This index is organized letter by letter; therefore "Northern Rhodesia" precedes
"North Island"
Abbas, Kamil, 424
Abbottabad, Pakistan, 187
'Abbúd, House of, 219
'Abdu'l-'Azíz, Sultán, 148
'Abdu'l-Bahá, 1, 7, 11, 13, 21, 38-9, 49, 72, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 91, 92, 93, 94, 96, 103, 116, 120, 122, 152, 171, 184, 196, 215, 218, 236, 259, 300, 343, 381, 391
quotations from the Writings and talks of, concerning:
American continent, 259
Americans to travel to the Pacific region, 152
army of life, 351-2
"dawn of the Sun of Truth", 263
day in which we are living, 230
Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, 380
entry "in troops", 315, 320, 349
Hands of the Cause must teach, 320
Houses of Worship, 254-5
importance of original inhabitants of America, 270, 280
importance of West Indies, 262
infallibility of the Universal House of Justice, 37, 120, 166
men on the Universal House of Justice, 388
Most Great Jubilee, 379
need for steadfastness, 108
Paris, 87-8
republics of Latin America, 275
teaching, 38-9, 77, 157, 172, 196, 240, 273, 311
teaching in Europe, 87
"the faithful rejoice with exceeding gladness" (Daniel), 123
West will replace the East, 354
see also Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, quotations from
Shrine of, 285, 288
Souvenir of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 216
Tablets of, 155, 235-6
see also Tablets of the Divine Plan
took Faith to the West, 56
visits to Paris, 87, 328
visit to Europe, 353
visit to Germany, 163
visit to London, 306
visit to North America, 359
visit to Vienna, 158
Will and Testament of, see Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Abhá Kingdom, 39, 44, 97, 252, 272, 352
Abu'l-Fadl, Mírzá, 87
Abú'l-Hasan Amín, Hájí, xxii
Abyssinia, 267
Acre, see 'Akká
Adams, Paul, 137, 180
Adíb, xxii
Adíbu'l-'Ulamá (Adíb), xxii
Administrative Order, 5, 12, 49, 55, 62, 64, 77, 92, 135, 150-1, 172, 252, 336, 355, 356, 388
Americans champion-builders of, 94, 146, 259, 360
an instrument, not a substitute, for the Bahá'í Faith, 337
contribution of Pacific Bahá'ís to, 153
Cradle of, 189,
see also United States
developed by Shoghi Effendi, 49, 62, 72, 91, 135, 172, 183, 387, 426
elaborated by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 426
establishment of, 425
evolution of, 242, 261
foundation of, 272
hierarchy of, 173
Horace Holley's contribution to, 218
individuals support structure of, 122, 196
institution of, 184, 215, 337, 346-7
erection of, 115, 140
focal centre of, 385
functioning of, 173, 240, 367
instruments of establishing World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, 130
must fulfil their purpose, 130
must not stifle teaching work, 319
purpose of, 350
teaching the bedrock of, 318, 350
teaching to be at the forefront of, 317
unity of, 283
see also Local Spiritual Assemblies and National Spiritual Assemblies
localities pivots of, 137
Local Spiritual Assemblies foundation of, 137
need to strengthen structure of, 96
proper use of, 425
purpose of, is teaching, 280, 300, 356
spirit of, 296
statements regarding present stage of, refrain from publishing, 177
structure of, 272
Supreme Legislative Body of, see Universal House of Justice
understanding of, 192
unity within, 326
vitality of, 184
Administrative rights, 210, 295-7
Adrianople, 148-9
Adriatic Sea, 354
Advertising, 279
Afnán (Twigs), the, 4, 27, 38, 211, 227, 233
Africa, 1, 2, 27, 48, 62, 70, 92, 98, 116, 139, 179, 184, 294, 341, 343, 372, 381, 394
advances in, 181, 189, 271, 347-9
Bahá'í schools in, 238
Bahá'ís in, 251-3, 269
increase in number of black race, 118, 269
number of, 57, 83, 139, 188, 269, 344-5, 361
to contribute to the Funds, 243
to vie with Pacific Bahá'ís for palm of victory, 114, 137, 153, 189
British Isles, National Spiritual Assembly's work within, 57
conferences in, 141
consolidation of the Faith in, 139
Continental Fund for, 134
Conventions held in, 136
East, 267
expansion of the Faith in, 139, 189, 220, 344-5
first Bahá'í Publishing Trust in, 188
goals given by Shoghi Effendi to, 251
Hands of the Cause resident in, 4, 6, 27, 57, 251, 287, 320
Hazíratu'l-Quds purchased in, 57
Intercontinental Conferences in, 3, 56, 60, 73, 81, 112, 114, 142, 250-1, 271, 345
see also Intercontinental Conferences
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 58, 82, 137, 186, 220, 263-4
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 57
number, 83, 139, 188, 220, 345
mass conversion in, 132, 136, 188, 238, 252, 256, 284, 314, 319
Mother Temple of, see Kampala, Uganda, House of Worship in
Muhájir, Rahmatu'lláh, travel across, 242
national endowments in, 57
National Spiritual Assemblies in, 13, 57, 252, 263
formulate own teaching plans, 89
official recognition of the Faith in, 188
progress of the Faith in, 188
Regional Assemblies of, 57, 58, 136, 139, 188, 251
schools in, 181
Sears, William, in, 99
Shoghi Effendi conqueror of, 57
teaching work in, 62, 136, 188
funds for, 132, 136
territories of, opened during lifetime of Bahá'u'lláh, 57
translation of Bahá'í literature into languages of, see Literature, Bahá'í
tribal Bahá'ís, 114
tribes of, 57, 83, 139, 188, 269, 305
visit of John Robarts, 327
West, 124, 265
Africans, 57, 58, 62, 142, 243, 251, 267, 422
link between, and Persians, 251
spiritual receptivity of, 188, 347
teachers of the Bahá'í Faith, 59, 136
Aged, Home for the, 84, 140
Ages, of the Bahá'í Faith
Formative, 92, 169, 251, 281, 314, 340, 381, 388
Golden, 112, 184, 381, 388, 426
Heroic, 244, 259, 381, 382
Primitive, 382
Aghsán (Branches, sing. Ghusn), the, 35-6, 101, 211, 233, 234
Ákhúnd, Hájí, xxii, xxiii
'Akká, 27, 31, 39, 42, 44, 141, 142, 385
first pilgrims to, to visit 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 87
Bahá'u'lláh exiled to, 396
'Alá'í, Shu'á'u'lláh, illus. v, vi; iv, 1, 68, 376
acting as substitute Custodian, 68, 107
attends National Conventions, 294, 320
Chairman of Persian National Spiritual Assembly, 68
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
to attend National Conventions in Venezuela and Colombia, 241
visits communities in Persia, 124
visits Europe, 294
visits Indian sub-continent, North Pacific and Japan, 179-80
Al Alam, 17
Alaska, 84, 260, 264, 274, 341
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
Eskimos of, 381
Hands of the Cause to visit, 242
National Convention, 199
National Spiritual Assembly of, 406
acquisition of site for House of Worship, 83
Israel branch of, 80
pledge of loyalty to the Custodians, 41, 199
recognition of Bahá'í Holy Days, 188
summer school in, 140
teaching conferences in, 141, 191
University of, 191
visit of Dhikru'lláh Khádem, 295
Alexander, Agnes B., illus. v, vi; iv, xxiv, 1, 295, 376
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
visit to Hong Kong and Philippines, 327
visit to Korea, 305
Alfare, Henrique, 328
Algeria, 138
'Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádi (Hájí Ákhúnd), xxii
'Alí-Muhammad (Ibn-i-Asdaq), xxii
'Alí-Muhammad-i-Varqá, Mírzá (the martyr), xxii
Alláh-u-Abhá, 149
Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, see Rabbani, Rúhíyyih (Amatu'l-Bahá)
Amazon, the, 272
American Indians, 95, 140, 181, 219, 220, 270-1, 299, 302, 305, 349, 381
Canadian, 270, 293, 329
Cuna, 328
election of, to Bahá'í institutions, 270
first all-Indian Assembly, 281
importance placed on, by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi, 181, 189, 270, 280-1
in Bolivia, 220, 344
all-Indian Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 189
first Local Spiritual Assembly of, 84
in Chile, 361
in Costa Rica, 377
in Ecuador, 270, 305, 329
Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir to visit, 242, 294
Navajo, 377
numbers of, 270-1, 306
San Blas, 374
South America, 189, 305, 343
to contribute to the Funds, 243
tribes represented in the Faith, 84, 140, 189, 270-1, 280-1, 305, 344
American Samoa, 293
Americas, the, 1, 14, 92, 95, 116, 259, 271, 341
Bahá'ís in, 97
Continental Fund for, 134
Conventions held in, 136
Hands of the Cause resident in, 4, 6, 27
institutions in, 140
Intercontinental Conferences in, 3, 65, 69, 73, 90-8, 112, 142
see also Intercontinental Conferences
see also North America and United States
Andes, 220, 243, 302
Angels, 93, 97, 272, 352, 385
Anglican church, 294
Antigua, 279
Antilles, election of National Spiritual Assembly, 192
see also Greater Antilles
Antipodes, 139, 143
Dunns carried Faith to, 245
Mother Temple of the, 14, 15, 73, 104, 187, 241, 309-12
see also Sydney, Australia, House of Worship in
role of Bahá'ís in, 73
Arabia, 1, 181, 255, 270, 272, 280, 381, 406, 420
Arabian Peninsula, National Spiritual Assembly of, 42, 199
Arabic language, 233, 267, 422
Arab states, 396
Archives, International, see International Archives
Arctic Circle, 84, 238, 243, 258, 272
Argentina, 42, 256, 274, 426
acquisition of site for House of Worship, 83
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
American Indians enter the Faith in, 374
Bahá'í Publishing Trust of, 84, 140, 325-6
Hermann Grossman to attend National Convention, 241
National Spiritual Assembly of, 325-6, 407
teaching conferences in, 141, 191
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, Regional Spiritual Assembly of, 42, 99, 199, 222, 256
Ark, 80, 169-70, 321, 386
"Ark of human salvation", 75
Army of Light, 122
Asia, 22, 27, 70, 92, 99, 116, 142, 157, 341, 347, 349, 381
Continental Fund for, 134
Conventions held in, 136
Hands of the Cause resident in, 4, 6, 27
Intercontinental Conference in, 3, 73, 111-16, 142, 143
see also Intercontinental Conferences
mass conversion in, 314, 337
Mother Temple of, 14, 251
Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir to devote time to teaching in, 320
Asians, 27, 238
Assemblies, Bahá'í, see Local Spiritual Assemblies and National Spiritual Assemblies
Atlantic Ocean, 260, 272, 354, 381
Attacks, on Bahá'í Faith, 37, 425
Austerity, year of, 244, 315-16
Australasia, 139
Intercontinental Conferences in, 72-5, 112, 143
see also Intercontinental Conferences
Hands of the Cause resident in, 4, 6
House of Worship in, see Sydney, Australia House of Worship in
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 81, 82, 83, 186, 263, 343
progress made in, 73
Australia, 1, 14, 15, 21, 27, 29, 92, 116, 181, 221, 268, 294, 432
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
believers in, 73, 74
Continental Fund for, 134
Conventions held in, 136,
Dunn, Clara and Hyde, spiritual conquerors of, 245
Hands of the Cause to visit, 242
home front of, 120, 144, 242, 310-12, 317, 341, 364, 369
Intercontinental Conference 1958 in, 39, 72-5, 81, 112, 143
funds raised at, 81, 85
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 137
Local Spiritual Assemblies to be formed in, 145, 361
Mother Temple of, see Sydney, Australia, House of Worship in
National Convention, 199
National Spiritual Assembly of, 29, 42, 74, 199, 301, 398, 407
opening of, 152
pioneers in, 74
press and publicity in, 190, 221
responsibilities of, 74-5
spiritual axis with Japan, 73
teaching conferences in, 84, 191, 310
teaching work in islands of, 74, 152
television in, 221
"Uncle Fred" Murray, 21
visit of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, 241, 304
visit of Collis Featherstone, 376
Austria, 43
acquisition of Temple site, 187
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
bonds with Germany, 158, 159
Mother Temple of, 159
National Spiritual Assembly of, 85, 137, 158-60, 199, 407
National Spiritual Assembly of Germany and, 29
teaching conferences in, 190
visit of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to, 158
Auxiliary Boards, 72, 164, 169, 173, 193, 229, 251, 294, 298, 310, 328, 360, 404
appointment of, 3, 6, 36
for protection, 78
conferences held by, 84, 140
duties and functions of, 6, 58, 239, 320
funds for, 134
looked to Shoghi Effendi for guidance, 184
relationship with National Spiritual Assemblies and committees, 239-40
Aymaras, 270
Aztecs, 270
Báb, the, 4n, 59, 73, 77, 91, 93, 96, 116, 171, 242, 262, 356, 381
addresses peoples of the West, 259, 353
amanuenses of, 180
Birthday of, 231
countries opened to the Faith in the time of, 13
Declaration of, 56
forbade association with Covenant-breakers, 235
guidance of, 120
infallibility of Universal House of Justice assured by, 321
Martyrdom of, 56, 86, 101, 121, 223, 225
defection of believers following, 223, 225
penmanship of, 180
quotations of,
peoples of the West, 259, 353
teaching, 259, 353
remains of cousin of, transferred, 161
sarcophagus of, 155
Shrine of, 25, 142, 180, 285, 288, 385
erection of Shrine, 6
visitors to, 80, 372, 396
Baghdád, 20, 21, 76, 380, 383
World Congress cannot be held in, 322
World Congress to be held in, 286, 288
Bahá, people of, 170, 386
see also Universal House of Justice
Bahá'í Cemetery, Haifa, 227
Bahá'í Centres, see Hazíratu'l-Quds and Localities (centres)
Bahá'í community, 153, 281, 415
Community of the Most Great Name, 101, 361
fate of, rests on individual believer, 196, 310
increase in number of communities, 192
needs local people, 150
needs of, 36, 69
principal objectives of, 164
purification of, 351
smooth functioning of, 192
spiritual health of, 173, 240, 367
tests facing, 238
unity of, 29, 45, 103, 135
worldwide character of, 65, 192, 351
Bahá'í Court, 169, 364
Bahá'í Cycle, 341
Bahá'í Department, Ministry of Religions, Israel, 208, 431-2
Bahá'í Dispensation, 36, 104, 112, 120, 169, 205, 251, 281, 379-80, 382
Bahá'í International Community, 18, 221, 228, 397, 415
Bahá'í News, 99, 296, 297
Bahá'í Publishing Trusts, 103, 143
Africa, 188
Argentina, 84, 140, 325-6
British, 51
Bahá'ís, xx, 36, 65, 195, 207, 217
African, 27, 57, 62, 139, 142
to vie with those of the Pacific for palm of victory, 114, 137, 153, 189
all, are eligible for election to International Bahá'í Council, 168, 267
became known as such in Adrianople, 149
believe in Muhammad, 398
Berber (Moroccan), 16-19, 366, 368-9, 373-4, 397-9, 414-20, 423
brotherhood of, 243
burden on, 120
challenge to, 145
confidence of, 135, 167
consecration of, 230, 361
countries, islands and dependencies where residing, 13, 18, 36, 92, 137, 263, 368, 381, 415
dangers facing, 75
deepening of, in the Covenant, 210, 356
deprivation of voting rights of, 295-7
devotion of, 122, 263, 361
diversity of backgrounds of, 65, 67
duty of every true believer, 96
East and West, 58, 77, 111, 113, 161, 184, 319, 336, 361, 378
communications addressed to, 35-9, 45, 46, 118-23, 166-70, 229-31, 313-23, 378, 425-6
education of, in teachings, 356
enjoined to complete Ten Year Crusade goals, 106, 113, 365-6
enjoined to teach, 38-9
enrolment of, 318, 319-20, 350, 356, 425
ethnic diversity of, 119, 129, 153, 157, 240, 268, 271, 345
faith of, 106, 111, 173, 185, 240, 351, 367
firmness in the Covenant of, 102-3
first British, 87
first French, 87
groups of, see Groups, Bahá'í
Hands of the Cause in touch with, 125
increase in numbers of, 85, 86, 104, 105, 119, 129, 161, 172, 240, 268, 312, 316, 365, 372, 374, 376-7, 382, 393-4
in Africa, 57, 83, 269, 374, 378, 394
in Austria, 159
in Brunei, 366
in Burma, 15
in Europe, 355
in Indian sub-continent, 270, 393-4
in Turkey, 150
in South Pacific, 153, 189, 269-70
individual initiative to be shown in teaching, 130
inner life of, 338
isolated, 66, 74, 86, 89, 170, 273, 312, 355, 360
see also Localities (centres)
living in Muslim countries, 395
localities where residing, see Localities (centres)
maturity of, 3, 72, 118
morale of, 68
Negro, 57, 83, 114, 269
new, 58, 77, 113, 186, 220, 269
of the Pacific, to vie with African, for palm of victory, 114, 137, 153, 189
oppression of, in Islámic countries, 103
persecution of, 14, 16-19, 103, 309, 347-8, 368-9
in Morocco, 16-19, 366, 368-9, 373-4, 397-9, 414-20, 423
in Turkey, 306-9
perseverance of, 193-4, 311
Persian, 14, 15, 16, 19, 81, 142, 150
rally around institutions of the Faith, 103, 111-12, 113, 167
rank and file, 60, 92, 106, 116, 122, 133, 192, 195, 196, 279
rededication of, 230-1
requisites for enrolment, 318, 319-20
response of, to Conclave messages, 177
response of, to Ridván messages, 160-1
sacred obligation of, 101
sacrifice of, 263, 311
service each can render, 378, 384
spirit of, 66, 77, 185
steadfasmess of, 107, 108, 111, 167
success of Ten Year Crusade depends on individual, 121-2, 196
