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| 1953 (In the year) |
The arrival of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Dr. Mihdi Samandari and Mrs. Ursula Samandari (Newman) in Mogadishu, Somalia [BWNS230] |
Mogadishu; Somalia |
Knights of Bahaullah; BWNS |
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| 1953 19 Mar |
Suhayl Samandarí arrived in Mogadishu and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Italian Somaliland. [BW13:452]
Within a short time, Sa‘íd ‘Alí Masqatí, a Somali from the port of Baraawe, became a Bahá’í, the first person to accept the Faith in Somalia.
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Mogadishu; Italian Somaliland |
Knights of Bahaullah |
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| 1953 2 Aug |
Fred Schechter, an American, arrived in Djibouti and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for French Somaliland. [BW13:451]
Mr Schechter went on to pioneer to several Latin American countries, he spent thirteen year on the Continental Board of Councillors for the Americas and served on the International Teaching Centre. He passed away on 27 January 2017 in California, U.S.A. He was 89 years old. [BWNS1149]
See In Memoriam Fred Schechter: Bahá'í House of Worship Memorial Program. |
French Somaliland (Djibouti); Djibouti |
Fred Schechter; Knights of Bahaullah; Counsellors; International Teaching Centre, Members of; In Memoriam; Births and deaths; BWNS |
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| 1953 Nov |
Dr Mihdí Samandarí arrived in Italian Somaliland and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh. [BW13:452]
His wife Ursula (née Newman) arrived in 1954 and was also named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh.
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Somalia |
Knights of Bahaullah |
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| 1954 21 Feb |
Charles (‘Chuck’) and Mary Dayton from the United States, settled in Charlotte Amalie, on St Thomas, and wre named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh for the Leeward Islands. [BW13:453] |
Charlotte Amalie; St Thomas; Leeward Islands |
Knights of Bahaullah; Islands |
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| 1954 5 May |
Sabrí and Fahima (Ra’isa) Elias, an Egyptian couple with four children, arrived in Djibouti and were named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh for French Somaliland. [BW13:451] |
French Somaliland (Djibouti); Djibouti |
Sabri Elias; Raissa Elias; Knights of Bahaullah |
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| 1954 Second half of the year |
The first Somali to become a Bahá’í in Djibouti, ‘Alí ‘Abdu’lláh, a 21-year old employee of a commercial firm, enrolled. |
Djibouti; Somalia; Africa |
First Bahais by country or area |
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| 1955 Ridván |
The first Local Spiritual Assembly in Italian Somalia was formed in Mogadishu. |
Mogadishu; Italian Somaliland |
LSA |
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| 1955 Sep |
Fowzieh Sobhi arrived in British Somaliland from Egypt, the first Bahá’í to reside in the country. |
British Somaliland |
Fowzieh Sobhi |
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| 1956 Ridván |
The Regional Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa was formed by expanding the jurisdiction of the National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and Sudan. [BW13:284]
Its area of jurisdiction now included Egypt, Sudan, Abyssinia, Libya, Eritrea, British, French and Italian Somaliland and Socotra Island.
From this date forward all African territories originally allocated to the United States, the Persian, the Egyptian, the Indian, and the British National Spiritual Assemblies became, in the course of the Ten-Year Plan, to benefit from the advantages of sustained assistance by these Assemblies Spiritual Assemblies. [MBW71-72]
Since 1956 National Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa had been led by the former National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and the Sudan. In 1960 difficulties in Egypt made it impossible to administer territories outside of Egypt a regional administrative committee was formed and this, in turn, was replaced with a new National Spiritual Assembly with its headquarters in Addis Abba. [BW13p287]
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Egypt; Libya; Sudan; Eritrea; French Somaliland (Djibouti); Djibouti; Italian Somaliland; Ethiopia; Socotra Island; British Somaliland; Abyssinia; Eritrea |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1960s, early |
The first woman Somali to become a Bahá’í, Fatumeh Jama, enrolled. |
Somalia |
Fatumeh Jama |
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| 1964 Ridván |
The existing National Spiritual Assembly of North West Africa that had been formed in 1956 was split into two regions, the "new" North West Africa region and the Spiritual Assembly of West Africa with its seat in Monrovia.
