad Eternity 8. Jád Generosity 9. Bahá Splendor 10. Hubb .Love 11. Bahháj .Delightful 12. Javáb Answer 13. Aḥad .Single 14. Vahháb Bountiful 15. Vidád . Affection 16. Badí’ .Beginning 17. Bahí .Luminous 18. Abhá .Most Luminous 19. Váhid . Unity [Page 30]

Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting

1. Feast of Ridván (Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh)...April 21-May 2, 1863 2. Declaration of the Báb..... May 23, 1844 3. Feast of Naw-Rúz (New Year) .March 21 4. Birth of Bahá’u’lláh.... November 12, 1817 5. Birth of the Báb.... October 20, 1819 6. Birth of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. .May 23, 1844 7. The Day of the Covenant. November 26 8. Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh. May 29, 1892 9. Martyrdom of the Báb July 9, 1850 10. Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.. .November 28, 1921

Fasting season lasts 19 days, beginning with the first of the month of ‘Alá’, March 2. The Feast of Naw-Rúz follows immediately after.

Bahá’í Holy Days on which Work Should be Suspended

1. The first day of Ridván. 2. The ninth day of Ridván. 3. The twelfth day of Ridván. 4. The anniversary of the Declaration of the Báb. 5. The anniversary of the Birth of Bahá’u’lláh. 6. The anniversary of the birth of the Báb. 7. The anniversary of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh. 8. The anniversary of the Martyrdom of the Báb. 9. The Feast of Naw-Rúz.

Chronological List of Significant Events Related to Bahá’u’lláh’s Historic Pronouncement in His Súriy-i-Múlúk in 1863

Fall of the French Monarchy (1870) Virtual Extinction of the Pope’s Temporal Sovereignty (1870) Assassination of Sultán ‘Abdu’l-‘Aziz (1876) Assassination of Násiri’d-Din Shah (1896) Fall of the Portuguese Monarchy (1910) Fall of the Chinese Monarchy (1916) Fall of the Russian Monarchy (1917) Fall of the German Monarchy (1918) Fall of the Austrian Monarchy (1918) Overthrow of Sultán ‘Abdu’l-Hamid II (1909) Fall of the Qájár Dynasty (1925) Fall of the Turkish Monarchy (1922) Collapse of the Caliphate (1924) Fall of the Spanish Monarchy (1931) Fall of the Albanian Monarchy (1938) Fall of the Serbian Monarchy (1941) Fall of the Hungarian Monarchy (1918) Fall of the Italian Monarchy (1946) Fall of the Bulgarian Monarchy (1946) Fall of the Rumanian Monarchy (1947) [Page 31]

DEPARTURE FROM ṬIHRÁN VIA KARAND TO BAGHDAD

Jan. 12, 1853. (Rabi’u’th-Thání 1, 1269, A.H.)

BAGHDAD PERIOD

Arrival in Baghdad April 8, 1853. (Jamádiyu’th-Thání 28, 1269, A.H.)

Residence for over a month in Kázimayn.

Return to Baghdad.

Departure for Kurdistán April 10, 1854. (Rajab 12, 1270 A.H.)

Sojourn on Sar-Galú mountain and in a cave.

Residence in Sulaymaniyyih in the Takyiy-i-Mawláná Khalid.

Return to Baghdád March 19, 1856. (Rajab 12, 1272, A.H.)

Return, from celebrating Naw-Rúz in Mazra’iy-i-Vashshásh, to Baghdad March 26, 1863. (Shavvál 5, 1279, A.H.)

Sojourn in the Najibiyyih Garden, Baghdád: Bahá’u’lláh spent twelve days in this garden on the shores of the river Tigris, commencing with His departure from His home on April 22, 1863. (Dhil-Qa’dih 3, 1279 A.H.). This period is known as the Riḍván Festival, the Greatest of all Bahá’í celebrations, and that garden has been called by Him, in commemoration of His Declaration there, the "Garden of Riḍván."

Departure from the Garden of Riḍván May 3, 1863. (Dhi’l-Qa’dih 14, 1279 A.H.)