supranational quality of Bahá'í life, 277
teaching foremost obligation of every Bahá'í, 130, 172, 279, 355
teach with new zeal, 103
tests facing, 75, 118, 167, 185, 193, 238, 351
to open their homes, 311, 384
true, 37, 96
unity of, 103, 106, 118, 122, 135, 167, 205, 224, 243, 283, 365
dependent on co-ordination from World Centre, 192
vision of, 106
Western, 17n, 27
Bahamas, 279
Bahá'u'lláh, 27, 49, 56, 77, 78, 92, 93, 96, 111, 118, 153, 155, 156, 171, 180, 192, 242, 277, 309, 338, 349, 359, 381, 419
amanuenses of, 180
Ascension of, 10, 80, 108, 212, 219
Commemoration of, 204
defection of believers following, 223, 225
in Holy Land, 396
attempt on the life of, by Mírzá Yahyá, 148
belief in, sufficient to be a Bahá'í, 318, 319-20, 350, 356
birth of Mission of, Centenary, 91, 116, 250
Declaration of, 76, 134, 380
Centenary of, 20, 21, 51, 91, 116, 166, 183, 290, 314, 322, 340, 341, 358, 365, 380-1, 383, 395-6, 424
see also Most Great Jubilee
Dispensation of, 36, 104, 112, 120, 169, 205, 251, 281, 379-80, 382
father of, resting-place identified and transferred, 144, 165
focus for teaching is knowledge of, 318
grace of, 58, 118, 135, 380
hair of, 59, 148
has made teaching the foremost obligation of every believer, 130, 273
health of, 148
House of (Most Great House), 165, 424
imprisonment of, 101, 219
journey of, 149
King of Kings, 122
Lord of Hosts, 97, 122
love for, 185
love of, 153
Mansion of, at Bahjí, see Bahjí, Mansion of Bahá'u'lláh at
mercy of, 62
penmanship of, 180
pilgrimage in the time of, 141, 149
portrait of, 59, 143
prayer of, 154-5
promises of, 244
prophecy of, concerning the Universal House of Justice, 80, 169-70
quotations of, concerning:
Ark, 80, 169-70, 386
Bahá'u'lláh in Turkey, 148, 151
black people, 262-3
Day of God, 379-80
deputization, 145, 240
East and West, 259
His station, 379-80
infallibility of the Universal House of Justice, 386, 387
Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 386
love, 385
Mount Cannel, 385
people of Bahá, 170, 380
pioneering, 145, 229-30
praising Hands of the Cause, iii, 2
prayer, 373
Ridván, 170, 378
steadfastness, 108
teaching, 89, 105, 123, 145, 147, 151, 154, 157, 160, 222, 229-30, 240, 241
to rulers of the Western Republics, 274
unity of humanity, 420
Universal House of Justice, 169-70
Revelation of, 51, 97-8, 148
Shrine of, 10, 11, 21, 25, 50, 80, 135, 142, 166, 180, 285, 287, 314, 396, 425
memorial service for Shoghi Effendi held at, 27, 35
Sacred Dust from, 59, 73, 85, 117, 236, 250, 251, 253
sojourn in Europe, 353
spiritual power of Word of, 195
station of, 58, 149, 318, 379-80
strength of, withheld from those who fail to arise, 122, 196
suffering of, 86, 121, 148
Supreme Manifestation, 113, 309, 314, 342, 379, 384
warned that time is short, 121,
Will of, 184
words of, 267
Writings of, see Writings (Sacred Texts), of Bahá'u'lláh
Bahjí, 20, 21, 35, 80, 231, 425
Bahá'u'lláh's residence at, 219
deeds to properties at, 80
gardens at, 80, 142
Hands present in, on November 25, 1957, illus. v; iv, 35, 233
house of Covenant-breakers at, completely effaced, 11, 51, 80
Mansion of Bahá'u'lláh at, 9, 10, 11, 25, 118, 142, 285
meeting of Hands at,
following passing of Shoghi Effendi, 9, 11, 31, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 62, 65, 68, 78, 430
1958. 118, 123-4, 131
1959. 166-70, 177
1960. 237-44
1961. 297, 327, 339
1963. 421
see also Conclaves of the Hands of the Cause
meeting of International Bahá'í Council and Hands at, 285, 287
terraces at, 80, 142
Baker, Dorothy, xxiii, 359
Baldwin, Roger, 415-16
Balearic Islands, 358
Balkans, 159
Balliol College, Oxford, 419
Ballot papers
for International Bahá'í Council, 245, 249, 282
for the Universal House of Justice, 390-3
postal ballots, 168, 390-1
Baltic Sea, 354
Baltic States, 357
Balyuzi, Hasan M., illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 12, 68
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42, 302, 361-2
will serve as substitute, 165
attends celebration in London, 306
attends National Conventions
in Holland and Denmark, 320
in Peru and Ecuador, 241, 294
communications signed by him, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
illness of, 203, 362, 376
returns to Holy Land (January 1959), 124
visit to Canada, 294
work on Archives, 302, 327
Banání, Músá, illus. v, vi, iv, xxiii, 1, 4, 207
'Alí Nakhjavání helps, 132
communications signed by him, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 313-23
health of, 227-8, 295, 320, 328
Barafrukhteh, Mr., 203
Barbados, 279
Barney, Laura (Clifford), 87
Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. James, 374
Barrow (Arctic Village), 84
Basques, 95
Basutoland, 138
Bates, Mrs. Elizabeth, 81, 180
Belgian Congo, 59, 188, 220
see also Congo
Belgium, 138, 140, 141, 231, 320, 375, 407
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
election of National Spiritual Assembly, 352, 353
Believers, see Bahá'ís
Benelux Countries, 84
funds given for teaching work in, 134
Germany to assist, 163
National Spiritual Assembly of,
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 42, 200
teaching and study conferences in, 141, 190
Benes, Eduard, 419
Benke, George Adam, 359
Berbers, 16-19, 366, 368-9, 373-4, 397-9
Bermuda, 279
Bern, 83, 84, 141, 355
Bern Harofe Auditorium, Haifa, 425, 429
Blackwell, Ellsworth, 202
Bolivia, 42, 84, 140, 181, 189, 256, 274, 302, 372, 374
acquisition of Temple site, 187
American Indian Bahá'ís of, 220, 293, 344
Faizi, Abu'l-Qásim, visit of, 372
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 293, 361
member of, an Aymara, 270
mass conversion in, 306, 319, 361
Muhájir, Rahmatu'lláh,
to attend National Convention, 241
visit to Indians of, 242, 294
National Spiritual Assembly of, 407
Bolles, May (Maxwell), 87
Bombay State, India, 138-8
Book of Names, 170, 386
Borneo Island, 374, 376
Branch (Ghusn), explanation of, 232-3
Brazil, 42, 138, 256, 264, 274, 407
acquisition of site for House of Worship, 83
first all-Indian Local Spiritual Assembly, 374
goals assigned to, 279
teaching conferences held in, 84, 141, 191
Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, National Spiritual Assembly of, 42-3, 99, 200, 256
Breakwell, Thomas, 87
Britain, see British Isles and England
British Cameroons, 138, 139, 141, 220, 264-5
British Columbia, Canada, 85, 139, 141
British Guiana, 279
British Honduras, 279
British Isles, 341
acquisition of site for House of Worship, 83
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
celebration of fiftieth anniversary of 'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit, 306
firesides in, 374
first British Bahá'í, 87
first radio and television publicity in, 190
Hands of the Cause to visit, 242
home front of, 120, 144, 242, 317, 328, 341, 361
impact of, on the fortunes of mankind, 353
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 81, 137, 186, 263, 343
Local Spiritual Assemblies to be formed in, 144, 361
National Spiritual Assembly of the, 28, 29, 407
approach to Turkish Ambassador, 306-9
Ferraby, John, Secretary of, 68
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 43, 200
new enrolments in, 374
teaching conferences in, 84, 140-1, 190
visit of Leroy loas to, 294
week-end schools in, 141, 190
work of, in Africa, 57
Brotherhood, 243, 267, 281
Brunei, 366
Buddhism, 338, 381
Bulgaria, 359
Burial grounds, 83, 138, 187-8, 220
see also Cemeteries, Bahá'í
Burma, 44, 84, 186, 272, 398
acquisition of site for a House of Worship, 346
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
Bahá'ís of, 156
Four Year Plan, 156-7
Jamál Effendi journeyed to, 155
National Spiritual Assembly of, 407
formed 1959, 137
incorporation of, 157, 186
letter from Custodians to, 155-7
pledge of loyalty to the Custodians, 200
Shoghi Effendi planned to form in 1959, 85, 156
visit of Tarázu'lláh Samandarí, 241
Buzurg, Mírzá, 144, 165
Byers, John, 223, 225
Calamities, 56, 57
California, 302
Cameroons, 27
British, 138
number of new Bahá'ís in, 131-2
teaching work in, 131-2
Canada, 84, 141, 188, 191, 197, 264, 270, 329, 345, 381, 426
acceptance of the Faith by a minister, 305
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
American Indians of, 270, 293, 329
Bahá'ís of, 97
Hands of the Cause to assist, 169, 179
Hands of the Cause to visit, 169, 242
home front of, 120, 144, 179, 242, 317, 329, 341, 361
Indian reserves in, 293
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 81, 137, 186, 263, 343
Local Spiritual Assemblies to be formed in, 144, 361
National Convention of, 200
National Spiritual Assembly of, 408
approach to Turkish Ambassador, 306-9
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 43, 200
question to Custodians on future of the Guardianship, 99
recognition of Bahá'í marriage, 139, 188, 329, 345
Superior Court of, 84
tax exemption, 84
teaching conferences held in, 84, 85, 141, 191
teaching work in the Pacific, 152
visit of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, 219, 226
visit of Hasan Balyuzi, 294
visit of John Robarts, 179
Canal Zone, 84
Canary Islands, 138
Capitalization, 233
Carib Indians, 220, 305
Carmel, Mount, 385
arc on, 19-20, 80
beautification of, 135
gardens on, 142
institutions on, 80
laws to flow from, 321
Shrine of the Báb on, 6, 155
Temple site on, 333
Carré, John, 223, 225
Catastrophe, world, 115
Cemeteries, Bahá'í, 188, 227
see also Burial grounds
Centenary of the Declaration of Bahá'u'lláh, see Bahá'u'lláh, Centenary of Declaration of
Centenary of the Year Nine, 383
Central America, 260, 261
American Indians represented in Bahá'í communities of, 344
American pioneers in, 131
Bahá'ís of, 131
election of National Spiritual Assemblies in, 192, 264
first Summer School, 84
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 140
Local Spiritual Assemblies of, 131, 140, 275
National Spiritual Assembly of, 275-6
needs pioneers, 131
Regional Spiritual Assembly of, 167, 222, 277
teaching conferences held in, 84
visit of Enoch Olinga, 242, 294
visit of Ugo Giachery, 124, 131, 179, 227
visit of William Sears, 219
Central America, Mexico and Panama,
National Spiritual Assembly of, 43, 200, 256
Central and East Africa, 300
funds sent for teaching work in, 132, 136
groups, 378
localities, 378
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 161, 220, 293, 361, 366, 378
National Spiritual Assembly of, 59, 220, 249, 408
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 43, 200-1
number of Bahá'ís in, 139, 161, 188, 284, 293, 344, 361, 374, 378
teaching conferences in, 190-1
week-end schools in, 141, 190-1
Centre for the Study of the Holy Texts, 19
Centre of Sedition, 212, 236
Centre of the Covenant, obedience to, 4, 207, 240
Centres, Bahá'í, 207, 220, 228, 266
Centres (localities), see Localities (centres)
Ceylon, 141, 284, 408
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 293, 338
mass conversion in, 336
message to National Convention, 335-8
National Spiritual Assembly of,
to be elected Ridván 1962, 168, 293, 314, 320, 335-8, 341
funds contributed by Hands of the Cause to launch National Fund, 335
funds contributed on behalf of Amelia Collins, 335
incorporation of, 338
visit of Collis Featherstone, 327
visit of Tarázu'lláh Samandarí, 241
Chagos Archipelago, 81
Champion-builders, 94, 146, 259, 360
Chance, Hugh, 426, 429
Chantharangai, H.R.H. Prince, 221
Charter of the United Nations, 397, 398
Chicago, 13
Intercontinental Conference 1958 in, 39, 65, 69, 90-8, 112, 142
"Chief Stewards", see Hands of the Cause of God, "Chief Stewards"
Chile, 16, 42, 141, 191, 219, 256, 260, 264, 274, 341
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
American Indians enter Faith in, 344, 361
earthquake in, 222
goals assigned to, 279
Hermann Grossmann to attend National Convention, 241
National Spiritual Assembly of, 371, 374, 375-6, 408
Chiloé, 279
China, 272
Christ, 305, 359, 419
Christianity, xx, 75, 271, 308, 359, 318
Christians, 4, 181, 190
Civilization, 349, 351, 359
European, 87, 103
pre-Colombian, 270
spiritual, 112
Western, 115, 242, 268, 353
world, 259
Clergy, xix, 305
antagonism of, 159, 238, 268
Muslim, 16
Cocos Islands, 180-1
Collins, Amelia E., illus. v, iv, xxiii, 1, 16, 133, 208
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42, 197
absent from Haifa, 226
communications signed by her, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 40-1, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23
sealing of Shoghi Effendi's safe, 26
contribution of funds to National Spiritual Assemblies,
Ceylon, 335
European, 335
Latin American, 258
health of, 226, 228, 294, 302, 304, 327
financial contributions of, 15
lays corner-stone of Frankfurt House of Worship, 241, 250, 253
membership of International Bahá'í Council, 5
passing of, 12, 333, 361
representative at Frankfurt Conference, 236
Colombia, 42, 139, 241, 256, 274, 375, 403, 408
Colorado, 345
Commemoration of the Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh, 204
Communications, with Haifa, 192
Community of the Most Great Name, 101, 361
see also Bahá'í Community
Comoro Islands, 59
Conclaves of the Hands of the Cause, 62
1957. November 18-25, illus. v; iv, 8-10, 11, 31, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 62, 206
decisions taken at, 10, 12, 203, 211, 361, 430
Proclamation of, see Proclamation of the Hands of the Cause
selection of Custodians resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31-2, 42
1958. November 21-30, 108-9, 141
decisions taken at, 124, 131, 132
message, 117-23
1959. October 23-November 1, 161-2, 219
agenda for, 162, 163-4
decisions taken at, 166, 179
message of, 165-70, 177
minutes of, 15
1960. October 18-27, 210, 212, 227, 231
agenda for, 210, 227, 229
message of, 237-44, 253
1961. October 15-November 5, 297-8, 303, 304, 306
agenda for, 297-8
decision taken at, 367
message of, 313-23
1962. Conclave postponed till April 1963, 362
1963. April, illus. vi, 20, 364, 365, 370
agenda for, 403-4
message of, 420-1
agreement to limit discussion of Guardianship, 177
eligibility of Hands for membership on Universal House of Justice, 177
no officers, 12
notes of, burned, 10
policies and procedures followed at, 10
to be annual, 32
translations necessary during, 9
Concourse on High, 60, 120, 122, 147, 151, 157, 184, 294
Conference of European Hands, 124, 328
Conferences, see Intercontinental Conferences and Teaching Conferences
Congo, 293, 361, 366, 372, 376, 378
see also Belgian Congo
Congress Arrangements Committee, 325, 329, 405, 421
Connecticut, 217
Consolidation, 252, 272, 273, 284, 341, 344, 351, 364, 404, 425
goes hand in hand with expansion, 300
of Local Spiritual Assemblies, 89, 312, 338, 366
Constantinople, 148, 149, 150
Consultation, 61, 121, 192
Conventions, see National Conventions and International Convention
Conversion, 58, 96
entry in troops, 315, 320, 337, 349, 382
of people of the Pacific, 114-15
mass, 113, 114, 132, 136, 181, 188, 193, 238, 256-7, 268, 269, 273, 280-1, 284, 293, 298, 299, 312, 314, 315, 318-20, 323-4, 327, 339, 347-51, 361, 368, 382, 384, 404, 425
Hands of the Cause to help further process of, 241, 320
in Africa, 132, 136, 181, 188, 238, 252, 256, 284, 293, 306, 314, 361, 366
in Asia, 314, 337
in Brunei, 366
in Ceylon, 336
in India, 256-7, 284, 293, 294, 302-303, 306, 319, 337, 339, 343, 361, 382, 393-4
in Latin America, 299, 361, 366, 382
in Mentawai, 344
in the New World, 189, 193, 280
requires re-orientation in thinking, 348
see also Teaching
Cook Islands, 153
Corsica, 358
Costa Rica, 191, 241, 256, 274, 344, 377, 403, 408
Countries
Arab, 396
Islámic, 103, 395, 396
number of, where Bahá'ís reside, 13, 18, 36, 92, 137, 263, 284, 342, 368, 415
opening of, 66, 85, 92, 194
Courier du Maroc, Le, 18
Courts, 169
Bahá'í, 169, 364
Israeli, 37
Morocco Supreme, 414-19
Muslim Sharí'ah, 329
United States Supreme, 419
Covenant, 199
Centre of, 4, 207, 240
firmness in, 37, 38, 61, 102-3, 200, 201, 425
Hands of the Cause to deepen Bahá'ís in, 210
power in the Cause, 93
Covenant-breakers, 79, 203-4, 223-6, 367, 374-6, 431-2
Aghsán declared, 35-6, 101, 234
association with, forbidden, 235-6
condemned in Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 212
expulsion of, by Hands of the Cause, 60, 61, 302, 211, 214
Haram-i-Aqdas purged of, 80
Hands of the Cause responsible for denouncing, 203
house of, at Bahjí completely effaced, 11, 51, 80
