1925

Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years:	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
Categories:	Births - Deaths - Declarations Establishments - Publications
Media:	1925 (Events)

1925

was a common year of the Gregorian calendar, the 1925th year of the Common Era (CE), the 25th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1920s decade. 1925 corresponds to the years 81–82 of the Bahá'í Era (BE) according to the Badi calendar.

Events

• January 16: In a letter to the National Spiritual Assembly of the U.S. & Canada Shoghi Effendi notes that the National Spiritual Assembly of Persia has requested all Local Assemblies in the country form committees to collect the testimony of early Bahá’ís to assemble the history of the Faith in Iran.
• January 18: Susan Moody and Elizabeth Stewart give a speech about their experiences teaching at the Bahá’í Tarbiyat School in Tehran, Iran, to a large crowd at the Hotel Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan, New York.
• February: The Bahá’í community of San Francisco purchases a building to serve as a centre of Bahá’í activities.
• March: The National Spiritual Assembly of the U.S. & Canada appoints a committee to prepare a new Bahá’í Prayer Book and a committee to prepare a Bahá’í Year Book.
• March 3: Shoghi Effendi issues a letter to the American Bahá’í community detailing persecution of the Bahá’í community of Nayriz in Iran encouraging them to raise awareness.
• March 20 - 22 A World Unity Conference, organized by Bahá’ís collaborating with a Rabbi, is held in San Francisco at which representatives of several religious groups including the Faith, academics, and a diplomat deliver speeches.
• March 31 - April 4: The Regional Teaching Committee of Canada holds a National Teaching Convention in Montreal.
• April 10: Shoghi Effendi instructs the National Spiritual Assembly of the U.S. & Canada that the word Assembly is only to apply to the elected nine member body that administrates a Bahá’í community, and not used to refer to a community as a whole.
• May: The National Spiritual Assembly of the U.S. & Canada appoints a Press Committee tasking it with securing constructive publicity for the Faith and potentially taking measures to defend the Faith if it is publicly attacked.
• May 9 - 10: A Regional Teaching Convention for the North-Eastern States of the United States is held in Boston.
• May 10: An Islamic Court in Egypt issues a verdict pronouncing the Faith to be an independent religion.
• July - August: Youness Afrukhtih of Iran undertakes a teaching tour of the United States.
• August: The Green Acre Fellowship vote by special resolution that Green Acre will come under the direct supervision of the National Spiritual Assembly of the U.S. & Canada in August, 1926.
• September: The Local Spiritual Assembly of Tehran establishes a general newsletter, establishing a committee to oversee its publication and distribution internationally.
• September: New Zealand Bahá’í Bertram Dewing established Herald of the South, a Bahá’í magazine for Australasia.
• October: The National Spiritual Assembly of the U.S. & Canada establishes a Central Office at Green Acre in South Eliot, Maine.
• November 12 - 15: A Teaching Convention for the Central States of the United States is held at the Foundation Hall of the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois.
• December: The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States & Canada completes the formulation of a Plan of Unified Action intended to centrally organize Bahá’í teaching activity in the two countries from 1926 to 1928.

Establishments

National Spiritual Assemblies

• United States and Canada
• Caucasus

Local Spiritual Assemblies

Africa

• Pretoria, South Africa.

Americas

• Berkeley, California, USA.
• Eliot, Maine, USA.
• Geneva, New York, USA.
• New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
• Oakland, California, USA.
• Visalia, California, USA (re-established after hiatus).

Australasia

• Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Social & Economic Development

• International Bahá’í Bureau, established in Geneva, Switzerland.

Births

• Amínu’lláh Qurbánpúr, Persian Bahá’í Martyr.
• January 16: Tahereh Madjzoub, Persian Bahá’í who served as a pioneer in Turkey, Germany, and Zimbabwe.
• March 29: Howard Menking, American Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Cape Verde.
• April 11: William Tucker, American Bahá’í who served as an Auxiliary Board member.
• April 16: Palle Bischoff, Danish Bahá'í who was the first to declare in Denmark.
• April 25: Meg Degotardi, Australian Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia & New Zealand.
• May 7: Joan Lozier, American Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Venezuela.
• June 5: Anthony Lease, American Bahá’í who served as an Auxiliary Board member for the Americas.
• June 17: Farhang Mavaddat, Persian Bahá’í Martyr.
• July 30: Mary Suhm, American Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Morocco.
• August 25: Batoul Taheri, Persian Bahá’í who served as a pioneer in Afghanistan, Morocco, and the Canary Islands.
• November 14: Paul Pettit, American Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and as an Auxiliary Board member.
• December 30: Kámrán Samímí, Persian Bahá’í Martyr who served on the National Spiritual Assemblies of Southeast Asia and Iran.

Deaths

• September 1: Arthur Brauns, German Bahá’í named a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.
• November 22: John Esslemont, Scottish Bahá’í named a Hand of the Cause and Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

Publications

Authoritative Writings & Guidance

• The Hidden Words revealed by Bahá’u’lláh, translated by Shoghi Effendi.
• Letters from Shoghi Effendi by Shoghi Effendi.

Books

• Mashriq'ul-Adhkar Report, 1909-1925 published by the Bahá'í Temple Unity.
• The Bahá'í Religion: Papers Read at the Conference on Some Living Religions Within the British Empire, 1924 by Horace Holley and Ruhi Afnan.
• The Bahá’í Dawn: Manchester by Edward Hall.