1900
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1900 was an exceptional common year of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year of the Julian calendar, the 1900th year of the Common Era (CE), the 100th and last year of the 19th century, and the 1st year of the 1900s decade. As of the start of 1900, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. 1900 corresponds to the years 56–57 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.
Events[edit]
- Anton Haddad translates the Kitáb-i-Aqdas into English. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá states that the translation is misleading, and that a future translation will have to be made by a group, not by an individual.[1] The translation is not published, but the typescript is circulated.
- Tablets, Communes and Holy Utterances, a compilation of writings by Bahá'u'lláh translated into English, is published. The writings were likely translated by Anton Haddad.
- The foundations of the Shrine of the Báb begin to be built.
- Sarah Farmer supplies Green Acre for the use of the Bahá'í community after her pilgrimage to ‘Akká.
- January: The Behais Publishing and Supply Board is established by Charles Greenleaf and others.
- March 8: Ibrahim George Kheiralla announces that he does not accept ‘Abdu’l-Bahá as Leader of the Faith, and promotes Muhammad-`Alí, at a meeting in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
- March 16: A ten member Bahá'í Board of Council is established in Chicago. Ibrahim George Kheiralla and his supporters are not elected to the body.
- April: Dr. Yúnis Khán arrives in ‘Akká to serve as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's translator.
- April 26: Hájí `Abdu'l-Karím-i-Tihrání arrives in the United States with a translator, Mirza Sinore Raffie. He teaches the Bahá'í community, and attempts to convince Kheiralla to accept the Covenant.
- August 5: Hájí `Abdu'l-Karím-i-Tihrání leaves America, having failed to reason with Kheiralla.
- November 5: Mírzá Asadu’llah Isfahani and Hájí Hasan-i-Khurásání arrive in the United States. They deepen the community on the Covenant.
- November 26: Agnes Alexander becomes a Bahá'í and writes a letter to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá declaring her belief in Bahá'u'lláh.
- December 7: A nine member board is elected to administrate the New York Bahá'í community. The members are Arthur P. Dodge, Hooper Harris, William Hoar, Andrew Hutchinson, Howard MacNutt, Frank Osborne, Edwin Putnam, Charles Sprague and Orosco Woolson.
Establishments[edit]
Local Spiritual Assemblies[edit]
Americas[edit]
- Chicago, Illinois, USA (as 'Board of Council').[2]
- New York City, New York, USA (as 'Board of Council').[3]
Publishers[edit]
- Behai Supply and Publishing Board (pre-cursor to the Bahá'í Publishing Society).
Births[edit]
- Alyce Janssen, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to Spanish Morocco.
- June 24: Robert McLaughlin, member of the United States National Spiritual Assembly and architectural consultant to the Universal House of Justice.
Publications[edit]
- Addresses Delivered before the New York and Chicago Assemblies by Abdel Karim Effendi Teherani, translated into English by Anton Haddad.[4]
- Hidden Words, English translation of the Arabic Hidden Words by George Khayrullah with Howard MacNutt.[5]
- Message from Acca by Anton Haddad.
- Tablet of the Temple, English translation of Súratu'l-Haykal by Bahá’u’lláh, translated by Anton Haddad.
References[edit]
- ↑ http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/se/LDG2/ldg2-5.html.utf8?query=aqdas%7Cmisleading&action=highlight#gr3
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/tags/Board_of_Council
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/tags/Board_of_Council
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/teherani_addresses_new-york_chicago
- ↑ https://bahai-library.com/bahaullah_hidden-words_arabic_1903