literature of, 236
spiritually diseased, 203
see also Enemies, of the Bahá'í Faith; and Remey, Charles Mason
Covenant-breaking, significance of, 371
Cradle of the Administrative Order, see United States
Cradle of the Faith, see Persia
Crises, 56, 57, 96-7, 135, 184, 193
give rise to victories, 222, 223, 225, 226, 230, 244, 351
gravity of, facing believers, 122
see also Victories
Crusade, see Ten Year Crusade
Cuba, 241, 256, 274, 293, 302, 305, 403, 408
Cuna, 328
Curaçao, 279
Custodians, resident in the Holy Land ("The Custodians of the Bahá'í World Faith"), xix, 5-6, 37, 404
absent from Haifa, 226
activities of, 164, 229, 298
assets of Faith placed in care of, 11, 33
Bahá'ís rally around, 103, 107, 113
burden on, 68, 79, 100, 169, 179, 182, 226
cable address of, 41
cannot all reside in Haifa permanently, 107-8
commentary on News Letter, 298-9
Covenant-breakers, responsibility of regarding, 203, 211
Declaration by, releasing them from functions (June 7, 1963), 433
finances of, 33
functions of, devolve to the Universal House of Justice, 430
International Bahá'í Council to work under direction of, 168
joint meetings with International Bahá'í Council, 285-7
minutes of (excerpts), 287-91
program of, 285-6
lawyer to (Dr. Abraham Weinshall), 11, 40, 431
legal recognition of, 40-1, 162
legal title of, "The Custodians of the Bahá'í World Faith", 40, 78, 162
letter of recognition of, 40-1, 162
no officers, 12
not eligible for election to International Bahá'í Council, 168
powers and functions of, 30, 32-3, 34-5, 37, 39, 40, 43, 44, 49-50
responsibilities of, 99, 100
selected, 10, 12, 29-30, 31, 37, 42
alternate, Dr. Ugo Giachecy, 31-2, 33
certification of, 31-2
Hasan Balyuzi appointed, 361-2
purpose of, 78
Cyprus, 327
Czechoslovakia, 419
Dahl, Arthur, 202
Dahomey, 220
Daidanaw (Burma), 141, 155, 156
Daniel (Prophet), 123, 378-9, 381
Darakhshan, General Moneer, 203, 204, 212-13, 213, 223, 225
Davison, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce, 302
Davison, Mr. and Mrs. Chester, 302
Dawn-breakers, 59
Americans spiritual descendants of, 93, 145, 259
Dayaks, 376
Delegates, 152, 361, 392
to International Bahá'í Convention, 390-1, 406-13, 420, 421, 426
to National Convention, 394-5, 403
Denmark, 284, 320, 352, 353, 403, 408
Dependencies, of countries, where Bahá'ís
reside, 137, 263, 342, 368, 381
Dependencies, of Houses of Worship, 84, 95, 140, 238-9
Deputization, 311, 317-18
see also Joint Deputization Fund
Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, 36, 104, 112, 120, 169, 205, 251, 281, 379-80, 382
Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh, The, 109
Divine Plan, 13, 20, 60, 73, 75, 76, 78, 87, 92, 93, 97, 98, 103, 116, 120, 122, 146, 161, 169, 172, 181, 184, 193, 196, 259, 261, 284, 318, 341, 342, 352, 384
achievements of, 151-2, 279
effect of, 349
epochs of, 92, 263
execution of, entrusted to Americans, 93-4, 103, 413
provisions of, 277
purpose of, 279-80
stages of, 353, 360
Dominica, 220
Dominican Republic, 44, 256, 274, 409
acquisition of Temple site, 187
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
goal assigned to, 279
International School in, 191
Ugo Giachery to attend National Convention in, 241
Donat, Jean, 367, 375
Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O., 419
Dreyfus, Hippolyte, 87
Dunn, Clara ("Mother" Dunn), iv, v, xxiii, 1, 4, 9, 27
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9
passing of, 245
Dunn, Hyde (John H. Hyde-Dunn), xxii, 245
Dust, Sacred, 59, 73, 85, 117, 236, 250, 251, 253
East and West, 184, 359
Bahá'ís of, see Bahá'ís, East and West
meeting place of, 158, 159
Easter Islands, 279
Eastern Europe, 358-9
Eastern Hemisphere, 337, 341, 353, 360
East Pakistan, 190
see also Pakistan and West Pakistan
Ecuador, 42, 139, 241, 256, 274, 302, 367, 409
American Indians in, 270, 305, 329
goal assigned to, 279
Egypt, 57, 144, 228
Egypt and Sudan, National Spiritual Assembly of, 57
Elections, Bahá'í, 234, 396
first international Bahá'í, 267
nature of, 390, 392
person deprived of voting rights cannot attend, 296
quotations of Shoghi Effendi about, 392
El Salvador, 222, 241, 256, 274, 409
Embryonic World Commonwealth of Bahá'u'lláh, see World Commonwealth of Bahá'u'lláh
Endowments, 266
at the World Centre, 286, 288, 290
funding of, by Amelia Collins, 333
in Africa, 57, 58, 220, 266
in Europe, 355
in Laos, 187
in Latin America, 277
in South Pacific, 152
number of, 82, 85, 92, 103
Ten Year Crusade goal for, completed, 138
transferred to Custodians or other Bahá'í bodies, 62
Enemies, of the Bahá'í Faith, 25, 71, 79, 91, 96, 167, 185, 208, 347, 367, 372, 374-5
see also Covenant-breakers
England, 1, 2, 7, 27, 29, 84, 140, 267, 294, 367, 374
see also British Isles
English language, 36, 267, 405, 422, 423
Enrolment, in Bahá'í Faith, 318, 319-20, 350, 356, 425
Epochs, 92, 195, 388
Eritrea, 267
Eskimos, 95, 238, 270, 381
Esslemont, John E., xxii, 227
Ethiopia, 267, 398
Ethnic groups, 262-3, 383
all to be represented at World Congress, 290, 342, 405
Bahá'ís to come from all, 119, 129, 240, 268, 271, 345
in Europe, 357, 422
Mongolian extraction, 157
of the Pacific, 153
see also Indigenous people, Races and Tribes
Europe, 17n, 22, 69, 70, 81, 98, 99, 116, 158, 213, 341, 372, 420
'Abdu'l-Bahá's visit to, 87, 158, 163, 306, 328, 353, 359
achievements of the United States in, 360
acquisition of sites for Houses of Worship, 355
Bahá'ís of, 163, 340
Bahá'u'lláh's sojourn in 353
Continental Fund for, 134
Conventions held in, 136, 339
Eastern, 358-9
endowments in, 355
European civilization, 87, 103, 194, 268, 359
first European martyr, 359
first recognized Bahá'í marriage in, 82
France first place in to have Bahá'ís, 87
funds given for teaching work in, 134
goal cities in, see Ten Year Crusade, goals of
goal countries in, 87, 88, 95, 120, 133-4, 137, 186, 242, 263, 340
election of National Spiritual Assemblies in, 352-60
Local Spiritual Assemblies to be formed in, 144, 168, 231, 284, 362-3
message to National Conventions of, 334-5, 352-60
Hands of the Cause resident in, 4, 6, 65, 203, 210-11
Conference of, 124, 140
Hands of the Cause to assist, 169, 321, 328
home front, 145, 266, 321
Intercontinental Conferences in, 3, 73, 102-6, 110, 112, 142, 359
see also Intercontinental Conferences
islands encircling, 354
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 81, 137, 186, 263, 343
number of, to be tripled, 362-3
Local Spiritual Assemblies to be formed in, 144, 168, 194, 221, 230, 266, 293, 354
incorporation of, 362-3
number of, to be quadrupled, 362-3
materialism of, 87, 194
Mother Temple of, see Frankfurt, House of Worship in
National Hazíratu'l-Quds in, 354-5
National Spiritual Assemblies of,
funds contributed by Hands of the Cause to launch National Funds, 335
incorporation of, 362-3
Moroccan situation, communications regarding, 397-8, 414-20
territories allocated to, 357-8
to be elected at Ridván 1962, 120, 194, 221, 231, 266, 293, 320, 352, 353-4, 360
pioneers for, 161, 181, 230, 268, 340, 353-4, 357
racial minorities in, 357
Regional Assemblies of, 355
Shoghi Effendi's visits to, 353
spiritual revival of, 359
summer schools in, 376
visit of 'Alí-Akbar Furútan, 321, 339
visit of Leroy loas, 241, 321
visit of Shu'á'u'lláh 'Alá'í, 294
visit of William Sears, 99
wellspring of American culture, 359
European Campaign, 359
European Teaching Committee (of the United States), 88, 338
European Temple Fund, 358
Faizi, Abu'l-Qásim, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 68, 208, 226
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 31n
assigned to the Holy Land, in 1963, 427
absent from Haifa, 226
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-7, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
consultation with National Spiritual Assembly of France regarding Mason Remey, 197
investigates Covenant-breakers in Chile, 375, 376
sent to France to protect the Faith, 203, 204, 227
visit to Bolivia, 372
visit to Latin America, 321
Falkland Islands, 381
Fatheazam, Hushmand, 426, 429
Featherstone, H. Collis, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1
attends National Conventions in Latin America, 294
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166, 170, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
travels of, 327, 376
visits Maoris, 132, 181, 219
visit to Africa, 432
visit to Hawaii and South Sea Islands, 294
visit to Pacific Islands, 376
Ferraby, Dorothy, 325, 329
Ferraby, John, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 12
acting as substitute Custodian, 68, 107
attends National Conventions in Norway and British Isles, 320, 339
communications signed by, iv, 28, 31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 40-1, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
Secretary of British National Spiritual Assembly, 68
selected Custodian residing in the Holy Land, 165
Fiji, 152, 153, 190, 191, 398
Fillon, Bernardo, 203, 212-13, 215, 223, 225, 371
Fillon, Tony, 367
Finland, 48, 320, 381
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
National Spiritual Assembly of, 340, 409
election of, 352, 353, 354
teaching conferences in, 190
to teach in Baltic states, 357
travels of Adelbert Mühlschlegel to, 179
Firesides, 311, 374
Five Year Plan (French), 88-9
Florida, 431
Formative Age, 169, 251, 281, 314, 340, 381
second epoch of, 92, 388
Formosa, 47
Four Year Plans, 150, 153-4, 156, 159
France, 16, 84, 215
Abu'l-Qásim Faizi sent to, 203, 204
American pioneers to, 88
Bahá'ís, 203
majority of, repudiate claim of Mason Remey, 204
commemoration of visit of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 328
consultation with Dr. 'Alí-Muhammad Varqá, 371
first native French Bahá'í, 87
first place in Europe to have Bahá'ís, 87
goals for, 89
National Spiritual Assembly of, 81, 88, 409
election of, 86
election of new (May 1960), 208
dissolved, 203, 204
incorporation of, 89
letter from Custodians on election of first, 86-9
pledge of loyalty to Hands of the Cause and Custodians, 89-90
removing voting rights of defectors, 214
National Teaching Conference in, 141
number of Bahá'ís, 88
teaching conferences in, 190
television broadcast in, 190
visit of Shu'á'u'lláh 'Alá'í, 294
Frankel, Jeanne, 81, 180-1
Frankfurt, Germany, 14, 143, 228
Conference at, 236
House of Worship in (Mother Temple of Europe), 14, 15, 40, 58, 59, 104, 110, 195, 229, 236, 238, 241, 245, 256, 267, 268, 273, 298, 313, 314, 315, 339, 346, 355, 358, 365, 366, 383, 404, 425
Amelia Collins to lay comer-stone of, 241
comer-stone, laying of, 236, 238, 245, 249-50, 253, 267
cost of, 242-3, 254, 268, 366
design of, approved by Shoghi Effendi, 268
Fund for construction of, inaugurated by Hands of the Cause, 250
funds raised for, 110-11, 112, 143
funds required for, 105, 182, 242-3, 250, 253-5, 315, 339, 346, 358
opposition to, from church, 187, 221, 238, 268
opposition to, overcome, 236, 253
progress of building, 182, 221, 236, 238, 250, 253-4, 256, 268, 365, 366, 425
services of commemoration to be heid in, 365, 366
silent teacher, 358
work on, begins, 236, 238
work on, yet to begin, 119, 195
Intercontinental Conference 1958 in, 39, 102-6, 110-11, 112, 142, 359
funds raised at, 110
message to, 102-6
teaching conferences in, 84, 141, 190
Freedom, 87
of religion, 228, 398, 415, 417, 418, 419
of speech, 417
French Equatorial Africa, 59
French Guiana, 279
French Morocco, 138
French Union, 220
Friends' World Committee for Consultation, The, 416-17
Furútan, 'Alí-Akbar, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 405
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42
assigned to the Holy Land, in 1963, 427
attends National Conventions in Brazil and Uruguay, 242, 294
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 40-1, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
Declaration by the Custodians to the Universal House of Justice, 433
visit to European home front, 321, 327, 339
visit to Persia, 179
visit to Turkey, 124
Galapagos, 279
Gambia, 138
Gardens, in Holy Land, 9, 11, 136, 142, 180, 219, 243
at Bahjí, 80, 425
Gate, on "arc", 80
General Assembly, of the United Nations, 373, 397, 398
Germany, 1, 14, 15, 27, 29, 43
Adelbert Mühlschlegel returns to, 203, 213
Bahá'ís of, loyal, 213
bonds with Austria, 158, 159
funds given for teaching work in, 134, 163
Hands of the Cause to visit, 242
home front of, 120, 129-30, 144, 242, 317, 341
House of Worship in, see Frankfurt, Germany, House of Worship in
Intercontinental Conference 1958 in, 39, 110, 112, 142
message to, 102-6
Local Spiritual Assemblies to be formed in, 129-30, 144-5, 361
National Spiritual Assembly, 213, 409
approach to Turkish Ambassador, 306-9
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 202
opposition to Faith in, 187, 221, 238, 268
pioneers from, 181
responsibilities and honours of, 181
teaching campaign to be launched, 129-30
teaching conferences in, 84, 141, 190
to assist other European countries, 163
visit of Leroy loas, 372
Germany and Austria,
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 81, 137, 186, 263, 343
National Spiritual Assembly of, 29, 43-4, 129-31
Ghana, 59
Ghosn, see Ghusn
Ghusn (Branch, plural Aghsán), explanation of, 232-3
Giachery, Ugo, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1
appointed alternate Custodian, 31-2, 33, 68, 107
attends National Conventions
in Italy and Switzerland, 320
in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, 241
communications signed by him, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 40-1, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
sealing of Shoghi Effendi's safe, 26
illness of, 203, 227, 328, 376
membership of International Bahá'í Council, 5
supervises publication of Crusade map, 376
travels to Central America, 124, 131, 179, 227, 294
visit to Europe, 328
visit to Haiti and Venezuela, 294
Gibson, Amoz, 202, 426, 429
Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 115, 152-3, 189, 191, 293
Gilbertese (Gilbert Islanders), 153, 189
Giving, spiritual significance of, 358
Goal countries, of Europe, see Europe, goal countries of
Goals, of Ten Year Crusade, see Ten Year Crusade, goals of
God Passes By, 223, 225, 226
Golden Age, 112, 184, 381, 388, 426
Gonzalez, Eduardo, 302
Government, 387, 418
obedience to, 18, 369, 374, 397
Great Britain, see British Isles and England
Greater Antilles,
International Schools of, 191
National Convention of, 201
National Spiritual Assembly of, 167, 256
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 44, 201
visit of Enoch Olinga, 242, 294
visit of William Sears, 219
see also Antilles
Greater Branch (Muhammad 'Alí), 233
Great Jubilee, 94
Great Northern Cemetery, London, 8
"Great Republic of the West", 93, 103
see also United States
Greece, 84-5, 366
Green Acre, 84
Greenland, 381
Gregory, Louis, xxii
Grenada, 279
Grossmann, Hermann, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1
attends National Conventions in Argentina and Chile, 241
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 128-23, 266-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
Hand of the Cause for the Western Hemisphere, 179
knowledge of Spanish language, 295
visit to South America, 124, 131, 219, 294-5, 327, 376
will reside in Latin America, 165, 179
Groups, Bahá'í, 66, 144, 153, 179, 261, 355, 360,
must become Local Spiritual Assemblies, 312, 338
must be maintained, 278
number of, 74, 86, 89, 150, 153, 156, 183, 361, 378, 383
Guardian, The, 417-18
Guardianship, xxi, 9, 16, 223, 225
discussion of, to be limited, 177
established by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 232-3, 235
future of, 99, 169, 216
Universal House of Justice to decide upon, 169
Hands of the Cause expected false claims to be made, 226
infallibility of, 205
rank of, 173
statement of Custodians on, 100-2, 169
statements regarding present stage of, refrain from publishing, 177
Udo Schaefer's document on, 216-17
see also Shoghi Effendi
Guatemala, 187, 241, 256, 270, 274, 279, 409
Guatemala City, Youth Congress in, 191
Guillon, Fabienne, 371, 374-5
Gypsies, 95
Hadhramaut, Territory of, 46
Hainan Island, 185
Haiti, 139, 141, 191, 241, 256, 274, 409
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
goal assigned to, 279
importance of, 262
visit of Ugo Giachery, 294
Hakím, Dr. Lutfu'lláh, 287, 289, 306
