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Knights of Bahá’u’lláh

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Knights of Bahá’u’lláh on the steps of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, May 1992.

Knight of Bahá’u’lláh was a title granted to Bahá’ís who pioneered to territories which had no Bahá’í presence during and after the Ten Year Crusade. Individuals were named Knights by Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice.

Shoghi Effendi kept a Roll of Honour of all the Knights of Bahá’u’lláh. On 28 May 1992, during the commemoration of the centenary of the ascension of Bahá’u’lláh, the Roll of Honour was deposited by Rúhíyyih Khánum at the entrance door of the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh. There were 254 total Knights of Bahá'u'lláh that settled in 121 localities, they had been sent to open 131 nations and territories of which 10 had already been opened.

Contents

  • 1 List of the Knights of Bahá’u’lláh
  • 2 Territories Opened Before the Ten Year Crusade
  • 3 References
    • 3.1 Bibliography
  • 4 External links

List of the Knights of Bahá’u’lláh[edit]

Continent Territory Name Arrival (Year/Month)
Africa Ashanti Protectorate Benedict Eballa 1954/04
Africa Basutoland Elizabeth Laws 1953/10
Africa Basutoland Frederick Laws 1953/10
Africa Bechuanaland Audrey Robarts 1954/02
Africa Bechuanaland John Robarts 1954/02
Africa Bechuanaland Patrick Robarts 1954/02
Africa British Cameroons Enoch Olinga 1953/10
Africa British Togoland Albert Buapiah 1954/04
Africa British Togoland Edward Tabe 1954/04
Africa Cape Verde Islands Howard Menking 1954/01
Africa Cape Verde Islands JoAnne Menking 1954/01
Africa Comoro Islands Mehrabán Sohailí 1954/08
Africa French Cameroons Mehrangiz Munsiff 1954/04
Africa French Cameroons Samuel Njiki 1954/04
Africa French Equatorial Africa Max Kenyerezi 1953/10
Africa French Somaliland Fred Schechter 1953/08
Africa French Somaliland Fahima Elias 1954/05
Africa French Somaliland Sabri Elias 1954/05
Africa French Togoland David Tanyi 1954/04
Africa French Togoland Mavis Nymon 1954/05
Africa French Togoland Vivian Wesson 1954/05
Africa French West Africa Labíb Isfahání 1953/11
Africa French West Africa Habíb Isfahání 1954/04
Africa Gambia Faríburz Rúzbihíyán 1954/02
Africa Italian Somaliland Suhayl Samandarí 1953/03
Africa Italian Somaliland Mehdi Samandari 1953/11
Africa Italian Somaliland Ursula Samandari 1953/11
Africa Mauritius Ottilie Rhein 1953/11
Africa Morocco, International Zone Manúchihr Hizárí 1953/09
Africa Morocco, International Zone Hormoz Zendeh 1953/09
Africa Morocco, International Zone Elsie Austin 1953/10
Africa Morocco, International Zone Muhammad ‘Alí Jalálí 1953/10
Africa Morocco, International Zone Husayn Ardikání 1953/11
Africa Morocco, International Zone Nusrat Ardikání 1953/11
Africa Morocco, International Zone 'Alí Akbar Rafí'í Rafsanjání 1953/11
Africa Morocco, International Zone Sháyistih Rafí'í 1953/11
Africa Morocco, International Zone ‘Abbás Rafí'í 1953/11
Africa Morocco, International Zone Evelyn Walters 1954/04
Africa Morocco, International Zone Richard Walters 1954/04
Africa Morocco, International Zone Mary Suhm 1954/04
Africa Morocco, International Zone Richard Suhm 1954/04
