Today in Bahá’í History
Selected anniversaries from Bahá’í history for October 23.
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- 1888: The martyrdom of Mírzá Ashraf of Ábádih in Isfahán. He is hanged, his body burnt and left hanging in the market. Later his body is buried beneath a wall.
- 1933: Keith Ransom-Kehler (pictured) dies of smallpox in Isfahán; she is buried near the grave of the King of Martyrs. After her death, Shoghi Effendi names her America’s ‘first and distinguished martyr’ and elevates her to the rank of Hand of the Cause.
- 1934: Dr. Susan Moody dies in Iran. She is buried near the graves of Lillian Kappes and Sarah Clock in the Tihrán Bahá’í cemetery.
- 1950: Nur Ali, a well-known and respected public servant in Suva, becomes a Bahá’í, the first to accept the Faith in Fiji.
- 1959: The third Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God is convened at Bahjí, during which Charles Mason Remey unsuccessfully attempts to convince his fellow Hands that the Guardianship should continue.