This latter assembly, Spiritual Assembly of West Africa, Ivory Coast; Mali, and Upper Volta, had jurisdiction over the following countries: Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Gambia, Senegal, Portuguese Guinea, and Cape Verde Islands (Cape Verde Islands?) [BW14p96; BN No 393 Dec 1964 p2 ]
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Monrovia; Liberia; Sierra Leone; Guinea; Gambia, The; Senegal; Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau); Cape Verde Islands; Ivory Coast; Mali; Upper Volta |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1966 (In the year) |
Mm. Marion Magnée arrived in Mali from Belgium, the first Bahá’í to settle in the country. |
Mali |
Marion Magnee |
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| 1967 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward, Windward and Virgin Islands was formed with its seat in Charlotte Amalie. [BW14:93; Ridván 1966
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National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1968. Ridván |
Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia formed their own regional assembly.
Those elected to serve were: Gila Michael Bahta, Dr. Leo Neiderreitter, Gamal Rushdy, Asfaw Tessema, Dr. Heshmat Farhoumand, Dr. Hushang Ahdieh, Ursula Samandari, Assefaw Habte Michael and Rabbi Teele Mariam.
[Wikipedia] |
Sudan; Somalia; Ethiopia |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1970. 20 Nov - 28 May 1971 |
Hand of the Cause Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and her companion, Violette Nakhjavání, arrived in Ghana, at the start of the second leg of the ‘Great African Safari’ covering Western Africa. The itinerary was as follows:
Nov 20 - 28, 1970, Ghana
Nov 29 - Dec 21, 1970, Ivory Coast (now Côte d’Ivoire)
Dec 23, 1970 - Jan 14, 1971, Liberia
Jan 13 - 14, 1971, Ivory Coast (now Côte d’Ivoire)
Jan 15 - Feb 1, 1971, Mali
Feb 2 - 11, 1971, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)
Feb 12 - 21, 1971, Ghana
Feb 22 - Mar 2, 1971, Ivory Coast (now Côte d’Ivoire)
Mar 3 - 15, 1971, Liberia
Mar 16 - 25, 1971, Sierra Leone
Mar 26 - Apr 8, 1971, Senegal
Apr 9 - 26, 1971, Gambia (now The Gambia)
Apr 26, 1971, Senegal
Apr 27 - May 10, 1971 Ivory Coast (now Côte d’Ivoire)
May 11 - 28, 197l, Ghana [BW15p606-607] |
Accra; Ghana; Ivory Coast; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Sierra Leone; Senegal; Gambia, The |
Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum; Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Violette Nakhjavani; Great African Safari |
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| 1971 (In the year) |
The first local spiritual assembly in Mali was formed in Bamako. |
Bamako; Mali |
Local Spiritual Assembly |
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| 1973. Ridván |
The formation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Leeward and Virgin Island. [BW15p702] |
Charlotte Amalie; St. Thomas ; Virgin Islands |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1976 May |
Bahá’í activities in Mali were restricted by order of the government and the decree of recognition of the Faith suspended. [BW17:81] |
Mali |
Persecution, Mali; Persecution, Bans; Persecution; National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1985 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Mali was formed with its seat in Bamako. [BW19:62, 147]
See BW19:525 for picture. |
Bamako; Mali |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 2003 20 Jun |
The passing of Knight of Bahá'u'lláh Ursula Samandari (b. Ursula Newman 29 December, 1909 in Mitcham, Surrey, England) at her pioneering post in Buea, Cameroon.
In 1953 she and Dr. Mihdi Samandari moved to Nairobi, Kenya, and a year later went to live in Mogadishu, Somalia where they stayed until 1971. At the request of the Universal House of Justice, they had pioneered to Cameroon. [BWNS230, BW'03-‘04pg237]
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Buea; Cameroon; Nairobi; Kenya; Mogadishu; Somalia |
Ursula Samandari; pioneer; Mihdi Samandari; In Memoriam; BWNS |
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from the Main Catalogue
- Bahá'í Communities by Country: Research Notes, by Graham Hassall (2000). Brief notes on the history of Bahá'í activities and the dates of NSA formation in Africa, China, Australia, and elsewhere. [about]
- References to the Bahá'í Faith in the U.S. State Department's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, by United States Department of State (1991). Excerpts from the State Department's annual compilation of Country Reports on Human Rights Practices on discrimination against the Bahá'í Faith and persecution of its adherents in twenty countries. [about]
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