Africa Northern Territories Protectorate Julius Edwards 1953/09
Africa Northern Territories Protectorate Martin Manga 1954/04
Africa Réunion Island Opal Jensen 1953/10
Africa Réunion Island Leland Jensen 1954/03
Africa Rio de Oro ‘Amín Battáh 1953/10
Africa Ruanda-Urundi Mary Collison 1953/05
Africa Ruanda-Urundi Rex Collison 1953/05
Africa Ruanda-Urundi Dunduzu Chisiza 1953/05
Africa Seychelles Islands Kámíl ‘Abbás 1953/11
Africa Seychelles Islands ‘Abdu’l Rahman Zarqani 1954/01
Africa Southern Rhodesia Ezzatu’llah Zahra’i 1953/06
Africa Southern Rhodesia Claire Gung 1953/10
Africa Southern Rhodesia ‘Aynu’d-Dín ‘Alá’í 1953/12
Africa Southern Rhodesia Tahereh ‘Alá’í 1953/12
Africa Southern Rhodesia Roberta K. Christian 1954/01
Africa Southern Rhodesia W. Kenneth Christian 1954/01
Africa South West Africa Ted Cardell 1953/10
Africa Spanish Guinea Elise Schreiber 1954/05
Africa Spanish Morocco Bahía Zaynu'l-`Ábidín 1953/10
Africa Spanish Morocco Fawzí Zaynu'l-`Ábidín 1953/10
Africa Spanish Morocco Luella McKay 1953/10
Africa Spanish Morocco Erleta Fleming 1953/10
Africa Spanish Morocco John Fleming 1953/10
Africa Spanish Morocco Alyce Barbara May Janssen 1953/10
Africa Spanish Sahara Muhammad Mustafa 1953/10
Africa St. Helena Islands Elizabeth Stamp 1954/05
Africa Swaziland Bula Mott Stewart 1954/04
Africa Swaziland John Allen 1954/04
Africa Swaziland Valera Allen 1954/04
Americas Aleutian Islands Elaine Caldwell 1953/07
Americas Aleutian Islands Jenabe Caldwell 1953/07
Americas Aleutian Islands Elinore Putney 1954/05
Americas Anticosti Island Mary Zabolotny 1956/04
Americas Bahamas Islands Gail Curwin 1953/10
Americas Bahamas Islands Gerald Curwin 1953/10
Americas Bahamas Islands Leeanna Curwin 1953/10
Americas Bahamas Islands Ethel May Bowman Holmes 1953/10
Americas Bahamas Islands Maurice Holmes 1953/10
Americas Bahamas Islands Andrew F. Matthisen 1954/01
Americas Bahamas Islands Mina B. Matthisen 1954/01
Americas Baranof Islands Helen Robinson 1953/10
Americas Baranof Islands Gail Avery 1954/02
Americas Baranof Islands Grace Bahovec c. 1954[1]
Americas British Guiana Malcolm King 1953/10
Americas British Honduras Cora Oliver 1953/09
Americas British Honduras Shirley Warde 1953/10
Americas Cape Breton Island Frederick Allen 1953/10
Americas Cape Breton Island Jeanne Gwendolin Allen 1953/10
Americas Cape Breton Island Irving Geary 1953/10
Americas Cape Breton Island Mabel Grace Geary 1953/10
Americas Chiloé Island Zunilde de Palacios 1953/10
Americas Chiloé Island Louise Groger 1954/06
Americas Dutch Guiana Elinor Wolff 1953/10
Americas Dutch Guiana Robert Wolff 1953/10
Americas Dutch West Indies Matthew Bullock 1953/11
Americas Dutch West Indies John Kellberg 1954/04
Americas Dutch West Indies Marjorie Kellberg 1954/04
Americas Falkland Islands John Leonard 1954/02
Americas Franklin Gale Bond 1953/07
Americas Franklin Jameson Bond 1953/07
Americas French Guiana Eberhard Friedland 1953/10
Americas Galapagos Islands Gayle Woolson 1954/04
Americas Galapagos Islands Haik Kevorkian 1954/05
Americas Grand Manan Island Doris Richardson 1953/09
Americas Gulf Islands Catherine Huxtable 1959/09
Americas Gulf Islands Clifford Huxtable 1959/09
Americas Keewatin Dick Stanton 1953/09
