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edit  watch   Content: Topics History Geography Glossaries Lists Institutions Organizations People Publications Other topics The following is a list of overviews of Bahaipedia's content organized by topic. edit  watch   People Central Figures The Báb Writings of the Báb • Martyrdom of the Báb Bahá’u’lláh Writings of Bahá’u’lláh ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Notable Bahá’ís Apostles of Bahá’u’lláh Mírzá Músá • Badí‘ • Sultánu'sh-Shuhada' (King of Martyrs) • Hájí Amín • Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl • Varqá • Mírzá Mahmúd • Hají Ákhúnd • Nabíl-i-Akbar • Vakílu'd-Dawlih • Ibn-i-Abhar • Nabíl-i-A'zam • Samandar • Mírzá Mustafá • Mishkín-Qalam • Adíb • Shaykh Muhammad-'Alí • Zaynu'l-Muqarrabín • Ibn-i-Asdaq Continental Counsellors Custodians Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khanum • Charles Mason Remey • Amelia Collins • Leroy Ioas • Hasan Balyuzi • 'Alí-Akbar Furútan • Jalal Khazeh • Paul Haney • Adelbert Muhlschlegel • John Ferraby • Horace Holley • William Sears Disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá John Esslemont • Thornton Chase • Howard MacNutt • Sarah Farmer • Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney • Lillian Kappes • Robert Turner • Arthur Brauns • William H. Randall • Lua Getsinger • Joseph Hannen • Chester I. Thacher • Charles Greenleaf • Isabella D. Brittingham • Ethel Rosenberg • Helen Goodall • Arthur P. Dodge • William H. Hoar • George Jacob Augur Hands of the Cause of God Appointed by Bahá’u’lláh Hají Mullá `Alí-Akbar • Hájí Mírzá Muhammad-Taqí • Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan • Mírzá `Ali-Muhammad Appointed by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá Aqa Muhammad-i-Qa'ini • Mirza 'Alí-Muhammad Varqá • Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas • Shaykh Muhammad-Riday-i-Yazdi Appointed by Shoghi Effendi Appointed posthumously John Ebenezer Esslemont • Hájí Amín • Keith Ransom-Kehler • Martha Root • Hyde Dunn • Siyyid Mustafá Rúmí • Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'd • Muhammed Taqiy-i-Isfahani • Roy C. Wilhelm • Louis Gregory First contingent, appointed 24 December 1951 Dorothy Baker • Amelia Collins • 'Alí-Akbar Furútan • Ugo Giachery • Hermann Grossmann • Horace Hotchkiss Holley • Leroy C. Ioas • William Sutherland Maxwell • Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí • Valíyu'lláh Varqá • George Townshend • Charles Mason Remey Second contingent, appointed 29 February 1952 Siegfried Schopflocher • Shu'á'u'lláh 'Alá'í • Músá Banání • Clara Dunn • Dhikru'lláh Khádim • Adelbert Mühlschlegel • Corinne Knight True Supplementary appointments (1952-1957) Amatu'l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum • Jalál Kháḍih • Paul Edmond Haney • ‘Alí-Muhammad Varqá • Agnes Alexander Last contingent, appointed 2 October 1957 Hasan Muvaqqar Balyúzí • Abu'l-Qásim Faizi • John Graham Ferraby • Harold Collis Featherstone • Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir • Enoch Olinga • John Aldham Robarts • William Sears Holy family Knights of Bahá’u’lláh Elsie Austin • Gertrude Blum • Mildred Clark • Charles Dunning • Roy Fernie • Mabel Grace Geary • Elizabeth Hopper • Catherine Huxtable • Alyce Janssen • Malcolm King • Violet McKinley • Ruth Katharine Meyer • Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir • Richard Nolen • Enoch Olinga • Ola Pawlowska • 'Alí Akbar Rafí'í Rafsanjání • Marcia Steward de Matamores Martyrs Pioneers Universal House of Justice members (past and present) Farzam Arbab • Kiser Barnes • Hugh Chance • Gustavo Correa • Hooper Dunbar • Hushmand Fatheazam • Amoz Gibson • Hartmut Grossmann • Luṭfu’lláh Ḥakím • David Hofman • Firaydoun Javaheri • Borrah Kavelin • Peter Khan • Paul Lample • Douglas Martin • Glenford E. Mitchell • Payman Mohajer • Alí Nakhjavání • Shahriar Razavi • David Ruhe • Ian Semple • Adib Taherzadeh • Charles Wolcott International Teaching Centre members (past and present, incomplete) Uransaikhan Baatar • Stephen Birkland • Stephen Hall • Joan