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Search for location "Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)"
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1925 (In the year) |
Fanny Knobloch and her sister Pauline Hannen were the first Bahá’ís to visit Southern Rhodesia. |
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) |
Fanny Knobloch; Pauline Hannen |
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1953 Oct |
Claire Gung arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh. She spent 18 months in Salisbury (Harare) where she was a member of the first local spiritual assembly. [CG161] |
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); Zimbabwe |
Knights of Bahaullah |
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1954 Jan |
Kenneth and Roberta Christian arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and were named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh. [BW13:456] |
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); Zimbabwe |
Kenneth Christian; Roberta Christian; Knights of Bahaullah |
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1954 Feb |
Joan Powis arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh. [BW13:456] |
Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); Zimbabwe |
Knights of Bahaullah |
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1955 Ridván |
The first local spiritual assembly in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) was formed in Salisbury (Harare). [CG21] |
Salisbury (Harare); Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) |
Local Spiritual Assembly |
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1964 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of South and West Africa that was formed in 1956, was altered and two additional national assemblies were formed, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Indian Ocean,(Mauritius, Réunion and Madagascar) and the National Spiritual Assembly of South Central Africa and leaving the altered South and West Africa leaving only Angola, Basutoland, St. Helena, South West Africa, South Africa and Swaziland.
The National Spiritual Assembly of South Central Africa was formed with its seat in Salisbury had jurisdiction over the following countries: Northern Rhodesia, Malawi (formerly changed in 1964 from Nyasaland), Southern Rhodesia, and Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland; name changed in 1966).
[BW14p96; BW15:195; BN no608 November 1981 p11]
The National Spiritual Assembly of the Indian Ocean included Mauritius, the Chagos Archipelago, Madagascar, the Malagasy Republic, Seychelles, Comoros and Réunion. [BN no608 November 1981 p11] |
Salisbury; Northern Rhodesia; Nyasaland (Malawi); Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe); Zimbabwe; Bechuanaland |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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