Americas Key West Arthur Crane 1953/07
Americas Key West Ethel Crane 1953/07
Americas Key West Howard J. Snider 1953/09
Americas Kodiak Island Jack Huffmann 1953/07
Americas Kodiak Island Rose Perkal 1953/07
Americas Kodiak Island Bernard Guhrke 1954/02
Americas Labrador Bruce Matthew 1954/04
Americas Labrador Howard Gilliland 1954/04
Americas Leeward Islands Benjamin Weeden 1953/10
Americas Leeward Islands Earle Render 1953/10
Americas Leeward Islands Gladys Anderson Weeden 1953/10
Americas Leeward Islands David Schreiber 1954/02
Americas Leeward Islands Charles Dayton 1954/02
Americas Leeward Islands Mary Dayton 1954/02
Americas Magdalen Islands Kathleen Weston 1953/09
Americas Magdalen Islands Kay Zinky 1954/04
Americas Margarita Island Katharine Meyer 1953/10
Americas Miquelon Island & St. Pierre Island Ola Pawlowska 1953/10
Americas Portuguese Guiana Hilda Xavier Rodrigues 1953/09
Americas Portuguese Guiana Jose Xavier Rodrigues 1953/09
Americas Queen Charlotte Islands Edythe MacArthur 1953/08
Americas St. Thomas Island Elise Schreiber 1954/02
Americas Windward Islands Esther Evans 1953/10
Americas Windward Islands Lillian Middlemast 1953/10
Americas Yukon Joan Anderson 1953/09
Americas Yukon R. Ted Anderson 1953/09
Asia Andaman Islands Dr. Khodadad M. Fozdar 1953/11
Asia Bhutan Shápúr Rawhání 1954/06
Asia Bhutan Ardishir Furúdí 1954/06
Asia Brunei Harry Clark 1954/02
Asia Brunei Charles Duncan 1954/02
Asia Brunei John Fozdar 1954/04
Asia Chagos Archipelago Pouva Murday 1957/05
Asia Daman Ghulám-`Alí Kurlawala 1953/06
Asia Diu Island Kaykhusraw Dahamobedi 1953/12
Asia Diu Island Bahíyyih Rawhání 1953/12
Asia Diu Island Gulnár Áftábí 1953/12
Asia Dutch New Guinea Elly Becking 1953/10
Asia Goa Rawshan Áftábí 1953/07
Asia Goa Fírúzih Yigánigí 1953/07
Asia Hadhramut Adíb Baghdádí 1953/12
Asia Hadhramut Husayn Halabí 1954/02
Asia Hainan Island John Z.T. Chang 1959/08
Asia Karikal Salisa Kermani 1953/08
Asia Karikal Shírín Núrání 1953/08
Asia Kuria-Muria Islands Munír Vakíl 1954/01
Asia Macao Frances Heller 1953/10
Asia Macao Carl Scherer 1953/12
Asia Macao Loretta Scherer 1953/12
Asia Mahé Lionell Peraji 1953/10
Asia Mahé Qudratu'lláh Rawhání 1954/03
Asia Mahé Khudá-Rahm Muzhgání 1954/03
Asia Mentawai Islands Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir 1954/02
Asia Mentawai Islands Írán Muhájir 1954/02
Asia Mongolia Sean Hinton 1988/12
Asia Nicobar Islands Margaret Bates 1957/07
Asia Nicobar Islands Jeanne Frankel 1957/07
Asia Pondicherry Sa’íd Nahví 1953/07
Asia Pondicherry Shiyam Behari Lal 1953/08
Asia Pondicherry Shawkat Nahví 1953/11
Asia Portuguese Timor Florence Fitzner 1954/06
Asia Portuguese Timor Harold Fitzner 1954/06
Asia Portuguese Timor Jose Marques 1954/07
Asia Sakhalin Island ‘Abbás Katirai 1990/03
Asia Sakhalin Island Rezvánieh Katirai 1990/03
Asia Socotra Island Mirzá Áqá Kamálí Sarvistání 1955/03
Asia Tibet Udai Narain Singh 1956
Australasia Admiralty Islands Violet Hoehnke 1954/07
Australasia Caroline Islands Virginia Breaks 1954/01
Australasia Cocos Islands Frank Wyss 1955/06
Australasia Cook Islands Edith Danielson 1953/10
Australasia Cook Islands Dulcie Dive 1954/01
Australasia Gilbert & Ellis Islands Elena Fernie 1954/03
Australasia Gilbert & Ellis Islands Roy Fernie 1954/03