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282, 291
elected to the Universal House of Justice, 426, 429
Hanafi, school of Sunni Islám, 307
Hanbali, school of Sunni Islám, 307
Hands in the Holy Land, 426-7, 428
meeting with Bahá'í Department, Ministry of Religions, 431-2
Hands of the Cause of God, illus. v, vi
acting as substitute Custodians, 31-2, 33, 107, 108, 142, 162, 179
activities of, 164, 229, 298, 404
African, 4, 6, 27, 57, 251, 287
American, statement issued by, 69, 98-9, 101
annual meetings of, see Conclaves of the Hands of the Cause
appointment of,
by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, xxii
by Bahá'u'lláh, xxii
by Shoghi Effendi, xxii-xxiv, 1, 2-5, 6, 29, 31, 36, 45, 46, 49, 72, 78
appointment of Auxiliary Boards, 3, 6, 36, 78
appreciation of, for International Bahá'í Council, 421
appreciations of, 428
Asian, 69, 215
ask not to be considered for membership of the Universal House of Justice, 321-22, 392-3
assignments of, 298, 404
attendance of, at Convention to elect Universal House of Justice, 298
attendance of, at formation of National Spiritual Assemblies 1962, 298
attendance of, at funeral of Shoghi Effendi, 8
attendance of, at National Conventions 1961, 241-2, 257
attendance of, at World Congress, 298, 405-6
Australian, 310
authority of, iii, 2
Bahá'ís rally around, 103, 111, 112, 167
Bahá'ís turn to, 100
black Hands of the Cause, 57
burden on, 68, 79, 120, 239, 243
call for closer and swifter cooperation from National Spiritual Assemblies, 120
call for election of the Universal House of Justice, xxi, 166, 321
call International Convention, 429
"Chief Stewards", 1, 29, 35, 36-7, 39, 41, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 72, 78, 100, 102, 107, 120, 172, 201, 235, 283, 367, 429, 433
high station of, 70
responsibility of, to cast out Covenant-breakers, 217, 236
responsibility of, to make general statement, 60, 65, 99-100
collaboration with National Spiritual Assemblies, 173, 367
request term "Revered Hands" not be used, 326-7, 329
statistical pamphlet issued by, 377
Haney, Paul E., illus. v, vi, iv, xxiv, 1, 10, 16, 68
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42
assigned to the Holy Land, in 1963, 427
attends National Conventions
in Mexico and Wilmette, 241-2, 294
in Spain and Portugal, 320, 339
communications signed by, iv, 28-32, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
Declaration by the Custodians to the Universal House of Justice, 433
visit to United States, 294
Haram-i-Aqdas, 35, 180
purification of, 50, 51, 80
transfer of title deeds to properties within, 50, 80
Harvey, Donald, 203, 212-13, 215, 223, 224, 225
Hassan II, King of Morocco, 414-20
Hawaii, 152, 294
Hazíratu'l-Quds
destruction of, in Burma, 156, 192
in Africa, 57, 58, 188
in Ceylon, 336, 338
in Europe, 354-5
in Jamaica, 302
in Panama, 328
in South Pacific, 152, 153, 154, 189
local (Bahá'í Centres), 207, 220, 266
closure of, by Egyptian Government, 228
national,
funding of, by Amelia Collins, 333
number of, 82, 85, 92, 103, 138, 143, 220
Helicopter, 221
Heroes and heroines, 86, 92, 106, 116, 121, 195, 266
Heroic Age, 244, 259, 381, 382
Hindus, 190
History, 223, 225, 226
Hofman, David, 325, 329, 426, 429
Hofman, Marion, 328
Holland, 141, 284, 320, 352, 353, 403, 411
Holley, Horace, illus., v, iv, xxiii, 1, 12, 64, 117
communications signed by him, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70
health of, 226-7
suffers heart attacks, 132
passing of, 217-18, 226-7, 239
selected Custodian residing in the Holy Land, 165
Holy Days, recognition of, 74, 82, 139, 188, 265, 278, 345, 357
Holy Land, 37, 149, 219, 385
arrival of members of the Universal House of Justice in, 428
centre of unity to be maintained in, 68
Hands of the Cause resident in, xix, 4, 5, 6, 27, 426-7
see also Custodians, resident in the Holy Land
International Convention held in, 321, 396
international endowments in, 6
message of Shoghi Effendi regarding, 64
Spiritual and Administrative heart of Faith fixed in, 78
Holy Places, 9, 25, 39, 142, 149, 180
Holy Year, 78, 122-3, 380
Home for the Aged, Wilmette, 84, 95, 140, 238
Home front, 103, 104, 144, 146, 160, 163, 170, 172, 266, 315, 339, 341, 384
American, 94, 341, 360, 361
Australian, 120, 144, 242, 310-12, 317, 341, 364, 369
British Isles, 120, 144, 242, 317, 328, 341, 361
Canadian, 120, 144, 179, 242, 317, 329, 341, 361
consolidation of, 272, 273
goals, 183, 241, 298
goals of Germany, 129-30
Hands of the Cause to assist, 120, 241, 321
importance of, 310-11
lagging behind, 195
pioneers required for, 105, 318
teaching, 425
travelling teachers needed for, 121
victory on, 360
Honduras, 139, 191, 241, 256, 274, 305, 410
Hong Kong, 47, 327
Houses of Justice, 387-8
see also Local Spiritual Assemblies, National Spiritual Assemblies, Secondary Houses of Justice and Universal House of Justice
Houses of Worship, 13-15, 58, 164, 170, 192, 267
'Abdu'l-Bahá's description of, 254-5
acquisition of properties for, 82-3, 89, 103, 139, 150, 154, 187, 220, 265, 346, 355
financing of, by National Spiritual Assemblies themselves, 165
Latin America, 277
New Zealand, 74
number of, 187, 265, 346
on Mount Cannel, 333
supplementary sites, 139, 265
token site only, 164
see also Mother Temples
Asian, 383
blessings flow from, 346, 358
completion of, 118-19, 167
Dependencies of, 84, 95, 140, 238-9
designs chosen by Shoghi Effendi, 85, 105
erection of, 195, 267, 345
in Africa, 40, 58, 59, 104, 110, 238, 267, 313
in Australia, 40, 58, 59, 73, 104, 110, 238, 267, 304, 309-12, 313, 346
in Europe, 40, 58, 59, 104, 110, 236, 238, 253, 267, 313, 346, 355, 365
funds raised for, 110, 112, 132, 136, 143
funds required for, 96, 105, 119, 254, 346
importance of, 104-5
in 'Ishqábád, 227, 383
registration of sites of, 159
silent teachers, 104, 180, 252, 267, 345, 358, 383
to be built during Ten Year Plan, 73
to be built in every country, 139
see also Frankfurt, Kampala, Sydney, Wilmette and Mother Temples
Humanity, 51, 75, 385
losing touch with spiritual reality, 72
oneness of, 84, 267, 281
privileges of, 121
responsibilities of, 121
service to, 95
spiritual and material welfare of, 315
trials and struggles of, 75, 91
unity of, 36
Human rights, 228, 417, 419
freedom, 87
of religion, 228, 398, 415, 417, 418, 419
of speech, 417
Human Rights Commission, 417
Human Rights Day, 415
Huqúqu'lláh, xxii
Iberian Peninsula, National Spiritual Assembly of, 44, 134, 190, 204, 207
Ibn-i-Abhar, xxii
Ibn-i-Asdaq, xxii
Illinois, 49
Incas, 270
Incorporation, of Spiritual Assemblies, 74, 82, 83, 89, 96, 103-4, 138, 150, 153, 157, 159, 186, 189, 195, 264, 278, 300, 338, 345, 357, 362-3
India, 44, 84, 138-9, 190, 272, 347
Bahá'í schools in, 238
Bahá'ís of, 284
home front of, 120, 144
Jamál Effendi journeyed to, 155
Local Spiritual Assemblies, 361, 394
Indian membership of, 284
to be formed in, 145, 221
mass conversion in, 256-7, 284, 293, 294, 302-3, 306, 319, 337, 339, 343, 361, 366, 374, 393-4
National Spiritual Assembly of, 201, 337, 398, 410
number of Bahá'ís in, 302, 366, 374, 393-4
radio broadcast of Sacred Writings in, 190
spiritual receptivity of, 347
teaching conferences in, 190, 327
visit of Collis Featherstone, 327
visit of Jalál Kházeh, 294, 321, 327, 339
visit of Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, 327
visit of Tarázu'lláh Samandarí, 241
India and Burma,
National Spiritual Assembly of, 44-5, 57
teaching conferences in, 141
Indian, American, see American Indians
Indian Ocean, 138, 272, 336, 341, 381
Indians (India), 267, 284
Indian sub-continent, 157, 372
Hands of the Cause visit, 179
increase in numbers of Bahá'ís in, 270, 366, 382, 393-4
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 81-2, 137, 186, 263-4, 343, 394
visit of Tarázu'lláh Samandarí, 376
Indigenous people, 115, 150, 186
importance of, 189, 357
of Pacific are delegates, 152
see also American Indians, Ethnic groups, Races and Tribes
Individuals, responsibilities of, 94-5, 121-2, 145, 170, 196, 240-1, 243, 273, 292, 310-12, 317-18
Indonesia, 2, 22, 27, 83, 138
acquisition of site for House of Worship, 83
burial ground acquired in, 138
Intercontinental Conference 1958, 39
localities in, 161
Local Spiritual Assemblies, 221
mass conversion in, 238, 256, 319
military government in, bans Bahá'í activity, 329
number of Bahá'ís, 140, 189, 221, 305
schools, 221
teaching conferences in, 191
see also Singapore
Infallibility, 37, 78, 120
conferred, 205
Most Great, 205
of the Universal House of Justice, see Universal House of Justice, infallibility of
use of term in publicity, 396
Institutes, Bahá'í, 140, 190-1, 281
Institutions, of the Bahá'í Faith, see Administrative Order, institutions of
Intercontinental Conferences, 6
announcement of, 3, 91
called by Shoghi Effendi, 3, 12, 37, 39, 50, 56, 59, 62, 73, 81
purpose of calling, 71, 104, 112
first European, 359
funds raised at, 62, 81, 85, 110, 112, 143
of 1953, 3, 73, 90, 112, 380-1
Africa, 3, 73, 250-1, 271, 345
Chicago, 90-1, 93
significance of, 381
of 1958, 37, 39, 50-1, 56, 61, 62, 112-14, 142-3
activities at, 143
attendance of Hands of the Cause at, 12
attended by large numbers of Bahá'ís, 103, 110, 112, 114, 118, 142
Chicago, 65, 69, 90-8, 142
Frankfurt, 102-6, 110, 112, 142, 359
funds raised at, 62, 81, 85, 112, 143
impact of, 81
Kampala, 56-60, 114
Singapore, 111-16, 142, 143
Sydney, 39, 72-5, 81, 85, 112, 143
spirit released by, 114
success of, 118
International Archives, 19, 142, 180
completion of, 80, 302
Tablets in, 180
tax exemption of, 80
work on, 302, 327
International Bahá'í Convention, see International Convention
International Bahá'í Council
appointed Council, 5, 20, 107, 388
Custodians to act through, 33
five Hands of the Cause members of, 5-6
officers of, 5, 28
seals apartment of Shoghi Effendi
elected Council, 229, 366, 372
agenda for, 289
all Bahá'ís eligible for election to, 168, 267
appreciation of, 421
assignments of, 286
budget for, 289
Congress Arrangements Committee to report to, 325, 329, 405
election of, 164, 168, 169, 242, 245, 249, 267, 282, 285, 291
announcement to Israeli authorities and world at large, 289-90
financial responsibility for World Centre given to, 286, 288
functions of, 168, 242, 286, 287, 298-9
funds required for, 243
joint meetings with Custodians, 285-7
letter to, from Custodians, 285
membership of, 267, 282, 287
minutes of meetings (excerpts), 287-91
office of, No. 10 Persian Street, 286
officers of, 289, 290, 295
repudiation of claims of Mason Remey, 223, 225, 296-7
Terms of Reference of, 287, 288, 289
timetable of meetings of, 288
working closely with Custodians, 374
evolution of, 37-8, 206, 285, 314
forerunner of the Universal House of Justice, 5, 36, 205, 285, 314
not infallible, 242
temporary body, 205
to forge links with State of Israel, 6, 33, 37, 168, 286, 288, 289-90
International Convention (World Convention), 20-1, 298, 366-7, 374, 404, 433
attendance at, 333, 375, 390-1
attendance of Hands of the Cause at, 364
called by Custodians on behalf of the entire body of the Hands of the Cause, 429
delegates to, 390-1, 420, 421, 423, 426
listed, 406-13
in Holy Land, 321, 385
presentation of the Universal House of Justice to, 430
program for, 424-5
role of Hands of the Cause at, 423
statement of Hands of the Cause concerning, 429-30
tellers, 429-30
International House of Justice, use of term for publicity, 396
International League for the Rights of Man, 415-16
International Teaching Centre, xxi, 19
Interpretation, 101, 171
authorized, 205
of Proclamation of Hands of the Cause, 60, 65, 69, 98
loas, Leroy C., illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 208, 405
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42
absent from Haifa, 226
assigned to the Holy Land, in 1963, 427
communications signed by him, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 40-1, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23
sealing of Shoghi Effendi's safe, 26
illness of, 64, 68, 226, 228
letter regarding actions on passing of Shoghi Effendi, 25
membership of International Bahá'í Council, 5
visits Europe, 241, 294, 321, 372
visit to London, 306
loas, Sylvia, 25, 282, 287, 289, 291
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282
elected Vice-President of International Bahá'í Council, 289
Írán, National Spiritual Assembly of, 15, 28, 68, 148, 337, 398, 403, 410
appreciation of Custodians for, 424
Hands of the Cause to assist, 169
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 45-6, 201
properties in Holy Land registered in the name of, 142
work of, in Africa, 57
see also Persia
'Iráq, 255, 424, 426
home front of, 144
National Spiritual Assembly of, 148, 337, 410, 420
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 46, 207
work of, in Africa, 57
Ireland, 267
'Ishqábád, House of Worship in, 227
Islám, xx, 17, 18, 148, 271, 307-8, 359, 398, 416, 417, 418
Islands, 145, 184, 262, 368, 381
conversion of island people, 114
number of, where Bahá'ís reside, 137, 189, 263, 342, 381
of Europe, 354
of the Pacific, 152, 270, 271, 272, 381
opened to the Faith, 92, 194
pioneers required for, 105
Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq, xxii
Isolated believers, 66, 74, 86, 89, 170, 273, 312, 355, 360
see also Localities (centres)
Israel, State of, 44, 180, 396
Bahá'í Department, Ministry of Religions, 208, 431-2
Bahá'í World Centre in, 395-6
cooperation of, 79
expropriation of properties of Covenant-breakers, 80
Foreign Office, 372
International Bahá'í Council's work with, 6, 33, 37, 168, 286, 288, 289-90
Minister of Religions, 208, 289
President of, 208, 289, 432
Prime Minister of, 289, 432
prominence of Bahá'í properties in, 180
recognition of stewardship of Hands of the Cause, 167
sympathy of, on passing of Shoghi Effendi, 79
Israel branches of National Spiritual Assemblies, 33, 50, 80, 143-4
members of Universal House of Justice are members and managers of, 431
Italian Somaliland, 141
Italy, 1, 5, 27, 46, 84, 141, 221, 302, 320
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
allocation of goal territories, 358
election of National Spiritual Assembly, 352, 353, 410
Germany to assist, 163
teaching conference in, 190
visit of 'Alí-Akbar Furútan, 317
Italy and Switzerland, National Spiritual Assembly of, 46, 134, 163, 201, 306-9
Jack, Marion, 359
Jalali, sect of Sunni Islám, 307
Jamaica, 241, 256, 262, 274, 277, 278, 294, 302, 410
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
goal assigned to, 279
Jamál Effendi, 155
Janner, Sir Barnet, 366
Japan, 1, 27, 47, 138, 143, 190, 272, 341, 398
acquisition of Temple site, 187
Hands of the Cause visit, 180
radio and television broadcasts in, 190
recognition of Holy Days, 139
spiritual axis with Australia, 73
teaching conferences in, 190
Jarráh, 'Abdu'l-Rahmán, 366
Java, 161, 221
Jerusalem, 431
Jerusalem Post, The, 26-7
Jesus Christ, 305, 359, 419
Jewish Board of Guardians in Britain, 366
Joint Deputization Fund, 145-6, 161, 193, 266, 347
Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of, 46
Jowett, Professor Benjamin, 419
Juan Femandez, 279
Jubilees, 381, 383
see also Most Great Jubilee
Kaaba, 385
Kampala, Uganda, 14, 15, 29, 267
Bahá'í Publishing Trust in, 188
burial ground acquired in, 138
House of Worship in (Mother Temple of Africa), 14, 15, 40, 58, 59, 96, 104, 110, 112, 143, 182, 187, 238, 241, 249, 250-3, 256, 267-8, 310, 313, 314, 383
dedication of, 182, 187, 221, 241, 249, 250-3, 256, 267
laying of foundation stone of, 59, 143
open to the public, 314
spiritual significance of, 251
visitors to, 253
Intercontinental Conference 1953, 345
Intercontinental Conference 1958, 39, 56-60, 62
funds raised at, 62, 81, 85
spirit released by, 114
teaching conference held in, 251-2
Kavelin, Borrah, 202, 287, 288
designated Member at Large of International Bahá'í Council, 289, 291
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282
elected to the Universal House of Justice, 426, 429
Keating, Senator Kenneth B., 419
Kenya, 138, 161, 181
acquisition of property in, 187
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 305
number of Bahá'ís in, 188
teaching conferences in, 191
visit of Enoch Olinga to, 372
Kenyerezi, Max, 372
Khádem, Dhikru'lláh, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 376
attends National Conventions in Panama and Costa Rica, 241, 295