JOURNEY FROM BAGHDAD TO CONSTANTINOPLE

Arrival in Firayját (about three miles from Baghdad), May 3, 1863. (Dhi’l-Qa’dih 14, 1279 A.H.)

Departure from Firayját May 9, 1863. (Dhi’l-Qa’dih 20, 1279 A.H.)

Villages, Towns and Ports visited en route: Judaydih Dilí-’Abbás Qarih-Tapih Şalábiyyih (stayed two nights) Dúst-Khurmátů Táwuq Karkúk (stayed two days) Irbíl By the river Záb Bartallih Mosul (stayed three days) Zákhú Jazirih Nişibin Hasan-Áqá Mardin Diyár-Bakr (stayed two days) [Page 32] Ma'dan-Mis Khárpát (stayed two or three days) Ma'dan-Nuqrih Dilik-Tásh Sívás Túgát Amasia (stayed two days) Ilahiyyih (reached on last day of overland journey) Sámsún on the Black Sea: Bahá’u’lláh stayed there seven days before departing by steamer for Constantinople on Aug. 13, 1863. (Şafar 27, 1280 A.H.) Sinope (Port of call touched on Aug. 14.) Anyábuli (Port of call touched on Aug. 15.) Constantinople (arrival Aug. 16, 1863. Rabi’u’l-Avval 1, 1280 A.H.) Journey from Baghdad to Sámsán lasted 110 days.

JOURNEY FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO ADRIANOPLE, 12 DAYS LONG

The following villages were passed through en route: Kúchik-Chakmachih Buyúk-Chakmachih Salvarí Birkás Bábá-Iskí

ADRIANOPLE SOJOURN AND DEPARTURE FOR THE HOLY LAND

Arrival Dec. 12, 1863. (Rajab 1, 1280 A.H.) Departure Aug. 12, 1868. (Rabi’u’th-Thání 22, 1285 A.H.)

The following villages were passed through en route: Uzun-Kupri Káshánih Gallipoli (reached about four days after leaving Adrianople). Three nights were spent there before leaving. Departure from Gallipoli, Aug. 21, 1868 (Jamádiyu’l-Avval 2, 1285 A.H.), by steamer for ‘Akká.

The boat touched at the following ports en route: Madellí Smyrna (stayed two days) Alexandria (transshipped the same day for Haifa) Port-Said Jaffa Haifa. Bahá’u’lláh was landed in the morning and a few hours later left by sailing vessel for ‘Akká.

‘AKKÁ PERIOD

Arrival in ‘Akká Aug. 31, 1868. (Jamádiyu’l-Avval 12, 1285 A.H.) Imprisonment in the Barracks of ‘Akká lasted two years, two months and five days. [Page 33] Confinement in the prison city of ‘Akká, from the time of His arrival, was nine years.

Bahá’u’lláh spent, in ‘Akká and its vicinity, twenty-four years as a prisoner and exile.

Ascension, May 29, 1892. (Dhi’l-Qa’dih 2, 1309 A.H.)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND CANADA

1. Baltimore, Md. 2. Berkeley, Calif. 3. Boston, Mass. 4. Brooklyn, N. Y. 5. Buffalo, N. Y. 6. Cambridge, Mass. 7. Chicago, Ill. 8. Cincinnati, O. 9. Cleveland, O. 10. Denver, Colo. 11. Dublin, N. H. 12. Fanwood 13. Glenwood Springs, Colo. 14. Green Acre, Eliot, Me. 15. Jersey City, N. J. 16. Kenosha, Wis. 17. Lincoln, Neb. 18. Los Angeles, Calif. 19. Malden, Mass. 20. Medford, Mass. 21. Milford, N. H. 22. Minneapolis, Minn. 23. Montclair, N. J. 24. Montreal, P. Q. 25. Morristown, N. J. 26. New York, N. Y. 27. Oakland, Calif. 28. Omaha, Neb. 29. Palo Alto, Calif. 30. Pasadena, Calif. 31. Philadelphia, Penn. 32. Pittsburgh, Penn. 33. Sacramento, Calif. 34. Salt Lake City, Utah 35. San Francisco, Calif. 36. St. Paul, Minn. 37. Washington, D. C. 38. West Englewood, N. J. 39. Worcester, Mass.