Australasia Juan Fernández Islands Adela Tormo 1953/10
Australasia Juan Fernández Islands Salvador Tormo 1953/10
Australasia Loyalty Islands Daniel Haumont 1954/10
Australasia Mariana Islands Robert Powers, Jr. 1954/04
Australasia Mariana Islands Cynthia Olson 1954/05
Australasia Marquesas Islands Greta Jankko 1954/03
Australasia Marshall Islands Marcia Steward de Matamores 1954/08
Australasia New Hebrides Islands Bertha Dobbins 1953/10
Australasia Samoa Islands Lilian Wyss 1954/01
Australasia Society Islands Gretta Lamprill 1953/10
Australasia Society Islands Gladys Parke 1953/10
Australasia Solomon Islands Alvin Blum 1954/03
Australasia Solomon Islands Gertrude Blum 1954/03
Australasia Tonga Islands Stanley P. Bolton, Jr. 1954/01
Australasia Tonga Islands Dudley Blakely 1954/07
Australasia Tonga Islands Elsa Blakely 1954/07
Australasia Tuamotu Jean Sevin 1954/01
Europe Andorra William Danjon 1953/10
Europe Azores Lois Nolen 1953/10
Europe Azores Richard Nolen 1953/10
Europe Balearic Islands Virginia Orbison 1953/08
Europe Balearic Islands Jean Deleuran 1953/12
Europe Balearic Islands Tove Deleuran 1953/12
Europe Balearic Islands Charles Monroe Ioas 1954/01
Europe Canary Islands George True 1953/10
Europe Canary Islands Marguerite True 1953/10
Europe Canary Islands Gertrude Eisenberg 1953/11
Europe Canary Islands Shoghi-Riaz Rouhani 1954/04
Europe Channel Islands Diá’u’lláh Asgarzádih 1953/09
Europe Channel Islands Evelyn Baxter 1953/09
Europe Crete Rolf Haug 1953/10
Europe Cyprus Abbas Vekil 1953/08
Europe Cyprus Hugh McKinley 1953/09
Europe Cyprus Violet McKinley 1953/11
Europe Cyprus Semire Vekil 1953/11
Europe Faroe Islands Eskil Ljungberg 1953/07
Europe Frisian Islands Elsa Maria Grossman 1953/09
Europe Frisian Islands Geertrui Ankersmit 1953/10
Europe Frisian Islands Ursula von Brunn 1953/10
Europe Greece Amín Banání 1953/08
Europe Greece Sheila Banání 1953/08
Europe Greece Carole Allen 1953/09
Europe Greece Dwight Allen 1953/09
Europe Hebrides Islands Geraldine Graney 1953/10
Europe Liechtenstein Amír Húshmand Manúchihrí 1953/08
Europe Lofoten Islands Mildred Clark 1953/08
Europe Madeira Islands Ella Duffield 1953/09
Europe Madeira Islands Elizabeth Hopper 1953/09
Europe Madeira Islands Sara Kenny 1953/09
Europe Madeira Islands Ada Schott 1953/09
Europe Malta Una Townshend 1953/10
Europe Malta Mary Olga Katherine Mills 1953/11
Europe Malta John Mitchell 1954/07
Europe Moldavia Annemarie Krüger-Brauns 1974/09
Europe Monaco Nellie French 1953/09
Europe Monaco Olivia Kelsey 1954/03
Europe Monaco Shamsí Navídí 1954/03
Europe Monaco Florence Ullrich 1954/03
Europe Monaco Aziz Navidi 1954/11
Europe Orkney Islands Charles Dunning 1953/10
Europe Rhodes Elizabeth Bevan 1954/01
Europe Romania Fereidun Khazrai 1968/11
Europe San Marino Tábandih Paymán 1953/11
Europe San Marino Suhráb Paymán 1954/04
Europe Sardinia Marie Holmlund 1953/10
Europe Shetland Islands Brigitte Lundblade 1953/09
Europe Sicily Carol Bagley 1953/10
Europe Sicily Florence Bagley 1953/10
Europe Sicily Gerrold Bagley 1953/10
Europe Sicily Stanley Bagley 1953/10
Europe Sicily Susan Bagley 1953/10
Europe Sicily Emma Rice 1953/10
Europe Spitzbergen Paul Adams 1958/06
Europe White Russia Helmut Winkelbach 1978/12

