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Tag "- Biography"

tag name: - Biography type: People
web link: -_Biography
variations: Autobiographies; Autobiography; Biographies
references: bahai-library.com/Biographies; bahaipedia.org/Category:Biographies
related tags: - Biographies (general)
referring tags: - Births and deaths; - In Memoriam

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  1. 239 Days in America: Compilation of Essays from 239days.com, by Various Harry Liedtke, comp. (2012/2023). — Compilation of text and visuals from the website 239days.com, covering Abdu'l-Baha's visit from Apri...
  2. A-de-rih-wa-nie-ton On-kwe-on-we Neh-ha: A Message to the Iroquois Indians, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada (1956). — Three items: 2021 cover letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Canada, the 19...
  3. Abdu'l-Bahá: The Mystery of God, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — Overview of the life of Abdu'l-Baha.
  4. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: The Center of the Covenant, by Juliet Thompson (1948). — 'Abdu'l-Baha's vibrant personality and unique function as the Centre of the Covenant. His role as th...
  5. 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Moojan Momen (1995).
  6. 'Abdu'l-Baha, by Author unknown (2004).
  7. Abdu'l-Baha, by Constance Elizabeth Maud (1924). — Chapter on Abdu'l-Baha and Qurratu'l-Ayn, from a book of biographical studies.
  8. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Portrayals from East and West, by Ali Kuli Khan, John Bosch, Louise Bosch Marzieh Gail, ed. (1971 Fall). — Recollections of Abdu'l-Baha, taken from papers of Ali-Kuli Khan and the conversations of John and L...
  9. 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Life and Teachings, by Alessandro Bausani, Denis MacEoin (1985). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  10. 'Abdu'l-Bahá 'Abbás, by Firuz Kazemzadeh (2009-04). — On the eldest son and appointed successor of Baha’u’llah, the Center of His Covenant, and the He...
  11. 'Abdu'l-Baha in Britain, 1913: The Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, by Ahmad Sohrab David Merrick, ed. (2018). — Diary of the travels to Liverpool, London, Oxford, Edinburgh, Bristol, and Woking, 1912/12/05-1913/0...
  12. 'Abdu'l-Baha in Edinburgh: The Diary of Ahmad Sohrab, by Ahmad Sohrab David Merrick, ed. (2008). — Diary of Abdu'l-Baha's visit to Edinburgh, January 6-10, 1913.
  13. `Abdu'l-Bahá in Egypt: September 1910, by Julio Savi (2013). — Historical and political background of Abdu'l-Baha's various travels to Egypt, discussion of the peo...
  14. `Abdu'l-Bahá, the "Mystery of God" / Abdu'l-Bahá, Le "Mystère de Dieu", by Violetta Zein (2021). — Slideshow prepared by the Utterance Project for the centenary of the ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha. In E...
  15. 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Canada: A Compilation from Written Accounts, Marlene Macke, comp. (2012-08). — Lengthy collection of passages from the books Origins of the Bahá’í Community in Canada, Maxwe...
  16. `Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás, by Necati Alkan (2021). — Abdu’l-Baha’s life story, from his childhood in Iran and as an exile for 60 years in the Ottoman...
  17. Aboriginal Health, Healing, Spirituality, Truth and Forgiveness, by Diana Rose Yoka (2001). — On love, healing, and forgiveness; colonization of Australia in the 1700s; ceremonial burial practic...
  18. Above All Barriers: The Story of Louis G. Gregory, by H. Elsie Austin (1955/1976). — Article, published as a pamphlet, summarizing the life of this famous lawyer and social activist.
  19. Account of How I Became a Bahá'í and My Stays in Paris in 1901 and 1937, An: Written at the Request of Mrs. Laura Dreyfus-Barney, by Agnes Baldwin Alexander Thomas Linard, ed. (1958). — Alexander's account of her acceptance of the Baha'i teachings in Rome in 1900 and subsequent meeting...
  20. Account of the Death of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal, by Alili Ridvan E. G. Browne, trans. (1918).
  21. Account of the Life of Hakím Áqá Ján, An, Adib Masumian, trans. (2022). — Originally written in Persian by Mirza Áqa Khan Katira’i (Ya‘qúb) and published in Payam-i-Bah...
  22. Account of the Passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, An, by Shoghi Effendi, Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield (1973-04-21). — On the last days of 'Abdu'l-Baha, his funeral, and tributes on his behalf.
  23. Adelbert Mühlschlegel: Seine Gedichte in zwei Sprachen: His Poetry in Two Languages, by Adelbert Mühlschlegel Gisele Liedtke, trans, Harry Liedtke, trans. (2010). — Overview of the life of this Hand of the Cause, written by his daughter and son-in-law, and a select...
  24. Adíb Tálaqání (Hand of the Cause), by Moojan Momen (1985). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  25. Adventures in Biographical Research: John and William Cormick, by Vincent Flannery (2004). — Biographical details of the only European known to have met the Bab, William Cormick, and his father...
  26. Afnán: Genealogy of the Afnān Family, by Moojan Momen (1985). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  27. Afnán Family, The: Some Biographical Notes, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). — Genealogy of the Bab and biographies of his descendants; meaning of afnan.
  28. Ahmad, The Flame of Fire, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — History of the recipient of the Tablet of Ahmad, extracted from an article by Hand of the Case Jinab...
  29. Ahmad-i-Yazd, by Richard Francis (1993/2003). — Life of the recipient of the Arabic Tablet of Ahmad.
  30. Ahsá'í, Shaykh Ahmad, by Denis MacEoin (1985). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  31. Akhund, Haji (Haji Mulla `Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi), by Moojan Momen (1995). — Short biography of an Iranian Hand of the Cause of God.
  32. Alain Locke, by Christopher Buck (2004). — The life and ideas of the leading African-American intellectual Alain Locke and his involvement with...
  33. Alain Locke: Baha'i Philosopher, by Christopher Buck (2001/2002). — Biography of one of the important African American intellectuals and his impact on American thought ...
  34. Alain Locke: Faith and Philosophy, by Christopher Buck (2005). — The importance of Alain Locke (1885-1954), the 'Dean' of the Harlem Renaissance (1919-1934), and an ...
  35. Alain Locke: Bahá'í Principles and the Salvation of Democracy, by Christopher Buck (2007). — Long presentation in slide format on the history and influence of Alain Locke.
  36. Alain Locke: Race Leader, Social Philosopher, Baha'i Pluralist: includes Alain Locke in his Own Words: Three Essays and a poem, by Christopher Buck, Alain Locke (2005). — Article by Buck, poem "The Moon Maiden" and three essays by Locke introduced by Buck: "The Gospel fo...
  37. Alaskan Bahá'í Community: Its Growth and Development: The Formative Years: To 156 B. E. (1999), by John E. Kolstoe (1999). — Compilation of historical materials on the Faith in Alaska up through the late 1990s.
  38. Alavíyyih Khánum and 'Alí Ján, Mullá, by Mehraeen Mottahedin-Mavaddat, Moojan Momen (2009). — On the couple, both distinguished Iranian teachers of the Baha’i Faith; Mulla ‘Ali Jan was execu...
  39. Alexander, Agnes: 70 years of service, by Duane Troxel (1983-10/11/12). — Biography of a prominent American Baha'i and Hand of the Cause of God.
  40. Ali Akbar Furutan, In Memoriam, by Universal House of Justice (2003-11-27). — Obituary containing a brief biography of Ali Akbar Furutan, one of the longest surviving Hands of th...
  41. Alí Akbar Shahmírzádí (Hájjí Akhund), by Moojan Momen (1985). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  42. Ali Bastami, Mulla, by Moojan Momen (1995).
  43. Alí Bastámí, Mullá, by Moojan Momen (2009). — On the second disciple to recognize the Bab, and the first Babi martyr.
  44. Alí Bastámí, Mullá, by Denis MacEoin (1985). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  45. Alice Buckton: Baha'i Mystic, by Lil Osborn (2014-07). — Buckton, a central figure in the re-establishment of Glastonbury as England's spiritual centre, visi...
  46. Alice Buckton's Glastonbury Pilgrimage, by Lil Osborn (2020). — Buckton's spiritual awakening and pioneering activities in Glastonbury, including her setting up a w...
  47. Allen, Wellesca Pollock, by Author unknown (1915). — Brief bio of a kindergarten teacher from Washington DC who visited Abdu'l-Baha in 1907.
  48. Amatu'l-Bahá Visits India, by Violette Nakhjavani (1966). — The story of Rúhiyyih Khanum's 9-month journey across India and Southeast Asia in 1964, as told by ...
  49. Amazing Nashville Baha'i Community in the 1960s, The, by John S. Hatcher (2019). — "From the Editor's Desk": Hatcher's personal memories of time in Nashville; overview of the lives of...
  50. Ambassador at the Court: The Life and Photography of Effie Baker, by Graham Hassall (1999). — Extensive biography of Effie Baker, an early Australian Baha'i.
  51. Ameen Rihani and the Unity of Religion: The Politics of Time and the Politics of Eternity, by Suheil Badi Bushrui (published as Suheil Bushrui) (2014). — Overview of the life and thought of a Lebanese-American writer, intellectual, and political activist...
  52. Amín Hájjí: trustees of Huqúqu'lláh, by Moojan Momen (1985). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  53. Amin, Haji Abu'l-Hasan, by Moojan Momen (1995).
  54. Amoz Everett Gibson: The First Black Member of the Universal House of Justice, by Richard Francis (1998). — Biography of a prominent black Baha'i teacher and former member of the Universal House of Justice.
  55. Anne Gould Hauberg and Mark Tobey: Lives Lived for Art, Cultivated by Spirit, by Anne Gordon Perry (2016). — On the friendship and working relationship between Seattle art patron Hauberg and Seattle-based pain...
  56. Áqá Buzurg, Entitled Badí "The Wonderful", by Boris Handal (2023). — Áqa Buzurg and Baha'u'llah's Lawh-i-Sultan; Tablet to Badi from Baha'u'llah; the Pride of the Marty...
  57. Áqá Khan Kermání, by Mangol Bayat (1987). — Brief excerpt, with link to full article offsite.
  58. Aqasi, Haji Mirza ('Abbas Iravani), by Sholeh A. Quinn (2009). — On the prime minister of Iran under Muhammad Shah Qajar from 1835 to 1848, regarded by Baha’is as ...
  59. Arches of the Years, by Marzieh Gail (1991). — Early days of the Baha'i Faith in America and of Abdu'l-Baha's visit in 1912; Phoebe Hearst; Versail...
  60. Ardakání, Hajjí Abu'l-Hasan (Hand of the Cause), by Denis MacEoin (1987). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  61. Armstrong, Counsellor Leonora: A Loving Portrait, by Kristine Leonard Asuncion (1982-08). — Brief biographical sketch of Counsellor Armstrong, the "Spiritual Mother of South America" (1895-198...
  62. Artemus Lamb, 1905-1998, by Quentin Farrand (1998-01). — Biography of a pioneer to Central and South America, who also recorded pilgrim's notes with the Guar...
  63. Artist Biographies from Arts Dialogue, Sonja van Kerkhoff, comp. (2001). — A list of artist profiles which can be found in the Baha'i Association for the Arts newsletter (offs...
  64. Ashgabat Collection, by Olga Mehti (2019). — On the life and works of Alexander Tumansky and his involvement with Baha'i history.
  65. Ashraf, Ghodsieh, by Mahnaze A. da Silveira (2012). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  66. Ásíyih Khánum Called Navváb, Entitled Varaqiy-i-Ulyá "The Most Exalted Leaf," the Wife of Bahá'u'lláh, by Boris Handal (2023). — The story of Baha'u'llah's wife Ásiyih Khanum, entitled Navvab (1820–1886), covering her life in ...
  67. At 48 West Tenth (memories of Juliet Thompson), by Marzieh Gail (1983). — Thompson (1873–1956) was an American painter, a prominent early American Baha'i, disciple of 'Abdu...
  68. Augur, George Jacob, by Duane Troxel (2009). — On the American doctor who became one of the early Baha’is of Hawaii and was the first resident Ba...
  69. August Forel Defends the Persecuted Persian Bahá'ís: 1925-1927, by John Paul Vader (1986). — History of Forel's involvement with the Faith. Includes correspondence from Shoghi Effendi.
  70. August Rudd: The First Bahá'í Pioneer to Sweden, by Author unknown (1986). — History of the Baha'i Faith in Sweden, 1920-1947.
  71. Auguste Forel: His Life and Enlightment, by Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian (1976). — Overview of Forel's life and his connections with the Baha'i Faith.
  72. Australian Women and Religious Change: Margaret Dixson and the First Melbourne Baha'is, by Graham Hassall (1988). — Women played an important role in the initial spread and development of the Baha’i Faith in Austra...
  73. Australian-New Zealand Bahá'í Connections, The, by David Brown Carr (1996). — History and relationship of the early Australian and New Zealand Baha'i communities, the magazine He...
  74. Autobiography and Silence: The Early Career of Shaykhu'r-Ra'is Qajar, by Juan Cole (1998). — Early biography and thought of Abu al-Hasan Mirza Shaykh al-Ra'is, Qajar prince, dissident, Shi`ite ...
  75. Autobiography of Harper John Pettypiece (1921-2002), by Harper John Pettypiece (1999). — Detailed life of a Canadian who found the Faith in 1952 in Toronto, and had personal experiences wit...
  76. Áyatí, Abdu'l-Husayn, by Iraj Afshar (1989). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  77. Báb in Shiraz, The: An Account by Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2008). — Recollections of the early years of the Bab and his family, and the times following his declaration;...
  78. Báb, The: The Herald of the Day of Days, by Hasan M. Balyuzi (1973). — The classic biography of The Bab, by the eminent historian who also wrote the major biographies of B...
  79. Báb, The: The King of Messengers, by Riaz Ghadimi Riaz Masrour, trans. (2009). — A talk by Dr. Riaz Ghadimi, published posthumously in English.
  80. Bāb, The, by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (2024-07-05).
  81. Báb, The (ʿAlí Mohammad Shirází), by Denis MacEoin (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  82. Babi Martyrs, Some, by John Walbridge (2002). — Includes bios of Shaykh Salih Karimi, Mulla Abd al-Karim Qazvini, the Farhadis of Qazvin, the Seven ...
  83. Bábí Theology in Poetry, A: The Creative Imagination of Táhirih, Qurratu'l-'Ayn, by Anthony Lee (2023). — Examination of Qurratu’l-Ayn's writings to discern her social, religious, and political beliefs, m...
  84. Badi, Áqá Buzurg, by Richard Francis (1993/2001). — Life of "the Pride of the Martyrs."
  85. Badí` Khurasani, by Moojan Momen (1995). — Short biography of Badi, a Baha'i renowned for his bravery and devotion.
  86. Baha'i a religion of unity and peace, by Liz Monteiro (2011-10-14). — Profile of Dharlene and Sheldon Valeda, and the Baha'is of Kitchener, Ontario.
  87. Baha'i Association for the Arts, by Sonja van Kerkhoff (1999). — Biographies of, essays about, and artwork by contemporary Baha'i artists.
  88. Baha'i Doctrine Attracts Non-whites, by James S. Tinney (1983-10-20). — On the Baha'i Faith's progress toward racial unity; brief bios of Glenford Mitchell, Amoz Gibson, Wi...
  89. Bahá'í Faith in Austin, The: The Early Years, by Catherine Gent (1992). — Covers years 1912–1971, and includes appendix "Anna Reinke: First Baha'i in Texas."
  90. Bahá'í Faith in Iran, The, by John Walbridge (2002). — Includes essay "Three Clerics and a Prince of Isfahan: background to Baha'u'llah's Epistle to the So...
  91. Bahá'í Faith in Tunisia, The: A History of the Initial Nine Decades, by Rowshan Mustapha (2024). — History of the Faith in Tunisia, written in first-hand perspective; rise of opposition by the author...
  92. Bahá'í Faith in Turkey, The, by John Walbridge (2002). — Includes bios of individuals from Turkey who figure prominently in Baha'i history.
  93. Bahá'í History and Videos, by Hussein Ahdieh (2013-2022). — Links to Zoom videos on a variety of topics: Kahlil Gibran, the life of Varqa, Baha'i schools for gi...
  94. Bahá'í Proofs, The, by Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání Ali Kuli Khan, trans. (1902). — A book of history and theology composed in America, in which Gulpaygani gives an exposition of the F...
  95. Bahá'í Studies in Europe, by Peter Terry (1981). — Interviews with and bios of individuals engaged in study of the Babi and Baha'i religions, and descr...
  96. Bahá'íyyih Khánum, by Moojan Momen (1989). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  97. Bahá'u'lláh, by Juan Cole (1995). — Biography of Baha'u'llah, the Founder of the Baha'i Faith.
  98. Baha'u'llah: The King of Glory, by Hasan M. Balyuzi (1980). — Baha’u’llah's ancestry and family, his journeys when banished from Iran, stories of those who ac...
  99. Bahá'u'lláh, by Juan Cole (1989). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  100. Bahá'u'lláh, A Brief Life: The Word Made Flesh, by Hasan M. Balyuzi (1963). — Two long essays on the life of Baha'u'llah, published in conjunction with the Baha'i Centennial (196...
  101. Bahāʾ Allāh, by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (2024-11-08).
  102. Bahiyyih Khanum: The Greatest Holy Leaf, by Bahá'u'lláh, Abdu'l-Bahá, Shoghi Effendi, Bahiyyih Khanum Universal House of Justice, Research Department, comp. (1982). — A compilation from Baha'i sacred texts and writings of the Guardian of the Faith and Bahiyyih Khanum...
  103. Bahiyyih Khanum: Eulogy for the Greatest Holy Leaf, in the Guardian's handwriting, by Shoghi Effendi (1932). — A hand-written tribute to Bahiyyih Khanum, a daughter of Baha'u'llah.
  104. Baker, Euphemia Eleanor, by Graham Hassall (1996). — Short biography of an early Australian Baha'i.
  105. Baker, Richard Edward St. Barbe, by Wendi Momen, Anthony A. Voykovic (2009). — On the world-famous environmentalist, founder in 1922 of Men of the Trees, the first global conserva...
  106. Balágí, Muhammad Jawád (anti-Bahá'í activist), by Etan Kohlberg (1989). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  107. Balyuzi, H. M., by Moojan Momen (1989). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  108. Balyuzi, Hasan M., by Richard Francis (1998). — Brief bio of this "Hand of the Cause of God, the Treasure of All Humanity."
  109. Barághání, Muhammad Taqí, by Denis MacEoin (1989). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  110. Barbara Senn Hilty Ehrsam, by Duane L. Herrmann (1997). — Ehrsam (1848-1924) was a religious seeker who was instrumental in the establishment of the first Bah...
  111. Barbara Sims' Contribution to Bahá'í Scholarship in Asia Pacific, by Sandra S. Fotos (2003-03). — Two memorial articles for Barbara Sims, Pioneer to Japan from 1953-2002, biographer of Agnes Alexand...
  112. Bárfurúshí, Muhammad `Alí, by Denis MacEoin (1989). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  113. Barney, Alice Pike, by Catherine McNickle Chastain (2000). — Barney (1857-1931) was an American artist and arts patron, and mother of prominent early Baha'i Laur...
  114. Bausani, Alessandro, by Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti (2008). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  115. Beginning of the Bahá'í Cause in Manchester, The, by Edward T. Hall (1925-03). — A brief early history, starting from Sarah Ann Ridgeway, the first Baha'i in the North of England ci...
  116. Beginnings of the Bahá'í Faith in Watauga County, North Carolina, by Audrey Mike Parker (1988/2019). — Beginnings of the Faith in a mountain community. Less an historical account, this is more an overvie...
  117. Bernard Leach, Potter: A Biographical Sketch, by Robert Weinberg (1999). — The life and work of the potter Leach (1887–1979), the 'Father of British studio pottery', and a B...
  118. Bertha: An Early American Baha'i Stalwart, by Duane L. Herrmann (1991). — Brief profile of an early pioneer in Baha'i publications and education (and sister of Mabel Hyde Pai...
  119. Betty Becker, Valiant Servant Pioneer, by Earl Redman (2017). — The story of a Baha’i from Kansas who moved first to Alaska to spread the Baha’i Faith there and...
  120. Bibi Tuba, the Sister of the Martyr Varqá, by Vedad Theophilus (2021). — One-page translation and abridgment of a passage from a Persian Baha’i history book published by t...
  121. Bicentenaire de Bahá'u'lláh, by Bahá'í International Community (1992/2017). — French translation of the Baha'i International Community's 1992 Statement on Baha'u'llah, updated fo...
  122. Billie Marie (Tuttle) Brackett, by Richard Francis Arden Lee, ed. (2003). — Tuttle Brackett (1921-2000) was an American Baha'i from Reno, Nevada and niece of Hand of the Cause ...
  123. Biografía de Clemencia Pavón Mejía, by Miriam Zuleta (2022). — Biografia de Pavón Mejia (1931-2020), una miembra de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los Baha’...
  124. Biographical letter from a Hindu villager, by Daya Ram Malviya William Garlington, trans. (1974). — A glimpse into the life of an Indian convert to the Faith.
  125. Biographies of Jamal-i-Burujirdi, by Adib Taherzadeh, Dariush Lamie, Juan Cole (1998). — Three short biographies of about the man who asked to be exempt from the laws of the Aqdas.
  126. Biography of Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, by Laura Clifford Barney (published as Laura C. Dreyfus-Barney), Shoghi Effendi Thomas Linard, ed. (1928). — A biography of the first French Baha'i, followed by telegrams and letters from Shoghi Effendi to Lau...
  127. Biography of Jináb Ishráq-Khávari (1902–1972), by Adel Shafipour (2007). — Biography and bibliography of a famed Persian scholar.
  128. Biography of Napoleon: Tablet to Napoleon III (Lawh-i-Napulyún), by Author unknown (1999). — Biography of Napoleon III, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote two Tablets.
