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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
1953 6 Jun	‘Izzatu’lláh Zahrá’í (Ezzat Zahrai) arrived in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh. [BW13:456]	Zimbabwe; Africa	Knights of Bahaullah
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
1954 (In the year)	‘Aynu’d-Dín and Táhirih ‘Alá’í arrived in Southern Rhodesia and were named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh. [BW13:456]	Zimbabwe	Knights of Bahaullah
1954 (In the year)	The arrival in Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia) of Knights of Bahá'u'lláh Izzat'u'llah Zahrai, Douglas Kadenhe, Nura Faridian (now Steiner), Enayat and Iran Sohaili, Shidan Fat'he-Aazam (later member of the Continental Board of Counsellors for Africa) and his wife Florence. [BWNS275]	Zimbabwe; Africa	Knights of Bahaullah; BWNS
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
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
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
1963. 31 Jul	The passing of Dr Genevieve Coy (b.1886) in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Bahá'í Chronicles, Baha’i Heroes & Heroines, grave] See as well In His Presence: Visits to 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Roy Wilhelm, Stanwood Cobb, and Genevieve L. Coy published by Kalimat Press in 1989.	Harare; Zimbabwe	Genevieve Coy; In Memoriam
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
1971. 6 Aug - 31 May 1972	Hand of the Cause Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and her companion, Violette Nakhjavání, arrived in Ghana, at the start of the third leg of the ‘Great African Safari’. [BW15:594–607] The itinerary was as follows: Aug 6 - 10, 1971, Ghana Aug 11 - Sept 6, 1971, Dahomey (now Benin) Sept 7 - Oct 4, 1971, Nigeria Oct 5 - Nov 2, 1971, Cameroon Republic By sea? Dec 11, 1971 - Jan 31, 1972, Zaire (now Central African Republic) Feb 1 - Mar 9, 1972, Zambia Mar 10 - 31, 1972, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) [BW15p606-607]	Accra; Ghana; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Zambia; Zimbabwe	Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum; Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Violette Nakhjavani; Great African Safari
1972. 11 May - 24 Feb 1973	Hand of the Cause Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum and her companion, Violette Nakhjavání, arrived in Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe), at the start of the fourth leg of the ‘Great African Safari’. This leg of the tour ended in Kenya. [BW15:594–607] The itinerary was as follows: May 11 - Jun 8, 1972, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) June 4, 1972, Zambia June 9 - 28, 1972, Botswana June 29 - July 6, 1972, Republic of South Africa July 7 - 11, 1972, South West Africa (Namibia) July 12 - 19, 1972, Republic of South Africa July 19 - Aug 4, 1972, Lesotho Aug 4 - 14, 1972, Republic of South Africa Aug 15 - Sept 19, 1972, Swaziland Sept 20 - 21, 1972, Mozambique Sept 22 - 23, 1972, Swaziland Sept 24 - 27, 1972, Republic of South Africa Oct 2 - 10, 1972, Kenya Oct 11 - Nov 2,1972, Malawi Nov 3 - 8, 1972, Kenya Nov 9 - 24, 1972, Seychelles Nov 25 - Dec 12, 1972, Kenya Dec 5 - 18, 1972, Rwanda Dec 13 - 14, 1972, Tanzania (And Mafia Island) Dec 19, 1972 - Jan 13, 1973, Zaire (now Central African Republic) Jan 14 - 22,1973, Rwanda Jan 23 - 24, 1973, Burundi Jan 25 - Feb 2, 1973, Tanzania (And Mafia Island) Feb 2 - 24, 1973, Kenya [BW15p606-607]	Harare; Zimbabwe; Zambia; Botswana; South Africa; Namibia; Lesotho; Swaziland; Mozambique; Malawi; Nairobi; Kenya; Seychelles; Rwanda; Tanzania; Mafia Island; Burundi	Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum; Amatul-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum, Journeys of; Violette Nakhjavani; Great African Safari
1985 6 Feb	The passing of Claire Gung (b. 3 November, 1904, Gladbeck, Ruhrgebeit, Germany, d. Kampala, Uganda). She was buried in The National Bahá'í Cemetery of Uganda. [BW19p653-657] She had worked as a children's nurse or housekeeper in Germany, switzerland, Austria, the Italian tyrol, Belgium, Holland and finally settled in England in 1930. She became a Bahá'í in Torquay and after a time in Eastleigh, Dovon, later joined the small Bahá’í group in Cheltenham in 1940. She moved to the Manchester area and later pioneered to Northampton in November 1946 to become member of the first Spiritual Assembly there. In 1948 she again pioneered to help form the first Spiritual Assembly in the “Pivotal Centre” of Cardiff then to Brighton and to Belfast. In 1947 she became a naturalized British subject. In 1950, during the “Year of Respite”, Claire became the first pioneer to actually move from the British community to settle in Africa when Shoghi Effendi called for Bahá'ís to open Africa. She sailed on the "Warwick Castle" on 4 (or 25) January, 1951 and landed in Tanzania where she obtained a post as assistant matron in a school in Lushoto,150 miles from Dar-es-Salaam. [CG158-159] She became a "Knight" for Rhodesia. Mr. Zahrai was actually the first Bahá'í to come to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) during a Ten Year Crusade. He was followed soon after by Claire Gung, Eyneddin and Tahirih Ala'i, Kenneth and Roberta Christian and Joan Powis. All seven received the accolade of Knight of Baha'u'llah from Shoghi Effendi. Subsequently the Guardian gave her the title, "Mother of Africa". Later she moved to Uganda where she started a Kindergarten school. She was affectionately known as "Auntie Claire". After being in the country since 1957 Auntie Claire was granted he certificate of residence for life from the Republic of Uganda date the 11th of May, 1978. [CG118] [BWNS275; Wikipedia; Wikipedia; Historical Dictionary of the Bahá'í Faith p.209; UD211, 482] Also see Claire Gung Mother of Africa by Adrienne Morgan and published by the National Spiritual Assembly of Baha'is of South Africa; (1997).	Rhodesia; Zimbabwe; Uganda; Tanzania	In Memoriam; Knights of Bahaullah; Claire Gung; Auntie Claire; Eyneddin Alai; Tahirih Alai; Ken Christian; Roberta Christian
1988 24 Sep	The six-week Manicaland Teaching Campaign was launched in Zimbabwe and reported 166 enrolments in the first three weeks. [BINS188:8]	Zimbabwe

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