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
in the United States, 327
visits communities in Persia, 124, 327
visit to Alaska, 295
Khamsí, Mas'úd, 371, 375, 376
Khartoum North, Sudan, 138
Kházeh, Jalál, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiv, 1, 68
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 40-1, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
Declaration by the Custodians to the Universal House of Justice, 433
visit to India, 294, 321, 327, 339
visit to Persia, 327
Kikaya Hill, Kampala, 267
Kingdom of Heaven on earth, 57, 123, 136, 151, 184, 253, 383
King of Kings, 122
Kings and rulers, 49, 189, 259, 274
Kitáb-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book), 8, 78, 97, 145, 219, 386, 388, 392, 426
Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, 21, 55, 81, 137, 185
Korea, 47, 305
Kuwait, 329
"Land of Mystery" (Adrianople), 148
Languages,
African, 57, 58-9, 26
spoken by Hands of the Cause, 9
translations of Bahá'í literature into, see Literature, Bahá'í
used at dedication of African House of Worship, 267
used at World Congress, 422-3
Laos, 187, 221
Lapps, 381
Latin America, 70, 98-9, 139, 347-9, 371
achievements of United States in, 360
acquisition of sites for Houses of Worship, 265, 276, 277
administrative evolution of the Faith in, 276
American Indians in, 189, 305, 343-4
see also American Indians
Americans instructed by 'Abdu'l-Bahá to take Faith to, 260
associates of North America in execution of Divine Plan, 262
Bahá'í Publishing Trust in, 325-6
Bahá'í schools in, 238
Bahá'ís of, 97
capital cities of, 276
consolidation in, 299-301
endowments, 277
funds given for teaching work in, 134
home front of, 145
goal cities in, 133
goals given to, in Ten Year Crusade, 262, 276-8
groups established in, 261, 278
Hands of the Cause to assist, 169
Hermann Grossmann to reside in, 165
history of the Faith in, 274-7
Indian believers, see American Indians
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 82, 137, 186, 261, 263-4, 275, 278, 343
Local Spiritual Assemblies, 275
all goals achieved, 219-20, 238, 340
funds of, 278
incorporation of, 278
maintenance of, 278, 299
to be formed, 144, 168, 185, 192-4, 238, 243, 261
Mother Community of, is United States, 276, 360
National Spiritual Assemblies
cooperation between, to continue, 277-8, 325-6
duties of, 281
formed at Ridván 1961, 167, 168, 186, 192-3, 238, 243, 255-6, 257-9, 264, 277, 284, 291, 293, 340, 343
formed during second Seven Year Plan, 275, 276, 340
funds of, 278
funds contributed by Amelia Collins, 335
funds contributed by Hands of the Cause to launch National Funds, 258
incorporation of, 278
letters from Custodians, 291-2, 299-301, 325-6
need for economy, 291-2
to be formed in every Republic of, 95, 120, 144, 276-5
unity of purpose of, 277
native travelling teachers, 280
number of Bahá'ís, increasing, 361, 382
pioneers for, 161, 181-2, 230, 266, 268
rapid evolution of Faith in, 261
Regional Spiritual Assemblies of, 134, 167, 193, 256, 277
success in, 193, 194
teaching in, 299-301
territories assigned to, 279
virgin, 276
visited by Martha Root, 275
visit of Abu'l-Qásim Faizi, 321
visit of William Sears, 219, 294
weakness of, 372
Latin Americans, spiritual receptivity of, 347
Laws, 119
Divine, 76
Mosaic, 321
of Bahá'í Faith, 92, 116
Universal House of Justice to legislate, 321, 387
Lawyers
Dr. Abraham Weinshall, 11, 40, 431
for case of Moroccan Bahá'ís, 373
Lebanon, 46
Legislation, of Universal House of Justice, 205, 321, 386-7
Le Monde, 416, 417, 418
Les Phares, 417
Lesser Plan of God, 76
Liberia, 59, 83, 138, 141
Libya, 83, 138
Liechtenstein, 293, 358
Linfoot, Charlotte, 202
Literature, Bahá'í, 37, 181
dissemination of, 115, 279
future publication of, in Turkish, 150
translations of, 36, 57, 66, 103, 140, 144, 150, 156, 195, 265, 279, 345-6, 370
high standard of, 278
into Burmese, 156
into European languages, 187, 265, 357
into French, 357
into indigenous African languages, 57, 58-9, 187, 265
into indigenous American languages, 187, 265, 277-8, 281
into indigenous Asian languages, 187, 265
into indigenous Pacific languages, 75, 83, 140, 153
into Spanish, 325-6
into Turkish, 150
number of, 82, 83, 138, 140, 144, 186-7, 265, 383
see also Publications, Bahá'í
Localities (centres), where Bahá'ís reside, 13, 40, 66, 81-2, 85, 86, 90, 92, 104, 137, 146, 153, 261, 263-4, 343-4, 394
geographic distribution,
Africa, 58, 82, 137, 186, 263-4, 343, 378
Australasia, 81, 137, 139, 186, 263, 343
British Isles, 81, 137, 186, 263, 343
Canada, 81, 137, 186, 263, 343
Europe, 81, 263, 343, 362
Germany and Austria, 81, 137, 186, 263, 343
Indian sub-continent, 81-2, 137, 186, 263-4, 343, 394
Latin America, 82, 137, 186, 263-4, 343
Pacific area, 82, 83, 137, 139, 186, 189, 263-4, 343, 344
Persia, 82, 83, 137, 186, 263, 343
Philippines, 372, 377
South East Asia, 189
United States, 82, 137, 186, 263, 343
goal of five thousand, 137, 185-6, 263
goal of tripling number in Europe, 362-3
must be maintained, 278
need to increase number, 119, 129-30, 150, 153, 156, 172, 220, 312, 338
in Germany, 129-30, 263
number of, 161, 183, 185-6, 189, 220, 238, 263-4, 343, 344, 372, 378, 383, 394
pivots of Bahá'í teaching, 137
Local Spiritual Assemblies, 13, 27, 72, 164, 170, 207, 273, 319, 364, 387
all-Indian, 84, 140, 181, 281
bedrock of the pillars of the Universal House of Justice, 129, 133, 272
cable King of Morocco, 19
consolidation of, 89, 312, 338
contribution to International Fund an obligation of, 316
enjoined to complete Ten Year Crusade goals, 365-6
enrolment of new believers, 319-20
execution of Ten Year Crusade too slow, 133
formation of, 229, 231, 361
formation of, in last year of Ten Year Crusade, 339, 341-2, 361, 370, 394
foundation of Administrative Order, 137-8, 186, 264
funds of, 33
Hands of the Cause to help in creation of new, 124, 167-8
Houses of Justice, 387
importance of, to National Spiritual Assemblies, 133
in Africa, 57, 83, 139, 188, 220, 305, 345, 378
in Austria, 158, 159
in Central America, 131
incorporation of, 82, 83, 96, 103-4, 138, 150, 157, 159, 186, 186, 264, 278, 300, 338, 345, 357, 362-3
in Europe, 144, 168, 194, 221, 230, 231, 266, 293
number of, to be quadrupled, 362-3
in India, 284, 394
in Indonesia, 221
in Latin America, 144, 167-8, 185, 192-4, 219-20, 239, 261, 278, 340, 344
in Pacific, 139, 153, 189
in Persia, 45, 124, 161
in South East Asia, 220-21
in the United States, 220
in the Western Hemisphere, 220
maintenance of, 299, 425
must not be allowed to lapse, 86, 192
must not stifle teaching work, 319
need to increase number of, 89, 150, 153, 156, 159, 167-8
number of, 66, 74, 82, 83, 84, 86, 137-8, 140, 161, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 238, 264, 266, 314, 345, 376-7, 378, 383, 394
number yet to be formed during Ten Year Crusade, 119, 144-5, 177, 317
in Germany, 129-30
Persian women elected to, 144
pioneers build up, 230
pioneers the buttress of, 268
prerequisites for election of National Spiritual Assemblies, 144
purpose of, 130, 319
responsibility to lay foundation of the Universal House of Justice, 119, 129
strengthening of, 192
teaching the duty of, 172
to write to Moroccan Ambassadors, 398-9
Turkish, 149-50
Loeding, Sophie, 31
London, England, 354, 420, 428, 431
funeral of Shoghi Effendi in, 7, 8, 27, 35
grave of Shoghi Effendi in, 118, 135
Hasan Balyuzi in, 327
passing of Shoghi Effendi in, 11, 25, 26, 29, 353
visit of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to, 306
World Congress held in, 21, 22, 322, 324, 325, 342, 383, 398
Long, John, 325, 329
Lord of Hosts, 97, 122, 147, 152, 259, 272, 352, 360
Louisiana, 265
Love, 106, 147
essence of true religion, 384-5
of believers for Shoghi Effendi, 71, 77, 107, 114, 116
Loyalty,
to Hands of the Cause and Custodians, 107, 198
pledges of, 41-50, 89-90, 198-202
Loyalty Islands, 153, 293, 305
Luxembourg, 84, 320, 352, 353, 403, 410
Macau, 47
Madagascar, 222
Madhya Pradesh, 270, 327
Madínatu'lláh (title referring to the city of Baghdád), 424
Máh-Kú, 59, 73
Maine, 84
Malaya, 83, 138, 187-8, 191, 256, 272
Malayan Archipelago, 181
Maleki, school of Sunni Islám, 307
Malkin, Seymour, 376
Maoris, 74, 132, 181, 219
Maps, 55, 63, 115, 376
Marangella, Joel, 203, 212-13
declared a Covenant-breaker, 223, 225
influence of, 216, 217, 224
removed as Board member, 214, 215
Mare Island, 305
Margarita Island, 279
Maritimes region, Canada, 84, 141
Marriage, Bahá'í
performance of, legally, 278
recognition of Certificate, 74, 82, 138, 188, 265, 329, 345, 357, 415
Marshall Islands, 153
Martinique, 279
Martyrs, 77, 86, 106, 121, 194, 195, 251, 266, 381
first European, 359
Siyyid Mustafá Rumí, 156
Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, see Houses of Worship
Mass conversion, see Conversion, mass
Masses, 96, 193, 382
see also Conversion, mass
Materialism, 87, 96, 115, 194, 269, 270, 349
Mauritius, 141, 191, 222, 432
Maxwell, William Sutherland, xxiii
Maxwell House, 84
Mayas, 270
Mayberry, Florence, 202
Mazra'ih, Mansion of, 219, 366
Mediterranean Sea, 39, 180, 354, 359
Melanesia, 152
Memorial fund, 76, 132, 136
Memorial services,
for Amelia Collins, 333
for Clara Dunn, 245
for Corinne True, 257
for Horace Holley, 218
for Shoghi Effendi, 7, 8, 26, 27, 35
Mentawai Islands, 22, 115, 138, 140, 189, 270, 305, 344
Mexico, 43, 191, 242, 256, 270, 274, 294, 302, 344, 410
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
first Indian believer, 220
mass conversion in, 366
Micronesia, 152
Middle East, 110, 322
Mid-Way Point of the Crusade map, 376
Mihdí, Mírzá, 233
Minorities, 357, 415
Miracles, 96
Molvai, sect of Sunni Islám, 307
Monaco, 358
Monde, Le, 416, 417, 418
Mongolia, 157, 272, 381
Morocco, 138, 293
Bahá'í prisoners in, 16-19, 366, 368-9, 373-4, 397-9, 414-20, 423
cables to U Thant regarding, 397
contacts with United Nations Association regarding, 397
court case, 368, 414-20
radio broadcast concerning, 397, 415
constitution of, 415, 417, 418, 419
earthquake, 222
freedom of religion in, 415, 417, 418, 419
French, 138, 141
International Zone, 141
King Hassan II of, 19, 373-4, 414-20
localities in which Bahá'ís reside, 415
Supreme Court, 414-19
Most Great Branch ('Abdu'l-Bahá), 233
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Most Great House, 165, 424
Most Great Infallibility, 205
Most Great Jubilee, 21, 94, 105, 122-3, 166, 173, 183, 192, 287, 314, 322, 325, 334, 341, 342, 358, 365, 366, 367, 370, 378, 382, 394, 395, 424, 425, 427
celebrations of, 377, 383-4
publicity should focus on, 395-6
significance of, 380-1
see also Bahá'u'lláh, Centenary of Declaration of
"Most great separation", 148
Most Holy Book, see Kitáb-i-Aqdas
Mother Temples, 59, 85, 96, 104-5, 115, 118-19, 154
funds for, 76, 85, 110, 112, 143, 250
provided by Amelia Collins, 333
of Africa, 59, 85, 96, 104, 110, 143, 182, 187, 238, 241, 249, 250-3, 256, 309
of Asia, 14, 251
of Australia (the Antipodes, Australasia), 14, 15, 73, 85, 96, 104, 110, 112, 143, 182, 187, 238, 241, 256, 304, 309
dedication of, 309-12, 313, 345
of Austria, 159
of Europe, 85, 96, 110, 119, 143, 182, 187, 236, 245, 249-50, 256, 358
special fund for construction of, 250
of the Pacific, 73, 154
of the West, 13-14, 251
Home for the Aged, first Dependency of, 84, 95, 140
of Venezuela, 346
see also Houses of Worship; Frankfurt, Germany; Kampala, Uganda; Sydney, Australia; and Wilmette, Illinois
Mottahedeh, Mildred, 282, 287, 291, 325, 329
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282
Mount Carmel, see Cannel, Mount
Mozambique, 191
Mudaliar, Sir Ramaswami, K.C.S.I, 419
Muhájir, Rahmatu'lláh, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 2, 20, 372, 376
attends National Conventions in Paraguay and Bolivia, 241
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
transferred to Africa, 239
visit to Indians of Bolivia, 294
visit to Philippines, 294
visit to South East Asia, 320-1
visit to South Pacific, 320
will devote time to teaching in Asia and the Pacific, 320
Muhammad, 17n, 181, 270, 280, 385, 398
Muhammad 'Alí, 233
Muhammad-Hasan (Adíbu'l-'Ulamá; Adíb), xxii
Muhammad-i-Qá'ini (Nabíl-i-Akbar), xxii
Muhammad-Riday-i-Yazdí, Shaykh, xxii
Muhammad Taqíy-i-Abharí, Hájí Mírzá (Ibn-i-Abhar), xxii
Muhammad Taqíy-i-Isfahán, xxii
Mühlschlegel, Adelbert, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 203, 213, 295
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42
attends European summer schools, 376
attends National Conventions in Sweden and Finland, 320
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 40-1, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
health of, 328, 376
substitute Custodian, 107
suffers heart attack, 132
travels to Scandinavia and Finland, 124, 132, 179, 203
Murday, Pouva, 81
Muslims, 4, 16, 17, 82, 190, 396
Mysore, India, 190
Nabíl-i-Akbar, xxii
Naghshbandi, sect of Sunni Islám, 307
Nahai, Habib, 325, 329
Nakhjavání, 'Alí, 132, 287, 288, 302
elected President of International Bahá'í Council, 289, 291
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282
elected to the Universal House of Justice, 426, 429
National Conventions, 64, 135, 230
appreciations of Hands of the Cause, 428
attendance of Hands of the Cause at, 241-2
date for, in 1963, 290, 322
delegates to, 77, 394-5
indigenous people of Pacific are, 152
first French, 89
Latin American, 257-8
messages of Custodians to, see Ridván Messages
messages of Shoghi Effendi to, 75, 76, 135
statistical information provided at, 66
National Funds, xx, 150, 154, 157, 159, 278, 346, 377
funds contributed by Hands of the Cause to launch National Funds, 258, 335
National Spiritual Assemblies, 7, 13, 18, 27, 37, 72, 140, 145, 170, 273, 310, 319, 426
administrative detail, danger of involvement in, 130
African, 220
apportionment of delegates, 394-5
appreciations of Hands of the Cause, 428
asked to choose goal cities, 133-4
Bahá'ís rally around, 103, 113
cable King of Morocco, 19
cable U Thant regarding Moroccan situation, 397-8
capital or chief cities seats of, 138
collaboration with Hands of the Cause, 173, 367
date for election of, in 1963, 290, 322
elect International Bahá'í Council, 242, 267, 282
election of, a milestone, 337
election of, under aegis of American National Spiritual Assembly, 360
electoral college of the Universal House of Justice, 20, 38, 120, 321, 351, 387-8, 390, 396, 406-13, 429
enjoined to complete Ten Year Crusade goals, 365-6
European
to be formed at Ridván 1962, 120, 194, 221, 231, 266, 293, 303, 314, 320, 321, 340, 353-4
first, of continental Europe, 88
formation of new, 124, 140, 144, 164, 169, 172, 192, 229, 230, 231, 241, 274, 284, 298, 360
formed at Ridván 1957, 82, 89
formed at Ridván 1958, 86
formed at Ridván 1959, 119, 137
formed at Ridván 1961, 274-81, 284
formed at Ridván 1962, 284, 314, 340
generals of the Ten Year Crusade, 92, 116
incorporation of, 74, 82, 96, 103-4, 150, 157, 159, 186, 278, 338, 345, 357, 362-3, 364
Israel branches of, 33, 50, 80, 143-4
Latin American, 261, 264, 274-81
listed, 274
to be formed at Ridván 1961, 95, 120, 144, 167, 168, 185, 186, 192-4, 220, 239, 243, 255-6, 257-9, 264, 293
letters from Custodians to, formed 1959, 148-60
Local Spiritual Assemblies prerequisites for election of, 144
members of, are electorate of the Universal House of Justice, 390
members of, attending the first International Convention, 375, 406-13
minutes of meetings, 63, 372
must develop world consciousness, 70
must not stifle teaching work, 319
must understand importance of World Centre, 192
number of, 13, 18, 20, 36, 40, 81, 83, 85, 92, 137, 186, 264, 314, 336, 341, 350
number yet to be formed during Ten Year Crusade, 119, 120, 177, 314
Palestine branches of, 33
Persian women elected to, 144
pillars of Universal House of Justice, 129, 133, 144, 149, 163, 167, 169, 193, 239, 243, 262, 268, 275, 277, 278, 284, 293, 300, 321, 336, 340, 341, 343, 353-4, 357, 391
pioneers to send reports to, 56
pledges of loyalty to Hands of the Cause and Custodians, 41-50, 89-90, 162, 198-204, 205, 206-8, 283
postal ballot of members of, to elect International Bahá'í Council, 168
purpose of, 130, 292, 319, 350
question to Custodians about future of Guardianship, 99-100
relationship to Hands of the Cause, 49-50, 239-40
reports of, 121, 219
semi-annual, 183, 334, 370