  129. Biography of Pope Pius IX: Tablet to Pope Pius IX (Lawh-i-Páp), by Author unknown (1999). — Biography of Pope Pius IX, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote a Tablet.
  130. Biography of Queen Victoria: Tablet to Queen Victoria (Lawh-i-Malikih), by Author unknown (1999). — Biography of Queen Victoria, to whom Baha'u'llah wrote a Tablet.
  131. Biography of Tsar Alexander: Tablet to Tsar Alexander II (Lawh-i-Malik-i-Rus), by Author unknown (1999). — Short biography of Tsar Alexander ll describing him as a great historical figure without the charism...
  132. Biography of Wilhelmina Sherriff Bain, Jonah Winters, comp. (2013). — Compilation of documents about an early feminist and peace advocate who received a Tablet from Abdu'...
  133. Bios of Mihraban Rustam Bulbulan and Kaushal Kishore Bhargava, by Dipchand Khianra (1986). — "One Kind Deed," a bio of Mihraban Rustam Bulbulan, and "Kaushal Kishore Bhargava: An Appreciation."
  134. Birth and Childhood of Baha'u'llah, by David Merrick (2008). — Childhood and Early Life of Baha'u'llah, told in plain English and suitable for reading aloud.
  135. Black Pearls: Servants in the Households of the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, by Abu'l-Qasim Afnan (1988). — Biographies of Haji Mubarak, Fiddih, Isfandiyar, Mas'ud, and Salih Aqa; slavery and Islamic history....
  136. Bourgeois, Jean-Baptiste Louis (1856-1930), by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram (1997). — Short biography of the architect and designer of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette, Illinois.
  137. Brief Biography of 'Azizu'llah Sulaymani, A, by Koumarth Sulaymani Adel Shafipour, trans. (2007). — Overview of the life and publications of a prominent Iranian scholar (1901-1985) who wrote on histor...
  138. Brief Sketch of the Life of Hugh Chance, A: Thirty-year member of the Universal House of Justice, by Duane L. Herrmann (1994-11). — Biography partly based on personal interviews with Chance over Thanksgiving weekend, 1994.
  139. Brittingham, Isabella, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  140. Browne, Edward Granville, by Moojan Momen (1995). — Short biography of an English orientalist and famous scholar of the Babi and Baha'i Faiths.
  141. Browne, Edward Granville: life and academic career, by Michael Wickens (1990). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  142. Bushrú'í, Mullá Muhammad Husayn, by Denis MacEoin (1990). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  143. By Thy Strengthening Grace: The First One Hundred Years of the Bahá'í Faith in Topeka: 1906-2006, by Duane L. Herrmann (2006). — An initial survey of the first century of the Topeka, Kansas Baha'i community. Includes a Tablet fro...
  144. Calling, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her American Contemporaries, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman (2017). — Simultaneous, powerful spiritual movements swept across both Iran and the U.S in the mid-1800s. On t...
  145. Carmen Olimpia Ballesteros Sosa y Vicente Quiñonez de Esmeraldas: Epitafios, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ecuador (2020/2021). — Messages from the NSA of Ecuador honoring the lives of Carmen Olimpia Ballesteros Sosa (-2020) and V...
  146. Character: A Sequence in Spiritual Psychology, by Stanwood Cobb (1938). — A spiritual autobiography; scientific and religious foundations for character; self-development; the...
  147. Chase, Thornton: The First Bahá'í from the Western Hemisphere, by Richard Francis (1998). — Biography of the life of Thornton Chase, a prominent early American Baha'i.
  148. Chase, Thornton, by Robert Stockman (2009). — On the first person in the West to become a steadfast Baha’i, one of the founders of the Chicago B...
  149. Chase, Thornton, by Moojan Momen (1992). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  150. Chase, Thornton, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  151. Chosen Highway, The, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield (1940/1967). — Oral Baha'i histories collected by an eminent early English Baha'i, first published in 1940.
  152. Chosen Path, The: Tahirih of Persia and Her Search for God, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman (2020). — Overview of the life of Tahirih of Qazvin and this period of Babi history, written for a Baha'i yout...
  153. Claiming legitimacy: Prophecy narratives from northern aboriginal women, by Julie Cruikshank (1994-03-22). — Includes a discussion of Angela Sidney, a Tagish elder who was very active in the Baha'i Faith, and...
  154. Clara Dunn: A Spiritual Pioneer, by Michael Day (2010). — Brief bio of Dunn, followed by an overview of the Australian Baha'i community.
  155. Cobb, Stanwood and Ida Nayan Whitlam: Bios and photos from "Find a Grave", Jonah Winters, comp. (2014). — Short biographies of Stanwood Cobb and his wife Ida.
  156. Collins, Amelia: The Fulfilled Hope of 'Abdu'l-Baha, by Richard Francis (1993/2003). — Short biography of a prominent American Baha'i.
  157. Commentary on a Passage in the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf, by Moojan Momen (2013). — Short biography of the Son of the Wolf, Aqa Najafi; summary of persecutions from 1874-1903; and the ...
  158. Confessions of a Child of the Half-Light, by Jack McLean (2022). — Philosophical essays; recollections of 'Abdu'l-Baha by Laura Dreyfus Barney, Curtis Kelsey, and othe...
  159. Conqueror for St. Helena, A: A Tribute to Catherine Huxtable, by W. G. Huxtable (1974-09). — Huxtable, member of the LSA of Toronto, traveled from Canada to fulfil various pioneering goals, all...
  160. Conqueror of Hearts: Excerpts from Letters, Talks, and Writings of Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí Shirley Macias, ed. (2002). — Collection of articles, personal letters, and learned talks, edited for posting as a single book. In...
  161. Conqueror of Hearts: Talks by Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, by Shirley Macias, Abu'l-Qásim Faizí (2002). — Biography, and talks by Faizi to the World Congress (1963) and Wilmette House of Worship (1974).
  162. Contemporary Biographies and In Memoriams, by Jack McLean (1999-2013). — Biographies of contemporary Baha'is, known personally to the author: Andy Andrews, Charles Keedwell,...
  163. Conversion of the Great-Uncle of the Báb, The, by Ahang Rabbani (1999 Spring). — The history of Haji Mirza Sayyid Muhammad (1798-1876), maternal uncle of the Bab.
  164. Count Joseph Arthur Gobineau, Professor Clement Imbault-Huart, Joseph McCabe, comp. (1920). — Two short dictionary entries.
  165. Crown of Glory: Memoirs of Jinab-i-Aziz'u'llah Azizi, by Aziz'u'llah Azizi Nahzy Abadi Buck, trans, Christopher Buck, trans. (1991). — Autobiography of Jinab-i-Azizi, "the Tailor," a companion of 'Abdu'l-Baha who travelled with the Mas...
  166. Cyprus Exiles, The, by Moojan Momen (1991-06). — History of Mirza Yahya's family and the four followers of Baha'u'llah exiled with them in Cyprus. In...
  167. Czar Alexandre II: Breve apontamento biográfico e a sua relação com a religião Bahá'í, by Marco Oliveira (2007). — Breve resumo histórico da vida do Czar Alexandre II; a relação da Russia com os Baha'is e a Epist...
  168. Dans la Gloire du Père: Une Biographie de Bahá'u'lláh, by Hasan M. Balyuzi Pierre Spierckel, trans. (2021). — Translation of Baha'u'llah: The King of Glory.
  169. Darius K. Shahrokh: Obituary, by Grace Shahrokh (2005-03-20). — Bio of the creator of Windows to the Past study series.
  170. Dawlatábádí, Sayyed Yahyá, by Abbas Amanat (1996). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  171. Dawn-Breakers: Nabil's Narrative of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Revelation, by Nabil-i-A'zam Shoghi Effendi, trans. (1932). — The extensive and preeminent history of Babism and the early Baha'i Faith, by Nabil-i-A'zam [aka Mul...
  172. Deganawida, the Peacemaker, by Christopher Buck (2015). — Biography of the Iroquois / Haudenosaunee prophet-like figure who lived around 600 or 900 years ago.
  173. Devotional Wisdom: Commentaries on Prayer and Supplication in Imami Shí'í Islam, by Gianni Izzo (2025). — Dissertation exploring Shi'i supplication (du'ā'), analyzing commentaries by four scholars, includi...
  174. Diary of H.M. the Shah of Persia, during his tour through Europe in 1873, The, by Nasir al-Din Shah J. W. Redhouse, trans. (1874). — Contains no mention of the Babi or Baha'i Faiths, but is useful for historical context, and a window...
  175. Discourse on Bahá'í Theology, A: A Treatise by Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí on God and Revelation, by Ali Murad Davudi Vargha Taefi, trans. (2021). — Overview of the life of Davudi, a distinguished scholar and researcher and prolific author, followed...
  176. Discussion with Farida Vahedi, Executive Director of the Department of External Affairs, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India, A, by Michael Bodakowski, Katherine Marshall (2011-03-02). — Overview of Vahedi's life and work, history of the Faith in India and development projects, the Inst...
  177. Dispensation of the Bab, The, by Boris Handal (2023). — Detailed, systematic presentation of the Bab's teachings; Babi prophecies relating to Baha'u'llah; t...
  178. Divine Simplicity: Remembering the last Hand of the Cause of God, 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa, by Jack McLean (2008-09-18). — Biography of Dr. Varqa, partly based on interviews with people who knew him in Iran.
  179. Dodge, Arther Pillsbury, by Richard Francis (1998). — Life of the first president of the New York Baha'i Community (1898) and "disciple of Abdu'l-Baha."
  180. Dodge, Arthur, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  181. Dodge, Arthur Pillsbury, by Robert Stockman (2009). — On the early American Baha’i named by Shoghi Effendi a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Baha.
  182. Dr. Cormick's Accounts of his Personal Impressions of Mirza 'Ali Muhammad, The Báb, by Dr. Cormick E. G. Browne, comp. (1848/1918). — A Westerner's account of meeting the Bab in 1848, and an account of separate incidents involving the...
  183. Dr. David S. Ruhe: Kansas Author, by Duane L. Herrmann (2003). — Biography written for the Kansas Authors Club.
  184. Dreyfus-Barney, Hippolyte and Laura Clifford, by Shapour Rassekh (1996). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  185. Dunn, Clara and Hyde, by Graham Hassall (2000-01). — Biography of two early Baha'i teachers and pioneers.
  186. Dunn, Clara and John Henry Hyde, by Graham Hassall (2009). — On the couple who went to Australia in 1920 in response to ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s call for worldwide e...
  187. Dunns, The: Keys to Their Success, by Madge Featherstone, Kaye Waterman (1996). — John Henry Hyde Dunn(c. 1855–1941) and Clara Dunn (1869–1960) were a pioneer Baha'i couple in Au...
  188. Dyar, Harrison Gray, Jr., by Pamela M. Henson (2005). — Bio and linked articles about the man who edited Reality magazine and also achieved infamy in Washin...
  189. Early Baha'is of Enterprise, Kansas, 1897, by Duane L. Herrmann (1997). — Originally published to commemorate the centennial of the Baha'i community of Enterprise, Kansas, th...
  190. Early Believers in the West, Some, by Grace Shahrokh (1992). — Stories of Thornton Chase, John David Bosch, Lua Moore Getsinger, May Ellis Bolles Maxwell, William ...
  191. Edward Granville Browne, by Christopher Buck (2014). — Bio of E.G. Browne, with focus on his books and translations.
  192. El Concurso en Lo Alto: La Vida de Once Distinguidos Personajes de la Edad Heroica de la Fe, by Boris Handal (1985). — Biographies of eleven important Baha’i personages of the Heroic Age of the Baha'i Faith: Mulla Ḥ...
  193. El Cuarto Acto: Una Pionera Bahá'í en Nicaragua durante los años 1976-1983: Un relato personal e histórico, by Anne King Sadeghpour (2015). — Un relato personal de la historia de la Fe en Nicaragua antes, después y durante la revolución San...
  194. El Fuego en la Cima de la Montaña, by Gloria A. Faizi Fred Frazelle, trans, Linda Frazelle, trans. (1993). — Traducción de Fire on the Mountain-Top (Faizi, 1973).
  195. Elizabeth and Elsbeth: Typically Extraordinary Kansas Women, by Duane L. Herrmann (1997-09). — A sketch of two women who helped establish the Kansas Baha'i community in 1897.
  196. Ella del Valiente Corazón: La Vida de Miss Eve Blanche Nicklin (1895-1985), "Madre Spiritual del Perú", by Boris Handal (2002/2024). — The life of Eve Nicklin, "Spiritual Mother of Peru."
  197. Emergence of a Bahá'í Consciousness in World Literature: The Poetry of Roger White, by Ron Price (2002). — A study of White's verse with a short biography and an analysis of the Baha'i Faith.
  198. Emogene Hoagg: Exemplary Pioneer, by Amine de Mille (1973-10). — Biography of travel-teacher and translator of the Writings into Italian.
  199. Encyclopaedia of Islam: Bahá'í Selections, by Various (1986-2004). — 40 articles about, mentioning, or relevant to the Babi or Baha'i Faiths.
  200. Enlightened Scholarship: E.G. Browne and H.M. Balyuzi, by Richard Logan (1996-01). — Examination of the qualities of scholarship embodied by E. G. Browne and H. M. Balyuzi.
  201. Enoch Olinga: Main de la cause de Dieu, by Rúhíyyih Khánum, Rowshan Mustapha (2006). — French version of Ruhiyyih Khanum's "Enoch Olinga, Hand of the Cause of God" (Baha'i World 18, 1986)...
  202. Enoch Olinga: Hand of the Cause of God, by Rúhíyyih Khánum, Rowshan Mustapha (2001). — Lengthy biography of a Hand of the Cause, published in the In Memoriam section of Baha'i World (1986...
  203. Enslaved African Women in Nineteenth-Century Iran: The Life of Fezzeh Khanom of Shiraz, by Anthony Lee (2012-02). — Through an examination of the life of this servant of The Bab, this paper addresses the enormous gap...
  204. Episodes in the Life of Munirih Khanum, by Munirih Khanum Ahmad Sohrab, trans. (1924). — A short autobiography by the wife of 'Abdu'l-Baha; early draft of Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letter...
  205. Epistle to the Son of the Wolf (Lawh-i-Ibn-i-Dhib): Biography of Siyyid Ismail of Zavarih, by Iraj Ayman (1999).
  206. Esslemont, John Ebenezer, by Moojan Momen (1995). — Short biography of a famous Baha'i author and Hand of the Cause of God.
  207. Etemad-al-Dawla, Aqa Khan Nuri, by Abbas Amanat (1998/2020). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  208. Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, by Robert Weinberg: Review, by Peter P. Morgan (1997).
  209. Eve Nicklin: She of the Brave Heart, by Boris Handal (2011). — The life of the "Spiritual Mother of Peru."
  210. Events and Tragedies of Manshád, The, by Muhammad-Tahir Malmiri Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2007). — Events and martyrs from the uprisings in Manshad and Yazd, in 1903. A translation of Haji Malmiri's ...
  211. Extraordinary Life and Work of Robert Felkin, Bahá'í Mage, The, by Lil Osborn (2012). — Felkin was a physician, missionary, a Baha'i — and a Golden Dawn "magician" searching for esoteric...
  212. Extraordinary Life and Work of Wellesley Tudor Pole, The: Baha'i Seer, by Lil Osborn (2013-07). — On the role of Baha'i beliefs in the life and spiritual quest of Tudor Pole.
  213. Extraordinary Life of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Slideshow / La vie extraordinaire de 'Abdu'l-Bahá diaporama, by Violetta Zein (2021). — This slideshow is a condensed version of the nine-part, 400-page, 900-photos & graphics online chron...
  214. Fádl Mázandarání, Mírzá Asadu'lláh, by Moojan Momen (1999). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  215. Fadl-i-Qa'ini: The Tamed Phoenix, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — History of an early Baha'i, teacher of Mirza Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, and in whose honor the Lawh-i-Hi...
  216. Fadl-i-Shirazi: Guided By Dreams, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — Life story of an early believer; content derived from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat by Aziz'u'l...
  217. Failure of the Tommy Kabu Movement, The: A Reassessment of the Evidence, by Graham Hassall (1991-03). — The rise and fall of Koivi-Aua, better known as Tom Kabu (1922?-1969), an influential local innovato...
  218. Family and Early Life of Tahirih Qurrat al-`Ayn, The, by Moojan Momen (2003). — Summary of information about the ancestry and background of Tahirih available in Persian and Arabic;...
  219. Family of Mullá Husayn, The, by Boris Handal (2023). — The life, context, and times of Mulla Husayn-i-Bushrú’i (1813-1849), the Babu'l-Bab, "Gate of the...
  220. Family of Vahid Darabi, The, by Ahang Rabbani (2004). — Ancestry and history of many Babis involved in the Nayriz uprising, 1850.
  221. Family Stories about Ismu'llahu'l-Asdaq and His Son Ibn-i-Asdaq, by Shafigheh Fatheazam (2020). — Recollections from a descendant of Mulla Sadiq Muqaddas Ismu'llah as-Sadiq, the Hand of the Cause wh...
  222. Fayzí, Abu'l-Qásim (Hand of the Cause), by Moojan Momen (1999). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  223. Fazel Mohammad Khan, by Graham Hassall (1999). — The life of Fazel "Frank" Khan, an Australian Muslim convert to the Baha'i Faith.
  224. Fiftieth Anniversary of the Passing of Bahiyyih Khanum, The Greatest Holy Leaf, by Various (1986). — Includes compilations about Bahiyyih Khanum, a selection of her letters, the 50th anniversary commem...
  225. Fire on the Mountain-Top, by Gloria A. Faizi (1973/2005). — A collection of stories about early members of the Baha’i Faith, based on accounts gathered in Per...
  226. First and Finest: John Henry and Clara Hyde Dunn in Australia, by Graham Hassall (1985-07). — Introduction of the Baha'i Faith to Australia and New Zealand.
  227. First Obligation, The: Lady Blomfield and the Save the Children Fund, by Robert Weinberg (1998). — Bio prepared for the UK Baha'i Centenary (1998-99).
  228. Flame of Fire, A: The Story of the Tablet of Ahmad, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí (1967/1973). — Biography of the recipients, both called Ahmad, of the Persian and Arabic Tablets titled Lawh-i-Ahma...
  229. Flame, The: The Story of Lua, by William Sears, Robert Quigley (1972). — Biography of Lua Moore Getsinger (1871-1916), "mother-teacher of the American Baha'i community," one...
  230. Footprints in the Sands of Time, by Shahla Gillbanks (2019). — Memoir of time as a Baha'i in Iran and pioneer to other countries around the world, and a historical...
  231. Foreigner: From an Iranian Village to New York City and the Lights That Led the Way, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman (2019). — Biography of a young boy in Nayriz, Iran in the mid 20th-century, his reflection on the sad society;...
  232. Foreword to 'Abdu'l-Baha in America: The Diary of Agnes Parsons, by Sandra Lynn Hutchison Richard Hollinger, ed. (1996). — Overview of 'Abdu'l-Baha's journeys to America and his meetings with Agnes Parsons.
  233. Forutan, Alí-Akbar, by Iraj Ayman (2012). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  234. Freya Stark: Letters: Volume 1: The Furnace and the Cup 1914-1930, by Freya Stark Lucy Moorehead, ed. (1974). — Letters about a stay in Baghdad in 1929, with a few passing references to Baha'is she met.
  235. From Copper to Gold: The Life of Dorothy Baker, by Dorothy Freeman Gilstrap (1984). — This biography’s purpose is to reflect not only the chronology of Baker’s life, but also the dri...
  236. Genealogy of Bab, The, by Shoghi Effendi (1932(?)). — Genealogy of the family of the Bab and the family of Baha'u'llah in relation to the Bab.
  237. Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi, by Grover Gonzales (1957/1992). — A hand-drawn chart of Shoghi Effendi's family history.
  238. Genealogy of the Aghsan and the Afnán, Ahang Rabbani, comp. (2005). — Two family trees, one for The Bab and the other for Baha'u'llah.
  239. Genealogy of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, by Kay Zinky (1950?). — Chart showing the Semitic line of prophets, including source citations.
  240. Gertrude Bell and the Babi and Baha'i Faiths, by Jamileh Yazdi (2017). — Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was a British scholar and government official who knew the Middle East wel...
  241. Giachery, Ugo: Obituary, by Author unknown (1989-08). — Born into a Sicilian aristocratic family, Giachery (1896–1989) migrated to the USA in his 20s, ...
  242. Gift of Love, A: Offered to the Greatest Holy Leaf, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí Gloria A. Faizi, comp. and ed. (1982). — Booklet on various topics related to the life of Baha'u'llah's daughter Bahiyyih Khanum (1846-1932),...
  243. Gillespie, Dizzy, by Barry Kernfeld (2000). — Gillespie (1917-1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer; his acceptance of ...
  244. Glimpse of Glory, A: Stories of the Life of Baha'u'llah, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — Anecdotes about some early followers of Baha'u'llah, and the circumstances of his own life.
  245. Glimpse of Ruhiyyih Khanum and Her 17 Days in Korea, by Jack Davis (n.d.). — Overview of of Ruhiyyih Khanum (Mary Maxwell)'s tour through Korea, May 6-23, 1984.
  246. Glimpses into the Life of Laura Dreyfus-Barney, A, by Mona Khademi (2009). — The life of Laura Dreyfus-Barney (1879-1974), a prominent early American Baha’i, compiler of Some ...
  247. Gloriously Tragic Life of Mathew Kaszab, The: Letters from a Pioneer 1939-1942, Anne King Sadeghpour, comp. and ed. (2019). — The unusual drama of a pioneering life in Central America, revealed through personal letters. This a...
