Collection # 2

• ‘Abdu’l-Baha left Holy Land for Egypt, August 29, 1910
• ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s younger brother, Mirza Mihdi, known as the Purest Branch, was about 12 years old when he was reunited with the Holy Family in Baghdad in 1860
• 1923: First Baha'i Feast in New Zealand (photo)
• 1969: Bahji from the air (photo)
• 1971: Faith Receives Official Recognition in Chad and the Central African Republic
• Approximate Number of Localities where Bahá'ís Resided as of 1950 -- in Leading Bahá'í Communities throughout the World
• April 1954: First Auxiliary Boards appointed
• April 1956: First Regional National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of North West Africa was elected. (photo)
• April 1967: First time a woman elected to LSA of Karachi, Pakistan, since its formation in 1929 (photo)
• April 1970: First Baha'i National Convention of the Samoan Islands (photo)
• April 1970: First National Convention of the Baha'is of Ghana (photo)
• April 1970: First National Convention of the Baha'is of Uganda (photo)
• April 1972: First National Convention of the Baha'is of Afghanistan (photo)
• April 21, 1922: Shrines of Baha'u'llah and the Bab were electrically illuminated for the first time (photo)
• April 22, 1898:The Baha'is of Mandalay, Burma, with the marble casket offered by them for the remains of the Bab (photo)
• April 30 - May 2, 1967: First Baha'i National Convention in Sikkim (photo)
• As of 1966: The largest number of Baha’is ever to arise to pioneer beyond their homelands in any one year in the entire history of the Cause – was in 1965-1966
• August 6-12, 1970: First National Baha'i Youth Institute in Uganda (photo)
• Auxiliary Board Members in Africa, February 1960 (photo)
• Auxiliary Board Members in North America, January 1960 (photo)
• Baha’u’llah requested a ten-minute meeting with the Ottoman Sultan
• Baha’u’llah revealed the Suriy-i-Sabr (Surih of Patience) on the first day upon arrival in the garden of Ridvan
• Baha’u’llah’s Tablet presented to President Roosevelt
• Bahamas National Haziratu'l-Quds Acquired, January, 1975 (photo)
• Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India and Burma (photo)
• Chicago Temple Foundation Hall as it appeared in 1922-1930 (photos)
• circa 1932: Persian Baha'i Marriage Certificate (photo)
• Facsimile of Letters of Recommendation issued in 1852 by the Turkish Legation in Tihran and delivered to Baha'u'llah prior to His departure for Baghdad (photo)
• First American National Baha'i Education Conference -- Feb. 1970 (photo)
• First Baha'i meeting-place in Australia (photo)
• First Local Assembly formed in Iceland, April 1965 (photo)
• First Local Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Yaounde, Cameroon (photo)
• First Message from the Universal House of Justice -- April 30, 1963: Presented by a member of the Universal House of Justice to the Baha’is assembled in Royal Albert Hall, London
• First National Baha'i Convention of Nepal, April 1972 (photo)
• First National Baha'i Convention of the Leeward, Windward and Virgin Islands, April 23-24, 1967 (photo)
• First National Convention of the Baha'is of Eastern Malaysia and Brunei (photo)
• First National Convention of the Baha'is of Finland, April 1962 (photo)
• First National Convention of the Baha'is of Rhodesia - April 1970 (photo)
• First National Convention of the Baha'is of the Malagasy Republic (photo)
• First National Spiritual Assembly Elected in Leeward, Windward and Virgin Islands (photo)
• First National Spiritual Assembly of Finland, April 1962 (photo)
• First National Spiritual Assembly of Sudan -- April 1971 (photo)
• First National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of 'Iraq 1931-1932 (photo)
• First National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Trinidad and Tobago (photo)
• First NSA on European continent elected on April 26, 1958 (photo)
• Historic Rug (photo)
• Imperial Firman of Nasiri'd-Din Shah, 1265 A.H. (1844 A.D.) commanding Prince Mihdi-Quli Mirza to exterminate the Babis of Mazindaran, Persia (photo)
• In September/October, 1867, Bahá'u'lláh proclaimed His Message to the kings and rulers of the world -- "Never since the beginning of the world hath the Message been so openly proclaimed." (Baha’u’llah)
• July 13, 1968: Legal Recognition Granted to NSA of Spain
• June 17, 1975: Excavation begins at site of Universal House of Justice Building (photo)
• Korea's First National Convention, April 22-25, 1964 (photo)
• Local Spiritual Assemblies worldwide, as of 1928
• March 12, 1923: The Guardian calls for the establishment of local and national Baha’i Funds
• May 1-3, 1970: First National Convention of the Baha'is of Malawi (photo)
• May 22nd, 1844: The Báb Declares His Divine Mission to Mulla Husayn
• Mother of the Guardian announces his marriage
• New York City, December 10, 1883: Probably the first newspaper reference to the Baha'i Faith in the United States (photo)
• Ridvan 1961: Newly Elected International Baha'i Council Holds First Meeting (photo)
• Signs in Heavens during the Appearance of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh
• Tablets Revealed by Baha’u’llah during the Baghdad Period (January 1852 – April 1863) – listed alphabetically: Part 1
• The Apostles of Baha'u'llah -- "Pillars of the Faith" -- identified by Shoghi Effendi (photo)
• The Báb announces that “through” God’s “Most Great Name … the hidden secrets of God, the Most Exalted, were divulged and… the essence of all knowledge was revealed” to humanity
• The Báb’s First Disciples – The Letters of the Living
• The First Black Baha’i who arose “to guide others”
• The largest gathering of Baha’is in the history of the Faith -- as of 1974 (photos)
• The Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in 'Ishqabad, extensively damaged by violent earthquakes in 1948, was demolished in 1963 by the Russian authorities for safety reasons
• The Most Great Prison as seen in 1907 (photo)
• The number of centers worldwide where Bahá'ís reside increased by almost six thousand in one year -- April 1964 to April 1965
• The Suriy-i-Mulúk (Tablet to the Kings) -- “the most momentous Tablet revealed by Bahá'u'lláh”
• There were 1,280 Baha'is and 24 Assemblies in USA in 1906