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Paula Hartz wrote in World Religions: Baha'i Faith (3rd edition, 2009) that during the last years of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's life (d. 1921), "The faith was now established in many countries around the world and its followers numbered around 100,000." [72]
All Bahá'í Houses of Worship have a nine-sided shape as well as nine pathways leading outward and nine gardens surrounding them. [155] There are currently eight "continental" Bahá'í Houses of Worship and some local Bahá'í Houses of Worship completed or under construction. [48] The Bahá'í writings also envision Bahá'í Houses of Worship ...
Wondrous-Badíʿ Today (dynamic display of today's date for your location optimized for mobile browsers) Arithmetic of the Baháʼí Calendar, and Variants (archived) Baháʼí Calendar, Baháʼí Events and Holy Days (types: Persian, Islamic, Gregorian) (archived) Momen, Moojan. The Names of the Bahá’í Months: Separating Fact from Fiction ...
He became a Baháʼí in 1927. He was a teacher in one of the Baháʼí schools in Iran, until the schools were closed in 1934. He prepared many compilations of Bahá'í writings, commentaries, apologetic works, and historic studies.
The Bahá'í Historical Record Survey was an early demographic review of the Bahá'í Faith in the United States and Canada done circa 1934-1936. The backgrounds of Bahá'ís were later studied in a number of ways - racial and ethnic heritage, previous religious background, geographical spread and sometimes how these have changed over the years.
In 1901 the Chicago body was reorganized and re-elected and took the name “House of Justice of Bahais of Chicago, Ills.” [10] In response, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá revealed three tablets of encouragement and guidance to the body, including prayers to say at the beginning and end of their meetings, prayers that Baháʼís use around the world today ...
In the new millennium many of the obstacles to the religion remain in place – Baháʼís cannot register with the government officially [155] but there are probably 10 [156] to 20 [157] thousand Baháʼís, and around a hundred Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assemblies in Turkey.
Munirih Khánum, wife of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá is born in Isfahan to prominent Bábís of the city. March 20, Mullá Husayn visits the Báb in Maku; April 10, the Báb is moved to the prison of Chihriq, due to his growing influence in Maku. He was largely kept there until a few days before his execution. June - July, the Conference of Badasht was held ...