  248. Gobineau, Joseph Arthur de, by Calmard Jean (2003). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  249. Great Safari of Hand of the Cause Rúhíyyih Khánum, The, by Violette Nakhjavani (1970-1973). — A diary of Ruhiyyih Khanum's travels through Africa. Serialized in Baha'i News in 26 issues, from 19...
  250. Greatest Holy Leaf's Unparalleled Role in Religious History and the Significance of the Arc, the Site of Her Resting Place, The, by Baharieh Rouhani Ma'ani (2014). — Biography of Abdu'l-Baha's sister, who acted as his "deputy, His representative and vicegerent, with...
  251. Greenleaf, Charles, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  252. Greenleafs, The: An Eternal Reunion, by Emeric Sala (1973-09). — Brief bio of Elizabeth and Charles Greenleaf, who were members of the group of Midwest Baha'is which...
  253. Gregory, Louis G.: The Advancement of Racial Unity in America, by Harlan F. Ober Richard Francis, ed. (1993/1998). — Short biography of an early African-American Baha'i.
  254. Gregory, Louis George, by Gayle Morrison (2009). — On the African American lawyer who became a leading Baha’i speaker, writer, administrator, and pro...
  255. Grinévskaia, Izabélla Arkád'evna, by A. Gracheva Marina Ledkovsky, ed. (1994). — Short bio of a poet and playwright who wrote a social drama Bab ed-Din (1903), dedicated to the life...
  256. Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, The, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1988). — An abridged and updated version of the author's biography Priceless Pearl.
  257. Gulick and Three Women: Diary of a Cross-country Auto Trip to and back from the 1942 Bahá'í National Convention, by Margaret Marie Rutledge Sheridan Sims, comp. (2015). — Diary by the sister of Barbara Sims of a cross-country road trip with Ramona Brown, Marzieh Gail, an...
  258. Gulpáygání, Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, by Moojan Momen (1995).
  259. H. Collis Featherstone, by Graham Hassall (1990-10). — Biography of a prominent Australian Baha'i and Hand of the Cause of God.
  260. H. Collis Featherstone 1913-1990: An Extraordinary, Ordinary Man, by Graham Waterman, Kaye Waterman (1996). — The life and activities of an Australian Baha'i and Hand of the Cause.
  261. Hagiography: The Art of Setting Inspirational Examples for a Religious Community, by Iscander Micael Tinto (2016). — The life of Jesus was the example against which saints were measured, and the lives of saints were t...
  262. Hainsworth, Philip, by Author unknown (2001-12-21). — Bio of a prominent pioneer, administrator, and author.
  263. Hajji Sulayman Khan Tabrizi, Mohammad Norozi, comp. (2024). — Extract from "To dance like Solomon: Imitation and Martyrdom in a Qajar Ghazal" by Dominic Parvis Br...
  264. Halabi, Shaikh Maḥmud Khorásání, founder of Hojjatiya, by Mahmoud Sadri (2003). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  265. Half the Household Was African: Recovering the Histories of Two African Slaves in Iran, by Anthony Lee (2015). — Biographies of two enslaved Africans in Iran, Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum, the servants of The Ba...
  266. Hand of the Cause Mr. `Alí-Akbar Furútan, 1905-2003, by Barron Harper, et al. (2005). — Compilation of information about Mr. Furutan: biography, in memoriam, photograph, and list of his bo...
  267. Hand of the Cause of God Abu'l-Qásim Faizí: Biography and photographs, Shirley Macias, comp. (2002). — A eulogy for Hand of the Cause Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, also spelled "Fayḍi" (1909 [or 1906]–1980).
  268. Hands of the Cause (Ayádí Amr Alláh), by Denis MacEoin (1987). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  269. Hands of the Cause of God, by Author unknown (2010/2020). — List of mini bios and thumbnail photos of 43 of the 50 Hands of the Cause.
  270. Hands of the Cause of God: Personal Recollections, by Bill Washington (2014). — Recollections of A.Q. Faizi, A.A. Furútan, Clara Dunn, Rúhiyyih Khanum, Ugo Giachery, Leroy Ioas, ...
  271. Haney, Paul, by Richard Francis (1998). — Brief bio of the life of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  272. Harold and Florence Fitzner: Knights of Bahá'u'lláh to Portuguese Timor, by Graham Hassall (1994). — Harold Thomas Fitzner (1893–1969) and his wife Florence (c. 1906-1980) were early South Australian...
  273. Harrison G. Dyar: Articles, by John Kelly (2012). — Links to a 10-part series of columns about Harrison Dyar, one of Washington D.C.’s most unusual re...
  274. Haydar Alí Isfahání, by Moojan Momen (2004). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  275. Hayden, Robert, by Christopher Buck, Derik Smith (2019). — In his poetics of history and his nuanced representations of black life, Hayden's art showed that th...
  276. Hayden, Robert Earl, by Robert M. Greenberg (2000). — The life and work of Hayden (1913-1980), African-American poet and teacher; his membership of the Ba...
  277. Hearing "The Divinity in the Music": Dizzy Gillespie Remembered at 100, by Bahá'í World News Service (2017-10-06). — Reflections on the life of Gillespie and how his Baha’i beliefs seemed to inspire and drive his wo...
  278. Helen Elsie Austin (1908-2004), by John S. Hatcher (2019). — Overview of the life of the first black woman to graduate from the University of Cincinnati Law Scho...
  279. Helen Frances Grand (1865-1944): Traces of a Bahá'í Life, by Marlene Macke (2020). — Glimpse of one small facet of the Baha’i Faith’s beginnings in cities like Toronto in the early ...
  280. Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg: Short Biographical Monograph, by Peter Terry (1997). — Biography of a travel-teacher, translator of the Writings into Italian, and the first pioneer to Ita...
  281. Hidden Meanings in the Poetry of Robert Hayden, by Duane L. Herrmann (2012). — The Baha'i Faith influenced Hayden's work on multiple levels, beyond his obvious allusions to the Ba...
  282. Hilda Brooks and the Australian Bahá'í Community, by Graham Hassall (1989). — The role played by Hilda Margaret Brooks (1896-1969) in the development of the Australian Baha'i Com...
  283. Historical Account of Two Indian Babis: Sa'en Hindi and Sayyid Basir Hindi, by Sepehr Manuchehri (2001-03). — Includes translated excerpts from a number of Persian sources on these two individuals.
  284. History of Baha'u'llah and the Uniqueness of the Bahá'í Faith, by Darius Shahrokh (1994). — Overview of the life and writings of Baha'u'llah, with an epilogue on how the Baha'i Faith differs f...
  285. History of the Báb, by Darius Shahrokh (1994). — Biography of the Bab, distributed by Images International as a 34-page booklet.
  286. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Arizona, The: The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950, by Maureen M. Thur (2004). — Historical details and biographies about Arizona, from Nellie French moving from Chicago to Bisbee i...
  287. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Japan 1914-1938, by Agnes Baldwin Alexander Barbara R. Sims, ed. (1977). — An account of the Baha'i Cause in Japan, China, Korea, and the Hawaiian Islands, prepared by request...
  288. History of the Bahá'í Faith in Trinidad and Tobago: Biographies and newspaper articles, by Kathryn Anderson, Kathleen Farabi (2010). — Link to a website containing photographs, histories, biographies, and the newspaper articles "First ...
  289. Hoahania, Hamuel, by Graham Hassall (1999). — Short biography of an early Pacific islander convert to the Baha'i Faith.
  290. Hoar, William, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  291. Hofman, David, by Author unknown (1997/2003). — Two short articles about Hofman, one from 1997 and one on his death in 2003.
  292. Holley, Horace Hotchkiss, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram (1995). — Biography of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  293. Homage to Memorials of the Faithful, An, by Julio Savi (2016). — Poems inspired by eight of the personages of "Memorials": Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-Zarandi, Darvish-i-...
  294. Horace Hotchkiss Holley, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1970). — Fairly detailed biography, including observations of the relationship between Holley and the Guardia...
  295. Ibn Abhar, Hand of the Cause, by Stephen Lambden (1996). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  296. Ibn Asdaq, missionary and martyr, by Stephen Lambden (1996). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  297. Ibrahim George Kheiralla and the Bahá'í Faith in America, by Richard Hollinger (1984). — A study of the Lebanese Baha'i who first spread the Faith to the United States but later renounced h...
  298. Ideology, Ethics, and Philosophical Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Iran, by Juan Cole (1989 Winter). — Intellectual biography as a discipline assumes that the life and thought of an individual can shed l...
  299. Immortals, The, by Dipchand Khianra (1988). — Biographies of 16 notable Baha'is in Indian history.
  300. In Memoriam: Rosie Knowlton, by Dale Lillico (1981-12). — Various materials assembled for a memorial service.
  301. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1978). — Ahmadpur, 'Inayatu'llah; Arbab, Ruhi; Ashen, Elizabeth Anna; Azamikhah, Qudratu'llah; Baghdadi, 'Abb...
  302. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1970). — Valiyu'llah Varqa, Amelia Collins, George Townshend, Corinne Knight True, Horace Holley, Clara Dunn,...
  303. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1976). — 'Ala'i, Ni'mat; Alexander, Agnes Baldwin; Allen, Jeanne Gwendolin; Almond, Percy Meade; Backwell, Ri...
  304. In Memoriam, Author unknown, comp. (1986). — 95 biographies from Baha'i World 18. Includes detailed bios of H.M. Balyuzi, A.Q. Faizi, Robert Hayd...
  305. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1974). — Leroy Ioas, Jessie Revell, Mildred Eileen Clark, Marcia Steward de Matamoros, Charles William Dunnin...
  306. In Memoriam: Hugh McKinley, by Ismael Velasco (2007). — McKinley (1924-1999) was a British Baha'i pioneer to Cyprus during the Ten Year Crusade (1953-1963).
  307. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1956). — William Sutherland Maxwell, Roy Wilhelm, Siegfried Schopflocher, Louis Gregory, Dorothy Baker, Mario...
  308. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1932). — Ethel Rosenberg, Claudia Stuart Coles, Consul Albert Schwarz.
  309. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1936). — Bahiyyih Khanum, Keith Ransom-Kehler, Agnes Parsons, Yusuf Khan-i-Vujdani, Arastu Khan Hakim, George...
  310. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1937). — Susan I. Moody, Hooper Harris, Harry H. Romer, Howard Luxmoore Carpenter, Edward C. Getsinger, Sarah...
  311. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1942). — May Ellis Maxwell, Lua Getsinger, Martha Root, Thornburgh-Cropper, Lady Blomfield, Rahmatu’lláh ...
  312. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1945). — John Henry Hyde Dunn, Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'ad, Mirza Buzurg Afnan Ala'i, Margaret Stevenson, Mary Rev...
  313. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1939). — Alfred E. Lunt, Zia Bagdadi, Laurie C. Wilhelm, Mary Hanford Ford, Elmore E. Duckett, Colonel I. Pir...
  314. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1948). — Siyyid Mustafa Rumi, Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg, Azizu'llah Mesbah, Muhammad Sa'id Adham, Ali-As...
  315. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1952). — Fannie Lesch, Walter Olitzki, Fanny Knobloch, Marta Brauns-Forel, Fred Mortensen, Haj Taha El-Hamams...
  316. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1930). — Hippolyte Dreyfus Barney, Mirza Mahmud Zargani, William H. Randall.
  317. In Memoriam, by Author unknown (1981). — Anderson, Angela Annette; Azzavi, Siyyid Muḥammad; Battrick, Jeannette Hilda; Blackwell, Ellsworth...
  318. In Memoriam: Bill Washington, by Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Australia (2014-11). — Messages of condolence from the Universal House of Justice and the National Assembly of Australia.
  319. In Memoriam: Mahboubeh Arjmand (d. 2013), by Anonymous (2014). — Arjmand was an Iranian Baha'i who settled in California, and was an active supporter of the Irfan pr...
  320. In Memoriam: Amin Banani (1926-2013), by Anonymous (2014). — Bio of an Iranian-American Baha'i and prominent academic who authored The Modernization of Iran, and...
  321. In Memoriam: Hushmand Fatheazam (1924-2013), by Shahbaz Fatheazam (2014). — Born into a prominent Iranian Baha'i family, he pioneered to India where he was later elected to the...
  322. In Memoriam: Kamran Ekbal (1946 - 2014), by Ramez Ekbal (2015). — Bio of a scholar, translator of the Writings, and frequent contributor to the Irfan Colloquia.
  323. In Memoriam: Houshang Arjmand (1930-2015), by Anonymous (2016). — Short biography of the founder of the Haj Mehdi Arjmand Memorial Fund at the Baha’i National ...
  324. In Memoriam: Muhammad Afnan (1930-2017), by Anonymous (2018). — Overview of the life of a supporter, active collaborator, and advisor for the Irfan Colloquia and it...
  325. In Memoriam: Heshmat Shariary (1934-2018), by Anonymous (2018). — Overview of the life of an active participant in the Irfan Colloquia and Baha'i studies.
  326. In Memoriam: Dr. Zia M. Bagdadi, by Author unknown (1938). — Biography of one-time editor of Star of the West.
  327. In Memoriam: Mercedes Sánchez (1912-1999), by Boris Handal (2021). — On the life of one of the first Peruvian Baha'is, who encountered the Faith via Eve Nicklin, the fir...
  328. In Memoriam: Isabel Camacho de Sánchez (1931-2013), by Boris Handal, Enrique Sanchez (2021). — On the life of an active member of the early Peruvian community, who first encountered the Baha'i Fa...
  329. In Memoriam: Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013), Spiritual Father of Peru, Mentor and Counselor, by Boris Handal Samuel Duboisme, trans. (2021-03). — On the life of a distinguished Baha'i from Rasht, Iran, who travel-taught to Africa and South Americ...
  330. In Memoriam: Salomon Pacora Estrada (Pacora Blue Mountain) 1899-1969, by Boris Handal (2022). — Short bio of the first known Baha'i of Inca descent, who served as a pioneer in Ecuador.
  331. In Memoriam 1992-1997, Paul Vreeland, ed. (2010). — The first In Memoriam supplement to Baha'i World after the journal converted to a shorter, annual fo...
  332. In memoriam Barbara Sims, by Universal House of Justice, Sheridan Sims, Sandra S. Fotos (2002-05-10). — Two obituaries of a prominent American Baha'i teacher and pioneer to Japan.
  333. In Memoriam Fred Schechter: Bahá'í House of Worship Memorial Program, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Universal House of Justice, et al. (2017). — Messages from the Universal House of Justice and the U.S. National Spiritual Assembly, and a selecti...
  334. In Memory of Grace Anderson, by Beth McKenty (1974-08). — Memories of an early Baha'i from Kenosha, Wisconsin, who met Abdu'l-Baha.
  335. In the Light of the Rising Sun: Memoirs of A Bahá'í Pioneer to Japan, by Barbara R. Sims Sheridan Sims, ed. (2002/2020). — Expanded and newly-annotated version of Sims' auto-biography, covering the history of the Faith in J...
  336. Indexes to Bahá'í World volumes: Obituaries, chronologies, contents, illustrations, Patricia Paccassi, comp, Frank Paccassi, comp. (2013). — Seven separate indexes for Baha'i World, in PDF, Word, and Excel versions.
  337. Indigenous Messengers of God: In Honor of Kevin Locke (1954-2022), by Christopher Buck (2022-12). — Biographies and photos of Kevin and Patricia Locke and tributes to them; themes of respect for spiri...
  338. Ineffability in Scripture: A Conversation with 6 Medieval Mystics, by Ismael Velasco (2006). — On how the experience of six 13th- and 14th-century Christian mystics was shaped by their language, ...
  339. Introduction: A Traveller's Narrative Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, by E. G. Browne (1891/1975). — Overview of Browne's early research into the Babis and his collecting their historical materials; au...
  340. Iqbál and the Bábí-Bahá'í Faith, by Annemarie Schimmel (1990). — One of the more influential Muslim thinkers of the first half of the 20th century, Iqbal expressed v...
  341. Ishqabad, City of Love: A Study into the Story of Those Who Became the Foremost in the Bahá'í Faith, by Fuad Izadinia (2014). — Biographies of many dozen Baha'is of historical interest; construction of the House of Worship in Tu...
  342. Ishráq Khávarí, by Vahid Rafati (1998). — Very brief article, short enough to qualify as "fair use."
  343. Italian Scientist Extols the Báb, An, by Ugo Giachery (1956). — On the life of Michele Lessona (1823-1894), a scientist, writer, explorer, and educator, who visited...
  344. Itchyfeet: Travels with Reg Priestley, by Reginald L. Priestley (1991/2001). — Autobiography of a world traveller who visited many places in and around Israel while in the Palesti...
  345. J. E. Esslemont, by Author unknown (1926). — Esslemont's is the only biography or in memoriam in this first volume of Baha'i World.
  346. Jack Boyd memoirs, by Jack Boyd Gary Fuhrman, ed, Jonah Winters, ed. (2004/2013). — Memoirs of Jack and Eileen Boyd, pioneers in Canada, covering the years 1960-2012. Includes recollec...
  347. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: In Memoriam, by Anthony Lee (2004-10). — A short biography of Baha'i scholar and archivist R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, who passed away Octob...
  348. John Cornell: in memoriam, by Various (1998/2001). — Brief bio note written by Dr. Cornell in 1998 for posting at the Baha'i Library Online, and a memori...
  349. John Henry Wilcott: A Pioneer Twice Over, by D. Llewellyn Drong (1998). — Book length biography of an early Baha'i pioneer.
  350. Journal Diary of European Baha'i Travels: April - November 1948, by Charles Mason Remey (1948). — A record of Remey's visits across Europe, from England to Germany. Includes coverage of Baha'i parti...
  351. Julia's Journey: A Life Illumined by the Light of Akká, by Robert Gregory Shaw (2023). — A brief record of the background of Julia M. Grundy and her lifelong services to the Faith following...
  352. Juliet Remembers Gibran: As told to Marzieh Gail, by Juliet Thompson (1978). — Juliet Thompson's recollections of Kahlil Gibran.
  353. Juliet Thompson: Champion of the Baha'i Faith in New York City, by Hussein Ahdieh (2021-05-06). — Essay about the life of Juliet Thompson, a prominent early Baha'i and friend of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
  354. K. C. Porter, by Gary Eskow (2002-04-01). — Interview with a Baha'i music producer and arranger with A & M Records
  355. Kahlil Gibran: Man and Poet, by Suheil Badi Bushrui (published as Suheil Bushrui), Joe Jenkins (1998). — Includes portrait of 'Abdu'l-Baha sketched by Kahlil Gibran.
  356. Kahlil Gibran, by Christopher Buck (2010). — A detailed study of the life and work of the Arab-American author and artist Gibran (1883—1931), w...
  357. Kaiser Guilherme I: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira (2004-06-18). — Short biography of Kaiser William I and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
  358. Kansas Farm Boy, by Duane L. Herrmann (1985). — Brief autobiography, with background on the author's introduction to and acceptance of the Baha'i Fa...
  359. Kasravi, Ahmad, by Ali Reza Manafzadeh, et al. (2012/2020). — Five brief excerpts that reference the Baha'i Faith, with link to article offsite.
  360. Kázem Rashtí, by Armin Eschraghi (2013). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  361. Khamsis, The: A Cradle of True Gold, by Boris Handal (2020-07). — Biography of the five-brother Baqirof-Khamsi clan, designated by Baha'u'llah as the "Five Siyyids" a...
  362. Knobloch, Fanny, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  363. L'implantation de la foi baha'ie en France: et impact de la venue de Abdu'l Bahá à Paris au début du XXème siècle (The establishment of the Bahá'í Faith in France and the impact of the arrival of Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century), by Natalia Behnam (2006). — French society at the end of the 19th century; Western expansion of the Baha'i Faith; Abdu'l-Baha's ...
  364. Last Refuge, The: Fifty Years of the Universal House of Justice, by Shahbaz Fatheazam (2015). — History of the House by the son of 40-year member Houshmand Fatheazam, an eye-witness to its develop...
  365. Laura Barney's Discipleship to 'Abdu'l-Bahá: Tracing a Theological Flow from the Middle East to the United States, 1900-1916, by Layli Maria Miron (2018). — How Laura Barney employed ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s teachings to influence social discourse as she taught...
  366. Letters to Bahá'í princesses: Tablets revealed in honour of the women of Ibn-i Asdaq's household, by Dominic Parvis Brookshaw (2004). — A study and translation of 'Abdu'l-Baha's tablets to the daughters of Hand of the Cause of God, Ibn-...
  367. Lettres à un bon catholique, by Jose Luis Marques Utrillas Julien Hagelstein, trans. (1987). — Translation of "Letters to a Good Catholic," in which Spanish Baha'i Utrillas narrates his personal ...
  368. Lidia Zamenhof, by John T. Dale (1996). — Brief biography of the daughter of Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto.
  369. Life and Poetry of Robert Hayden, The: A Baha'i Perspective, by Ann Boyles (2004-11-16).
  370. Life and Times of August Forel, The, by Sheila Banani (2005). — A review of Forel's scientific accomplishments, philosophical/religious perplexities, and social con...
  371. Life of Agnes Alexander, by Duane Troxel (1998). — Essay prepared for the Baha'i Esperanto League's 25th anniversary booklet (see wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba...
  372. Life of Alexander Whyte, The, by G. F. Barbour (1923). — One-page overview of Abdul'-Baha's visit to a home in Edinburgh in January 1913.
  373. Life of Baha'u'llah, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani David Merrick, comp. (1938). — Life of the Baha'u'llah by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani)
  374. Life of Shoghi Effendi, The, by Helen Danesh, John Danesh, Amelia Danesh (1991). — Chapter length biography, and overview of the Guardian's life's work.
  375. Life of Tahirih: The Wonderful Life of Kurratu'l-Ayn, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani David Merrick, ed. (1923-08). — The Life of the great Heroine of the Babi Faith
  376. Life of the Bab, The, by Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani David Merrick, comp. (1938). — Life of the Bab by the historian Jinab-i-Fadil (Asadu'llah Fadil Mazandarani)
  377. Life of Thomas Breakwell, The, by Rajwantee Lakshiman-Lepain (1998). — Breakwell (1872–1902) was a religious seeker who became a Baha'i in Paris in 1901, the first Engli...
