September 25, 2012

1936: First Baha'i Summer School in the Southern Hemisphere,

Friends present at the laying of the cornerstone of the first Baha'i Summer School in the Southern Hemisphere, at Yerrinbool, New South Wales, Australia, on October 11, 1936. (The Baha'i World 1936-1938)

September 10, 2012

The fate of the first person who arose to ill-treat the Báb

Husayn Khán, the governor of Shíráz, stigmatized as a “wine-bibber” and a “tyrant,” the first who arose to ill-treat the Báb, who publicly rebuked Him and bade his attendant strike Him violently in the face, was compelled not only to endure the dreadful calamity that so suddenly befell him, his family, his city and his province, but afterwards to witness the undoing of all his labors, and to lead in obscurity the remaining days of his life, till he tottered to his grave abandoned alike by his friends and his enemies. (Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By)

September 1, 2012

1936: First Baha'i Youth Group of Lyons, France

First Baha'i Youth Group of Lyons, France, photographed in the garden of Mr. Yazdi, Lyons, France, June 14, 1936 (The Baha'i World 1936-1938)