Lincoln • Rachel Ndegwa • Juan Francisco Mora • Zenaida Ramirez • Ayman Rouhani • Penny Walker Notable Bábís Letters of the Living Mullá Ḥusayn • Muḥammad-Ḥasan Bushrú'í • Muḥammad-Báqir Bushrú'í • Mullá 'Alíy-i-Bastámí • Mullá Khudá-Bakhsh-i-Quchání • Mullá Ḥasan-i-Bajistání • Siyyid Ḥusayn-i-Yazdí • Mullá Muḥammad Rawḍih-Khán Yazdí • Sa‘íd Hindí • Mullá Maḥmud Khu'í • Mullá Jalíl-i-Urúmí • Mullá Aḥmad-i-Ibdál Marághi'í • Mullá Báqir Tabrízí • Mullá Yúsúf-i-Ardibílí • Mullá Hádí Qazvíní • Mullá Muḥammad-`Alí Qazvíní • Ṭáhirih • Quddús Authors edit  watch   Institutions Institutions Auxiliary Board • Centre for the Study of the Texts • Continental Board of Counsellors • Institution of the Custodians • Hazíratu'l-Quds • International 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Islands • South Pacific Ocean • South West Pacific Ocean • Soviet Union • Surinam and French Guiana • Swaziland, Mozambique, and Basutoland • Swaziland and Mozambique • Swaziland, Mozambique, and Angola • Tonga and the Cook Islands • Transkei • Turkistan • Uganda and Central Africa • Ukraine and Moldova • Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova • United States and Canada • Upper West Africa • West Africa • West Central Africa • Windward Islands edit  watch   Organizations Schools Africa Ethiopia: One Planet International School Malawi: Bambino School, Lilongwe Swaziland: Setsembiso Sebunye High School Zambia: Banani International Secondary School Americas Canada: Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute • Maxwell International School1 Haiti: Anís Zunúzí Bahá'í School United States: Henderson Business College1 • Parent University Asia India: Anis School, Nidamanur • Bahá’í Academy, Shivajinagar • Bahá’í School, Tadong • Baha'i Sr. Secondary School, Saramsa • Barli Institute, Indore • Blossoms School, Bhubaneswar • Brilliant Stars School, Udaipur • Glory School, Namburu • Glory School, Shantiniketan • Little Angels High School, Gwalior • Mona School, Satara • Nabil’s Memorial School, Jorethang • New Era High School, Panchgani • New Garden School, Udaipur • Priceless Pearl High School, Nashik • Rabbani Bahá’í School, Gwalior1 • Rúhíyyih School, Darjeeling • Shoghi School, Nunna Macao: School of the Nations Australasia Australia: Yerrinbool Bahá’í School Papua New Guinea: Bunisi Elementary School Tonga: Ocean of Light International School Vanuatu: Rowhani Bahá’í School Europe Czechia: Townshend International School Slovakia: Forel International School Educational institutions Bahá'í run Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education • Bosch • Desert Rose Baha'i Institute • Green Acre • Louhelen • Nur University • Ruhi Institute Bahá'í inspired Banani International Secondary School • Barli Vocational Institute for Rural Women in Indore • FUNDAEC • Forel International School • Maxwell International School • Nancy Campbell Collegiate Institute • New Era High School • Ocean of Light International School • One Planet International School • School of the Nations • Townshend International School Publishing Trusts Australia • India • United States 1 School is no longer in operation. edit  watch   Geography and places Holy Land 'Akka Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh • Mansion of Bahjí • House of ‘Abbúd • House of ‘Abdu’lláh Páshá Haifa Shrine of the Báb • International Archives • International Teaching Centre building • Seat of the Universal House of Justice • World Centre buildings Africa Benin • Burkina Faso • Cape Verde • Côte d'Ivoire • The Gambia • Ghana • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Liberia • Mali • Mauritania • Niger • Nigeria • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Togo • Algeria • Egypt • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara • Angola • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Equatorial Guinea • Gabon • Republic of the Congo • Rwanda • São Tomé and Príncipe • Burundi • Comoros • Djibouti • Eritrea • Ethiopia • Kenya • Madagascar • Malawi • Mauritius • Mozambique • Rwanda • Seychelles • Somalia • Tanzania • Uganda • Zambia • Zimbabwe • Botswana • Lesotho • Namibia • South Africa • Swaziland Dependencies British Indian Ocean Territory • Mayotte • Réunion • Saint Helena • Canary Islands • Ceuta • Madeira • Melilla • Socotra • Puntland • Somaliland • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Americas Caribbean Bahamas • Barbados • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Grenada • Haiti • Jamaica • Leeward Islands • Martinique • Virgin Islands Central America Belize • Costa Rica • El Salvador • Guatemala • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama North America Antigua and Barbuda • Bahamas • Barbados • Belize • Canada • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominica • Dominican Republic • El Salvador • Grenada • Guatemala • Haiti • Honduras • Jamaica • Mexico • Nicaragua • Panama • Saint Kitts and Nevis • Saint Lucia • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines • Trinidad and Tobago • United States Dependencies Greenland • Guadeloupe • Martinique • Saint Barthélemy • Saint Martin • Saint Pierre and Miquelon • Clipperton • Aruba • Netherlands Antilles • Anguilla • Bermuda • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Montserrat • Turks and Caicos Islands • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands • Navassa • Serranilla Bank • Petrel Islands South America Argentina • Bolivia • Brazil • Chile • Colombia • Ecuador • Guyana • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Suriname • Trinidad and Tobago • Uruguay • Venezuela Dependencies Aruba • Falkland Islands • French Guiana • Netherlands Antilles • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Asia Afghanistan • Kazakhstan • Kyrgyzstan • Tajikistan • Turkmenistan • Uzbekistan • Russia • Siberia • China • Taiwan • Japan • Mongolia • North Korea • South Korea • Bangladesh • Bhutan • India • Maldives • Nepal • Pakistan • Sri Lanka • Brunei • Cambodia • Indonesia • Laos • Malaysia • Myanmar • Philippines • 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(1947-1953) • British Six Year Plan (1944-1950) • British Two Year Plan (1951-1953) • Canadian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) • Central American One Year Plan (1952-1953) • Egyptian Five Year Plan (1948-1953) • German Five Year Plan (1948-1953) • Indian Six Year Plan (1938-1944) • Indian Four Year Plan (1946-1950) • Indian Nineteen Month Plan (1951-1953) • Iraqi Three Year Plan (1950-1953) • Persian Forty-Five Month Plan (1946-1950) • Persian Women's Four Year Plan (1946-1950) • South American Two Year Plan (1951-1953) • Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963) • Nine Year Plan (1964-1973) • Five Year Plan (1974-1979) • Seven Year Plan (1979-1986) • Six Year Plan (1986-1992) • Three Year Plan (1993-1996) • Four Year Plan (1996-2000) • Twelve Month Plan (2000-2001) • Five Year Plan (2001-2006) • Five Year Plan (2006-2011) • Five Year Plan (2011-2016) • Five Year Plan (2016-2021) • Twelve Month Plan (2021-2022) edit  watch   Publications Books A: Academic • Agriculture‎ • Arts • B: Biography • Business C: Central Figures • Children (Children's books • Children's education) • Christianity • Comparative religion • Compilations • Consultation • Covenant D: Disability E: Ecology • Economics • Education • Ethics F: Family G: Global H: Heritage • Hinduism • History • Holy Scriptures I: Inspirational • Introduction • Islam J: Judaism L: Life and Death M: Marriage N: Nineteen Day Feast • Novels P: Peace • Persian • Personal Transformation • Philosophy • Pioneering • Poetry • Prayer (Prayer books) R: Racism • Reference • Religion S: Self help • Social and economic development • Spirituality • Studies T: Teaching U: Uncategorized W: Women • World Religions Y: Youth Periodicals Discontinued Periodicals Berita Bahá’í • Light of the Age • Malaysian Bahá’í News • Star of the West Publishers Bahá’í Publishing Trust, India • Bahá’í Publishing Trust, India • Bahá’í Publishing Trust, Johannesburg • Bahá’í Publishing Trust, United States • George Ronald • Juxta Publishing Limited • Splendour 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