  378. Life, Faith, and Death of Helen Clevenger, 1917-1936, The, by Steven Kolins (2023-09). — On the death of an 18-year-old Baha'i in North Carolina in 1936; racial injustices of the era; sensa...
  379. Lifetime with Bahá'u'lláh, A: Events in Baghdad, Istanbul, Edirne and ‘Akká while in the Company of Bahá'u'lláh, by Aqa Husayn Ashchi Ahang Rabbani, trans. (2007-03). — One-third of a lengthy primary-source history, annotated by translator.
  380. Lily Áhy Ayman (1929-2018), by Anonymous (2019). — Ayman was a prominent Iranian educationalist who later became a Baha'i, moving with her family after...
  381. List of Descendants of Mirza Buzurg of Nur, the Father of Baha'u'llah, E. G. Browne, trans. (1918). — Brief genealogy of Baha'u'llah and His family.
  382. Lists of Articles, by Brent Poirier (2009-2019). — Lists of 126 articles at the author's six blog websites.
  383. Locke, Alain, by Christopher Buck (2010).
  384. Locke, Alain Leroy, by Leonard Harris (2014). — The life and work of Locke (1885-1954), the African-American philosopher and literary critic who hel...
  385. Lonely road to native title determination, A, by Walter Waia (2000). — A personal account of the Saibai Island Native Title Claim: a story of an Indigenous Australian who ...
  386. Louis Gregory (1874-1951), by John S. Hatcher (2019). — Overview of the life of a famous Baha'i lawyer, anti-racism educator and travel-teacher, and Hand of...
  387. Louise Dixon Boyle and Maria Montessori, by Janet A. Khan (2006). — American Louise Dixon Boyle (1875–1953) was an active Baha'i who engaged with wider social issues....
  388. Love That Could Not Wait, A: The Remarkable Story of Knights of Baha'u'llah Catherine Heward Huxtable and Clifford Huxtable, by Jack McLean (2016). — The story of the Canadian Knights of Baha'u'llah, Catherine Heward Huxtable and husband Cliff Huxtab...
  389. Love's Odyssey: The Life of Thornton Chase, by Robert Stockman (1999/2001). — Detailed overview of the first American Baha'i. Provided in draft form as "Love's Odyssey" as well a...
  390. Lua Getsinger: Herald of the Covenant, by Amine de Mille (1971-12). — Biography of Getsinger, with recollections of Abdu'l-Baha.
  391. Macau Bahá'í Community in the Early Years, by Barbara R. Sims (1991). — Brief overview of the history of Macau, and a detailed account of Baha'i involvement 1953-1975, and ...
  392. Macnutt, Howard, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  393. Mahatma Gandhi and the Bahá'ís: Striving towards a Nonviolent Civilization, by M. V. Gandhimohan (2000). — Review of Ghandi's comments about the Faith as well as relationships between his ideas and those of ...
  394. Mahoma, Profeta de Dios, by Boris Handal (2005/2020). — Overview of the life of Muhammad and the teachings of the Qur'an, and world Islamic culture.
  395. Major Opus, The: A Study of the German Templers Movement and Its Relationship with the Bahá'í Faith, by Fuad Izadinia (2014). — The story of the journey of two parallel movements to the Holy Land in 1868: the Baha'is from Iran a...
  396. Making of a Survivor, The: A Foreigner's Story, by Hussein Ahdieh (2019-05-22). — The author on his new book, growing up as a Baha’i in Iran, and how his faith and family nourished...
  397. Man of Courage, The: A Brief Account of the Bahá'í Life of Mírzá Áqá Khán Qá'im-Maqámí, by Hasan Nushabadi Adib Masumian, trans. (2019). — Mirza Aqa Khan Qa'im-Maqami (1868-1954) was the great grandson of Mirza Abu'l-Qasim Farahani, the Qa...
  398. Margaret Ariel Gallagher: Field Sergeant of the Western Frontier, by Nevada Metherd Richard Francis, ed. (1993). — Gallagher (1920-2001) was an American Baha'i and auxiliary board member.
  399. Margaret Danner, the Black Arts Movement, and the Bahá'í Faith, by Richard Hollinger (2016 Summer). — Short overview of the life of a black Baha’i poet of some renown in the 1960s and 1970s. Includes ...
  400. Marian Crist Lippitt: Short Biographical Monograph, by Peter Terry (1999). — Controversial both during her lifetime and after, Lippitt was a trained engineer who applied her rig...
  401. Maronite Physician's Encounter with 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 'Akká, A, by Boris Handal (2021). — Brief notes from the autobiography of Lebanese doctor Shakir El Khoury on meeting ‘Abdu’l-Baha w...
  402. Martha Root: "Herald of the Kingdom", by Barbara Casterline (1972 July-August). — Two-part overview of Root's life and a concise history of her travels.
  403. Martyrdom of Hájí Muhammad-Ridá: 19 Historical Accounts, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). — Accounts of the 1889 martyrdom of Haji Muhammad Rida Isfahani in Ashgabat (Ashkhabad) in Russian Tur...
  404. Martyrdom of Haji Muhammad-Rida, The, by Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáygání Ahang Rabbani, trans. (1890). — Gulpaygani's firsthand account of the events leading up to and following the murder of Muhammad-Rida...
  405. Mason Remey and Those Who Followed Him, by Universal House of Justice (1997). — Letter from the US NSA on the importance of commitment to the covenant, a letter from the UHJ on cov...
  406. Materials for the Study of the Babi Religion, E. G. Browne, comp. and trans. (1918/1961/2013). — An early collection of historical documents related to Baha'i and Babi studies. (Not fully complete....
  407. May Ellis Maxwell, Universal House of Justice, comp. (1925-1954). — Detailed biography, published in A Compendium of Volumes of the Baha'i World I-XII, 1925-1954; inclu...
  408. May Maxwell and the Maxwells of Montreal, by Jack McLean (2019-10). — Presentation of Violette Nakhjavani's book The Maxwells of Montreal.
  409. Mazra'ih: A Footnote, by Anita Graves (n.d.). — Overview of the Baha'i Holy Place of Mazra'ih, its connection with Lilian Vaughan Barron McNeill and...
  410. Mehrangiz Afnan (1937-2018), by Anonymous (2019). — Afnan was an Iranian Baha'i and medical doctor who settled in Canada where she and her husband, Muha...
  411. Members of the Universal House of Justice 1963-2023 and Hands of the Cause: Timeline, Arjen Bolhuis, comp, Sana Rezai, comp. (2003/2023). — List of names and dates of all who served on the House of Justice or as Hands.
  412. Memoirs of a Bahá'í in Rasht 1889-1903: Autobiography of Mírzá Yahyá `Amídu'l-Atibbá Hamadání, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2007). — Personal account of some activities of the Baha'i community in Iran and persecutions they endured.
  413. Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov: A Summary, by Moshe Sharon (2011). — Summary of pages 25-91 of the Arabic text of the "Memoirs of Count Dolgorukov," a fraudulent work.
  414. Memoirs of Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein, by Frances Bradford Jones Edelstein (1999). — Memoirs of the first pioneer to Famagusta (as requested by Shoghi Effendi to pioneer from the City o...
  415. Memoirs of Nora Crossley (1893-1977), by Nora Crossley (1921). — Autobiography of an early British Baha'i, known for cutting her famous hair to help fundraise for th...
  416. Memorial Services of Abdu'l-Bahá' on Mount Carmel, Palestine, The, Zia M. Bagdadi, comp. and trans. (1921-12-31). — Pamphlet of various materials: article from newspaper Annafir "The Most Great Calamity"; life of Abd...
  417. Memorials of the Faithful, by Abdu'l-Bahá Marzieh Gail, trans. (1971 [1924]). — 'Abdu'l-Baha's volume of short biographies of Babi and Baha'i figures and heroes, translated from th...
  418. Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Ali M. Yazdi (1986). — Recollections by a prominent Iranian-American Baha'i.
  419. Memories of Ashchi: Background, by Ahang Rabbani, Sen McGlinn (1999). — Background information on and a start at translation of the narratives of Aqa Husayn Ashchi.
  420. Memories of Hands of the Cause of God, by Jack Boyd (2014). — Personal memories of meeting Zikrullah Khadem, John Robarts, and Tarazullah Samandari.
  421. Memories of My Life: Translation of Mírzá Habíbu'lláh Afnán's Khátirát-i-Hayát, by Ahang Rabbani (2007). — Bio of the life of Habibu'llah Afnan-i-A`la'i, born 1875, especially his years with the family of th...
  422. Memories of the Sojourn of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris, by Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield (1937). — Memoir of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s four-month stay in Paris in 1911. Notes taken by the author's daughte...
  423. Men on the Horizon, by Guy Murchie (1932). — Lengthy travel diary, the first book of a renowned journalist, war correspondent, and author/artist ...
  424. Mihdí, Mírzá, by Shahriar Razavi (2009). — On the son of Baha’u’llah, who entitled him "the Purest Branch," younger brother of ‘Abdu’l-...
  425. Milly: A Tribute to The Hand of the Cause of God Amelia E. Collins, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí (1977). — A moving personal biographical history of Amelia Collins.
  426. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl: The Greatest Scholar, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — Lengthy biography of an early scholar, whose writings Persian Baha'is often consider as ranking seco...
  427. Mirza Abu'l-Fadl, by Babak Farrokhzad (2021). — Wikipedia-Artikel über Mirza Abu‘l-Fadl, der den neusten Stand der Literatur (Oct 2021) berücksi...
  428. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl Gulpáyegání, by Moojan Momen (1985). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  429. Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl in America, by Ali Kuli Khan, Marzieh Gail (1945). — Khan's personal recollections of Gulpaygani, with mentions of other early American Baha'is.
  430. Mirza Hossein R. Touty: First Baha'i Known to Have Lived in the Philippines, by Graham Hassall, Orwin Austria (2000-01). — Touty was a Baha'i who stayed in the Philippines for about five years (1921-26), teaching the Faith ...
  431. Mirza Mihdi: The Purest Branch, by Boris Handal (2017). — Two excerpts from a book-length biography of the son of Baha'u'llah — "Akka, the Most Great Prison...
  432. Mīrzā Yaḥyā Ṣobḥ-e Azal, by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (2025-01-01).
  433. Monologues on the Bicentenary of the Birth of Baha'u'llah and Howard University Visit Commemoration, by Vasu Mohan, Donna Denize, Nadim van de Fliert (2017-10/2018-04). — Five biographical monologues delivered in the fictionalized voices of Harriett Gibbs Marshall, Laura...
  434. Montana Baha'i History, by Betty Bennett (1998). — Collection of historical materials compiled between 1994-1998 and distributed at Montana summer scho...
  435. Moody, Susan, by R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram (1998).
  436. Moody, Susan I., 1851-1934: Obituary, by Miriam Haney (1935-03). — Tribute to a travel-teacher who was especially known for bringing education and medical care to wome...
  437. Mortensen, Fred, by Justin Penoyer (2007). — Three biographies of an American who met Abdu'l-Baha, by his great-grandson.
  438. Mother's Stories: Recollections of Abdu'l-Bahá, by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall (1998). — Stories of Abdu'l-Baha and early Baha'is told by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall (1897-1984), daughter of...
  439. Moths Turned Eagles: The Spiritual Conquests of Sabri and Raissa Elias, by Gamal Hassan (2008). — Introduction of the Baha'i Faith to Ethiopia and Djibouti, and the activities of Gila Bahta.
  440. Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab and Shaykh Ahmad, by Vahid Houston Ranjbar (2016-12-23). — Brief comparison of two opposing ideologies: fundamentalist Wahhabism vs. the less literalistic teac...
  441. Muhammad-Taqi Wakil al-Dawla Shirazi, by Soli Shahvar (2016). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  442. Mulla Husayn, by Lowell Johnson (1982). — A biography of Mulla Husayn, the first Letter of the Living.
  443. Mulla Husayn Bushru'i: The Indomitable, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — Life story of the first believer in the Bab.
  444. Mulla Rida: The Indestructible, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — Extracts from the Persian book Masabih-i-Hidayat, by Azizu'llah-i-Sulaymani, about a famous life-lon...
  445. Mulla Sadiq-i-Khurasani (Muqaddas), by Vahid Rafati (2016). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  446. Mulla `Abdu'l-Karim Qazvini (Mirza Ahmad Katib), by John Walbridge (1997).
  447. Munirih Khanum: Memoirs and Letters, by Munirih Khanum Sammireh Anwar Smith, trans. (1986). — Autobiography of Khanum (1847-1938), the wife of Abdu'l-Baha. Includes the arrangements for her marr...
  448. Munson, Joy: A Shining Example of Steadfastness, by LeNelma Johnson (1983-12). — Munson was an American Baha'i who pioneered to India in 1976 at the age of 73, remaining in her post...
  449. My Memories of Baha'u'llah, by Ustad Muhammad-'Ali Salmani Marzieh Gail, trans. (1982). — Memories of one of Baha'u'llah's companions during his exile.
  450. My Memories of Hand of the Cause of God, A. Q. Faizí, by Shirley Macias (2002). — Personal letters from Faizi to Macias, and her recollections of him.
  451. Ná'ím: A Bahá'í Poet, by Roy P. Mottahedeh (1967 Winter). — Biography of and selection of poems by a Persian Baha'i in the time of Baha'u'llah and Abdu'l-Baha.
  452. Nabil al-Dawla: Iranian diplomat and translator of Bahá'í scriptures, by Guity Etemad (2012). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  453. Nabil-i A'zam (Mulla Muhammad Zarandi), by Vahid Rafati (2016). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  454. Nabil-i Akbar, by Minou Foadi (2005). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  455. Namibia, Pacific Islands, Queen Marie, and Emeric Sala, by Various (2005-02).
  456. Napoleão III: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira (2004-07-19). — Short biography of Napoleon III and several paragraphs of one of the Tablets revealed by Baha'u'llah...
  457. Narayenrao Rangnath Vakil, by Author unknown (1998-09). — Short biography of the first Hindu Baha'i (?-1943).
  458. Native Bahá'ís: Bios of past and contemporary Bahá'ís of native ancestry, Paula Bidwell, comp. (2014). — Links to photographs and information from the 1910s to the present about Native Baha'is, both from t...
  459. Navidi, Dr. Aziz (1913-1987): Intrepid Pioneer, Knight of Bahá'u'lláh, by Graham Walker (1988-01). — A brief tribute of this scholar, attorney, and travel teacher. Taken from an address by his son-in-l...
  460. Navjote of a Converted Zoroastrian Bahai, The, by Maneckji Nuserwanji Dhalla Gool Sohrab H. J. Rustomji, trans, Behram Sohrab H. J. Rustomji, trans. (1975). — Overview of the Faith, and the author's interactions with Baha'is in the early 1900s. (Navjote is th...
  461. Nayriz Heroes: 22 Biographies of Bábís and Bahá'ís from Nayriz, Calligraphy of Ahmad Nayrizi, and Poetry of Vafá, by Hussein Ahdieh (2013). — Bios of Muhammad Shafi, Nayrizi Vahidi, Abu Turab, Imam Jumih Shirazi, Ahmad Khoshnevis Nayrizi, Muh...
  462. Nazif, Suleyman, by Necati Alkan (2021). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  463. Nicolas, Alphonse (A.-L-.M. Nicolas), by Nader Nasiri-Moghaddam (2021). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  464. Nine Holy Days, by Jackie Mehrabi (1975). — Booklet geared to children and junior youth, giving an overview of all principal Baha'i holidays, an...
  465. Notes on Marzieh Gail, by Gayle Hoover (2015). — Recollections and materials compiled for a memorial service.
  466. Notes on The Báb, Some, by Robert Stockman (1998). — Brief overview of sources on the Babi period, the Bab's history, and his writings.
  467. O. Z. Whitehead (1911-1998): Actor and writer, by Robert Weinberg (1998). — Oothout Zabriskie 'Zebby' Whitehead (1911–1998) was an American stage and film character actor who...
  468. Obituary: Knight of Baha'u'llah Mary Zabolotny McCulloch, by Universal House of Justice, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, Kenneth C. McCulloch Kenneth C. McCulloch, comp. (1996). — Includes a tribute from the Universal House of Justice, a bibliography by Kenneth McCulloch, a lette...
  469. Obituary: Antonella Khursheed (1958-2000), by Anjam Khursheed (2000). — Bio of the co-founder and secretary of the Singapore Association for Baha'i studies, who organized e...
  470. Obituary: Alessandro Bausani (1921-1988), by Heshmat Moayyad (2001). — The life and work of Bausani (1921–1988), a leading Italian scholar of Islam, Middle Eastern studi...
  471. Obituary: Alimurad Davudi (1922-1979), by Novin Doostdar (1999). — Davudi was Professor of Philosophy at Tehran University, and long-time secretary of the Iranian Baha...
  472. Obituary: James Heggie, by Graham Hassall (1999). — The life and work of Heggie (1915-1992), a prominent Australian Baha'i and long-term member and secr...
  473. Obituary: James Nelson, by Keith Thursby (2011-03). — James Frank Nelson (1927-2011) was a Municipal Court judge in California and long-term member of the...
  474. Obituary: Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail (1908-1993): Translator and Author, "Patron Saint" of Women Bahá'í Scholars, by Constance M. Chen (1996). — A short biography of a famous female Baha'i scholar and translator.
  475. Obituary: R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram: April 30, 1954 - Oct. 21, 2004, by Author unknown (2004-12-04). — An obituary of Baha'i scholar and archivist R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram, who passed away October 20,...
  476. Olinga, Enoch, by Richard Francis (1998). — Life of Hand of the Cause of God and "Father of Victories."
  477. One Person's Search for a Better World, by Ted Cardell (1992).
  478. Orbison, Virginia: 40 years of service to Faith, by Author unknown (1980-01). — Interview with Orbison at age 77.
  479. Our Beloved Guardian: An Introduction to the Life and Work of Shoghi Effendi, by Lowell Johnson (1993). — A comprehensive summary biography of Shoghi Effendi. Includes glossary of some antiquated English wo...
  480. Our Precious Heritage: The Coming of the Faith to Wales, by C. Edmund Card (n.d.). — History of Baha'i activities in Wales 1942-1973, focusing especially the active sixteen-year period ...
  481. Outline of the Bahá'í Movement in the United States, An: A sketch of its promulgator [Ibrahim Kheiralla] and why afterwards denied his Master, Abbas Effendi, by Anton Haddad (1902). — Overview of the early days of the Baha'i Faith in the U.S.
  482. Paine, Mabel Hyde: Obituary, by Garreta Busey (1979-10). — Paine (1877-1955) was an American Baha’i teacher and author.
  483. Panama, The Crossroads between the Continents: The Story of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Panama 1939-1972, by Fuad Izadinia (2015). — History of the first Baha'i community in Panama, including a photo album; biographies of Martha Root...
  484. Papa Pio IX: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira (2004-06-16). — Short biography of Pope Pius IX and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this leader of the Catholic...
  485. Parallels in the Ministries of Táhirih and Paul, by JoAnn M. Borovicka (2016). — Stories of early believers of the Bahá’í Faith as presented in "Memorials of the Faithful" com...
  486. Part of the Baha'i History of the Family of Charles and Maria Ioas, by Viola Tuttle, Margarite Ioas Ullrich, Monroe Ioas, et al. (1978-08). — Biographies of Charles and Maria: from his birth in 1859, their introduction to the Faith in 1898, e...
  487. Passing of Abdu'l-Baha, The, by Shoghi Effendi, Lady Sarah Louisa Blomfield (1922). — A compilation on the last days of 'Abdu'l-Baha, his funeral, and tributes on his behalf. Later publi...
  488. Passing of Shoghi Effendi, The: 1896-1957, by Rúhíyyih Khánum, John Ferraby (1958). — Detailed account of the final days of the life of the Guardian.
  489. Path of Beauty, The: The Literary Life of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, by Sandra Lynn Hutchison (1999-2000). — An extensive review of the varied literary works of Ruhiyyih Khanum – poems, plays, ethical guidan...
  490. Persecution of the Bahá'í Community of Iran: 1983-1986, Universal House of Justice, comp. (1994). — Lengthy survey of events, and life stories of participants.
  491. Persia by a Persian: Personal Experiences, Manners, Customs, Habits, Religious and Social Life in Persia, by Isaac Adams (1906). — Answers to "questions about the manners, customs, and peculiarities of my own people" received while...
  492. Personal Journey toward Reconciliation, A, by Patricia Verge (2016). — On the author's spiritual journey and how it has been entwined with First Nations people; tensions b...
  493. Picture Gallery of Early British Bahá'ís, by Author unknown (1998). — Published in honor of the UK Baha'i Centenary, 1998/99.
  494. Pioneering Over Four Epochs: An Autobiographical Study: Poetry and essays, by Ron Price (1944-2013). — Table of Contents for a memoir of six decades of teaching & international travel, an extensive pers...
  495. Place of Poetry in Religion and Society, The: An Interview of Robert E. Hayden with Douglas Ruhe, by Robert E. Hayden, Douglas Ruhe, John S. Hatcher (2014). — Introduction by Hatcher to the life of Hayden (2014); transcript of a talk between Hayden and Dougla...
  496. Portrait of Abdu'l-Bahá: Selections From Memories of Nine Years in Akká, by Youness Khan Afroukhteh Ismael Velasco, comp. (2006). — Habits of ‘Abdu’l-Baha in His daily tasks and services, his concentration, the way he revealed v...
  497. Portraits and Career of Mohammed Ali, Son of Kazem-Beg, The: Scottish Missionaries and Russian Orientalism, by A. D. H. Bivar (1994). — Kazem-Beg has a place in Baha'i history because of his early book The Bab and the Babis (St. Petersb...