repudiate Mason Remey's claim to be second Guardian, 198-203, 223, 225
response to Conclave messages, 177
responsibilities of, 173, 240, 367
Secondary Houses of Justice, 340, 387
security of foundations of, 357
should not make rules and procedures, 296-7, 356
Six Year Plans of, 83, 95
three, Shoghi Effendi planned to form in 1959, 85
to commemorate Most Great Jubilee, 383
to focus on goals of the Ten Year Crusade, 195
to replace Regional Spiritual Assemblies 145
to send messages to newly-formed National Spiritual Assemblies, 255-6
to write to their Moroccan Ambassador, 398-9
see also names of individual National Spiritual Assemblies
National Teaching Committees, to be formed, 130
Navajos, 377
Navidi, Azíz, 203, 397, 423
Nawnahalan, 420
Naw-Rúz, 131, 134
Negritos, 381
Negroes, 57, 83, 95, 114, 146, 269, 271, 381
Netherlands, The, 141, 284, 320, 352, 353, 403, 411
"New Bahá'í Era, A", 60-1, 64-6, 67, 69, 98-9, 101
New Brunswick, 84, 141
New Caledonia, 153, 305
New Hebrides, 75, 153
New Mexico, 431, 432
News, 73, 76, 78, 134
of Moroccan situation, 414-20
of World Centre, 80, 94, 131, 178
News Letters, from the World Centre, 178-82, 218-22, 286, 288, 298-301, 372
Newspapers, 190, 279, 289-90, 308
articles about Covenant-breakers, 431
articles about Moroccan situation, 414-20
New South Wales, 84, 191
New World Order, 351, 354
see also World Order of Bahá'u'lláh
New Year, Bahá'í, 66
New York Herald Tribune, 415
New Zealand, 73, 139, 373
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
believers in, 73
"far-away and promising Dominion", 74
Hands of the Cause to visit, 242
home front of, 242
Local Spiritual Assemblies
incorporation of, 74
to be formed in, 145
National Spiritual Assembly of, 398, 411
election of, 73, 74
incorporation of, 74
Israel branch of, 80
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 46, 207
opening of, 152
recognition of Bahá'í marriage, 345
Six Year Plan of, 74
teaching conferences in, 191
to purchase site for future House of Worship, 74
visit of Collis Featherstone, 132, 181, 219, 376
visit of Enoch Olinga, 132
Nicaragua, 191, 241, 256, 274, 302, 361, 403, 411
Nicobar Island, 81
Nineteen Day Feast, 222, 296, 425
Nine Year Plan, 20
Non-Governmental Organization, Bahá'í Faith recognized as, at U.N., 18, 415
see also Bahá'í International Community
North Africa, 144
North America, 22, 142, 262, 293, 381
Bahá'ís of, 97, 280
to take Faith to Old World, 353
pioneers from, 230
tribes of, 140, 270-1, 280, 305, 344
see also Americas, the, and United States
North East Africa, 46-7, 201, 411
North East Asia, National Spiritual Assembly of, 29, 47-8, 74, 139, 201, 403, 411
Northern Bavaria, 84
Northern Ireland, 140-1
Northern Rhodesia, 191
North Island, New Zealand, 191
North Pacific, 143, 179
North Sea, 272
North West Africa, National Spiritual Assembly of, 29, 411
cables U Thant regarding Moroccan situation, 397
Local Spiritual Assemblies, 220
number of Bahá'ís in, 139, 220
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 48, 207
properties of, 220
Norway, 320, 352, 353, 411
Noumea, New Caledonia, 305
Nuku'Alofa, Tonga Islands, 138
Nyasaland, 191
Obedience, 182, 240
to government, 18, 369, 374, 397, 398
Obote, Prime Minister Apollo Milton, of Uganda, 372
Oh San Sun, Mr., 305
Old order, 113
Olinga, Enoch, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 2, 4, 27, 320, 432
appointed Hand of the Cause, 57
attends National Conventions in Jamaica and Cuba, 241, 293
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
health of, 228
travels to New Zealand, 132, 153
travels to West Africa, 124, 131-2
successful teaching work in, 131
visit to Greater Antilles and Central America, 242, 294
visit to the Congo, Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, 372, 376
Orientalists, 87
Ottoman Empire, 148
Oxford University, 21, 419
Pacific Islanders, 238, 347
Pacific Ocean, 138, 260, 305, 310, 341, 381
Pacific region, 73, 114, 262, 269, 271, 343, 347-9
American pioneers to, 152
Bahá'í schools in, 83, 238
Bahá'ís of,
increase in number of brown race, 118
to contribute to the Funds, 243
to vie with African Bahá'ís, for palm of victory, 114, 137, 153, 189
burial grounds in, 83, 138
consolidation of Faith in, 139
Conventions held in, 136
conversion in, 114, 181, 238
ethnic groups of, 153, 270
expansion of Faith in, 139, 152-3, 189
future development of, 73-4
Hands of the Cause to visit, 242
indigenous people of, are delegates, 152
languages literature in, 83
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 82, 83, 137, 139, 186, 263-4, 343, 344
Local Spiritual Assemblies, number, 83, 139, 189
mass conversion in, 314
North Pacific, 143
number of Bahá'ís, 83, 269-70, 344, 382
Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir to devote time to teaching in, 320
Spiritual axis of, 73
teachers from, to Africa, 153
teaching work in, 74, 114, 154
victories in, 138
visit of Collis Featherstone, 376
see also South Pacific Islands, 153
Pagans, 4-5, 271
Pakistan, 16, 187-8
acquisition of site for House of Worship, 83
National Spiritual Assembly of, 48, 80, 201, 411
teaching conferences in, 84, 141, 190
visit of Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, 327
visit of Tarázu'lláh Samandarí, 241
see also East Pakistan and West Pakistan
Pallés, Jorgé, 374-5, 376
Palm of victory, 114, 137, 147, 153, 189, 267
Pamo, Joseph, 432
Pamphlet, statistical, for World Congress, 377
Panama, 43, 84, 191, 241, 256, 274, 328, 374
enrolment of American Indians in, 344, 374
goal assigned to, 279
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 344
mass conversion in, 366
National Spiritual Assembly of, 328, 412
number of Bahá'ís, 361
Paraguay, 42, 84, 139, 141, 256, 274, 412
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir to attend National Convention, 241
teaching conferences in, 191
Paris, France, 86, 87, 213, 221, 328, 354
acts as Central Assembly for France, 203
visit of 'Abdu'l-Bahá to, 87, 328
Parsons, Ronald, 305
Passing of Shoghi Effendi, The (Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum), 51
Persecution, of Bahá'ís
in Islámic countries, 103
in Morocco, 16-19, 366, 368-9, 373-4, 397-9, 414-20, 423
in Persia, 14, 309, 348, 368
in Turkey, 306-9
Perseverance, 311
of Hands of the Cause, 133
of pioneers, 152, 193-4
Persia (Cradle of the Faith), 1, 14, 17, 19, 27, 28, 79, 108, 193, 194, 255, 267, 420
deputization project for, see Joint Deputization Fund
earthquake in, 222
execution of Bahá'í in, in 1992, 14
Hands of the Cause to visit, 169
home front of, 120, 124, 144, 161
link between Africa and, 251
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 82, 83, 137, 186, 263, 343
Local Spiritual Assemblies of, 45, 161
Local Spiritual Assemblies to be formed in, 145
National Spiritual Assembly of, see Írán, National Spiritual Assembly of
persecution of the Bahá'ís in, 14, 309, 348, 368
pioneers from, see Pioneers, Persian
properties in, 71
teaching work in the Pacific, 152
travel restrictions in, 329
visits by Hands of the Cause, 124, 133, 179, 327
Persian-American Deputization Plan, see Joint Deputization Fund
Persian language, 233, 267, 422
Persians, 142, 143, 251, 280, 329, 347
tribute to Bahá'ís of, 266, 424
Peru, 42, 138, 191, 241, 256, 264, 274, 302, 344, 403, 412
Pettypiece, Harper, 426
Phares, Les, 417
Philippine Islands, 138
localities in, 372, 377
Local Spiritual Assemblies, 361, 377
mass conversion in, 366
number of Bahá'ís, 361, 372
teaching conferences in, 191
tribes of, 372, 377
visit of Agnes Alexander, 327
visit of Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, 294
Philosophies, new, 160
Pilgrimage, 18, 329
in the time of Bahá'u'lláh, 141, 149
policy regarding visits to other Holy Places in Israel, 324
procedures for, 110
reopening of, 110, 141
to resting-place of Shoghi Effendi, 136
suspension of, 15, 333
Pilgrim houses, 9, 15, 287, 428
Pilgrims, 115, 124, 133, 182, 219, 281, 428
first party of, 87
meals taken, with Shoghi Effendi, 286
Pioneers, 21, 58, 88, 103, 130, 143, 145, 154, 160-1, 167, 170, 172, 181-2, 195, 229-31, 258, 273, 278, 299, 310-12, 318, 336, 337, 349, 355, 357, 359, 360, 377
African, 57, 59, 238, 251
American, 95, 222, 230, 266, 275, 340, 357
"ambassadors of Bahá'u'lláh's New World Order", 354
deputization project for, see Joint Deputization Fund
in Central America, 131
Indians, 238
to Europe, 353-4, 357
to France, 88
to the Pacific region, 152
Australian, 74
Bolivian, 344
buttressing pillars of the Universal House of Justice, 318
from all ethnic groups, every stratum of society, 238
funds needed
to maintain, 243, 268
to settle, 105, 134
Germans to send, 163
graves of, to be places of visitation in future, 194
home-front, 105, 318
importance of work of, 193
in second Seven Year Plan, 353
Intercontinental Conferences to increase flow of, 71
in the Pacific, 152
in Turkey, 149
letter to, from Custodians, 55-6
local, in Latin America and Europe, 230
looked to Shoghi Effendi for guidance, 184
may be forced to leave if circumstances change, 159
must stay at their posts, 146, 193, 303-4, 347-8, 363-4, 425
needed everywhere, 105, 121, 144, 192, 384
Europe, 181
for Central America, 131
Latin America, 181
number of, 238
perseverance of, 152, 193-4
Persian, 145, 150, 158, 179, 230, 266, 340, 354, 357, 424
pioneering the single most important service, 231
sacrifices of, 146
should learn local language, 150
should not lose heart, 347
support of, 74
to Europe, 353-4
to go to unspoiled regions of the world, 115
to Spitzbergen, 119, 137
to teach indigenous people, 150
vanguard of Bahá'u'lláh's advancing hosts, 192
volunteer at Intercontinental Conferences, 112
wider dispersal of, 269
Planet,
Faith to envelop, 319, 382, 384, 388
forces transforming the face of, 350-1
spiritual conquest of, 147, 184, 193, 244, 262, 266, 276, 315, 340, 342
Plans, teaching, see individual plans by name
Plans of God, Lesser and Supreme, 76
Pledges of loyalty, 41-50, 89-90, 162, 198-202, 203, 204, 206-8, 283-4
copies of, sent to Ministry of Religions, Israel, 208
Polynesia, 152
Polynesians, 381
Portugal, 221, 320, 352, 353, 403, 412
Prayer, 18, 71, 420
at World Congress, 421-2
Long Obligatory, 372-3
Press, the, 190, 279, 289-90, 308, 328, 383, 396
Press release (November 1957), 39-40
Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 415-16
Primitive peoples, 114, 193, 269
see also Ethnic groups, Indigenous people and Races
Prince Edward Island, 141
Principles, of Bahá'í Faith, 18, 84, 92, 116, 338, 397, 398
obedience to government, 18, 369, 374, 397, 398
oneness of humanity, 84, 267, 281
unity of religion, 369, 419
Pringle, Alan and Ruth, 328
Prisoners, Bahá'í, 16-19, 366, 368-9, 373-4, 397-9, 414-20, 423
Proclamation, of the Bahá'í Faith, 96, 149, 189-90, 255
Proclamation of the Hands of the Cause (November 25, 1957), iv, 9, 28-31, 35-9, 41, 43, 44, 45, 47, 60, 64, 78, 90, 99, 100-1, 162, 169, 177, 205-6, 211, 233-4, 235, 430
Declaration by the Custodians releasing them of functions assigned in, 433
interpretation of, 60, 65, 69, 98
termination of legal entity of Custodians under terms of, 430-2
Promised One, 318, 379, 381
see also Bahá'u'lláh
Properties, Bahá'í, xx, 11, 12, 33, 79
acquired, of special interest, 187-8
acquisition of sites for Houses of Worship, 82-3, 103, 187
difficulty of, in Germany, 182, 187
confiscated, 228, 348
extension of, 286, 288
funds required for maintenance of, 243
in British Cameroons, 220
income-producing, 286, 288, 289
in Haifa, 80
in Indonesia, confiscated, 329
International Bahá'í Council to aid Custodians with, 168, 286, 288, 290
legal negotiations concerning, 40, 80
problems concerning, 71
protection of, 167, 286, 288
registered in the names of National Spiritual Assemblies, 142, 159
tax exemption of, 80, 84, 188
transfer of title deeds, 50, 62, 80
visitors to, see World Centre, visitors to
Prophets of God, 151, 236
Psychology, 356
Publications, Bahá'í, 66, 159, 277-8
German language, 159
see also Literature, Bahá'í
Publicity, 255, 279, 377, 398
about Moroccan situation 414-20
campaigns, 190
for election of the Universal House of Justice, 395-7
see also Proclamation, of the Bahá'í Faith
Public meetings, 279, 290
Public relations, 425
Purest Branch (Mírzá Mihdí), 233
Pygmies, 305, 361
Qatar, 329
Qayyumu'l-Asmá', 262, 353
Qiblih, 11, 64, 106
Queensland, 84, 191
Qur'án, 94, 398
Rabat, French Morocco, 18, 138, 141
Rabbani, Rúhíyyih (Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum), illus. vi; iv, v, xxiv, 1, 16, 20, 25, 68, 197, 208, 289, 371-2, 405, 421
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42
absent from Haifa, 226
assigned to the Holy Land, in 1963, 427
attends dedication of House of Worship in Kampala, 241, 251, 253
attends dedication of House of Worship in Sydney, 294, 310, 313
cables of, on passing of Shoghi Effendi, 7-8
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 40-1, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
Declaration by the Custodians to the Universal House of Justice, 433
sealing of Shoghi Effendi's safe, 26
membership of International Bahá'í Council, 5
Passing ofShoghi Effendi, The, 51
returns from Canada, 226
visit to North America, 219
work on the Archives, 302, 327
Race Amity Day, 190
Races, 114, 118, 146, 153, 157, 172, 270
all to be represented in the Faith, 119, 129, 240, 292, 348, 405
at World Congress, 422
Aymara, 270
black, 114, 118, 262-3, 268
"the pupil of the eye", 262-3
brown, 114, 118, 146, 271
dark-skinned peoples, 114
Indian, see American Indians
minorities in Europe, 357
Pygmy, 305, 361
red, 271
white, 115, 146
yellow, 115, 271
see also Bahá'ís, Negro; Ethnic groups; Indigenous people; Negroes and Tribes
Radio broadcasts,
about Bahá'í Faith, 190, 255, 279, 328, 383
about Moroccan situation, 397, 415
Ransom-Kehler, Keith, xxii
Real estate, see Properties, Bahá'í
Refai, sect of Sunni Islám, 307
Reformation, the, 359
Regional Spiritual Assemblies, 20, 33, 36, 37, 40, 72, 95, 140, 145, 205
see also under National Spiritual Assemblies
Reid, Alexander, 376
Religion, 271, 418, 419
freedom of, a right, 228, 398, 415, 417, 418, 419
love is essence of, 384-5
unity of, 369, 419
Remey, Charles Mason, illus. v; iv, xxiii, 1, 87, 133, 226-7
'Abdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi honoured, 226
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 30, 31, 40, 42, 235
away from the Holy Land, 68
unable to serve, 165
communications signed by him, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 40-1, 118-23
Proclamation of the First Conclave (November 25, 1957), iv, 35-9, 205-6, 211, 233-4, 235
sealing of Shoghi Effendi's safe, 26
membership of International Bahá'í Council, 5, 16
presidency of International Bahá'í Council, 205, 232, 234-5
service of, 215
violates Covenant,
abandons station of Hand of the Cause, 198
actions are well-thought-out campaign, 224
approaches Government of Israel, 208, 217, 431-2
attacks the Hands of the Cause, 210, 217, 223, 225
booklet by, 375
choice of Guardian by Hands insisted upon, 217
claims of,
did not intimate to Hands of the Cause, 235
infallibility, 201, 217
refutation of, 205-6, 231-6
second Guardian, 16, 196-8, 209, 210, 212, 217, 223, 224, 225, 232, 234
that he was appointed during lifetime of Shoghi Effendi, 208, 211, 232, 235
emotional disturbance of, 197, 198, 206, 207
encyclicals issued by, 210, 215, 216-7, 232, 235
quotations from, 232
Hands of the Cause convey views on expulsion, 211-17
Hands of the Cause declare him a Covenant-breaker, 223, 224, 225
Hands of the Cause require Bahá'ís,
to shun him, 198, 210, 223, 225
to forward communications from him to World Centre, 198
influence of, and followers, 209-10, 212-14, 216, 217, 295, 367, 371
correspondence from, 375
followers declared Covenant-breakers, 209, 223, 224, 225, 302
in Cameroons, 432
in France, 203-4, 208, 210, 223-5
in India, 431
in Pakistan, 367, 431
return to the Faith, 295
in South America, 293, 295, 371, 374-6
in the United States, 208, 431
issues "The Question of the Guardianship", 210
seeks to create division in the Faith, 223, 225
settles in Italy, 302
Resolution of the Hands of the Cause (May 9, 1963), 426-7
Resources, material, outpouring of, 121, 195
Réunion Island, 367, 375, 432
Reuters, 397, 416
Revell, Ethel, 25, 282, 287, 291
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282
