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1927 (In the year) 192- |
The Baghdád believers took photographs of the cave in the Sargul Mountain near Sulaymáníyyih where Bahá'u'lláh spent two years in solitude. [BW2Surveyp.33, SETPE1p141] | Photography; Caves; Mountains; Sar Galu Mountain (Iraq); * Bahaullah (chronology); Baghdad, Iraq; Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq; Kurdistan; Iraq | |
1927 (In the year) 192- |
Abu'l-Qásim Faizi, a 19-year-old student who had attended the Tarbiyát School in Tehran but was now enrolled at the American University at Beirut, visited Haifa to meet Shoghi Effendi. Like Hasan Balyuzi before him, he was immediately possessed by a great desire to serve him. [SETPE1p146-7] | Abu'l-Qasim Faizi; Tarbiyat School, Tihran; American University of Beirut; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Haifa, Israel; Tehran, Iran; Iran; Beirut, Lebanon; Lebanon | |
1927 (In the year) 192- |
Leonora Armstrong was the first Bahá'í to visit and speak about the Bahá'í Faith in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Trinidad, Barbados, Haiti, British Guiana and Dutch Guiana (now Suriname). [Biographical Profile] | Travel Teaching; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Colombia; Venezuela; Ecuador; Trinidad and Tobago; Barbados; Haiti; British Guiana; Suriname | the first Bahá'í to visit and speak about the Bahá'í Faith in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Trinidad, Barbados, Haiti, British Guiana and Suriname. |
1927 (In the year) 192- |
Martha Root gave a talk to the International Esperanto Conference in the Free City of Danzig*. [SYH159]
*The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk; Kashubian: Wòlny Gard Gduńsk) was a semi-autonomous city-state that existed between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 towns and villages in the surrounding areas. It was created on 15 November 1920 in accordance with the terms of Article 100 (Section XI of Part III) of the 1919 Treaty of Versailles after the end of World War I. [Wikipedia] |
Esperanto; Martha Root; The Free City of Danzig | |
1927 8 Jan 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada appointed seven people to a National Race Unity Committee. [SBR94; TMW166]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Race; Race unity; Race amity; United States (USA); Canada | |
1927 13–16 Jan 192- |
A World Unity Conference was held in Dayton, Ohio, one of many such conferences to be held in the year in major cities of the United States. [TMW159, 165]
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Conferences, World unity; Dayton, OH; Ohio, USA; United States (USA) | |
1927 Jan (Towards end of the month) 192- |
Chicago held its first Race Amity Conference. Louis Gregory spoke. [SYH147] | Race amity; Louis G. Gregory; Chicago, IL | |
1927 Mar 192- |
Shoghi Effendi retranslated the Hidden Words.
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* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Translations by; * Translation; Kalimat-i-Maknunih (Hidden Words); George Townshend; Ethel Rosenberg; * Publications; * Shoghi Effendi, Basic timeline; - Basic timeline, Expanded; Shoghi Effendi, Works of; - Bahá'í World Centre | |
1927 11 Mar 192- |
Sadie Oglesby and her daughter Bertha Parvine arrived in Haifa, the first black American women to make the pilgrimage. [TMW173, 206, SETPE1p141-145] | Pilgrims; - First pilgrims; Haifa, Israel | first black American women to make pilgrimage |
1927 25 Mar 192- |
Áqá 'Abdu'l-'A'zím, Amínu'l-'Ulamá' was martyred in Ardibíl, Iran, by the order of the mujtahid. [BW18:388] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Ardibil, Iran; Iran | |
1927 27 Mar 192- |
Martha Root left Shanghai for Hong Kong. At the end of May she sailed for Australia and New Zealand. During her stay in Hong Kong she made a trip to mainland China visiting Guangzhou and made another sortie to Saigon and Cambodia. [P35] | Martha Root; Shanghai, China; Hong Kong; Saigon, Vietnam; Cambodia; Laos | |
1927 8 - 10 Apr 192- |
The second conference for racial amity in Washington was held at the Mt Pleasant Congregational Church with the cooperation and participation of other like-minded groups and persons. [BW2p284]
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Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Washington, DC, USA; United States (USA) | |
1927 29 Apr 192- |
The British delegates, at their first National Convention, elected ten members because there were an equal number of votes for ninth and tenth places. [EJR253; UD70–1]
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National Spiritual Assembly; National Spiritual Assembly, election of; Conventions, National; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); First conventions; United Kingdom | First National Convention of the United Kingdom |
1927 Apr-May 192- |
Martha Root journeyed through the Baltic States and become the first Bahá'í to visit Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia (2 May). [MR272–4] | Martha Root; Baltic States; Latvia; Lithuania; Estonia | first Bahá’í to visit Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia |
1927 29 Apr - 1 May 192- |
The third National Convention of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada was held at the Windsor Hotel in Montreal, the hotel where 'Abdu'l-Bahá stayed during His visit in 1912. [Bahá'í News No. 17 April, 1927]
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Conventions, National; Allen McDaniel; Roy C. Wilhelm; Horace Holley; Carl Scheffler; Florence R. Moron; May Maxwell (Bolles); Amelia Collins; Alfred Lunt; Louis G. Gregory; Edwina Powell; Sadie Oglesby; Montreal, QC; Quebec, Canada; Canada; United States (USA) | |
1927 May 192- |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and Canada drew up and published a 'Declaration of Trust' and 'By-laws of the National Spiritual Assembly'. [BW2:89, BW10:180]