  498. Precious Glimmers: The Bahá'í Faith in New York, 1892-1932, by Hussein Ahdieh (2020). — Highlights of the first forty years of the Baha'i Faith in the City of the Covenant, 1892-1932. Incl...
  499. Priceless Pearl, The, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1969). — The classic biography of The Guardian, written by his wife.
  500. Prince of Martyrs, The: A brief account of the Imam Husayn, by Abu'l-Qásim Faizí (1977). — The story of the Third Imam, whose death in the year 680 became a pivotal event for Shi'i Islam.
  501. Prison Memories of Mr. Amoui (Feb. 1984 - March 1989), by Ramezanali Amoui Payman Amoui, trans. (1989). — Memoirs of five years in an Iranian prison. Includes Persian original. The author's full name is not...
  502. Pritam Singh, by Author unknown (1998-09). — Short biography of the first Sikh Baha'i (1881-1959).
  503. Professor: A Tribute to Dr. 'Alí-Murád Dávúdí, by Farideh Sobhani-Matejko Adib Masumian, trans. (2022-07). — Tribute by a young psychology student in the late 1960s to Dr. ‘Ali-Murad Davúdi, a philosopher a...
  504. Profiles of Some Topeka Bahá'ís, by Duane L. Herrmann (1997). — Background for the author's research into Kansas Baha'i history.
  505. Prolegomenon to the Study of Babi and Baha'i Scriptures, A: The Importance of Henry Corbin to Babi and Baha'i Studies, by Ismael Velasco (2004). — On the foremost Western authority on the Islamic philosophy of Persia, one of the most influential I...
  506. Promoting Peace: 100 Years of the Baha'i Faith in Santa Paula, California, 1914-2014, by Anne King Sadeghpour (2017). — Detailed history of the community in southern California, including references to Marzieh Gail, Ethe...
  507. Provincial Politics of Heresy and Reform in Qajar Iran, The: Shaykh al-Rais in Shiraz, 1895-1902, by Juan Cole (2002). — Biography and political/historical context of "the poet laureate of the Iranian Constitutional Revol...
  508. Qá'ení, Shaikh Mohammad-ʿAli, by Minou Foadi (2005). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  509. Qourrèt-oul-Aíne [Qurratu'l-`Ayn], by A.L.M. Nicolas Peter Terry, trans. (2004). — First publication in English translation of early accounts of the life and death of Tahirih. These p...
  510. Quddus, by Lowell Johnson (1982). — Overview of the life of Quddus, the most prominent disciple of the Bab and the eighteenth and final ...
  511. Quddus, by Nosratollah Mohammad-Hosseini (2009). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  512. Quddús, by Husayn Villar (2008-01-02).
  513. Queen Marie and the Baha'i Faith, by Robert Postlethwaite (1994). — On the first monarch to embrace the Baha'i Faith; the stature and the character of Queen Marie and h...
  514. Rabindranath Tagore: Some Encounters with Bahá'ís, by Peter Terry (1992/2015). — 'Abdu'l-Baha is alleged to have met India's poet laureate Tagore in Chicago in 1912. This article ex...
  515. Rahmatu'llah Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God the Treasure of All Humanity, by Richard Francis (1998). — Short biography of a Hand of the Cause of God.
  516. Rainha Vitória: Breve biografia e excertos da epístola revelada por Bahá'u'lláh, by Marco Oliveira (2004-05-24). — Short biography of Queen Victoria and the tablet revealed by Baha'ullah to this Monarch.
  517. Raising the Banner in Korea: An Early Bahá'í History, by Barbara R. Sims (1996). — Baha'i activities in Korea 1921-1988.
  518. Ransom-Kehler, Keith Bean, by Janet Ruhe-Schoen (2009). — On the American Baha’i lecturer and world traveler, designated by Shoghi Effendi as the first Amer...
  519. Real Turk, The, by Stanwood Cobb (1914). — Reflections on three years spent in Turkey during the rise of the Young Turk Party and the downfall ...
  520. Recollections of Muriel Handley, by Muriel Handley, John Handley (1996). — Personal history of an early Baha'i life in Australia.
  521. Reconciliation of Races and Religions, The, by Thomas Kelly Cheyne (1914). — Early history of the Babi and Baha'i movements, life stories of their participants, and their contem...
  522. Recovering the Lives of Enslaved Africans in Nineteenth-Century Iran: A First Attempt, by Anthony Lee (2016). — Reconstructing the lives of four slaves in the Middle East, including Haji Mubarak and Fezzeh Khanum...
  523. Recuerdos de los amigos del Consejero Raúl Pavón Mejía: Padre de la enseñanza a los indígenas en Ecuador, by Various National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ecuador, comp. (2008). — Compendium of stories and testimonies from the many friends who shared life and Faith with this reno...
  524. Reflections on the Art of My Poetry: An Interview of Roger White (1929-1993), John S. Hatcher, ed. (2016). — A glimpse into the mind of a gifted poet and the struggles that he, like many Baha'i artists, encoun...
  525. Religion and Proto-Nationalism: Apelis Mazakmat and 'traces of mild sectarian strife' in New Ireland, by Graham Hassall (2001-02). — The career of Apelis Mazakmat, the first native Baha'i in Papua New Guinea, set against the complex ...
  526. Religion and Relevance: The Baha'is in Britain 1899 - 1930, by Lil Osborn (published as L.C.G. Abdo) (2003). — On the Baha'i history in the British Isles during the first decades of the 20th century, when it was...
  527. Remains of the Bab in Tehran, The, by Ahang Rabbani (1997). — Brief bio of Aqa Husayn-'Ali Nur and an extract from Khatirat Muhajiri Az Isfahan, "Memoirs of a Ref...
  528. Remember My Days: The Life-Story of Bahá'u'lláh, by Lowell Johnson (1980). — Biography of the prophet-founder of the Baha'i Faith.
  529. Remembering Bernard Leach, by Trudi Scott (1986). — Memories of the Baha'i potter Bernard Leach (1887–1979).
  530. Remey, Charles Mason, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  531. Reminiscences of the Summer School Green Acre Eliot, Maine, by Charles Mason Remey (1949). — On the evolution of Green Acre from a meeting place for New England intellectuals and religious spea...
  532. Report to Abdul Baha of the Bahá'í Activities in the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, A, by Charles Mason Remey (1919-06-07). — Diary of travel-teaching March-April 1919. Includes letter to the members of the Baha'i Board of Tea...
  533. Report/Memoirs of Bill Ekomiak, by Bill Ekomiak (2013-06). — Autobiographical memoir of an Inuit from Canada, followed by the booklet "The Sacred Circles of the ...
  534. Reseña Biográfica de la Vida de la Sra. Isabel Pavón de Calderón: Biographical Summary of the Life of Mrs. Isabel Pavón de Calderón, by Clemencia Pavon de Zuleta (2009-03). — Biografia de Pavón de Calderón (1929-2000), una miembra de la Asamblea Espiritual Nacional de los ...
  535. Return to Tyendinaga: The Story of Jim and Melba Loft, Bahá'í Pioneers, by Evelyn Loft Watts and Patricia Verge: Review, by Lee Brown (2013). — History of the first Aboriginal believers in Canada, who moved from Michigan to pioneer in the Tyend...
  536. Robert Hayden, by Christopher Buck (2004-01-29). — The first African American poet-laureate of the United States (as Library of Congress "Consultant in...
  537. Robert Hayden and Being Politically Correct, by Duane L. Herrmann (1993-08). — Robert Hayden did not bow to or rebel against expectations of political correctness, and regarded hi...
  538. Robert Hayden's Epic of Community, by Benjamin Friedlander (1998). — A study of Hayden's poetry in the context of the American experience.
  539. Roger White: An Obituary: Writer and editor, "poet laureate" of the Bahá'í community (1929-1993), by Robert Weinberg (1997). — Brief biography, written as an obituary, of a famous Baha'i poet.
  540. Rogers, Otto Donald, by Norman Zepp (1997-09-06).
  541. Root, Martha, by Richard Francis (1993/1998). — Bio of the "Herald of the Kingdom, Lioness at the Threshold."
  542. Rowland Estall: In Memoriam, by Various (1993). — Various materials assembled for a memorial service, from tributes written by Jameson Bond and Michae...
  543. Ruhe, David S. (1914-2005), by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States (2005-09-06). — A letter from the NSA, followed by a biography from Baha'i World News Service.
  544. Rúhíyyih Khánum, by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman Miguel Gil, trans. (2024). — Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum, autora, dramaturga, directora de cine, poeta, embajadora baha'i y, sob...
  545. Sacrifice to Fidelity, A: The senseless, brutal slayings of Enoch Olinga, his wife and children, by Author unknown (1980-05). — An account of the murder of Enoch Olinga in 1980.
  546. Schopflocher, Siegfried, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (1993-06). — Short biography of a prominent Baha''i from a German-Jewish background who served as a Hand of the C...
  547. Schopflocher, Siegfried, by Will C. van den Hoonaard (2009). — On the Canadian Baha’i of German-Jewish background named by Shoghi Effendi a Hand of the Cause of ...
  548. Select Clevenger Archives, 1926-1936, Steven Kolins, ed. (2021). — Personal letters to Ella Robarts, the National Spiritual Assembly, Horace Holley, and others; articl...
  549. Self and Society: Biography and Autobiography in Baha'i Literature, by Graham Hassall (1999). — On some of the 'moral implications' in writing biography in a Baha'i perspective; the modes, intenti...
  550. Semple, Ian (1963-2005): A Personal Appreciation, by Jack McLean (2011-12-04). — Brief personal recollections of a scholar and member of the Universal House of Justice.
  551. Semple, Ian Chalmers: In Memoriam, by Anonymous, Universal House of Justice (2012). — Biography of long-serving member of the Universal House of Justice and frequent contributor to schol...
  552. Servants of the Glory: A Chronicle of Forty Years of Pioneering, by Adrienne Morgan, Dempsey Morgan (2017). — Memoirs of a black couple from the United States who lived and spread the Baha’i Faith in across p...
  553. Seyyèd Ali Mohammed, dit le Bâb, by A.L.M. Nicolas (1905). — The first detailed biography of The Bab written in a Western language.
  554. Shaykh Hasan-i-Zunuzi: The Promises Fulfilled, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — Life story of an early follower of Shaykhs Ahmad and Rashti, who also met both the Bab and Baha'u'll...
  555. Sheltering Branch, The, by Marzieh Gail (1959). — The life and teachings of 'Abdu'l-Baha.
  556. Shirin Ebadi: A collection of newspaper articles, by Various (2003-10). — Articles about the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize who has championed the rights of the Baha'i ...
  557. Shoghi Effendi: Recollections, by Ugo Giachery (1973). — Biography of Shoghi Effendi from the close standpoint of the author's personal experiences.
  558. Shoghi Effendi: The Range and Power of His Pen, by `Alí Nakhjavání (2006). — The evolving style of the Guardian's writings; comparison of different periods of his writing; his t...
  559. Shoghi Effendi, by Moojan Momen (2011). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  560. Shoghi Effendi: The Sign of God on Earth, by Grace Shahrokh, Darius Shahrokh (1998-07). — The Guardian's life, his station, his accomplishments, and his passing.
  561. Shoghi Effendi: After a Hundred Years, by Author unknown (1997 Fall). — Editorial for an issue dedicated to the centennial of the Guardian's birth, summarizing his life and...
  562. Shoghi Effendi: Guide for a New Millennium, by Glenford Mitchell (1997). — The Baha'i community is a global laboratory in which a transformation in individual and collective b...
  563. Shoghi Effendi Rabbānī, by The Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica (2024-10-31).
  564. Siyyid Yahyá-i-Dárábí, Entitled Vahíd "The Incomparable", by Boris Handal (2023). — The Commissioner of Muhammad Shah; Baha'u'llah in Tehran; the episodes of Yazd and Nayriz.
  565. Sohrab Arjmand (1935-2019), by Anonymous (2019). — Arjmand was an Iranian Baha'i who settled in California and was active in the Irfan Colloquia.
  566. Something Regal: Uncle Fred Murray Extracts from a compilation of tributes, photographs and stories, by June Perkins (2000). — Stories about and pictures of Fred Murray, an early Indigenous Baha’i.
  567. Sources for studying the life and writings of Abdu'l-Baha: A topical bibliography, Jonah Winters, comp. (1999). — Now outdated bibliography; retained for historical interest.
  568. Speaking in Edinburgh, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1981-08). — Address at Edinburgh Baha'i Centre. Includes discussion of Shoghi Effendi in Scotland and the eagle ...
  569. Spontaneous Talks by Dr. Khan, at His Sunday Morning Classes, Answering Some of His 95 Questions, by Ali Kuli Khan Terry Nelson Randolph, ed. (2013-04). — Proofs of the Baha'i Faith, written by a prominent translator and companion of Abdu'l-Baha. Includes...
  570. Statement on Bahá'u'lláh, A, by Bahá'í International Community (1992-05). — Introduction to the life and work of Baha'u'llah, released in 1992 in honor of the centenary of his ...
  571. Stories from The Delight of Hearts: The Memoirs of Hájí Mírzá Haydar-'Alí, by Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali Abu'l-Qásim Faizí, trans. (1980). — Anecdotes and history, a personal glimpse of the Middle East in the 19th century, as told by a follo...
  572. Stories of Baha'u'llah and Some Notable Believers, by Adib Taherzadeh Kiser Barnes, comp. (2003). — Extracts compiled by Kiser Barnes from Adib Taherzadeh’s The Revelation of Baha’u’llah, Volume...
  573. Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Harry and Ruth Randall, by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall (1998). — Brief account of William Henry ('Harry') Randall (1863-1929) and his wife Ruth's first encounter wit...
  574. Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Grace Robarts Ober, by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall (1998). — Brief account of Grace Ober's interactions with 'Abdu'l-Baha during his visit to the USA.
  575. Stories of Muriel Ives Newhall Barrow: Elizabeth Cheney, by Muriel Ives Barrow Newhall (1998). — One-paragraph account of an incident in the life of Elizabeth Cheney, pioneer Baha'i teacher in Para...
  576. Story of Anis Zunuzi, The, by Houri Falahi-Skuce (2020). — Links to 53-minute video presentation with original music and narration. Includes transcript.
  577. Story of J. E. Esslemont and His Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, The: Bibliography, by Jan T. Jasion (2020). — List of all of Esslemont's known writings, including his Baha’i pamphlets and his medical writings...
  578. Story of Mr. Rufino Gualvisí, by Ralph Dexter (2020-07). — Biography of a well-known travel teacher in Ecuador. English and Spanish text by Dexter; includes se...
  579. Storytelling and Once Upon a Time, The: Youtube Playlists, by Fariborz Sahba (2020). — Zoom videos of some historical events witnessed by the manager for the Arc Project during 10 years o...
  580. Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi, Moojan Momen, ed. (1988). — A bio-bibliography of Balyuzi; five academic examinations of: symbols in the writings of the Bab, no...
  581. Süleyman Nazif's Nasiruddin Shah ve Babiler: an Ottoman Source on Babi-Baha'i History, by Necati Alkan (2000). — On the author of the 1919 Persian history "Nasiru’d-Din Shah and the Babis," including a translati...
  582. Summon Up Remembrance, by Marzieh Gail (1987). — Memoir left by Ali-Kuli Khan, one of the first translators of Baha'i Writings; writings of his wife ...
  583. Sunburst, by Lorol Schopflocher (1937). — Autobiography of the life story, and travels on behalf of the Baha'i Faith, of prominent socialite a...
  584. Sweet and Enchanting Stories, Aziz Rohani, comp. (2005). — Stories and memoirs by and about ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Mirza Haydar ‘Ali, Zia Baghdadi, ‘Ali Akbar F...
  585. Sydney Sprague: In Memoriam, by Willard P. Hatch (1945). — Sprague (1875-1943) was an American Baha’i who traveled the East to promote the religion in the ea...
  586. Tablet to Fuad (Lawh-i-Fuad): Translator's introduction, and bio from Encyclopedia Britannica, by Juan Cole (1997).
  587. Tahirih, by Lowell Johnson (1982). — Overview of the life of Qurratu'l-`Ayn, "Solace of the Eye," aka Zarrin-Taj, "Crown of Gold."
  588. Táhirih: A Portrait in Poetry, by Amin Banani (2000). — An account of Tahirih allowing her own voice, through her poems, to speak for herself, her time, and...
  589. Táhirih's Message to the Modern World, by Martha L. Root (1941). — Transcript of a radio address from Sunday April 21, 1940, telling the story of Ṭahirih, describing...
  590. Tahirih, Letter of the Living, and Khadijih Bagum, Wife of the Báb, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — Life stories of two key heroines of Babi history.
  591. Tahirih, The Pure, Iran's Greatest Woman, by Martha L. Root David Merrick, comp. (1938). — Life story of Tahirih, the "heroine" of the Faith of the Bab.
  592. Taiwan Bahá'í Chronicle: An Historical Record of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith in Taiwan, by Barbara R. Sims (1994). — Baha'i activities in Taiwan and personal histories, 1952-1992. Includes earliest pamphlet published ...
  593. Take My Love to the Friends: The Story of Laura R. Davis, by Marlene Macke: Review, by Lynn Echevarria-Howe (published as Lynn Echevarria) (2008). — Key figures in the development of the Baha'i community in Canada.
  594. Tales of Magnificent Heroism: The Impact of the Báb and His Followers on Writers and Artists, by Robert Weinberg (2019-11). — This concise survey explores how this particular episode in humanity’s religious history resonated...
  595. Teaching the Faith in Australia 1963-1975: Personal Recollections, by Hedi Moani (1999). — Recollections of Melbourne Australia 1963-65; Geelong and the formation of the first LSA 1965-1968; ...
  596. Teaching the Faith, Magic Moments, Meeting Great Souls, by Jack McLean (2012-06-02). — Autobiography of a prominent Baha'i scholar, written on occasion of the 50th anniversary of his conv...
  597. Tending the Garden: A Biography of Emeric and Rosemary Sala, by Ilona Sala Weinstein (1998/2016). — Detailed story of two pioneers from Canada to South America and Africa, told through reference to le...
  598. Terah: Personal reminiscences of teaching, traveling, loving, by Terah Cowart-Smith (1981-02). — Brief recollections of teaching in North America. Includes short letter from the Guardian.
  599. The Cause of Universal Peace: 'Abdu'l-Bahá's Enduring Impact, by Kathryn Jewett Hogenson (2021-02-23). — On Abdu'l-Baha's interest in the Lake Mohonk Conferences on International Arbitration in New York, 1...
  600. The Story of Mona: 1965-1983, by National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada (1985). — Biography of Mona Mahmudnizhad, an Iranian teenager who, in 1983, together with nine other women, wa...
  601. The White Silk Dress, by Marzieh Gail (1945). — An "intimate portrait" of Ṭahirih first published Friday April 21, 1944.
  602. Thelma Perks, by Graham Hassall (1998). — Perks (1901-1988) was a prominent Australian Baha'i who served at various times on the National Spir...
  603. Theodore Russell Livingston, by Duane L. Herrmann (1997). — Baha'i teacher and Mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas.
  604. Thomas Kelly Cheyne, by Crawford Howell Toy (1916-01). — Overview of the works and diverse intellectual interests of Cheyne, who championed the Faith as an i...
  605. Through the Eyes of Margaret Cousins: Irish and Indian Suffragette, by Keith Munro (2018). — Biography of the co-founder of the Irish Women's Franchise League, a theosophist, who met both Mart...
  606. Through Warring Countries to the Mountain of God, by Charles Mason Remey (1915-07). — Experiences of two American Baha'is in France, England, and Germany on their way to visit Abdul-Baha...
  607. To Russia with Love: Journal of a Member of the Quddus Team, by Jack McLean (1990/2018). — Journal of a visit through Moscow, Kiev, and Levov in August 1990 by the four travel teachers Shamsi...
  608. Tobey, Mark George, by Judith S. Kays (2000). — Tobey (1890-1976) was a famous American painter.
  609. Top Court Appointee a Model of Diversity, by Mahmud Jamal (2021/06/18). — Brief bio of Mahmud Jamal, the judge "poised to be the first person of colour on the Supreme Court o...
  610. Toumansky, Aleksandr Grigorevich, by Jahangir Dorri (2009). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  611. Traces That Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá'í Faith among the Japanese, by Barbara R. Sims Sheridan Sims, ed. (1989). — Extensive history of Baha'i events and personages in Japan, 1914-1983.
  612. Traveler's Narrative, A: Written to Illustrate the Episode of the Báb, by Abdu'l-Bahá E. G. Browne, trans. (1982). — Reprint of Browne's original translation of 1891 but lacking all of Browne's notes.
  613. Tribute to Amatu'l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum, A, by Violette Nakhjavani (2000). — Born Mary Maxwell in Montreal, Amatu’l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum’s life spanned almost the entire 20t...
  614. Tribute to Bahíyyih Khánum, A, by Marjorie Morten (1934). — Short biography of the daughter of Baha'u'llah, written by one of her close companions late in life.
  615. Tribute to Hand of the Cause Hájí Akhúnd, A, by Violetta Zein (2023). — Compilation of selections from biographies and articles, tablets and prayers, and photographs of one...
  616. Tribute to the Greatest Holy Leaf, A, by Violetta Zein (2023). — Compilation of biographical materials, quotations, and photographs, from the year of her passing (19...
  617. Trilogy of Consecration, A: The Courier, the Historian and the Missionary, by Boris Handal (2020). — On the lives of Shaykh Salman, Nabil-i-A'zam and Mulla Sadiq, three important people in the early ye...
  618. True, Corinne, by Robert Stockman (1995).
  619. True, Edna M. (1888-1988), by Author unknown (1989-01). — Brief bio of the daughter of Hand of the Cause of God Corinne True.