Revell, Jessie, 25, 282, 287, 289, 291
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282
elected Treasurer of International Bahá'í Council, 289
Rhodes, 358
Rhodesia, 27, 267
see also Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia
Ridván, 66, 76, 134, 170, 378, 380, 385, 421, 424
Ridván, Garden of, 322
Ridván Messages, 183, 264, 334, 370
1958. 76-86, 85
response to, 98
1959. 134-47
response to, 160-1
1960. 183-96
1961. 258-74
1962. 338-9, 340-52
1963. 427
Rights, human
freedom of religion, 228, 417, 419
Rio de Oro, 59
Robarts, John, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, 1, 376
attends National Conventions in Nicaragua and Honduras, 241
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 39-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
gives up business, 132
Hand of the Cause for Africa, 320
Hand of the Cause for the Western Hemisphere, 239
health of, 295
visit to Canada, 179, 219
visit to North Africa, 327
serving full time in Africa, 132
Rome, Italy, 84, 141, 190, 376
Root, Martha, xxii, 275
Royal Albert Hall, 21
Ruanda-Urundi, 59, 191, 220, 267
Ruhe, David, 202
Rúmí, Siyyid Mustafá, xxii, 155, 156
Russia, 159, 272, 381
Sacrifice, 77, 94, 115, 122, 150, 154, 156, 159, 166, 311, 337, 384
for establishment of the Universal House of Justice, 130-1
for the funds, 147, 243, 254, 268, 316, 346-7
of Bahá'ís, 122, 263
of the Báb, 121
of pioneers, 146, 152
need for, 71, 182, 195, 318
Sa'd, 'Abdu'l-Jalíl Bey, xxii
Sádiq-i-Muqaddas, Mullá (Ismulláhu'l-Asdaq), xxii
St. Lucia, 279
Saints, 86, 106, 121, 195, 236, 266, 380
Samandarí, Tarázu'lláh, illus. v, vi; iv, 1, 27, 33, 329
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
identifying handwriting of Tablets in the International Archives, 180, 327, 339
illness of, 301, 304
travels to Persia, 124, 133
visit to Indian sub-continent, 241, 376
visit to Turkey, 219, 339, 376
Samoa, 138, 153, 191
see also Western Samoa
Samuel, Herbert, Viscount, G.C.B., 419
San Blas Islands, 374
San Marino, Republic of, 82, 358
Santo Domingo, 262
Sarawak, 138
Sardinia, 358
Saskatchewan, 84, 188, 270, 329
Scandinavia, 48, 124, 132
Germany to assist, 163
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 221
to teach in Baltic states, 357
travels of Adelbert Mühlschlegel to, 179
visit of Leroy loas, 372
Scandinavia and Finland, National Spiritual Assembly of, 48, 134, 179, 201-2
Schaefer, Udo, 216-17
Schools, Bahá'í, 183, 221, 265-6
Africa, 181, 238
Burmese, destruction of, 156
Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 115, 153
Mentawai, 115, 140
New Hebrides, 75, 115, 153
number of, 140, 238, 265
Pacific, 83, 238
Uganda, 83
Viet Nam, 140
see also Summer Schools
Schopflocher, Siegfried (Fred), xxiii, 4
Scotland, 140, 267
Sears, William, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiii, xxiii, 1, 12, 99, 226
acts as substitute Custodian, 108
appointed Custodian resident in the Holy Land, 239, 294
attends National Conventions in El Salvador and Guatemala, 241, 294
communications signed by, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 166-70, 237-44, 313-23, 426-7
Declaration by the Custodians to the Universal House of Justice, 433
Haad of the Cause for the Western Hemisphere, 132, 179, 320
health of, 227
in the United States, 124, 132, 327
visit to Latin America, 219, 241
Secondary Houses of Justice, 340, 386
see also National Spiritual Assemblies
Seechum, Mr., 432
Semi-annual reports, 334, 370
Semple, lan, 282, 287, 288, 302
elected Assistant Secretary of International Bahá'í Council, 289, 291
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282
elected to the Universal House of Justice, 426, 429
Senate, United States, 419
Service, 66, 77, 96
of pioneers, 193-4, 231
most important, is pioneering, 231
spirit of, to humanity, 95, 140
to Faith, 109, 110, 122, 135, 149, 150, 154, 157, 159, 166, 182, 252, 310, 378, 384
to the Ten Year Crusade, 314
Sesse, Lake Victoria, 188
Seven Year Plan, 60, 258, 260, 275-6, 280, 295
Second, 88, 261, 266, 275-6, 340, 353-4
Seychelles Islands, 46, 138, 188
Shafei, school of Sunni Islám, 307
Shíráz, 28
Shoghi Effendi, xix, 21, 22, 30, 41, 43, 44, 45, 56, 61, 96, 97, 111, 155, 158, 159, 215, 291, 309, 343, 381, 391, 433
accomplishments of, 72, 77, 124
adherence to principle, 114
cables announcing passing of, 7
called for development of Institution of Hands of the Cause, 239
called for formation of Bahá'í Publishing Trust in Argentina, 325
called for World Congress, 322, 342
called Intercontinental Conferences 1958, 3, 12, 37, 39, 50, 56, 59, 62, 102, 118, 143
purpose in doing so, 71, 104, 112
countries opened to the Faith in the time of, 13, 36, 92
designs for Houses of Worship chosen by, 85, 105, 268
funeral of, 7, 8, 26, 35
cables concerning, 8
funeral expenses, 11
grave of, 136, 200, 306, 322
guiding force of Ten Year Crusade, 184
Holy Places in Turkey located and purchased at instigation of, 149
indicates that Assemblies should not make rules and procedures, 296-7, 356
laid down duties of International Bahá'í Council, 314
last message
to American National Spiritual Assembly, 94-5, 311
to Australian National Spiritual Assembly, 73-5
to Bahá'í world, 50, 58, 73, 78, 81, 85, 102, 104, 111, 136, 172, 239, 280, 284, 292, 299, 312, 316, 348
to National Conventions, 64
Ridván, 137, 264
left no heir, 16, 29, 35, 49, 50, 101, 234, 235
effect of, on Hands of the Cause, 101
legal powers of, 11
letters of, to be sent to World Centre, 171
maps of, 55, 63, 115, 376
memorial fund, 76, 132, 134
memorial meetings for, 7, 8, 26, 27, 35
messages of, 90-1, 134, 239, 367, 371
at opening of Ten Year Crusade, 105, 271
to African Regional Assemblies, 58
to American National Convention 1953, 95
to Australia and New Zealand, 73-5
to National Conventions (Ridván messages), 76, 80, 84, 85, 137, 186, 264
monument over grave of, 11, 76, 116-17, 118, 132
description of, 135-6
Sacred Dust placed in foundations of, 117
mourning, period of, 55, 107
notes made for Ridván message 1958, 79, 98
passing of, on November 4, 1957, 1, 6, 7, 8, 16, 25, 29, 44, 46, 48, 55, 56, 61, 64, 67, 77, 78, 88, 101, 102, 106, 124, 134, 141, 166, 179, 184, 226, 283, 353, 434
effect on believers, 67, 75, 76, 78-9, 93, 105-6, 111, 113, 115, 135, 193
press release in The Jerusalem Post regarding, 26-7
should not be commemorated, 109-10
state of shock produced by, 71, 72
suspension of religious festivities in memory of, 55
Passing of Shoghi Effendi, The (Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum), 51
sacrifice of, 101, 103, 112-13, 122, 180, 184
safe of, 26, 27, 35
successor to, 16, 29, 35-6, 41, 43, 49, 50, 433
determined by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 232-3
not appointed, 16, 29, 35, 49, 50, 206, 234
reasons for, 211
qualifications for, 232
tributes to, 79
vision of, 55, 69, 116, 135, 184, 252, 271-2
for development of World Centre, 19-20
Will, did not leave, 8, 11, 25, 35, 71, 234, 235
non-existence of certified by nine Hands of the Cause, 27-8
World Congress called by, 122, 290
Shrines, Holy, 6, 9, 11, 21, 36, 184, 237, 287
erection of Shrine of the Báb, 6
gardens around, 136
guiding at, 286, 288
maintenance of, 39, 243
pilgrimage to, 141, 324
prayers of Hands of the Cause at, 10, 71, 100, 173, 177-8, 182, 231, 368, 372, 375, 391
for the Universal House of Justice, 420-1
visitors to, 180, 219, 366
see also Báb, Shrine of the, and Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of
Siberia, 272, 381
Sicily, 358
Sign of God, 133, 179, 259, 341
see also Shoghi Effendi
Sikhs, 267
Silent teachers (Houses of Worship), 104, 180, 252, 267, 345, 358, 383
see also Houses of Worship
Singapore, 111-16, 138, 142, 304
Intercontinental Conference 1958, 111-16, 142, 143
see also Indonesia
Six Year Plans, 74, 83, 89, 95, 278
Smits, Bill, 422
Society Islands, 152
Soghomonian, Jacques, 203, 212, 213, 215, 223, 225
Sohrab, Ahmad, death of, 90, 96
Solomon Islands, 153
Some Answered Questions, 87
Sotomayor, Guillermo, 302
South Africa, 27, 141, 191, 267, 302
South America, 97, 124, 140, 179, 260, 261, 264, 376
election of National Spiritual Assemblies in, 192
Indians of, spread of Faith among, 189, 238, 305, 344
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 275
mass conversion in, 184, 256, 293, 314
National Spiritual Assembly of, 275-6
Regional Spiritual Assemblies of, 167, 179, 277
visit of Hermann Grossmann, 294-5, 327
visit of William Sears, 219
South and West Africa, National Spiritual Assembly of, 29, 49, 132, 188, 207, 412
South Australia, 84, 191
South Carolina, 345
South East Asia, 143
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
localities in, 220-1
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 220-1
National Spiritual Assembly of, 29, 49, 202, 329, 412
number of Bahá'ís, 189, 221, 270, 305, 344, 361
teaching conferences in, 191
visit of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, 241
visit of Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, 219, 320-1
Southern Rhodesia, 138, 141, 191, 398
South Island, 74
South Pacific Islands
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
Convention of, 202
first local Hazíratu'l-Quds of localities where Bahá'ís reside, 189
Regional Spiritual Assembly of, 95, 137, 412
letter from Custodians to, 151-5
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 202
teaching conferences in, 191
visit of Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, 320
see also Pacific region
South Pacific Ocean, 381
South Sea Islands, 294, 381
South West African U.S.A. Region, 375
Soviet Union, 159, 180
countries in orbit of, 81, 95, 103, 137, 159, 185, 342, 346, 382
Spain, 284, 320, 352, 353, 358, 403, 412
Spanish language, 325
Spanish Sahara, 59
Spitzbergen, 81, 95, 103, 119, 137, 180, 354
Statistics, 78, 343
gleaned from minutes of National Spiritual Assemblies, 63
pamphlet on, 377
required, 66, 73, 183, 334, 370
Strait of Magallanes, 258
Sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 415-16
Sudan, 57, 82, 138, 267
Summer Schools, 115, 150, 156, 265-6, 305, 338, 372
enrolments at, 375
European, 376
first in Alaska, 140
first in Central America, 84
importance of, 279, 356
in South Pacific, 153, 154
Sunni Islám, 307
Supreme Concourse, see Concourse on High
Surinam, 279
Súriy-i-Mulúk (Súrih of Kings), 148, 353
Swaziland, 139, 181, 188, 191
Paramount Chiefs Council, 139
Sweden, 320, 352, 353, 403, 413
Switzerland, 11, 46, 64, 68, 320
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
allocation of goal territories to, 358
Germany to assist, 163
National Spiritual Assembly of, 28, 352, 353, 413
radio broadcast in, 190
Shoghi Effendi's heart attached to, 355
site for House of Worship acquired, 83
teaching conferences in, 84, 141, 190
visit of 'Alí-Akbar Furútan, 317
Sydney, Australia, 14, 15, 29, 68, 84, 152
first Centre in, 73
House of Worship in (Mother Temple of Australia) 14, 15, 40, 58, 59, 73, 85, 96, 104, 105, 110, 112, 143, 182, 187, 238, 241, 256, 267-8, 294, 301, 304, 309-12, 313, 314, 346, 383
dedication of, 182, 187, 221, 241, 294, 301, 304, 309-12, 313, 346
funds for, 182
open to the public, 314
progress on building, 182, 221, 238, 256
Intercontinental Conference 1958 held in, 39, 72-5, 81, 112, 143
funds raised at, 81, 85
Syria, 46, 228
Tablet of Ahmad, 231
Tablet of Carmel, 321, 385, 386
Tablet of the Branch, 233
Tablets, of Central Figures,
identification of handwriting of, 180, 327, 339
Tablets of the Divine Plan, 13, 36, 60, 92, 97, 116, 172, 259, 260, 262, 272, 325, 344
Americans chief repository of, 93, 259
Tablets to the Kings and Rulers, 149, 189, 353
Tanganyika, 138, 161, 188, 191, 372
"Tarighat" (forbidden sects of Islám), 307-8
Tasmania, 84, 191
Tax exemptions, 80, 84, 188
Teachers, of the Bahá'í Faith, 122, 170, 195, 273
African, 59
divine support for, 185
looked to Shoghi Effendi for guidance, 184
more required, 192
qualities needed by, 160
travelling, 88, 95, 121, 130, 170, 273, 280, 311, 336, 337, 355, 360
to teach indigenous people, 150
Teaching, 6, 37, 96, 123, 185, 240-1, 269, 272-3, 277-9, 292, 299-301, 310-11, 425
'Abdu'l-Bahá's wish, 77
administrative institutions must not stifle, 319
among those of Mongolian extraction, 157
Bahá'u'lláh's injunction, 105
bedrock of institutions of Administrative Order, 318
campaigns of, xix,
in Africa, 136, 188
to be launched, 129-30
continental teaching work, 132
contribution of Pacific Bahá'ís to, 153
entry in troops, 315, 320, 337, 349
forefront of all activities, 317
foremost obligation of every believer, 130, 272-3, 279
fruits of, 269-70
funds for, 132, 136, 269
contributed by Custodians for teaching work, 163
greatest of all gifts, 240
Hands of the Cause
to concentrate on, 427
to give impulse to, 124
will accelerate process of mass conversion, 320
home-front teaching, 425
importance of, 58, 149
in Austria, 158-9
in Balkans, 159
in Burma, 156
in Central and East Africa, 132
in Ceylon, 336
increase in, needed, 172
individual initiative to be shown in, 130
individuals to arise, 122
in Europe, 255-6, 266
in France, 89
in Pacific area, 74
in Russian zone of influence, 159
in South and West Africa, 132
in Soviet Union, 159
in unspoiled regions of the world, 115
lack of funds for, 134
letter of Shoghi Effendi regarding, 60
localities pivots of Bahá'í, 137
mass conversion, see Conversion, mass
mass teaching, 303, 315, 339, 382
methods of, 160
new impetus, 160-1
paramount task of the present hour, 316
plans, 130
prescribed in the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 38-9, 316
principal objective of Bahá'ís is, 164
problems in, to be consulted upon, 121
spirit of, 140, 425
to focus on Bahá'u'lláh, 318
to take precedence, 62, 300
unique opportunities in, 240
urgency required, 134
see also Conversion, Four Year Plans, Nine Year Plan, Seven Year Plan and Ten Year Crusade
Teaching Conferences, 183, 265-6, 334, 338
places held, 84, 140-1, 190-1
Teachings, of Bahá'í Faith, xix, 58, 97-8, 113, 189
to be taken to waiting masses, 315
Television broadcasts, 190, 221, 255
interview with King Hassan II of Morocco about Bahá'í Faith, 414-20
Temples, Bahá'í, see Houses of Worship
Temple sites, see Houses of Worship
Ten Year Crusade (Ten Year Plan, World Crusade), xix, xx, 9, 13, 31, 36, 37, 40, 57, 72, 76, 100, 118-19, 124, 133, 146-7, 151-2, 156, 171-2, 224, 230-31, 340, 354
accomplishments of, 183, 238-9, 263-73, 313-14, 347, 360-1, 363-4
Bahá'ís to study, 182
completion of, 121, 122, 166, 298, 404, 427, 434
marks end of first epoch of Divine Plan, 263
coordinated from World Centre, 63
decisions of Hands of the Cause regarding execution of, 131
duration of, 91, 116
European campaign, 359
financial obligations of, 229, 298, 315-16, 346-7
forces released by, 75
formation of Local Spiritual Assemblies in last year of the Ten Year Crusade, 339, 341-2, 361, 370, 394
goals of, xix, 13, 21, 55, 58, 59, 60, 61, 77, 81, 85, 86, 95, 96, 99, 109, 112, 117, 121, 132, 143, 192, 221, 237-8, 362-3
achievement of, 131, 161, 172, 180-1, 221, 223, 225, 229, 230, 238-9, 243, 244, 351
Bahá'í Publishing Trusts to be founded, 103
dependencies opened to the Faith, 137
development of Institution of Hands of the Cause, 239
endowments, 82, 85, 103, 138
goal cities, 133-4, 181-2, 183, 230-1, 266, 311
goal countries of Europe, 87, 88, 95, 120, 133-4, 137, 144, 168, 186, 231, 242, 284, 334-5
Hazíratu'l-Quds, National, 82, 85, 103, 138
home-front goals, 104, 208, 310-11, 315
Houses of Worship to be built during, 73, 76, 96, 104, 221, 238
see also Houses of Worship and Mother Temples
incorporation of Spiritual Assemblies, 103-4, 345
see also Incorporation
islands opened to the Faith, 137
Latin American National Spiritual Assemblies to be formed, see Latin America
literature, 82, 103, 138
Local Spiritual Assemblies to be formed in, see Local Spiritual Assemblies
National Spiritual Assemblies to be formed, see National Spiritual Assemblies
new countries opened to the Faith, 66, 81, 85, 92, 137, 238
number of pioneers, 238
outstanding, 119, 129-31, 362-3, 364, 404
sites for Houses of Worship, 83-4, 103, 139
to teach American Indians, 270
to hold World Congress, see World Congress
virgin territories
opened, 180-1, 185, 186, 195, 276, 342, 382
unable to open, 317
Intercontinental Teaching Conferences held at beginning of, 6
