Versailles
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| Official Website | https://www.bahai-versailles.fr/ | |
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Versailles is a city in northern France.
History[edit]
‘Abdu’l-Bahá briefly visited Versailles on February 17, 1913, during His tour of the West.[1] Persian Bahá’í Ali Kuli Khan, who had served as the Secretary of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, attended the Versailles Peace Conference in 1919 as a member of Iran's delegation to the Conference,[2] and on July 4, 1920, Shoghi Effendi visited Versailles for a day accompanied by Mrs. Sheybani, a Bahá’í living in Paris.[3]
As of 1938 at least one Bahá’í, Dr. Ayadi, was living in Versailles,[4] and they remained until at least 1940,[5] however by 1943 there was no longer a Bahá’í presence in the city and the Second World War prevented any Bahá’í activity in France for its duration.[6] After the war Bahá’ís had settled in Versailles again by 1952,[7] and Shoghi Effendi made several personal visits to the city after the war in search of plants for the Bahá’í gardens in the Holy Land.[8]
The Local Spiritual Assembly of Versailles was established for the first time in 1994.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Earl Redman, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in Their Midst, George Ronald: Oxford, 2011, p 309
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 352. View as PDF.
- ↑ Riaz Khadem, Prelude to the Guardianship, George Ronald: Oxford, 2014, p 137
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1939). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. New York City, NY. Volume 7 (1936-1938), Pg(s) 557. 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) 689. 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) 654. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1952). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 260, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 https://www.bahai-versailles.fr/qui-sommes-nous
