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| 1954 (In the year) |
Khodadad Irani settled in Zanzibar, the first Bahá’í to do so. |
Zanzibar (Tanzania) |
Khodadad Irani |
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| 1954 Sep |
Four people had become Bahá’ís in Zanzibar by this date. |
Zanzibar (Tanzania) |
Statistics |
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| 1955 Ridván |
The first local spiritual assembly in Zanzibar (Tanzania) was formed. |
Zanzibar (Tanzania) |
Local Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1964 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was formed with its seat in Dar-es-Salaam. The jurisdiction included Pemba and Mafia Island. Those elected were: H. S. Akida, Mary Elston, Allen Elston, Lamuka Mwangulu, Wallace NgaUomba, Jalal Nakhjavani, Glory Nyirenda, Jamsheed Samandari, and Ruhulah Yazdani.
In 1965 there were seventy-five local assemblies and Bahá’is in around 265 locations. [BW14p96; History of the Bahá’í Faith in Tanzania] |
Dar-es-Salaam; Tanganyika (Tanzania); Tanzania; Zanzibar (Tanzania) |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1992 1 Feb |
The Local Spiritual Assembly of Zanzibar Island was formed. [BINS267:6]
This is the first administrative body on the island since the revolution of 12 January 1964. [BINS267:6] |
Zanzibar (Tanzania) |
Local Spiritual Assembly |
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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]
- Community Agency and Islamic Education in Contemporary Zanzibar, by Caitlyn Bolton, in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 30:3 (2020). Western political philosophy is primarily concerned with the dynamics of rights and responsibilities between the individual and the institutions; the concept of community is overlooked in such theories, and is even antithetical to the modern nation-state. [about]
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