  620. Turning a Somersault to Land at the Feet of the Báb: The Spiritual Journey of Ross Woodman, by Chris Lowry (2024-12). — Examining Ross G. Woodman’s 1942 dream of the Bab, its influence on his spiritual journey, and the...
  621. Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship, by Rúhíyyih Khánum (1948). — An early account of Shoghi Effendi's ministry, written by his wife while he was still alive.
  622. Two Episodes from the Life of Bahá'u'lláh in Iran, by Moojan Momen (2019). — Regarding the conference of Badasht and Baha'u'llah's arrival at the shrine of Shaykh Tabarsi, and o...
  623. UK Bahá'í Histories: Links to stories of individual Bahá'ís in the United Kingdom, UK Bahá'í Histories Project, ed. (2011-2013). — Links to contemporary bios of English Baha'is (offsite).
  624. Uncle Bill: A Personal Memoir, by Robert Gregory Shaw (2020-07). — Personal recollections of Albert Edwin Dorrida, "Uncle Bill" (1901-1972), who became a Baha'i after ...
  625. Unfurling the Divine Flag in Tokyo: An Early Bahá'í History, by Barbara R. Sims (1998). — History of Baha'i activities in Japan, 1909-1994, and life stories of notable persons.
  626. Unimaginable Resilience of a Pen: Book, by Shahriar Jahanian (2022/2024). — Historical story of Maryam, a young woman in Iran who dared to think differently, was denied an educ...
  627. Unimaginable Resilience of a Pen: Screenplay, by Shahriar Jahanian (2022/2024). — Historical screenplay about Maryam, a young woman in Iran who dared to think differently, was denied...
  628. Unity of Humanity, The: An Interview with Professor Todd Lawson, by David Hornsby, Jane Clark (2016). — Biography of Lawson and his personal interests in the Qur'an and the Baha'i Faith, discussion of con...
  629. Vahíd (Sayyed Yahyá Dárábí), by Moojan Momen (1996). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  630. Various Essays, by Susan Gammage (2013-2018/2023). — 47 short essays on following the teachings and living a Baha'i life, life coaching and counselling, ...
  631. Varqa and Son: The Heavenly Doves, by Darius Shahrokh (1992). — History of the family of Varqa, the only family with the distinction of having a grandfather, a fath...
  632. Varqá, Wali-Alláh, by Iraj Ayman (2017). — Brief excerpt, with link to article offsite.
  633. Varqá and Rúhu'lláh: 101 Stories of Bravery on the Move, by Boris Handal (2020). — On the lives of Varqa, the physician and talented poet, and his gifted adolescent son Ruhu'llah, who...
  634. Views from a Black Artist in the Century of Light, by Elizabeth de Souza (2020). — On the experiences of Black artists; biographical notes on McCleary “Bunch” Washington; African-...
  635. Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology: Selected from Manuscripts of William Miller with a Memoir of His Life, by William Miller Joshua V. Himes, ed. (1842). — Miller's memoir; scriptural interpretation; Bible chronology; various addresses and lectures; variou...
  636. Vision of Shoghi Effendi, The: Proceedings of the Association for Bahá'í Studies Ninth Annual Conference, November 2-4, 1984, Ottawa, Canada, by Various (1993). — Select portions of this book as they've appeared elsewhere, or were shared by their authors.
  637. Walking the Spiritual Path with Both Feet Planted Firmly on the Ground, by Joyce Baldwin (2016). — Overview of the life of a Baha'i native from indigenous-Tsimshian ancestry, who pioneered to Alaska ...
  638. Wayfarer between Two Worlds, A: Recollections, by Harry Liedtke (2013/2022). — A chronicle of some of the highlights of the author's seventy-five years as a Baha'i, and covering t...
  639. We Kept the Light Bulb On: An Interview with Ellerton and Marjorie Harmer, by Charles Uzzell (2000-02). — Short overview of the lives of the first pioneers to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands.
  640. Well Dressed Woman of Recent Times, A, by Matt Briggs (2000). — Historical fiction which contains part of The Wardrobe of Gertrude Heim Remey, a book Mason Remey wr...
  641. What A Young Man Learned from Laura Rumney Davis about Shoghi Effendi, by Jack McLean (2007-09-02). — Interview with Laura Davis, "The Mother of the Toronto Baha’i Community," and some recollections o...
  642. What Stanwood Cobb Told Me about 'Abdu'l-Bahá, by Jack McLean (2007-08-12). — Reflections on Cobb's life and his recollections of Abdu'l-Baha, partly based on two personal interv...
  643. When the Saints Come Marching In: The Art of Bahá'í Biography, by Sidney Edward Morrison, Frank Lewis (1986). — Comments on hagiography, including reviews of nine popular Baha'i biographies. Includes response "In...
  644. Whiting, Lilian, by Blanche Cox Clegg (2000). — Whiting (1847-1942) was an American journalist, essayist, and poet; a religious seeker, she showed i...
  645. Who Was Archangel, the Potowatami Woman on Whose Land the Wilmette Temple Was Built?, by Ismael Velasco (2011). — Brief investigation into the surname "Ouilmette" (Wilmette), and the identity of a Native American g...
  646. Who Was Daniel Jordan?: A Tribute, by Wm. Keith Bookwalter (1992/2023). — Detailed overview of the life and thought of Dr. Jordan, philosopher and educator.
  647. Who Was Thomas Breakwell?, by Robert Weinberg (1997-08). — Brief biography of the first English Baha'i and an individual central in early European Baha'i commu...
  648. Why Constructive Resilience? An Autobiographical Essay, by Michael L. Penn (2020). — Reflections on growing up African-American; guidance from and a meeting with William Hatcher; the re...
  649. William S. Hatcher 1935-2005, Jonah Winters, comp. (2008). — Bio and CV from the author's website.
  650. Witness to Shaykh Tabarsi: The Narrative of Haji Nasir Qazvini, Ahang Rabbani, ed. and trans. (2007). — Biography of Qazvini, sources for the study of the conflict at Shaykh Tabarsi, and Qazvini's narrati...
  651. Women and Religious Change: A case study in the colonial migrant experience, by Miriam Dixson (2000). — The story of Margaret Dixson, and one woman's growth from Anglicanism, via numerology and astrology,...
  652. Work of A.L.M. Nicolas (1864-1937), The, by Moojan Momen (1981). — Short bio, including list of the works of Nicolas.
  653. Xá Nasiri'd-dino: Breve relato da sua vida e da Epistola revelada por Baha'u'llah, by Marco Oliveira (2007). — Breve resumo da vida deste monarca persa do sec. XIX e sua relação com a religião Baha'i. Short d...
  654. Yahyá, Mírzá, by Moojan Momen (2009). — On the younger half-brother of Baha’u’llah, later his opponent, known as Subh-i-Azal, described ...
  655. Yamamoto, Hiroshi: Eldest son of the world's first Japanese believer, by Marion Yazdi (1980-04). — Japanese-American Yamamoto (c. 1909-1979) was the eldest son of Kanichi (Moto) Yamamoto, the first e...
  656. Zaynab, by John Walbridge Reina Pennington, ed. (2003). — Brief biography of a female Babi fighter.
  657. Ziba Khanum of Yazd: An Enslaved African Woman in Nineteenth-Century Iran, by Anthony Lee (2017). — Issues of race, gender, slavery, and religion as experienced by an Afro-Iranian family in the 19th a...
  658. طاهره پیشتار آزادی زنان شرق (Tahirih: Forerunner of Women's Liberation in the East), by Hussein Ahdieh (2019). — A biographical work on the life of Tahirih detailing significant moments including her early years, ...
  659. غریب از تیریز تا نیویورک (Foreigner: From Nayriz to New York), by Hussein Ahdieh, Hillary Chapman (2020). — A memoir detailing the author's life journey from a rural village in Iran to the director of a Unive...
  660. مصابیح هدایت (Lights of Guidance), by Azizu'llah Sulaymani (1948-1976). — Biographies of 99 prominent Baha'is from the formative years of the Faith, published between 1948 an...
  661. میرزا مهدی غصن اطهر (Mirza Mehdi, the Purest Branch), by Boris Handal Ehsan Kazemi, trans. (2022). — The dramatic story of Mirza Mihdi, the son of Baha'u'llah who fell from a skylight in the roof of th...
  662. یادی از حارسان مدنیت الهیّه خاطراتی از ایادیان امرالله جک بوید بیل واشنگتون (Recollections of the Hands of the Cause Jack Boyd and Bill Washington), by Jack Boyd, Bill Washington Faruq Izadinia, trans. (2024). — Persian translation of the short essays in "Memories of Hands of the Cause of God" by Jack Boyd and ...

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  1. 1826-06-27 — Passing of Shaykh Ahmad-i-Ahsa'i, the leader of the Shaykhis, in Haddiyyih near Medina near the tomb...
  2. 1828-00-01 — Passing of Mirza Muhammad Rida, the father of the Bab. The Bab was placed in the care of His ma...
  3. 1839-00-00 — Passing of Mirza Buzurg. His body was taken to Najaf, Iraq where he was interred. [BBD49; BKG17; BNE...
  4. 1843-00-01 — Birth of Ahmad, son of the Bab. He passed away shortly after he was born (or was still-born). [Bab4...
  5. 1843-12-31 — Passing of Siyyid Kazim-i-Rashti, the disciple and self-proclaimed successor of Shaykh Ahmad, in Kar...
  6. 1847-03-04 — The passing of Manúchihr Khan. His death had been predicted by the Bab 87 days earlier. The governo...
  7. 1848-00-00 — The birth of Mirza Mihdi, `the Purest Branch', the son of Baha'u'llah and His wife Ásiyih Khanum (N...
  8. 1863-00-00 — The passing of Haji Mubarak, the servant of the Bab. He was born in 1823 and died at the age of 40. ...
  9. 1870-06-23 — Mirza Mihdi died from his injuries 22 hours after his fall. [BKG311–12; GPB188; RB3:208] See ...
  10. 1873-03-08 — Marriage of `Abdu'l-Baha to Munirih Khanum in the House of `Abbúd. DH45 says the marriage too...
  11. 1874-00-00 — The passing of Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khurasani entitled by Baha'u'llah Ism'llah'l-Asdaq (In the N...
  12. 1875-00-00 — Ḥakim Áqa Jan was the first Jewish believer from Hamadan. Given his position of leadership in th...
  13. 1875-00-02 — Baha'u'llah sent Sulayman Khan Ilyas, Jamal Effendi, to India. [BW4:285; GPB195; MC155] See EB1...
  14. 1878-00-00 — Siyyid Mustafa Rúmi arrived in Burma with Jamal Effendi. He married into a well-to-do Indo-Burma...
  15. 1879-00-01 — Sarih Khanum, the faithful sister of Baha'u'llah, passed away in Tihran. She was buried a short dist...
  16. 1881-00-00 — The passing of Faṭimih Bagum, the mother of the Bab in Karbila. She herself was from a prominent S...
  17. 1882-11-11 — The passing of Khadijih-Bagum, the wife of the Bab, in Shiraz in the house of her Husband. [BBD127; ...
  18. 1886-00-05 — The passing of the wife of Baha'u'llah, Ásiyih Khanum, entitled Navvab (the Most Exalted Leaf) in t...
  19. 1887-00-00 — Mirza Músa, Áqay-i-Kalim, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, the faithful brother of Baha'u'llah, passed away...
  20. 1887-00-00 — Husayn, the young son of Àbdu'l-Baha and Munirih Khanum died in Akka at the age of three or four. ...
  21. 1889-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause Mulla Sadiq Maqaddas Khurasani also known by the designation Jinab-...
  22. 1892-05-29 — The Ascension of Baha'u'llah   Baha'u'llah passed away at Bahji in His seventy–fifth year. [AB47...
  23. 1892-06-19 — Anton Haddad departed Cairo en route to the United States. [An Outline of the Baha'i Movement in the...
  24. 1892-07-05 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Nabil-i-Akbar Áqa Muhammed-i-Qa'ini. He was born in Naw-Fir...
  25. 1892-09-03 — Nabil, inconsolable at the death of Baha'u'llah, committed suicide by drowning himself in the sea. [...
  26. 1897-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Shaykh Muhammad-Riday-i-Yazdi (Mulla Rida) while incarcerate...
  27. 1898-08-20 — Jamal Effendi passed away in `Akka. [EB128; Momen-Jamal Effendi] Note: Balyuzi gives the date of ...
  28. 1899-06-00 — Ethel Jenner Rosenberg accepted the Baha'i Faith, the first English woman to become a Baha'i in her ...
  29. 1901-00-00 — Dr Frederick D'Evelyn, born in Belfast about 1855 was the first person of Irish birth to accept the ...
  30. 1901-05-01 — 'Aqa Jamal Burújirdi had been a member of the Islamic clergy in Burujerd and was widely known and r...
  31. 1902-00-00 — Two Persians from Ischabad, 'Aqa Mirza Mihdi Rashti and 'Aqa Mirza Abdu-i-Baki Yazdi arrived in Shan...
  32. 1902-06-13 — Thomas Breakwell died from tuberculosis in Paris. (b. 31 May, 1872 in Woking) [AB77; BBD46; SEBW70] ...
  33. 1903-00-00 — The passing of Mulla Zaynu'l-'Ábidin, surnamed Zaynu'l-Muqarrabin (the Ornament of the Near Ones) i...
  34. 1903-03-21 — The passing of Gabriel Sacy, (b. Alexandria c. 1860) a Syrian Christian who had become a Baha'i afte...
  35. 1903-05-00 — Russian poet Isabella Grinevskaya wrote the play "Bab" which was performed in St. Petersburg in 1904...
  36. 1903-07-20 — `Abdu'l-Baha commissioned the second restoration of the House of the Bab in Shiraz under the supervi...
  37. 1905-00-00 — The passing of Ahmad (of "Tablet of Ahmad" fame) in Tehran at the age of 100. He was born in Yazd in...
  38. 1906-00-00 — The earliest Baha'is living in Ireland are thought to have been the Culver family. Henry Culver was ...
  39. 1908-09-30 — The passing of Amalie Knobloch (b.Böblitz Germany 11 May 1858 d. 30 September 1908 in Washington, D...
  40. 1909-00-00 — The passing of Robert Turner (b. 15 October, 1855 or 1856, Virginia d. 1909 California) the fi...
  41. 1909-00-00 — The Baha'i community of Saint Paul, Minnesota began in 1909 when Dr. Clement Woolson, who became a B...
  42. 1909-11-25 — Dr Susan Moody, a famed American homeopathist, arrived in Tihran. She and four Persian Baha'i docto...
  43. 1910-03-04 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Haji Mulla 'Ali-Akbar-i-Shahmirzadi, (Haji Akhund). He was...
  44. 1911-06-03 — Ghodsea Khanoum Ashraf (Qudsiyyih Ashraf) (b. 22 November 1889 in Majidābād, d. 16 April 1976 in T...
  45. 1912-00-00 — Mishkin-Qalam (b.1826, Shiraz, Iran) passed away in the Holy Land. He was buried in the Baha'i Cemet...
  46. 1912-04-11 — `Abdu'l-Baha arrived in New York. [AB172; GPB281; APD3-5; SoW Vol 3 No 3 p3; Mahmúd's Diary p38-39...
  47. 1912-04-23 — Harriet Gibbs Marshall (1868-1941) became a Baha'i while 'Abdu'l Baha was visiting the US. It is pos...
  48. 1912-04-29 — Mirza Yahya died in Famagusta. [BBD243; BBR312] He was the younger half-brother of Baha'u'llah ...
  49. 1912-09-30 — Thornton Chase, the first American Baha'i, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in California befor...
  50. 1912-12-31 — `Abdu'l-Baha visited Oxford at the invitation of Dr Thomas Kelly Cheyne to address a meeting at Manc...
  51. 1913-06-09 — Paul and Mirra Richard paid one last visit to 'Abdu'l-Baha at His hotel arriving at 9:30PM. There w...
  52. 1914-00-00 — Mr Husayn Uskuli and two Baha'is friends arrived in Shanghai from 'Ishqabad. His family joined him ...
  53. 1914-01-21 — Mirza Abu'l-Fadl-i-Gulpaygani, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, passed away in Cairo. [AB404; BBD67] ......
  54. 1915-10-11 — Arthur Pillsbury Dodge, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Freeport, New York. [SBR15] He ...
  55. 1916-05-02 — Louisa Aurora "Lua" Moore Getsinger, (b. 1 November, 1872 in Hume, Allegany County, New York) Disci...
  56. 1917-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Haji Mirza Muhammad-Taqiy-i-Abhari (Ibn-i-Abhar). He was bo...
  57. 1918-00-00 — Shaykh Kazim-i-Samandar, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, passed away early in the year. For the story of...
  58. 1919-04-13 — The passing of Phoebe Apperson Hearst (b. 3 December, 1842) in her home in Pleasanton, California du...
  59. 1919-08-13 — The passing of Mirza Muhammad-Hasan Taliqani, Hand of the Cause of God, entitled Adibu'l-'Ulama, kno...
  60. 1920-01-27 — The passing of Joseph H. Hannen, (b. January 27, 1920, Allegheny, Pennsylvania) Disciple of 'Abdu'l-...
  61. 1920-04-10 — Clara and Hyde Dunn arrived in Sydney, Australia. [AB445] SBR158 says this was 18 Apr 1919. The...
  62. 1920-05-24 — Charles Greenleaf, (b. 6 May, 1857 in Wisconsin), Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away at the home ...
  63. 1920-12-00 — The passing of Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali Isfahani known as 'the Angel of Mount Carmel' in Haifa. He was ...
  64. 1920-12-01 — Lillian Frances Kappes,(b. 1878 in Hoboken, New Jersey), died of typhus fever in Tihran. [BFA2:361; ...
  65. 1921-11-19 — The passing of Mirza Abu'l-Ḥasan Afnan, a Persian nobleman and descendant of the family of the Bab...
  66. 1921-11-28 — Ascension of `Abdu'l-Baha `Abdu'l-Baha passed away at about 1:00 a.m., in Haifa. [AB452; BBD4; BB...
  67. 1922-01-09 — William H. Hoar, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Fanwood, New Jersey. [SW12, 19:310] F...
  68. 1922-02-19 — Helen Goodall, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in San Francisco. [SEBW33] See SEBW21-33 fo...
  69. 1924-00-00 — The passing of Mirza Mahmúd-i-Zarqani (b. c1875). He was 'Abdu'l-Baha's secretary on his weste...
  70. 1924-01-28 — Isabella Brittingham, Disciple of `Abdu'l-Baha, passed away at the Revell home in Philadelphia. [SEB...
  71. 1925-11-22 — John Esslemont, Hand of the Cause of God, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Haifa. [BW3p84-85...
  72. 1926-00-02 — Martha Root visited Budapest and taught the Faith to one of the grandsons of Arminius Vambéry, Mr. ...
  73. 1926-01-25 — The passing of Professor Edward Granville Browne, (b. on the family estate in Gloucestershire, 7 Feb...
  74. 1926-12-26 — Howard MacNutt, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, (b. 13 July, 1858 in Philadelphia) passed away in Florida ...
  75. 1927-09-13 — Dr George Augur, (b. 1 Oct 1853 New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA d. 13 Sep 1927 Honolul...
  76. 1928-00-00 — The third Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was Haji Ghulam-Rida (entitled Amin-i-Amin) (Trustee of the Tr...
  77. 1928-04-02 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, known as Ibn-i-Asdaq. He was born in M...
  78. 1928-05-27 — Haji Amin, Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani, Hand of the Cause of God and Apostle of Baha'u'llah, passed away ...
  79. 1928-12-20 — Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney, (b. 12 Apr 1873, Paris, France, d. 20 Dec 1928, Paris, France), Disciple o...
  80. 1929-00-02 — The passing of Gulsurkh Bagum, given name Fatimih-Sultan Bagum (b. 1855 Isfahan) [ARG171-186]
  81. 1929-02-11 — William 'Harry' Randall, (b. 1863), passed away in Medford, MA. After his death, Shoghi Effendi nam...
  82. 1930-08-19 — Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois, (b. 19 March 1856, Staint-Célestin de Nicolet, QC. d. Wilmette, IL)...
  83. 1930-08-20 — Louis Jean-Baptiste Bourgeois, (19 March, 1856, Saint-Célestin, Quebec, Canada) designer of the Mas...
  84. 1930-11-17 — Ethel Rosenberg, (b.6 August, 1858, Bath) Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, 'England's outstanding Baha'i pi...
  85. 1931-01-13 — Consul Albert Schwarz, (b. December 14, 1871, Stuttgart, Germany), Disciple of Abdu'l-Baha, 'Germany...
  86. 1931-04-31 — Mr Refo Capari (Chapary), the first Albanian Baha'i, arrived in Tirana, Albania from New York where ...
  87. 1931-05-20 — The passing of Mrs Claudia Coles in London. (b. 1863 or 1866 in Charleston, South Carolina). She ac...
  88. 1931-07-27 — Swiss Baha'i Auguste Forel, (b. 1 September, 1848 Morges, Switzerland, d. 27 July, 1931 Yvorne Switz...
  89. 1932-05-00 — Two Baha'is from Germany settled in Sofia, Bulgaria to assist Marion Jack. Lina and George Benke ha...
  90. 1932-07-15 — The Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahiyyih Khanum, 'outstanding heroine of the Baha'i Dispensation' passed awa...
  91. 1932-11-23 — The passing of George Adam Benke (b. Fredericksfelt, south Russia in 1878) in Sofia, Bulgaria. Shog...
  92. 1933-10-23 — Keith Ransom-Kehler died of smallpox in Isfahan after a year of intensive travel around Iran. [BW5:2...
  93. 1934-01-24 — Agnes S. Parsons died after an automobile accident. [BW5:410; SBR96; BN No 82 April 1934 p4] She ...
  94. 1934-10-23 — Dr Susan Moody (b. Amsterdam, NY 20 November 1851) passed away in Iran. She had become a Baha'i in M...
