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| 1921 (In the year) |
The birth of Eduardo Duarte Vieira, the first African Bahá'í martyr, was born in Portuguese Guinea. |
Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau); Guinea Bissau |
Eduardo Duarte Vieira; Births and deaths |
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| 1925 (In the year) |
The first book translated into Portuguese by Leonora Armstrong was published, Paris Talks, in the original in English, or Lectures by 'Abdu'l-Bahá in Paris as published today by Editora Bahá'í of Brazil. [Biographical Profile]
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Belem; Paraguay |
Paris Talks (book); Portuguese; Translation; Leonora Holsapple Armstrong |
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| 1953 9 Sep |
José (d. 1985) and Hilda (née Summers) Xavier Rodrigues, a Portuguese-English couple, arrived in Bissau from Portugal as the first Bahá’í pioneers to Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau) and were named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh. [BW13:455] |
Bissau; Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau); Guinea Bissau |
Knights of Bahaullah |
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| 1954 Jun |
Harold and Florence Fitzner arrived in Portuguese Timor and were named Knights of Bahá’u’lláh. [BW13:455] |
Portuguese Timor; East Timor |
Harold Fitzner; Florence Fitzner; Knights of Bahaullah |
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| 1954 Jul |
José Marques arrived in Portuguese Timor and was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh. [BW13:455] |
Portuguese Timor; East Timor |
Knights of Bahaullah |
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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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| 1964 Ridván |
The National Spiritual Assembly of Indonesia was formed with its seat in Djakarta and comprising Indonesia, the Mentawai Islands, Portuguese Timor and West Irian.
[BW14p99] |
Djakarta; Indonesia; Mentawai Islands; Portuguese Timor; West Irian |
National Spiritual Assembly, formation |
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| 1966 11 Mar |
Eduardo Duarte Vieira was arrested in Portuguese Guinea on a charge of subversive political activity following a period of increasing pressure and harassment instigated by the clergy. He had been detained, maltreated and brutally beaten on several occasions since becoming a Bahá’í. [BW14:390]
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Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau); Guinea Bissau |
Eduardo Duarte Vieira; Persecution, Guinea Bissau; Persecution, Arrests; Persecution |
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| 1966 31 Mar |
While in the custody of the Portuguese authorities Eduardo Duarte Vieira died in prison in Portuguese Guinea (Since 1974 Guinea Bissau) after twenty days of torture. He was named the first African martyr. [BW14:390, BW16:568; KoB47]
For his obituary see BW14:389–90.
For the messages to his wife and children he scratched on a biscuit box. See BW14:390–1.
See also [A Brief Account of the Progress of the Bahá'í Faith in Africa Since 1953 by Nancy Oloro-Robarts and Selam Ahderom p5-6]
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Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau); Guinea Bissau |
Eduardo Duarte Vieira; Persecution, Guinea Bissau; Persecution, Deaths; Persecution; Firsts, Other |
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