EUROPE

1. Bad Mergentheim 2. Bristol 3. Budapest 4. Edinburgh 5. Geneva 6. Liverpool 7. London 8. Marseilles 9. Oxford 10. Paris 11. Stuttgart 12. Thonon-les-Bains 13. Vienna

EGYPT

1. Abuqir 2. Alexandria 3. Cairo 4. Ismá’íliyyih 5. Manşúrih 6. Port Said 7. Zaytun [Page 34]

Prominent Personages Who Have Paid Tribute to the Bahá’í Faith

Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania Prof. E. G. Browne, M.A., M.B., Cambridge University Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, D.Litt., Manchester College, Oxford Rev. T. K. Cheyne, D.Litt., D.D., Oxford University, Fellow of British Academy Prof. Arminius Vambéry, Hungarian Academy of Pesth Sir Valentine Chirol Harry Charles Lukach Prof. Jowett, Oxford University Alfred W. Martin, Society for Ethical Culture, New York Prof. James Darmesteter, École des Hautes Études, Paris Charles Baudouin Dr. Henry H. Jessup, D.D. Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Kedleston Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.L.E. Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, B.A. Herbert Putnam, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C. Leo Tolstoy Dr. Edmund Privat, University of Geneva Dr. Auguste Forel, University of Zurich General Renato Piola Caselli Rev. Frederick W. Oakes Renwick J. G. Millar Charles H. Prisk Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, D.Litt. Shri Purohit Swami Prof. Herbert A. Miller, Bryn Mawr College Lord Samuel of Carmel, G.C.B., C.B.E. Rev. K. T. Chung Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, University of Sofia Rev. Griffith J. Sparham Ernest Renan The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, J.P., D.H.L. Prof. Norman Bentwich, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Émile Schreiber, Publicist Miss Helen Keller Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Doyen of Jurisprudence of Japan Sir Flinders Petrie, Archaeologist Former President Masaryk of Czechoslovakia Archduchess Anton of Austria Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons H.R.H. Princess Olga of Yugoslavia Eugen Relgis Arthur Henderson [Page 35] Prof. Dr. V. Lesny Princess Marie Antoinette de Broglie Aussenac President David Starr Jordan, Leland Stanford University Prof. Bogdan Popovitch, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia Ex-Governor William Sulzer Luther Burbank Prof. Yone Noguchi Prof. Raymond Frank Piper Angela Morgan Arthur Moore Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, Charles University, Praha, Czechoslovakia A. L. M. Nicolas President Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia Sir Ronald Storrs, N.V.C., M.G., C.B.E. Col. Raja Jai Prithvi Bahadur Singh, Raja of Bajang (Nepal) Rt. Hon. M. R. Jayakar Prof. Benoy Kumar Sarkar, M.A., Ph.D. Mrs. Sarojinu Naidu Jules Bois Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, K.C.S.I. [Page 36]

THE BAHÁ’Í FAITH

1844 - 1950

ERRATA

Page 8, Races Represented in the Bahá’í World Community: add 16. French.

Page 10, Canada:- add 3. Vancouver.

Page 12, Estimated value of Bahá’í national endowments in the United States:- change to $2,783,956.06.

Page 14, Vaugh Cottage:- Vaughn Cottage

Page 14, Central States Summer School:- add Land.

Page 14, Muskegon, Michigan, Land:- omit [Page 37]

MAP OF BAHÁ’Í WORLD RELIGION

In a little more than 100 years the Bahá’í Faith has spread to 94 countries of East and West, and its teachings have been translated into 51 different languages.

Nine National Bahá’í Assemblies have been formed, administering the activities of members of the Faith in 14 countries. Under the title “Bahá’í World Community” these bodies are accredited to the United Nations as an international non-governmental organization.

Map and data prepared by Bahá’í Public Relations, Wilmette, Illinois, in observance of the first Annual World Religion Day, January 15, 1950.