Some Historical Events During the Month of February

From: Baha'i Calendar -- this month in history

• February 1983: The Universal House of Justice occupies its permanent Seat
• February 1980: Hand of the Cause Hasan Balyuzi passes away
• February 1974: The Universal House of Justice accepts the design of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice submitted by architect Husayn Amanat
• February 1953: First of the four Intercontinental Conferences of the Holy Year is held in Kampala, Uganda, and the Guardian's Ten Year World Crusade is launched
• February 1952: Shoghi Effendi appoints the second contingent of Hands of the Cause
• February 1951: Haji Mirza Habibu'llah Afnan, passes away – ‘Abdu’l-Baha had appointed him as the Custodian of the House of the Báb in Shiraz
• February 1941: The passing of Hand of the Cause Hyde Dunn -- “Australia's spiritual conqueror”
• February 1934: The Guardian sends his letter known as ‘The Dispensation of Baha’u’llah’ – it is addressed to “the beloved of God and the handmaids of the Merciful throughout the West”
• February 1932: Chicago Spiritual Assembly becomes incorporated – The first local spiritual assembly in the Baha’i world to gain civil recognition
• February 1925: John Esslemont is acting as Shoghi Effendi’s English-language speaking secretary. He also helps the Guardian with the translation of Hidden Words and other passages from the Writings of Baha’u’llah
• February 1923: Keys to the Shrine of Baha’u’llah were returned to Shoghi Effendi by the British High Commissioner in Palestine
• February 1923: Shoghi Effendi is recognized by the governing authorities in Palestine as the custodian of the Shrine of Baha’u’llah
• February–March 1917: ‘Abdu’l-Baha reveals the final six Tablets of the Divine Plan
• February 1915: Shoghi Effendi wins first prize in a college contest
• February 1909: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá directed the American believers to hold interracial meetings …
• February 1907: ‘Abdu’l-Baha begins to transfer the Holy Family from ‘Akka to His House in Haifa
• February 1894: Ibrahim Khayru'llah, a Syrian doctor, “established his residence in Chicago, and began to teach actively and systematically the Cause he had espoused.”
• February 1876: The birth of Hand of the Cause Keith Ransom-Kehler
• February 1869: Fu'ad Pasha, the Turkish Foreign Minister dies in Nice, France
• February 1862: The birth of the Orientalist Edward Granville Browne
• February 1852: Birth of Isabella Brittingham – a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Baha
• February 1850: Seven Bábis are martyred together in Tihran – one of them is the maternal uncle of the Báb
• February 1849: The martyrdom of Mulla Husayn -- Bábu'l-Báb (the Gate of the Gate), the “Primal Mirror”; “But for him, God would not have been established upon the seat of His mercy, nor ascended the throne of eternal glory."
• February 1847: Birth of Thornton Chase – a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, “the first to embrace the Cause of Baha’u’llah in the Western world”