  95. 1935-09-20 — The passing of Jinab-i-Fadil-i-Shirazi (Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim) (b.1863) in Tehran. [ARG109, M9YA4...
  96. 1935-11-24 — The passing of Dr. Howard Luxmoore Carpenter (b. 1906, d. 24 November 1935). He was buried at the Su...
  97. 1936-12-31 — Khusraw Biman (Thabit) passed away in Bombay at the age of 103 or 104. [Imm:56] He is the first Z...
  98. 1937-02-02 — The passing of Mary Hanford Finney Ford (b. 1 November, 1856, in Meadville, PA) in Clearwater, FL. S...
  99. 1937-04-11 — The passing of Dr. Zia Bagdadi (b. February 9, 1882, Beirut, Lebanon) in Augusta, Georgia. He was bu...
  100. 1937-12-20 — Muhammad-'Ali, half-brother of 'Abdu'l-Baha and Arch-breaker of the Covenant of Baha'u'llah, died. [...
  101. 1938-00-00 — The fourth Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was Jinab-i-Valiyu'llah Varqa, the third son of Varqa the mar...
  102. 1938-03-15 — Mary Virginia Thornburgh-Cropper (Maryam Khanum), the first Baha'i of the British Isles, passed away...
  103. 1938-04-30 — The passing of Grace Robarts Ober (b.19 February, 1869 Ontario, Canada) in Wilmette, IL. She was bu...
  104. 1938-04-30 — Munirih Khanum, the Holy Mother, wife of 'Abdu'l-Baha, passed away. [BBD166; BW8:260; CB358; DH161] ...
  105. 1938-05-01 — The National Convention was held in Chicago. Those elected to the National Spiritual Assembly were: ...
  106. 1938-07-25 — The passing of Queen Marie of Romania. [BBD144; GPB395] For her services to the Baha'i Faith see ...
  107. 1938-11-11 — The passing of Pocahontas Kay (Grizzard) Pope (b. 1864 or 1865 Pocahontas Kay in Halifax County, NC,...
  108. 1939-02-28 — The passing of Louis Alphonse Daniel Nicolas, signing A.L.M. Nicolas , (b. March 27 , 1864 in Rasht,...
  109. 1939-09-28 — Martha Root, 'foremost Hand raised by Baha'u'llah', passed away in Honolulu. (b. 10 August,1872 Rich...
  110. 1939-11-01 — Mathew Kaszab, arrived in Nicaragua, the first Baha'i pioneer to that country. In March 1942 he w...
  111. 1939-12-30 — The passing of Grace Crossman Krug (b. 1870 Brooklyn, d. 30 December 1939 Chester, NY). [Find a Gra...
  112. 1939-12-31 — Lady Sara Louisa Blomfield, entitled Sitarih Khanum, (b. County Tipperary, Ireland 1859) passed away...
  113. 1940-00-00 — Ruth and Ellsworth Blackwell were the first Baha'i pioneers to move to Haiti, where they spent more ...
  114. 1940-03-01 — May Bolles Maxwell (b. 14 January 1940 in Englewood, NJ) passed away in Buenos Aires. [BBD153; TG49]...
  115. 1941-02-11 — The passing of Margaret Stevenson, the first New Zealand Baha'i (b. 30 November 1865, in Onehunga) i...
  116. 1941-02-17 — John Henry Hyde Dunn, passed away in Sydney. [BW9:595; SBR166] Shortly after his passing Shoghi E...
  117. 1941-04-08 — The passing of Urbain Joseph Ledoux (b. August 13, 1874 in Ste Hélène de Bagot, Quebec). He was b...
  118. 1941-06-20 — The passing of Howard Colby Ives (b. 11 Oct 1867, Brooklyn, New York, d. Pulaski County, Arkansas, ...
  119. 1941-08-06 — The passing of Elizabeth Roemer Greenleaf (b. 1863) in Eliot Maine. She was buried at the Rosehill ...
  120. 1942-01-16 — The passing of Carole Lombard Gable (b. 6 October 1908 in Ft Wayne, IN) near Las Vegas. She was bur...
  121. 1942-06-25 — 'Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'ad died in Egypt and Shoghi Effendi appointed him to the rank of Hand of the Ca...
  122. 1943-05-02 — The passing of Narayanrao Rangnath (Shethji) Vakil (b. Navsari, 1866) in Poona. He was the first pe...
  123. 1943-06-18 — The passing of Mabel Rice-Wray Ives (Rizwanea) (b. in St. Louis, MO in 1878) in Oklahoma, OK. She wa...
  124. 1943-08-16 — The passing of Sydney Sprague (b. Oshkosh WI in 1875) in Los Angeles. He was buried in Inglewood Cem...
  125. 1943-12-22 — The passing of Disciple of Àbdu'l-Baha Alma Knobloch (b. 1864 Bautzen; Germany d. 23 December 1943 ...
  126. 1944-11-07 — The passing of John Stearns, pioneer to Quito while in Lima, Peru for medical treatment. He was bur...
  127. 1945-03-13 — The murder of Siyyid Mustafa Rúmi (b. Baghdad 1846 d. Mandalay Region, Myammar). He became a Baha'...
  128. 1945-12-15 — The passing of Emogene Hoagg (Henrietta Emogene Martin Hoagg) [BW10p520]
  129. 1946-07-22 — The passing of John David Bosch (named "Núrani by 'Abdu'l-Baha) at his home near Geyserville, Calif...
  130. 1946-08-11 — The passing of Orcella Rexford (b. Louise Cutts-Powell, 12 Jun 1887 in Tracey, Minnesota) in Los Ang...
  131. 1946-12-13 — The passing of Muhammad Taqi Isfahani. He had been born in Persia and was horrified by the behaviou...
  132. 1947-09-13 — The passing of Haji Mahmúd Qassabchi. In 1933 Qassabchi had suffered a severe attack of paralysis ...
  133. 1948-00-00 — Albert Bennett White was the first Baha'i of Māori descent. He was the son of an English immigrant...
  134. 1949-04-24 — The passing of Montfort Mills. He had been a believer since 1906 and by 1909 he had made two pil...
  135. 1949-08-16 — The passing of Lilian Vaughan McNeill (b.1 December, 1879). In May, 1931 she and her husband, Brigad...
  136. 1950-11-01 — Mirza Badi'u'llah, the youngest son of Baha'u'llah, (b.1867 in Adrianople) described by Shoghi Effen...
  137. 1951-07-30 — Louis Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Eliot, Maine, near Green Acre. [CoF163; BW12...
  138. 1951-12-20 — Hand of the Cause Roy C. Wilhelm, (b.17 September, 1875) passed away in Lovel, Maine. He was buried ...
  139. 1952-01-10 — The passing of Honoré Jaxon (b. 1861 as William Henry Jackson in the village of Wingham, ON). He d...
  140. 1952-03-25 — Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal. He died in the very room that...
  141. 1952-11-12 — Dagmar Dole, pioneer to Alaska and Denmark, passed away in Glion, Switzerland. Shoghi Effendi sai...
  142. 1953-07-27 — Siegfried (Fred) Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal and was buried besi...
  143. 1953-08-02 — Fred Schechter, an American, arrived in Djibouti and was named a Knight of Baha'u'llah for French So...
  144. 1953-08-26 — Ella Bailey (b. 16 December, 1864, Houston, Harris County, Texas) passed away in Tripoli, Tarabulus,...
  145. 1953-09-12 — Nellie French arrived in Monaco and was named a Knight of Baha'u'llah. [BW13:454] Then 85, she wa...
  146. 1953-09-16 — Hugh McKinley and his mother, Violet, arrived in Cyprus and were named Knights of Baha'u'llah. [BW13...
  147. 1954-01-03 — The passing of Helen "Nellie" Stevison French (b.19 Oct 1868 Peoria, Illinois) in Monaco. She was b...
  148. 1954-03-25 — The passing of Marion Jack (General Jack) (b. St. John, New Brunswick) at her pioneer post in Sofia,...
  149. 1954-05-29 — Haik (Haig) Kevorkian arrived in the Galapagos Islands and settled on the island of Santa Cruz. He ...
  150. 1954-06-09 — The passing of Alain LeRoy Locke (b. September 13, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.) in New York...
  151. 1954-10-03 — Shoghi Effendi designated Martha Root as a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously. She had passed awa...
  152. 1954-10-08 — Richard Nolen and his family, (Lois A. (Warner), Linda Jean, Cynthia and John), arrived in the Azor...
  153. 1954-10-22 — Mr and Mrs Suleimani arrived in Keelung, Taiwan by ship. They spent the rest of their lives there. ...
  154. 1955-00-00 — The fifth Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa. He inherited both the Trusteeship an...
  155. 1955-04-21 — In 1843, the Bab's only child, Ahmad, was still-born or died soon after birth. Khadijih Bagum had a...
  156. 1955-06-03 — Shoghi Effendi announced to all National Assemblies that Majdi'd-Din, "the most redoubtable enemy of...
  157. 1955-08-15 — The passing of Mabel Hyde Paine (b. 7 December 1877 in Rockville, CT, d. 15 August 1955 in Urbana, I...
  158. 1955-11-12 — Hand of the Cause of God Valiyu'llah Varqa passed away in Stuttgart. For his obituary see BW13:83...
  159. 1956-02-25 — Husayn Uskuli, (b. 1875) long-time pioneer to Shanghai from 'Ishqabad, passed away in Shanghai at th...
  160. 1956-03-09 — The passing of Albert R Windust (b. 28 March 1874 in Chicago) in Berrien County, Michigan. He was ...
  161. 1956-05-20 — Louisa Mathew Gregory, (b. 1 February 1866 in Penge, Kent, England) whose wedding to Hand of the Cau...
  162. 1956-12-09 — The passing of Juliet Thompson (b. Washington, DC 1873 - d. December 9th, 1956 New York). [BW13:862-...
  163. 1957-02-00 — As authorized by the Guardian, Mrs. Morassa (Yazdi) Rawhani arrived as a pioneer to Rabat, Morocco. ...
  164. 1957-03-25 — Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend passed away in Dublin, Ireland. (b.14 June, 1896) [BBD226,...
  165. 1957-11-04 — Passing of Shoghi Effendi Shoghi Effendi passed away in London of coronary thrombosis after a bou...
  166. 1957-12-26 — The passing of Mirzā Asad-Allāh, known as Fāżel Māzandarāni (b. Babol, Persia 1881). He bec...
  167. 1958-01-01 — The passing of Lillian Stevens, a founding member of the first Torquay Spiritual Assembly in 1938.
  168. 1958-04-20 — Mirza Ahmad (Esphahani) Sohrab, the Covenant-breaker who rebelled against Shoghi Effendi, died. [MC9...
  169. 1958-04-26 — The passing of Dr M Khodad Fozdar in Singapore. He was the first Indian Parsi to accept the Faith...
  170. 1960-07-12 — Horace Hotchkiss Holley, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 April, 1887 in Torrin...
  171. 1960-11-18 — Clara Dunn, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Sydney. (b.12 May 1869) [BW13:859; MoC245] F...
  172. 1961-05-01 — Kanichi (Moto) Yamamoto, the first Japanese Baha'i, passed away in Berkeley, California. [SBR185] ...
  173. 1962-01-01 — Amelia Collins passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 June, 1873) [BW13:399, 840; MC12] For her obituary see...
  174. 1962-05-10 — The passing of F. St. George Spendlove (b. 23 April, 1897 in Montreal) in Toronto. [BW13p895-899] ...
  175. 1962-07-20 — The passing of Harlan Foster Ober (b. October 6, 1881 in Beverly, Massachusetts) in Pretoria, Gauten...
  176. 1963-07-31 — The passing of Dr Genevieve Coy (b.1886) in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Baha'i Chronicles,
  177. 1965-07-15 — Hendrik Olsen, the first indigenous Greenlander to become a Baha'i, enrolled. [Bahaipedia] He pas...
  178. 1965-07-22 — Leroy Ioas, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.15 February 1896 in Wilmington, IL). ...
  179. 1965-11-11 — The Universal House of Justice announced that the 'final step' in the 'process' of the 'purification...
  180. 1966-03-31 — While in the custody of the Portuguese authorities Eduardo Duarte Vieira died in prison in Portugues...
  181. 1966-04-07 — The passing of Ali Kuli Khan (b. Kashan Persia, about 1879) in Washington, DC. [BW14p351] For inf...
  182. 1966-04-14 — Jessie Revell, formerly a member of the International Baha'i Council, passed away in Haifa. [BW14:30...
  183. 1966-09-11 — The rescue of six Tongan boys from the uninhabited island of 'Ata by Peter Warner and his crew on hi...
  184. 1966-10-27 — The passing of Loulie Albee Mathews (b. October 12, 1869, New Castle, New Hampshire) in Colorado Spr...
  185. 1967-10-25 — The passing of Canadian pioneer Catherine Huxtable (b. 6 January, 1932 Carlwood, Surrey, England) at...
  186. 1967-12-25 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Charles Dunning (b.27 March, 1885 need Leeds). [BW14p305-308] ...
  187. 1968-01-01 — The passing of Euphemia (Effie) Eleanor Baker (b.25 March 1880 at Goldsborough, Victoria) in Waverle...
  188. 1968-07-07 — The passing of Hand of the Cause Hermann Grossmann in Neckargemünd, near Heidelberg, (b.16 February...
  189. 1968-08-10 — Dr Lutfu'llah Hakim (1888 - 1968), former member of the Universal House of Justice, passed away in H...
  190. 1968-09-02 — Tarazu'llah Samandari, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1874 in Qazvin, Persia) ...
  191. 1968-09-12 — The passing of Wellesley Tudor Pole (b. 23 April 1884 in Weston Super Mare, UK) in Hurstpierpoint, S...
  192. 1970-02-20 — The passing of Curtis Demude Kelsey (b. 6 March, 1894 in Salt Lake City, UT) in Bradenton, FL. He...
  193. 1970-03-18 — The passing of Hilda Yank Sing Yen Male (b. 29 Nov or 29 Nov 1902, 1904 or 1906 in China, d. Riverda...
  194. 1970-08-03 — The passing of Haik (Haig) Kevorkian (b.1 October 1916 in Aleppo, Syria) in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos ...
  195. 1970-09-26 — The passing of Florence Evaline (Lorol) Schopflocher (b.1886 in Montreal. QC) in the Green Acre are...
  196. 1971-01-01 — The passing of Agnes Baldwin Alexander, (b. 26July 1875 in Hawaii) Hand of the Cause; "the daughter ...
  197. 1971-05-24 — The passing of Anna Reinke (b. 15 August, 1882 Travis County, Texas) in Travis County Texas. She wa...
  198. 1971-09-04 — Músa Banani, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Kampala, Uganda. (b.1886) [BW15:42; VV7] F...
  199. 1972-08-06 — 'Abdu'l-Hamid Ishraq-Khavari, Iranian scholar, author, translator and promoter of the Baha'i Faith, ...
  200. 1972-12-17 — The passing of Matthew Washington Bullock (b. 11 September, 1881 in Dabney, North Carolina) in Detro...
  201. 1973-09-05 — John Ferraby, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Cambridge, England. (b. 9 January,1914) [BW16...
  202. 1974-02-01 — The passing of Daoud Toeg (b. Baghdad, Iraq in 1897) in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau). After he had...
  203. 1974-08-18 — Laura Clifford Dreyfus-Barney, (b. 30 Nov 1879, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA) passed away ...
  204. 1976-04-24 — The passing of Mark George Tobey (b. December 11, 1890 Centerville, Wisconsin – d. April 24, 1976 ...
  205. 1976-05-07 — Saichiro Fujita, (b. 1886) the second Japanese to become a Baha'i, passed away in Haifa. [BW17:406; ...
  206. 1976-10-05 — The passing of Adelaide Sharp (b. Texas, 1896) in Tehran. In 1929 she accompanied Dr Susan Mood...
  207. 1977-07-05 — The passing of Mirza Ahmad Khan Yazdani Kasrawi (b. April 24, 1891) in Tehran. Born into a Muslim fa...
  208. 1977-08-16 — The passing of Annamarie Honnold (b. 23 December 1914 in Urbana, Illinois) in Kennet Square, PA, USA...
  209. 1978-04-21 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Swaziland was formed. [BN No 598 January 1981 p14;
  210. 1978-07-05 — The passing of Ruth J. Ellis Moffet (b. 19 January 1880 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin). She was buried ...
  211. 1978-11-07 — The murder of Major-General Ali Mohammad Khademi (b. 16 December, 1913 in Jahrom, Fars.) After a bri...
  212. 1979-05-06 — Bernard Howell Leach CBE, (b.5 Jan 1887 Hong Kong), internationally known potter, artist and author,...
  213. 1979-12-29 — Rahmatu'llah Muhajir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Baha'u'llah, passed away in Quito, Ecua...
  214. 1980-02-12 — Hasan M. Balyuzi, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in London. (b. 7 September, 1908, Shiraz, Ir...
  215. 1980-02-25 — Robert Hayden, much-honoured American poet, passed away in Ann Arbor, Michigan. [BW18:717] For hi...
  216. 1980-07-13 — The execution by firing squad of Dr. Faramarz Samandari as well as another Baha'i by the name of Yad...
  217. 1980-07-29 — Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away at his pioneer post in Athens, Greece....
  218. 1980-10-17 — Leonora Stirling Holsapple Armstrong, (b.June 23, 1895, Hudson, New York), the 'spiritual mother of...
  219. 1980-11-20 — Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1906) [BW18:659; VV52] Sho...
  220. 1981-08-15 — The passing of Muhamad Mustafa (b.1898 in El Dhahriya, Egypt), stalwart servant and mainstay of the ...
  221. 1981-10-02 — The passing of Hazel Scott (b. 11 June 1920 in Port of Spain and raised in Harlem) in Manhattan. She...
  222. 1981-11-21 — The passing of 'Abdu'l-Missagh Missaghiyeh (b.1880 in Kashan) in Tehran. [BW18p779-781] He mad
  223. 1982-05-14 — Amoz Gibson, (b. 3 Aug 1918 Washington), a member of the Universal House of Justice from 1963 until ...
  224. 1982-06-09 — The passing of Richard Edward St. Barbe Baker (b. 9 October, 1889 West End, Hampshire, England d. Sa...
  225. 1982-12-03 — Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God, died in Haifa in an automobile accident. [BW18:617; VV52] P...
  226. 1982-12-29 — The passing of Stanwood Cobb, (b. November 6 Newton, Massachusetts, 1881 – d. December 29, 1982) n...
  227. 1983-06-16 — Six Baha'is were executed by hanging: Dr. Bahrarn Afnan, aged 50, a prominent physician specializi...
  228. 1983-06-25 — The passing of Reginald "Rex" Collison (b. 3 May 1884 in Ohio). He was buried in Oak Mound Cemetery,...
  229. 1983-07-17 — The passing of Counsellor William Mmutle Masetlha (b.February 21, 1921 in Sophiatown, a township of...
  230. 1984-02-28 — The passing of Renée Szanto-Felbermann (b 21 June, 1900, d. 28 February, 1984) in Freiburg, Germany...
  231. 1984-11-16 — Shu'a'u'llah 'Ala'i, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Scottsdale, Arizona. (b. 16 November 1...
  232. 1985-02-06 — The passing of Claire Gung (b. 3 November, 1904, Gladbeck, Ruhrgebeit, Germany, d. Kampala, Uganda)....
  233. 1985-03-07 — The passing of Continental Board of Counsellor Lloyd Gardner. [Mess63-68p660] See
  234. 1985-10-18 — The "re-interment of the remains of Mirza Muhammad-Quli, the faithful half-brother and companion in ...
  235. 1986-03-09 — The passing of Continental Board of Counsellor member Angus Welldon Cowan (b.12 September 1914 in Bi...
  236. 1986-11-13 — Zikrullah Khadem (Dhikru'llah Khadem), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Skokie, Illinois. (b...
  237. 1987-01-26 — Charles Wolcott (b. September 29, 1906 in Flint, MI) member of the Universal House of Justice, passe...
  238. 1987-02-15 — The passing of Eleanor Hollibaugh (b. 17 February 1897 in Hastings, Nebraska) in Montraux, Switzerla...
  239. 1987-07-01 — The passing of Dr Aziz Navidi (b. 9 September 1913 in Hamadan, Iran) in London. He was buried at the...
  240. 1988-03-11 — The passing of Italian orientalist, scholar and linguist Alessandro Bausani. As an orientalist he ma...
  241. 1988-05-08 — The passing of Beatrice Owen Ashton (b. 17 May, 1890, Cleveland). She was buried in the Lake View C...
  242. 1988-12-09 — The passing of Edna M. True, (b. July 29, 1888, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) She was a daughter of the...
  243. 1988-12-18 — H. Borrah Kavelin, (b. 18 March, 1906, Russia), former member of the first House of Justice, passed ...
  244. 1989-07-03 — The passing of Bobbie Cowan in Invermere, BC. [AC297]
  245. 1989-07-05 — Dr Ugo Giachery (b. 13 May, 1896, Palermo, Sicily), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away while on a...
  246. 1990-02-21 — Jalal Khazeh, (b. 24 February, 1897, Tihran) Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Toronto. He wa...
  247. 1990-09-29 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God H. Collis Featherstone in Katmandu, Nepal. He was born at Qu...
  248. 1991-06-18 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Baha'u'llah, John Aldham Robarts at Rawdon, Quebe...
  249. 1992-03-25 — William Benard Sears, (b.28 Mar 1911), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Tucson, Arizona. He ...
  250. 1992-06-18 — The passing of Counsellor Isobel Sabri, (b. 19 July, 1924) member of the International Teaching Cent...
  251. 1992-07-28 — The passing of Léa Nys (b. 27 December 1910 in Brussels). She was the first to accept the Faith in ...
  252. 1992-09-02 — The passing of Shirin Fozdar (b. 1 March 1905 in Bombay (now Mumbai)) in Singapore. She was an Indi...
