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Kabul is the capital city of Afghanistan.
History[edit]
Bahá’í's of Iran pioneered to Afghanistan and settled in Kabul in the 1930's including a Bahá’í named Azari who had settled by 1937.[1] In the late 1930's Shoghi Effendi requested that Bahá’ís visit Afghanistan to teach the Faith,[2] and ‘Alí-Muhammad Nabílí embarked on a travel teaching trip to Kabul settling in the city in 1938 and remaining until approximately 1942.[3][4]
As of 1944 a Bahá’í group had been established in Kabul with Dr. Amine Mesbah serving as a contact point for the community by receiving mail via the Persian Embassy.[5] In an April 1947 letter Shoghi Effendi announced to the international Bahá’í community that a goal for the community was to establish a Local Spiritual Assembly in Kabul,[6] assigning the responsibility for achieving the goal to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran.[7] In 1948 the Local Spiritual Assembly of Kabul was successfully established,[8] and in 1954 a Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds was purchased in Kabul.[9] One of the goals Shoghi Effendi set for the Ten Year Crusade which began in 1953 was the establishment of a national Bahá’í Court for Afghanistan in Kabul however the goal was not accomplished.[10]
By the 1960's the Bahá’í community of Kabul had fallen into decline,[11] and in 1964 the Universal House of Justice announced one of the goals of the Nine Year Plan was the reacquisition of a Ḥaẓíratu’l-Quds in Kabul.[12] In 1966 the community in Kabul was re-established and a Local Spiritual Assembly was reformed in 1969.[11]
When the National Spiritual Assembly of Afghanistan was established in 1972 it was based in Kabul,[13] however in 1979 the Bahá’í administration of Afghanistan, including the Local Spiritual Assembly of Kabul, was disbanded following the Soviet invasion of the country and many Bahá’ís left the country. In 1987 the Bahá’í community began to develop again and three Local Spiritual Assemblies for the area of Kabul were established however in 1998 the Taliban regime imprisoned many Bahá’ís and the community was dissolved again.[11]
As of 2002 some Afghan Bahá’ís had begun to return to the country including to Kabul.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ Zikrullah Khadem, Address from the Hand of the Cause, 26:15-29:15
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 8 (1938-1940), Pg(s) 181. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 8 (1938-1940), Pg(s) 688. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1942). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 8 (1938-1940), Pg(s) 718. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 9 (1940-1944), Pg(s) 652. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1952?). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 11 (1946-1950), Pg(s) 187. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1952?). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 11 (1946-1950), Pg(s) 35. View as PDF.
- ↑ Cameron, G. & Momen, W. (1996). A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. pp. 277, 391. ISBN 0853984022.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Baha'i News (1954). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 285, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1952). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 262, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20110724225240/http://www.afghanbahais.org/afghanbahais.htm#ENg
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 107. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 243. View as PDF.