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National Spiritual Assembly; Horace Holley; Mountfort Mills; Constitutions (Bahá'í); By-laws; Recognition (legal); Firsts, other; United States (USA); Canada | The first document of this sort to establish a clear legal basis for the National Spiritual Assembly |
1927 May 192- |
The funeral of a believer resident in the Holy Land, Mírá Moshen Afnán, was the first entirely Bahá'í funeral to take place in Palestine showing the strong independence of the Faith. [SETPE1p147] | Mira Moshen Afnan; Funeral; Haifa, Israel; Palestine; Firsts, other | first entirely Bahá'í funeral to take place in Palestine |
1927 Jun 192- |
Shoghi Effendi left Palestine destined for Switzerland in the company of his sister. [Ambassador at the Court Chapter 8] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland | |
1927 19 Jun 192- |
Karbalá'í Asadu'lláh-i-Saqat-furúsh was martyred in Kirmán, Iran. [BW18:388] | * Persecution, Iran; - Persecution, Deaths; - Persecution; Kirman, Iran; Iran | |
1927 7 Jul 192- |
Mr. Mountfort Mills received a cable from Shoghi Effendi through the Greatest Holy Leaf suggesting the American Assemblies send cables to His Excellency the High Commissioner in Baghdad, Iraq urging that the houses belonging to the Bahá'ís be restored to their rightful owners. [Highlights of the First 40 Years of the Bahá'í Faith in New York, City of the Covenant, 1892-1932 by Hussein Ahdieh p26] | House of Bahá'u'lláh (Baghdad); New York, USA; Baghdad, Iraq | |
1927 (Summer) 192- |
The first Race Amity Conference was held in Green Acre. It was organized by Louis Gregory, Agnes Parsons, Dr Zia Bagdadi, Alain Locke, and Pauline Hannen. [GAP118, SYH146] | Race amity; Louis G. Gregory; Agnes Parsons; Zia Bagdadi; Alain Locke; Pauline Hannen; Green Acre, Eliot, ME | |
1927 1 Aug 192- |
Geyserville Bahá'í Summer School, the first American Bahá'í summer school, was established on property in California donated by John Bosch. It was to operate until 1973 when a new road project divided the property. The land was sold and the funds used to purchase land in the mountains above the coastal town of Santa Cruz. The new school was named In honour of John and Louise Bosch. [BBD87; BW10:180; GPB340, Bosch]
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Summer schools; - Bahá'í schools (conference centres); First summer and winter schools; John Bosch; Green Acre, Eliot, ME; Geyserville, CA; California, USA; United States (USA) | first American Bahá’í summer school |
1927 9 Sep - 2 Dec 192- |
Leonora Holsapple (later Armstrong) made a teaching trip through Latin America and the Caribbean, becoming the first Bahá'í to visit Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Curaçao, Trinidad (2–12 Oct), the Guianas (29 Oct), Barbados (Dec) and several islands in the Antilles group. | Leonora Holsapple Armstrong; Latin America; Caribbean | first Bahá’í to visit Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Curaçao, Trinidad, the Guianas, Barbados and several islands in Antilles group |
1927 13 Sep 192- |
Dr George Augur, (b. 1 Oct 1853 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Sep 1927 Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA), Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, passed away in Hawaii. He was buried in the O'ahu Cemetery in Honolulu. [SBR198]
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George Augur; - Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá; - In Memoriam; Honolulu, HI; Hawaii, USA | |
1927 (Mid-Oct to 1 Nov) 192- |
Shoghi Effendi retired to the mountains of Switzerland to rest and re-gain his strength. (SETPE1p150, DND20] | * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Shoghi Effendi, Travels of; Switzerland | |
1927 Oct 192- |
Shoghi Effendi entrusted Dr William Slater and his wife Ida Slater, who were visiting Haifa on a 19-day pilgrimage, with carpets from the Shrines of the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá for the House of Worship in Chicago. [SETPE1p149] | William Slater; Ida Slater; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Carpets; Gifts; * Shoghi Effendi (chronology); Haifa, Israel; Wilmette, IL; United States (USA) | |
1927 (Mid-Oct) 192- |
Shoghi Effendi announced the defection of 'Abdu'l-Husayn Ávarih (Abd al-Hosayn Ayati). He had been a very successful teacher and the author of a book on the history of the Faith but opposed Shoghi Effendi's efforts to build the Administrative Order. He was insistent that the Universal House of Justice be formed at that time. He was denounced by the believers in Egypt and Iran. [SETPE1p149, BA137-139, Ruhi8.2-20, CoC294-296; MBW53; PP120; ; BKC118-120]
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Covenant-breaking; `Abdu'l-Husayn Ávárih; Avarih; Haifa, Israel | |
1927 Oct 192- |
The first issue of the monthy called World Unity Magazine. Its editors were John Herman Randall, John Herman Randall Jr. and Horace Holley. The concluding volume of the magazine stated its unique character proceeded from the outlook of its founders, who "realized the inter-dependence of religion, science and sociology in the movements simultaneously destroying the past and forming a new era in human history." During its last years of publication, it was openly a Bahá'í journal. [The Cause of Universal Peace]
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World Unity (magazine); Conferences, World unity; John Herman Randall Sr.; John Herman Randall Jr; Horace Holley; New York, USA; United States (USA) | |
1927 Nov 192- |
"Muḥammad-'Alí and Majdiddin [his cousin] has sent a message requesting us to repair the roof which may collapse at any time. He has been told emphatically that we shall not proceed with any repair unless and until they evacuate the entire building." [PP231] | Covenant-breaking; Muhammad-`Alí; Majdid-Din; Bahji, Israel | |
1927 10 - 11 Nov 192- |
The third convention for amity in inter-racial relations in Washington was held in the Mt. Pleasant Congregational Church. [BW2p285; SYH146] | Race; Race amity; Race unity; Conferences, Race Amity; Washington, DC, USA; United States (USA) |
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