mass conversion to occur in, 132, 136, 188, 256, 269, 284, 314, 318-20
midway point, 85, 91, 93, 102, 111, 118, 142, 251, 382-3
opening of, 73, 90, 262, 276
phases of, 51, 58, 85, 92-3, 119, 382
fourth phase, 51, 58, 85, 95, 96, 104, 119, 129, 172, 240, 292
plan of action for completion of, 167-8
progress of, 79, 103-4, 136, 167, 230, 238-9, 284, 334, 339, 347, 370
purpose of, 91-2, 93, 94, 103-4, 116
resources required by, 192-3
Shoghi Effendi's vision of, 97, 116
statistics of, 334, 343, 370
success of, 256-7
depends on individual believers, 121-2, 196
territories allocated to European National Spiritual Assemblies, 358
triumph of, 108, 122, 144, 177, 342
turning point of, 118
Universal House of Justice to be elected at end of, 158, 166
victories of, 121, 124, 129, 131, 137, 138, 143, 144, 152, 161, 172, 173, 183, 194, 206, 237-8, 239, 243-4, 256-7, 258, 263, 272, 292, 293, 295, 312, 315, 337, 342, 360-1, 365, 366, 374, 376-7, 382, 383, 404, 424, 425
World Spiritual Crusade, 311
Terraces, at Bahjí, 80, 142
Territories, 145, 382, 388
Latin America, 279
number of, where Bahá'ís reside, 137, 143, 185, 194, 381
opened to the Faith, 57, 81, 85, 92, 194, 382
pioneers to, 103, 105, 146
to be represented at World Congress, 290
virgin, 95, 112, 146, 180, 348, 382
Tests, 75, 118, 135, 167, 185, 193, 238, 244, 351
Texas, 82
Texts, Sacred, see Writings
Tibet, 272, 381
Times, The (London), 414
Tolstoy, Leo, 419
Tonga Islands, 138, 153, 191
Townshend, George, xxiii
Toynbee, Arnold, 418-19
Tribes, 270-2, 383
African, 57, 83, 114, 139, 188, 269, 305
American Indian, 84, 140, 189, 270-1, 280-1, 305, 328, 344, 374
at World Congress, 422
Dayak, 376
Eskimo, 95, 238, 270
Filippino, 372, 377
Pygmies, 305, 361
Trinidad, 279
True, Corinne, xxiii, 1, 4, 9
affidavit of, 30-1, 32, 35, 39
passing of, 257
True, Edna, 202, 325, 329
Trust Territories, 194
Tuamotu Archipelago, 279
Tunisia, 139, 220
Turkey
acquisition of site for a House of Worship, 346
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
Four Year Plan, 150
Holy Places in, 149
National Spiritual Assembly of, 398, 413
formed 1959, 124, 137, 148
letter from Custodians to, 148-51
most important task of, is teaching, 149-50
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 207-8
Shoghi Effendi planned to form in 1959, 85
persecution of the Faith in, 306-9
religion in, 307
visit of Alí-Akbar-Furútan, 124,
visit of Tarázu'lláh Samandarí to, 219, 339, 376
Uganda, 1, 14, 15, 27, 29
Bahá'í Publishing Trust in, 188
Bahá'í school in, 83
burial ground acquired in, 138
enrolment in, 181
House of Worship in, see Kampala, House of Worship in
Intercontinental Conference 1958 in, 39
letter to, 56-60
Local Spiritual Assemblies in, 161, 366
National Spiritual Assembly, 398
number of Bahá'ís in, 188
Prime Minister Obote of, 372
teaching conferences in, 191
visit of Enoch Olinga, 372
"Uncle Fred" Murray, 21
Union of South Africa, 27, 141, 191, 267, 302
United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria), 228
United Church, 305
United Nations, 18, 19, 221, 228, 373, 415
Bahá'í International Community accredited to, 415
Economic and Social Council, 419
General Assembly, 373, 397, 398
steps taken through, to release Berber prisoners in Morocco, 366, 368, 397-9
sub-commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, 415-16
United Nations Association, 397, 398
United Nations Charter, 397
United Nations Human Rights Day, 415
United Nations Week, 190
United States, 9, 12, 13, 99, 143, 194, 197, 213, 216, 228, 264, 267, 328, 413
achievements of, 360
allocation of delegates for National Convention, 403
Amelia Collins returns to, 294
American Bahá'ís called "Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh", 260
American culture, 359
American pioneers, 230
to Central America, 131
to Europe, 340
to France, 88
to the Pacific, 152
Americans champion builders of the Administrative Order, 94, 146, 259, 360
Americans spiritual descendants of Dawn-breakers, 93-4, 145, 259
Covenant-breakers in, 223, 224, 225, 431
Dhikru'lláh Khádem in, 327
European Teaching Committee of, 88
execution of Divine Plan entrusted to, 93-4, 103
goals of, in Ten Year Crusade, 95-6
to teach American Indians, 270
Governors in, declare World Peace Day, 328
Hands of the Cause to visit, 169, 242
home front of, 94, 120, 144, 242, 317, 339, 341, 360-1
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 82, 137, 186, 220, 263, 343
Local Spiritual Assemblies, 220, 361
to be formed, 144
Mother Assembly of South Pacific Islands, 154
Mother Community of Latin America, 276
National Conventions of, 93, 202, 282-3, 339
National Spiritual Assembly of, 15, 18, 29, 255, 360, 413, 420
approach to Moroccan diplomatic mission, 368-9, 373-4
approach to Turkish Ambassador, 306-9, 368
cable to U Thant and contact with United Nations Association concerning Moroccan situation, 398
Israel branch of, 50, 142
members of, pledge loyalty to Custodians, 202
National Spiritual Assemblies formed under sponsorship of, 95
"New Bahá'í Era, A", issued by, and American Hands of the Cause, 60-1, 64-6, 67, 69, 98-9
pledge of loyalty to Custodians, 49-50
Shoghi Effendi's last message to, 94
work of, in Africa, 57
Navajo Indians enter Faith in, 377
pouring out of substance, 339
publicity given to Faith in, 190
regarding Moroccan situation, 414-15
recognition of Bahá'í Holy Days, 188, 265, 345
recognition of Bahá'í marriage, 82, 265, 345
resources, required to supply for Ten Year Crusade, 192-3
Second Seven Year Plan, 88, 261, 353-4
Seven Year Plan, 260-1
spiritual primacy of, 259
Supreme Court, 419
teaching conferences in, 84, 141, 191
to assist mass teaching, 339
to help form Local Spiritual Assemblies in Latin America, 167-8
visit of Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum, 219, 226
visit of Paul Haney, 294
William Sears travels to, 99, 124, 132, 327
see also Americas, the, and North America
United States and Canada, National Spiritual Assembly of,
Seven Year Plan, 275
Unity
of Bahá'í community, 29, 45, 79, 103, 106, 122, 167
of Bahá'í Faith, 118, 205, 209, 223, 224, 225, 283, 326
appeal for, 101
depends on co-ordination from World Centre, 192
of Hands of the Cause, 10-11, 100, 177, 227, 368
of humankind, 36
of institutions of the Faith, 283
of religion, 369, 419
Universal House of Justice, 4, 30, 36, 88, 92, 95, 120, 122, 261, 314, 363, 364, 366-7
Ark, 80, 169-70, 386
Ark of human salvation, 75
members are dwellers, 321
Assemblies the bedrock of, 13, 96, 129, 272, 278
authority of, xxi
consultation with Hands in the Holy Land, 428, 431
Declaration of Custodians to, 433
distinction between Hands of the Cause and, 5
duties of, 20
election of, xix, xx, 8, 9, 20-1, 41, 50, 62, 63, 68, 70, 78, 122, 158, 162, 166, 169, 173, 287, 288, 290, 298, 299, 333, 340, 351, 354, 357, 385, 386-8, 396, 429
announcement of results of, 425-6
ballot papers for, 390-3
call to, 38, 206, 321-2
casting of ballots, 429
Conclave of the Hands of the Cause to precede, 365
election of,
date fixed for, at Ridván 1963, 166, 167
enemies may try to hinder, 367
Hands of the Cause to carry on with Crusade until election of, 35-9, 235
importance of, 291, 385-6
International Bahá'í Council to assist in making arrangement for, 286
members of National Spiritual Assemblies electoral college of, 387-8
list of names of, first International Bahá'í Convention, 406-13
method for, 386, 390-3
pattern for, laid down by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 234
postal ballots, 390-1, 393, 429
program, 424-5
proposed date for, 290
publicity for, 395-7
significance of, 169-70
tellers for, 429-30
venue for, 425
electors of, 20, 38, 120, 321, 351, 387-8, 392
finances of, 404
forerunner of, see International Bahá'í Council
foundation of, 113, 145, 168, 315, 323
responsibility given to Assemblies to lay, 119, 182
functions of, 113, 291, 321, 386-7
funds for, 298
funds turned over to, 11
Hands of the Cause ask not to be considered for membership of, 321-2, 392-3
head of, 205
independence of, from electorate, 387
infallibility of, 37, 78, 120, 122, 166, 205, 242, 321, 386-7, 426
use of term "infallible" in publicity, 396
International Bahá'í Council to assist in establishment of, 168
last refuge of a tottering civilization, 120, 385
legislation, 321, 386
letters from, to Hands of the Cause, 428, 430
letters of Shoghi Effendi required for its future reference, 171
letter to, from Hands of the Cause, 429-30
meeting with Bahá'í Department, Ministry of Religions, 431-2
meetings with Hands of the Cause, xx-xxi
membership of, 298, 321-2, 392-3, 423
adult Bahá'í males only eligible for, 321, 388
Hands of the Cause, 423
members and managers of Israel branches of National Spiritual Assemblies, 431
offices of, at 10 Haparsim Street, 428
people of Bahá, 170, 386
pillars of, 129, 133, 144, 149, 163, 167, 169, 193, 239, 243, 262, 268, 275, 277, 278, 284, 293, 300, 321, 336, 340, 341, 343, 353-4, 357, 391
pioneers buttressing, 318
powers of, 387
prayers for, 420-1
presentation of, to International Convention, 430
rank of, 173
relationship between, and International Bahá'í Council, 205, 234
relationship with Israeli government, 432
relationship with the Hands of the Cause, 38, 298, 404, 427
sacrifice for the establishment of, 130-1
seating of, at World Congress, 421
Seat of, 19
significance of, 385-6
statement of Hands of the Cause about, 124-5
subjects to be considered by, 169
Supreme Legislative Body of Administrative Order, 340, 386
tribute to Hands of the Cause, 2, 434
use of term International House of Justice for publicity, 396
University of Alaska, 191
Uruguay, 42, 139, 141, 191, 256, 274, 346, 403, 413
Ustupo, Island of, 328
U Thant, 397, 398
Vargha Fund, 420, 426
Varqá, Dr. 'Alí-Muhammad, illus. v, vi; iv, xxiv, 1, 295, 376
acting as substitute Custodian, 69, 107
attends National Conventions in Belgium and Luxembourg, 320
communications signed by him, iv, 28-31, 31-2, 32-3, 34-5, 35-9, 118-23, 237-55, 426-7
non-existence of Shoghi Effendi's Will, 27, 28
to consult with French National Spiritual Assembly, 371
Varqá, Valíyu'lláh, xxiii
Venezuela, 42, 82, 138, 141, 219-20, 241, 256, 274, 413
acquisition of site for Mother Temple of, 346
goals assigned to, 279
visit of Ugo Giachery, 294
Victoria, Australia, 84, 191
Victories, 79, 81, 83, 86, 91, 93, 96-7, 107, 153, 170, 185, 193, 195, 273, 352
crises often bring, 222, 223, 225, 226, 230, 244, 351
depend on individuals, 121, 196
empty if Crusade is lost, 147
hour of victory, 97, 272
of Seven Year Plan, 260-1
of Ten Year Crusade, see Ten Year Crusade, victories of
on the home front, 360
palm of victory, 114, 137, 147, 153, 189, 267
see also Crises
Viet Nam, 138, 140, 361, 377, 398
Vietnamese language, 423
Virgin Islands, 279
Visitors
to Kampala House of Worship, 253
to World Centre, 80, 180, 219
Voting rights, 210, 295-7
Wade, John, 325, 329
Wales, 267, 328
War, 63, 88, 152, 156, 172, 194, 254, 260, 268, 353
Week-end schools, 141, 190-1, 265-6, 334
Weinshall, Dr. Abraham, 11, 40, 431
West, the, (Western Hemisphere) 92, 93, 95, 99, 142, 165, 179, 189, 233, 258, 259, 353, 360, 381
Bahá'u'lláh writes to rulers of, 274
capacities of people of, 93
cities, towns and villages of, 144
destiny of, 262
Faith taken to, by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 56
Hands of the Cause of, 9, 12, 167, 193, 216, 320, 371
to help form Local Spiritual Assemblies in Latin America, 167-8
localities where Bahá'ís reside, 83, 140, 189
Local Spiritual Assemblies, 83, 189, 220
incorporation of, 189
Mother Temple of, see Wilmette, Illinois, House of Worship in
National and Regional Spiritual Assemblies, 83, 341
spiritual conquest of, 353
spread of Faith in, 270
statistics, 83-4
West Africa, 124
Western Australia, 191
Western Pilgrim House, 287, 288, 428
Western Samoa, 191
see also Samoa
West Indies, 220, 262-3
West Pakistan, 190
see also Pakistan and East Pakistan
Wilhelm, Roy C., xxii
Wilkin, Mary Magdalene, 223, 224, 225
Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 2, 3, 20, 29, 30, 36, 37, 41, 45, 47, 49, 50, 75, 99-100, 101, 201, 202, 234, 321, 387, 431, 433
basis of decision to expel Mason Remey, 223, 224-5
quotations from,
all must turn to and obey Guardian, 211-12
all must turn to Most Holy Book, 386
Covenant-breaking, 211-12, 236
Guardianship, 232-3
Hands of the Cause must teach, 320
infallibility of the Universal House of Justice, 37, 120, 386
protection of the Faith, 206, 209, 211-12, 213-14
secondary Houses of Justice, 387-8
teaching, 38-9, 172, 240, 316
Universal House of Justice, 386
see also 'Abdu'l-Bahá
Wilmette, Illinois, 49, 216, 242
House of Worship in, 84, 180, 251, 383
Corinne True and, 257
Dependency of, 84, 95, 140, 238-9
effect of, 268
"silent teacher", 252
see also Mother Temples
Wolcott, Charles, 202, 226, 287, 288, 302
elected Secretary-General of International Bahá'í Council, 289, 291
elected to International Bahá'í Council, 282
elected to the Universal House of Justice, 426, 429
Wood, Duncan, 416-17
World Centre, 1, 6, 35, 36, 39, 70, 79, 91, 106, 107, 136, 167, 285, 310, 371-2, 388, 421
"arc" at, 19-20
cannot be understaffed during World Congress, 405-6
communications with, 61-4
day-to-day work of, 179
development of, 19-20, 80, 267
edifices at, 180
financial report, 229, 298, 404
financial responsibility for, given to
International Bahá'í Council, 286, 288
focal Centre of unity to be maintained, supreme work of the Hands, 68
fixed by Bahá'u'lláh in the Holy Land, 191-2
function of, 63
gardens at, see Gardens, in the Holy Land
Hands residing at, xix-xx
see also Custodians, resident in the Holy Land
heart and nerve centre, 62, 63, 64, 65, 70, 73, 79, 141, 184, 243, 299, 395
importance of, 192
institutions of, 36, 63, 243
legal powers of, 11
location of, in State of Israel, 395-6
News Letters from, see News Letters, from World Centre
paralyzed if not supported by rank and file, 122, 196
preserves world character of the Faith, 65, 78
protection of, 108, 395, 406
services of Hands at, 6
spirit of, 120
Spiritual and Administrative, 62, 65, 68, 73, 78
tax exemption of properties at, 80
temporary separation from, 121
ties with state of Israel, 6, 33, 37
unity of Bahá'í Faith depends on co-ordination from, 192
visitors to, 80, 180, 219
see also Haram-i-Aqdas; Shrines, Holy; and Holy Land
World Civilization, 184
World Commonwealth of Bahá'u'lláh (embryonic), 6, 35, 45, 47, 49, 65, 72, 78, 102, 107, 120
"Chief Stewards" of, see Hands of the Cause of God, "Chief Stewards"
World Congress, 1963, xx, 21-2, 122, 286, 288, 333, 340, 342, 364, 374, 383, 394, 404
arrangements for, 324-5, 421-3
Congress Arrangements Committee, 324-5, 329
draft program for, 405
duration of, 298, 322
financing of, 298
location of, 298
Baghdád, 286, 288
London, 21, 22, 322, 324, 325, 342, 396
Madínatu'lláh connected to, 424
organization of, 298
participation of ethnic groups at, 422
prayers and devotional readings at, 421-2
programme for, 298
proposed timetable of, 290
publicity for, 290-1
representation at, 290, 298, 342
statistical pamphlet, 377
World Federalists, 221
World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, 36, 51, 60, 72, 74, 86, 101, 102, 111, 120, 184, 235, 281, 321, 341, 349, 355, 426
administrative hierarchy of, 173
Americans champion-builders of, 94, 146, 259, 360
appointive half, 2
distinguishing features of, 383
foundations of, 104, 108, 123, 195
institutions of, 60, 75, 91, 116
Kingdom of God on earth, 123, 383
Local Spiritual Assemblies the foundation of, 82
purpose of Assemblies is to establish, 130
redeems a shattered world, 121
triumph of, 36
World Peace Day, 328
World Religion Day, 190, 221
World War I, 152, 172, 194, 268
World War II, 88, 194, 260, 268, 353
Writings (Sacred Texts), 177, 387, 420, 421, 429, 431, 433
Arabic text of, 233
broadcast of, in India, 190
compilation of, on functions of Universal House of Justice, 291
interpretation of, 99, 120
of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 91, 120
of Bahá'u'lláh, 30, 41, 50, 91, 120
Persian text of, 233
Wyss, Frank, 181
Yá 'Alíyyu'l-A'lá, 92, 116
Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá, 38, 55, 77, 92, 116, 157, 316
Yahyá, Mírzá, 148
Yemen, 294
Youth, Bahá'í schools and conferences for, 190, 191
Yukon, 220, 270, 329
Zion, 321
Zoning Board of Appeals, 84
Zuluiand, 191