1923
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1923 was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1923rd year of the Common Era (CE), the 23rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1920s decade. As of the start of 1923, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was relegated that February to use only by churches after Greece adopted the Gregorian calendar. 1923 corresponds to the years 79–80 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.
Events[edit]
- March 12: Shoghi Effendi sends the Bahá’í community of America a standardized system of transliterating Persian and Arabic instructing them to adopt it.[1]
Establishments[edit]
National Spiritual Assemblies[edit]
Local Spiritual Assemblies[edit]
Africa[edit]
- Tunis, Tunisia.
Asia[edit]
- Haifa, British Palestine (disbanded 1938).[2]
Australasia[edit]
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[3]
Europe[edit]
Births[edit]
- January 21: Brigitte Lundblade, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to the Shetland Islands.
- April 4: Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Mentawai Islands.
- May 5: ‘Abbás Katirai, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh named for pioneering to the Sakhalin Island and served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Japan and as Continental Counselor for Asia.
Deaths[edit]
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Publications[edit]
- Bahá’í Scriptures: Selections from the Utterances of Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, compilation edited by Horace Holley.
- Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era by John Esslemont.[5]
- Lessons in Religion by Mohammed Ali Alkany, translated by Edith Roohie Sanderson.[6]
- Studies in Bahaism by S. Neale Alter. A Ph.D dissertation which criticizes the Faith from a Christian perspective.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ Moojan Momen, The Baha'i System of Transliteration
- ↑ Rúhíyyih Rabbání, Priceless Pearl, The, Bahá'í Publishing Trust, London, 1969. p 348
- ↑ http://bahai-library.com/hassall_75-years_bahai_victoria
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Robert Weinberg, Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, George Ronald: Oxford, 1995, p 223
- ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 76
- ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 43
- ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 43