  253. 1992-10-17 — The passing of Helen Hornby, compiler of Lights of Guidance (1) and
  254. 1993-01-06 — The passing of John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (b. 21 October 1917, Cheraw, South Carolina). He was bur...
  255. 1993-04-10 — The passing of Roger White, writer, editor and "poet laureate" of the Baha'i community, in Richmond,...
  256. 1993-04-15 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Stanley Theodore Bagley, (b.2 February, 1912 in Bertrand, Misso...
  257. 1993-10-16 — The passing of Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail, the second child and eldest daughter of the first Persi...
  258. 1997-07-04 — Masha'llah Enayati, a 63-year-old man, died in custody while in prison in Isfahan after being severe...
  259. 1998-03-25 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member (1963-1993) Mr. Hugh E Chance (b. 28 Decembe...
  260. 1998-04-08 — The passing of Florence Virginia Wilson Mayberry (b. 18 September 1906 in Sleeper, Missouri) in Mars...
  261. 1998-07-29 — The passing of actor and writer O. Z. Whitehead at the age of 87 in Dublin. (b. in New York City on ...
  262. 1999-06-21 — The passing of Meherangiz Munsiff in London (b. 23 November, 1923 Bombay, India) Born into a Baha'i ...
  263. 2000-01-19 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum (born Mary Sutherland Maxwell)...
  264. 2000-01-26 — The passing of Adib Taherzadeh (b.29 April 1921 in Yazd, Iran). He was buried in the Baha'i Cemetery...
  265. 2000-02-17 — The passing of Mildred Mottahedeh in New York. She had been elected to the International Baha'i Coun...
  266. 2000-08-22 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Audrey Robarts (née FitzGerald) in her 96th year. She was buri...
  267. 2000-11-02 — The passing of Creadell Johnetta Haley (b. 4 Jul 1916 in Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA) in W...
  268. 2001-01-04 — The passing of Dr. Victor de Araujo of Vista, NY at the age of 78 years. He was born near London, En...
  269. 2001-12-13 — The passing of Giovanni (Gianni) Ballerio (b. 15 February 1943 in Asmara, Eritrea) in Geneva after a...
  270. 2001-12-16 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Philip Hainsworth (b. 27 July 1919) at the age of 82 in Sevenoa...
  271. 2001-12-20 — The Fire in the Pacific conference in Honolulu, Hawaii to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the F...
  272. 2002-03-05 — The announcement by the Baha'i International Community of the murder of three Baha'is in Dushanbe, T...
  273. 2002-04-24 — The passing of Barbara Helen Rutledge Sims (b. 17 April, 1918 in San Francisco) in Tokyo. She was a ...
  274. 2003-03-09 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Una Dean, née Townshend, in Edmonton, Canada. Una lived a full...
  275. 2003-05-09 — The passing of David Hofman (b.1908 in Poona, India) in Oxford, England. [BW03-04p234-235] He was...
  276. 2003-06-20 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Ursula Samandari (b. Ursula Newman 29 December, 1909 in Mitcham...
  277. 2003-07-18 — The passing of Dr David Kelly. He was buried in Mt Mary's churchyard in Longworth, near Farringdon ...
  278. 2003-07-25 — The passing of Elisabeth Charlotte (Lottie) Tobias. She was described by the National Spiritual Asse...
  279. 2003-08-22 — The passing of Ruth Yancey Pringle in Ciudad, Costa Rica at the age of 83 after 5 decades of service...
  280. 2004-04-02 — The passing of Ola Pawlowska (b. Ola Clemens 14 February, 1910 in Lakta, outside Cacow, Poland) in N...
  281. 2004-04-19 — The passing of Mr Aziz Ismayn Yazdi (b. Alexandria, Egypt in 1909) in Vancouver, Canada at the age o...
  282. 2004-06-29 — The passing of Gloria Faizi (b. Gloria Ala'i on 12 March, 1921 in Tehran) in Brisbane, Australia. Th...
  283. 2004-10-26 — The passing of Dr. Helen Elsie Austin (b. 10 May 1908 in Alabama) in San Antonio, Texas. She was a p...
  284. 2005-09-06 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member David S. Ruhe (b. 3 January, 1913) near Newb...
  285. 2005-11-27 — The passing of prolific author and founding member of the Association for Baha'i Studies of North Am...
  286. 2006-09-12 — The passing of Annemarie Kruger, (b. 13 February 1918 Germany d. 12 September 2006 Plovdiv, Bulgaria...
  287. 2007-05-11 — The passing of His Highness Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II, the Samoan head of state. He was one of t...
  288. 2007-05-24 — The passing of Hadi Rahmani-Shirazi (b. 1914) in the United Kingdom. He was buried in New Southgate ...
  289. 2007-06-01 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Jameson (Jamie) Bond (b. 6 November, 1917 Toronto, ON) in Dunca...
  290. 2007-09-22 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Ali-Muhammad Varqa (b.1911 or 1912) at his home in Haifa...
  291. 2009-04-14 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Gale Bond, née Keass (b. 13 November, 1919 in Emod, Hungary) i...
  292. 2010-04-27 — The passing of Dr Nossrat Peseschkian (b. 18 June, 1933 in Iran d. 27 April, 2010 in Wiesbaden, Germ...
  293. 2011-03-10 — The passing of Mrs. Ashraf Khanjani, wife of imprisoned Jamaloddin Khanjani at the age of 81 In Tehr...
  294. 2011-05-30 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Gayle Wollson (b. 2 June 1913 Crookston MN) in Wilmette, IL. ...
  295. 2011-07-15 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Dr. Peter J. Khan (b. 2 November, 1936 in Ne...
  296. 2011-12-01 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Mr. Ian C. Semple (b. 2 December 1928 in New...
  297. 2012-02-20 — The passing of Anneliese Bopp, former Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre at Bad ...
  298. 2013-03-05 — The passing of Mas'ud Khamsi, former Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre in Lima,...
  299. 2013-07-28 — The passing of Amin Banani (b. 23 September 1926 in Tehran) in Santa Monica. He was survived by his ...
  300. 2013-08-13 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Mr. Hushmand Fatheazam in Vancouver, Canada....
  301. 2016-00-00 — Asma Jilani Jahangir was selected as the Special Rapporteur in 2016. She was a human rights lawyer o...
  302. 2016-04-25 — The passing of former member of the International Teaching Centre, Joy Stevenson (b. 1919) in Queanb...
  303. 2016-05-07 — The passing of Jenabe Esslemont Caldwell, 89 in Wailuku, Hawaii. (b. August 7, 1926 in Butte, Montan...
  304. 2017-12-17 — The announcement by the Universal House of Justice of the passing of former House member Mr. Hartmut...
  305. 2018-07-06 — Mr. Javaid Rehman was appointed as the third Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in ...
  306. 2018-09-06 — The passing of Lily Ayman (b. 17 May 1929 in Tehran) in Chicago. She was buried in the Oakwood cemet...
  307. 2018-11-15 — The passing of Shapoor Monadjem, (b. 3 October, 1933, Shiraz, Iran) at his last pioneer post in Mari...
  308. 2019-04-28 — The passing of Don Otto Rogers (b. 1935 in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan) a former member of the Internati...
  309. 2019-08-30 — The passing of Dr Udo Schaefer (b. October 19, 1926 in Heidelberg, Germany). He enrolled as a Baha'i...
  310. 2019-10-11 — 'Ali Nakhjavani, (b. 19 September, 1919 in Baku, Azerbaijan) former member of the Universal House of...
  311. 2020-03-23 — The passing of prominent jazz musician Mike Longo. He had a distinguished jazz career as a pianist,...
  312. 2020-05-25 — George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed during an arrest by four police officers. Subseque...
  313. 2020-06-02 — The passing of Hossain Banadaki Danesh in Victoria, BC His major publications were: The Viol...
  314. 2020-07-03 — The passing of Sir Earl Cameron (b. 8th August 1917 in Pembrooke Parish, Bermuda) at his home in Ken...
  315. 2020-09-18 — The passing of Talat Bassari (b. 1923 Babol, Iran) in Los Angeles. She was an Iranian Baha'i poet, f...
  316. 2020-09-24 — The passing of former member of the International Teaching Centre Violette Haake (b.1928 in Iran) in...
  317. 2020-09-25 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Farzam Arbab (b. 1941 in Tehran) in San Dieg...
  318. 2020-09-28 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member James Douglas Martin (b. 24 February 1927 in...
  319. 2020-10-08 — Ehsan Yarshater, a Persian academic scholar and a historian and linguist by training, founded the Ce...
  320. 2021-06-03 — The passing of John Kolstoe in Livingstone, Montana. [Baha'is of Montana and Surrounding Areas Faceb...
  321. 2022-06-06 — The passing of Jim (James Eugene) Seals, (b. 17 October 1941 or 1942 in Sidney, Texas) singer, music...
  322. 2022-09-08 — The passing of Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (b. 21 Ap...
  323. 2022-09-13 — Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman, was arrested in Tehran while visiting the Iranian ...
  324. 2022-09-16 — The death fo 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman, while being held by Iran's religious...
  325. 2022-10-01 — The passing of Kevin Locke, (b. Los Angeles, CA 1983) renowned Native American hoop dancer, self-tau...
  326. 2023-05-07 — The passing of Jack Edwards McCants (b. Dallas, Texas 19 January 1930) in the Houston area. He was b...
  327. 2023-09-27 — The passing of Mavis Cox Changawa (b. 1922 Moruga, Trinidad and Tobago) in Nairobi at the age of abo...

3.   from the Chronology of Canada (89 results; expand)

  1. 1913-00-02 — Edward W. Harris, a farmer who had homesteaded in the Gull Lake area, (specifically Carmichael) was ...
  2. 1916-03-00 — Mrs Caroline Lehman (née Yaekel b.16 November 1846 in Prussia) was a resident of West Gravenhurst, ...
  3. 1922-03-22 — William Edward Harris was a farmer who had homesteaded in the Gull Lake area (specifically Carmichae...
  4. 1930-08-19 — Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois, (b. 19 March 1856, Staint-Célestin de Nicolet, QC. d. Wilmette, IL)...
  5. 1933-12-00 — The arrival the first resident Baha'i to have lived in Newfoundland, Nova Scotian John Redden. ...
  6. 1938-04-30 — The passing of Grace Robarts Ober (b.19 February, 1869 Ontario, Canada) in Wilmette, IL). She was bu...
  7. 1940-03-01 — May Bolles Maxwell (b. 14 January 1940 in Englewood, NJ) passed away in Buenos Aires. [BBD153; TG49]...
  8. 1941-04-08 — The passing of Urbain Joseph Ledoux (b. August 13, 1874 in Ste Hélène de Bagot, Quebec). He was b...
  9. 1941-06-20 — The passing of Howard Colby Ives (b. 11 Oct 1867, Brooklyn, New York, d. Pulaski County, Arkansas, ...
  10. 1943-06-18 — The passing of Mabel Rice-Wray Ives (Rizwanea) (b. in St. Louis, MI in 1878) in Oklahoma, OK. She wa...
  11. 1947-12-14 — Earnest Court, a member of the first Spiritual Assembly of Winnipeg, passed away and was given the f...
  12. 1952-01-10 — The passing of Honoré Jaxon (b. 1861 as William Henry Jackson in the village of Wingham, ON). He d...
  13. 1952-03-25 — Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal. (b.14 November, 1874) [DH143;...
  14. 1953-07-10 — The accidental death of Eddie Elliot, the first African-Canadian Baha'i. He was a hydro-line worker ...
  15. 1953-07-27 — Siegfried (Fred) Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal and was buried besi...
  16. 1954-00-00 — The passing of Mrs Christine Monroe, the first Baha'i in West Vancouver. She passed away at the age...
  17. 1954-00-00 — The passing of Christine Monroe at the age of 94. She was the first Baha'i in West Vancouver. [CBN...
  18. 1954-03-25 — The passing of Marion Jack (General Jack) at her pioneer post in Sofia, Bulgaria at the age of 87. S...
  19. 1956-00-00 — Arthur Bonshaw Irwin (born 6 June 1915 – died 1994) and Lily-Ann Irwin of Calgary, Alberta were th...
  20. 1956-12-00 — The passing of Leslie Silversides. Leslie became a Baha'i in 1945 and while visiting Emeric and...
  21. 1958-09-00 — Ken and Mary (Zabolotny) McCulloch (married Aug 1958) moved to Baker Lake where they lived for over ...
  22. 1959-03-00 — The passing of Jean Graham (b. 1916) in Burlington. She was buried in White Chapel Gardens in Anca...
  23. 1959-06-20 — The passing of Ernest Vernon Harrison (b. 22 November, 1880 in Bengal, India) in Charlottetown. ...
  24. 1962-05-10 — The passing of F. St. George Spendlove (b. 23 April 1897 in Montreal) [BW13p895-899; Baha'is of Can...
  25. 1966-05-00 — The passing of Dr Stanley William Bolton (b. 24 March 1892 North Adelaide Township, ON) in Australia...
  26. 1966-10-12 — The passing of Nosrat Mehdi Firoozi in Geneva, NY. Born in Iran he emigrated to the United States in...
  27. 1967-10-25 — The passing of Canadian pioneer and Knight of Baha'u'llah Catherine Huxtable (b. 6 January, 1932 Car...
  28. 1968-07-10 — The passing of Mariette Germaine Roy Bolton (b. 1900 Québec) in New South Wales, Australia. She was...
  29. 1970-09-26 — The passing of Florence Evaline (Lorol) Schopflocher (b.1886 in Montreal. QC) in the Green Acre are...
  30. 1971-01-09 — The passing of Albert (Bert) Rakovsky (Radowsky). [CBN No 247 February 1971]
  31. 1973-05-22 — The passing of Alfred "Jim" Loft (b. 13 July 1908 in Hiawatha, Ontario) on Tyendinaga First Nation [...
  32. 1974-02-01 — The passing of Daoud Toeg (b. Baghdad, Iraq in 1897) in Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau). After he...
  33. 1975-07-21 — The passing of Fred Graham (b. 26 August, 1913 Rose Valley, PE) at his cottage, KirKonKotta, near Ki...
  34. 1979-09-25 — The passing of Allan Raynor (b. 31 August, 1910 in Toronto) His first acquaintance with Baha'is w...
  35. 1979-10-02 — The passing of Thomas Peigan, one of Canada's early native believers. He was known for his devotion ...
  36. 1980-02-20 — The passing of Rosemary Sala (b. Mary Gillies Glasgow, Scotland 1906) at her pioneer post in Guadala...
  37. 1982-01-20 — The passing of Mabel Harriet Pine (b. 1882 Bristol, England) in the Norword Auxiliary Hospital in Ed...
  38. 1985-03-07 — The passing of Continental Board of Counsellor Lloyd Gardner. [Mess63-68p660] See
  39. 1985-04-28 — The passing of Samson Knowlton in his eighty-third year. Samson and his wife Rosie, who died in 1981...
  40. 1985-11-22 — The passing of Melba Whetung Loft 'Kinaaj-Kwe' (b. 24 December 1912 Curve Lake First Nation) at the ...
  41. 1986-03-09 — The passing of Continental Board of Counsellor member Angus Welldon Cowan (b.12 September 1914 in Bi...
  42. 1987-12-31 — The passing of Bill Waugh (b. 18 March 1904 Verdun, QC). He was buried in the Cap-aux-Meules cemeter...
  43. 1988-01-18 — The passing of Tlingit elder Johnnie Johns (b. 10 July 1898 at Tagish, YT). He was a member of the C...
  44. 1988-05-08 — The passing of Beatrice Owen Ashton (b. 17 May, 1890, Cleveland). She was buried in the Lake View C...
  45. 1989-00-00 — The passing of Roberta (Bobbie) Mary Millay Cowan, (b, 1915). She was buried in the Mount View Cemet...
  46. 1989-04-22 — The passing of Sam Bald Eagle Augustine, (Sam Gitpu), (b. Big Cove, New Brunswick on November 3, 19...
  47. 1990-02-21 — Jalal Khazeh, (b. 24 February, 1897, Tihran) Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Toronto. He wa...
  48. 1990-09-05 — The passing of Emeric Sala (Emereich Szalvetz ) (b.12 November, 1906 in Havas Dombrovitza, Hungary (...
  49. 1990-10-16 — The passing of Dorothy Maquabeak Francis (b. 22 March 1912 Waywayseecappo First Nation) in New Westm...
  50. 1991-06-18 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Baha'u'llah, John Aldham Robarts at Rawdon, Quebe...
  51. 1992-11-30 — The passing of Doris McKay (b. Doris Henrietta Hill 29 September, 1894) in Charlottetown. She ...
  52. 1993-00-00 — The publication of Fire in Many Hearts, an autobiography by Doris McKay with Paul Vreeland. It was ...
  53. 1993-04-10 — The passing of Roger White, writer, editor and "poet laureate" of the Baha'i community, in Richmond,...
  54. 1994-03-13 — The passing of Gladys Isabel McLean (b 8 June 1912 Edmonton, AB) in hospital in Edmonton. She first ...
  55. 1996-01-07 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Mary Zabolotny McCulloch (b. 9 November 1918 in The Pas, MN). ...
  56. 1996-01-10 — The passing of Ruth Eyford in St. Albert, AB. (b. Ruth Monk 12 June, 1930, NS). [Find a grave] She ...
  57. 1996-07-13 — The passing of Novella Rose Hyde at home in Courtney. She was buried at the Courtenay Civic Cemeter...
  58. 1997-03-00 — The passing of Noel Wuttunee. Mr. Wuttunee was the first Native Canadian to accept the Faith in Can...
  59. 1997-07-09 — The passing of Ronald James Parsons (b. 8 May, 1926, Moose Jaw, SK). Mr Parsons had been an ordai...
  60. 1998-04-08 — The passing of Florence Virginia Wilson Mayberry (b. 18 September 1906 in Sleeper, Missouri) in Mars...
  61. 2000-01-24 — The passing of Margaret (Peggy) MacGregor Ross (b. 9 January 1909 in Dundee, Scotland). She served o...
  62. 2000-08-22 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Audrey Robarts (née FitzGerald) in her 96th year. She was buri...
  63. 2003-03-03 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Una Dean, née Townshend, in Edmonton, Canada. Una lived a full...
  64. 2004-04-02 — The passing of Ola Pawlowska (b. Ola Clemens 14 February, 1910 in Lakta, outside Cacow, Poland) in N...
  65. 2004-04-19 — The passing of Mr Aziz Ismayn Yazdi (b. Alexandria, Egypt in 1909) in Vancouver, Canada at the age o...
  66. 2005-11-27 — The passing of prolific author and founding member of the Association for Baha'i Studies of North Am...
  67. 2006-11-21 — The passing of Earl "Black Crow" Healy (b. 1937 on the Kainai First Nations (Blood Reserve). He was ...
  68. 2007-06-01 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Jameson (Jamie) Bond (b. 6 November, 1917 Toronto, ON) in Dunca...
  69. 2007-10-16 — The passing of Charlotte A "Gale" Burland in Milton, ON. She was buried at the Victoria Lawn Cemeter...
  70. 2007-11-29 — The passing of Angéla Szepesi (b. 9 April 1920, Igló, Hungary (now Spisska-Fova-Ves, Slovakia)). S...
  71. 2008-06-27 — The passing of Eric Norman Hyde (b. 2 January 1923) in Courtney, BC. Eric was the son of Reginald an...
  72. 2009-04-14 — The passing of Knight of Baha'u'llah Gale Bond, née Keass (b. 13 November, 1919 in Emod, Hungary) i...
  73. 2013-08-13 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member Mr. Hushmand Fatheazam in Vancouver, Canada....
  74. 2013-10-09 — The passing of Redwan Moqbel in Winnipeg. He was recruited to the Department of Medicine, Universit...
  75. 2014-03-20 — The passing of Dr Ross Woodman, (b. 28 November 1922 Port William, Nova Scotia), at his home in Lond...
  76. 2015-02-10 — The passing of William (Bill) Skuce (b. 30 August 1935 in Ottawa) in his home in Sooke, BC. He was a...
  77. 2017-09-21 — The passing of Raymond Theodore (Ted) Anderson (b. 5 August 1924 Mount Horb, WN) in Innisfail, AB. [...
  78. 2018-09-28 — The passing of Aghdas Javid (b. 16 July 1924 in Hamadan, Iran) in Dundas. She was born a third gener...
  79. 2019-04-28 — The passing of Don Otto Rogers (b. 1935 in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan) a former member of the Internati...
  80. 2020-06-02 — The passing of Hossain Banadaki Danesh in Victoria, BC His major publications were: The Vi...
  81. 2020-09-28 — The passing of former Universal House of Justice member James Douglas Martin (b. 24 February 1927 in...
  82. 2020-12-22 — The passing of William (Billie) Ekomiak (b. 23 December 1943 in Cape Jones, QC (now Pointe Louis-XIV...
  83. 2020-12-30 — The passing of Rene A. Steiner (b. 1922) in Grand Bend, Ontario. He was predeceased by Nura, his wif...
  84. 2021-01-10 — The passing of Marlene Marie Macke in St. Marys, Ontario, She had been a member of the Baha'i Faith ...
  85. 2021-08-13 — The passing of Bruce Kenneth Filson (b. 4 December 1952 in Saskatoon). He was interred at the Valley...
  86. 2022-03-06 — The passing of Mr. Bahram Gustaspi, a devoted, steadfast servant of the Cause. At the time of his p...
  87. 2022-03-15 — The passing of John Charles (Jack) Bastow (b. 21 April 1929 Montreal) in Nelson, BC. Jack was a teac...
  88. 2022-09-08 — The passing of Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary (b. 21 Ap...
  89. 2022-11-19 — The passing of Dr. Mary-Wynne Ashford (neé Moar)(b. 17 March 1929 Indian Head, SK) from complicatio...
 
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