Territories Opened Before the Ten Year Crusade[edit]

There were many Bahá’í's who opened territories to the Faith prior to the opening of the Ten Year Crusade who were not named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh. The statistical survey of Bahá’í history prepared by Shoghi Effendi records the opening of Persia and Iraq during the Báb's Ministry as also being the time they were opened to the Bahá’í Faith.[2] They are listed below.

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Continent Territory Name Arrival
Africa Algeria Khodabakhch Attar 1952
Africa Egypt Haji Báqir-i-Káshání 1863 (c.)
Africa Egypt Siyyid Husayn-i-Káshání 1863 (c.)
Africa Ethiopia Sabri Elias 1933
Africa Gold Coast Ethel Stephens 1951
Africa Kenya Marguerite Wellby Preston 1945[3]
Africa Liberia Joseph Pereira 1946
Africa Libya Hussein Gollestaneh 1952
Africa Madagascar Mehrangiz Munsiff 1953
Africa Nigeria Richard St. Barbe Baker 1924
Africa Northern Rhodesia Eric Manton 1952
Africa Nyasaland Denis Dudley-Smith Kutendele 1952
Africa Sierra Leone Aaron B. Wellesley Cole 1952
Africa South Africa Agnes Cook 1911[4]
Africa Sudan Ḥájí Mírzá Ḥaydar-‘Alí 1862/63
Africa Tanganyika Jalál Nakhjavání 1950
Africa Tunisia Sheikh Muḥyí’d-Dín Sabrí 1922
Africa Uganda Músá Banání 1951
Africa Uganda Samiheh Banání 1951
Africa Uganda Alí Nakhjavání 1951
Africa Uganda Violette Nakhjavani 1951
Americas Bolivia Eleanor Smith Adler 1940[5]
Americas Brazil Leonora Armstrong 1921
Americas Canada Edith Magee 1898
Americas Chile Marcia Steward Atwater 1940[5]
Americas Colombia Gerrard Sluter 1940[5]
Americas Costa Rica Gayle Woolson 1940[5]
Americas Cuba Philip Marangella 1939[5]
Americas Cuba June Marangella 1939[5]
Americas Dominican Republic Margaret Lentz 1938[5]
Americas Ecuador John Stearns 1940[5]
Americas El Salvador John Eichenauer 1939[5]
Americas Guatemala Gerrard Sluter 1939[5]
Americas Haiti Ellsworth Blackwell 1940
Americas Haiti Ruth Blackwell 1940
Americas Honduras Antonio Rocca 1939[5]
Americas Nicaragua Mathew Kaszab 1939[5]
Americas Panama Louise Caswell 1939[5]
Americas Panama Cora Oliver 1939[5]
Americas Paraguay Elisabeth Cheney 1940[5]
Americas Peru Eve Nicklin 1941[5]
Americas Puerto Rico Katherine Didier 1940[5]
Americas Puerto Rico Rouhiyyah Jones 1940[5]
Americas United States of America Anton Haddad 1892
Americas Uruguay Wilfrid Barton 1940[5]
Americas Venezuela Priscilla Rhodes 1938[5]
Asia Afghanistan ‘Alí-Muhammad Nabílí 1938 (c.)
Asia Burma Jamal Effendi 1878
Asia Burma Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí 1878
Asia China Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-‘Alí Afnán 1862
Asia India Jamal Effendi 1875
Asia Indonesia Khudárahm Paymán 1950[6]
Asia Iran Mullá Ḥusayn 1844
Asia Iraq Mullá 'Alíy-i-Bastámí 1844
Asia Japan George Jacob Augur 1914
Asia Saudi Arabia Ardeshir Akhtarkhavari 1940
Asia Singapore Khodadad Fozdar 1950
Asia Singapore Shirin Fozdar 1950
Asia Ceylon M. E. Lukmani 1949
Asia Taiwan Chu Yao-lung 1949
Australasia Australia Clara Dunn 1920
Australasia Australia Hyde Dunn 1920
Australasia New Zealand Margaret Stevenson 1912
Europe Albania Refo Capari 1931
Europe Bulgaria Marion Jack 1930
Europe Denmark Johanne Sørensen Hoeg 1925
Europe England Mary Thornburgh-Cropper 1898
Europe Finland Josephine Kruka 1938
Europe France May Maxwell 1898
Europe Germany Karl Edwin Fisher 1905
Europe Greenland Palle Bischoff 1951
Europe Iceland Hólmfrídur Arnadóttir 1924
Europe Republic of Ireland Henry Culver 1906[7]
Europe Republic of Ireland Mary Culver 1906[7]
Europe Italy Emogene Hoagg 1898
Europe Luxembourg Honor Kempton 1947
Europe Netherlands Louise Drake Wright 1932
Europe Norway Johanna Schubarth 1927
Europe Poland Lydia Zamenhof 1926
Europe Spain Leonora Armstrong 1930
Europe Spain Virginia Orbison 1946
Europe Sweden August Rudd 1920

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1970). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 13 (1954-1963), Pg(s) 449. View as PDF.
  2. ↑ https://bahai-library.com/pdf/s/shoghieffendi_statistics_1844-1952.pdf
  3. ↑ Shoghi Effendi Unfolding Destiny of the British Baha'i Community, Baha'i Publishing Trust: London, 1981, p 484
  4. ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/270/
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 Lamb, Artemus (1995). The Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Latin America:Some Remembrances, English Revised and Amplified Edition. Oregon, United States: M L VanOrman Enterprises.
  6. ↑ A. Manisegaran, Jewel Among the Nations, Splendour Productions: Ampang, 2003, p 58
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://bahai-library.com/armstrong-ingram_early_irish_bahais

Bibliography[edit]

  • Messages to the Bahá’í World 1950-1957
  • Zohoori, Elias (1994). Names and Numbers: A Bahá’í History Reference Guide. University Printers, Jamaica. ISBN 976-8012-43-9.

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