Index

      This index is alphabetized word by word, that is, magazine' follows Ma Shaffi'. Connectives such as -i- and - are treated as spaces. Therefore Abdu'llah follows 'Abdu'l-Rahman.

Abasi, Mr M. U., 5
Abbasally, Mr, 53
'Abdu'l-'Aziz, Prof., 160
'Abdu'l-Bahá, 3, 4, 5, 6-7, 28, 31, 79, 125, 209, 287, 296, 298, 303, 311, 353, 392, 405, 411-12, 434, 435-6, 438
      Ascension of, 8, 9, 40, 436
      hopes of, for India, 9, 12, 15, 28-9, 306
      photographs of, 133
      prophecies of, 422
      Tablets of, 62, 193
      Will and Testament of, 313, 436
'Abdu'l-Bahá's School at Daidanaw, 126, 127, 134, 143-4, 146, 147-8, 436
'Abdu'l-Bahá's Village, 126
Abdul Hamid, Agha Mirza, 431
Abdu'l Jalil Beg Saad, 221, 224
'Abdu'l-Rahman Adib, Siyyid, 163
Abdu'llah, Maulvi (Moulvi) Muhammad, (Vakil), 190, 225, 291
Ahor (Abor Miri) language, 338, 355, 395, 407
Abraham, 193
abstentions, 142
Abu, Mount, 63
Abu'l Abbas Razvi, Siyvid, 163
acting, cinema, 332
Aden, 355
Adhirbayjan, 352, 355
Adih, Siyyid 'Abdu'l-Rahman, 163
administrative order, Bahá'í, 114-15, 130, 139, 147, 184, 284, 419, 424
      American model of, 150
      consolidation of, 138, 347-8


446

      development of, 132, 294, 348, 353
      education in, 240
      principles of, 293
      role of women in, 10
      role of youth in, 208, 220, 270, 393
      service in, 237, 346, 393
administrative rights,
      see voting rights
Admiralty Islands, 355, 365
Adrianople, 353
advertisements, in Bahá'í periodicals, 76
Afghanistan, 283, 355, 356, 419, 424
Afnan, Jinabi Haji Mirza Mohammad Ali, 431
Africa 323, 325, 326, 329, 334, 338, 348, 358, 360, 397
Africa campaign, 324, 326
Africa Committee (British), 326
Afroukhteh, Dr Younes, 251
age limits, 393
Ahmad, Haji, 5
Ahmad, Mohamed, 377
Ahmad, Shaykh, 210
Ahmad, Tablet of, 192
Ahmedabad, 246, 281
Ahsa, 355
'Akká, 290, 353
Alai, Shuaullah, 360
Albania, 361
Albanian, 79, 120
alcohol, 332
Ali, Dr S.H., 156, 158
Ali, Seyed Jenabe, 32, 57, 59, 60
Aligarh, 246
All-Asian Women's Conference, 67, 69, 70
All Faiths Conference, 135
All India Bahá'í Convention, Third, 2
All-India Spiritual Assembly, 5
Allen, Dwight, 358
Allen, Fred and Jean, 361
Alypore, 243
America, 4, 13, 25, 44, 58, 77, 78, 114, 147, 202, 343, 366, 372
      Bahá'í community of, 150, 205, 249, 269, 275, 313, 352, 35
      National Spiritual Assembly of,
            see National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada
Amiru'l-Islam,
      see Islam, Mr Amiru'l
Amontai, 411, 413
Amreliwala, Mr, 380
Amritsar, 42, 443
Andaman Islands, 338, 354, 395, 401
Anderson, Ted and Joan, 358
Andheri, 244, 246
Andorra, 361
Aneityum language, 338, 355
Annamese language, 338, 355
annual reports, 35, 37, 137, 138, 284
Anticosti, 365
Arabian Peninsula, 354
Arabic language, 120, 126, 191, 192, 209
A'rabs, use of, 209, 210
archives, Bahá'í, 114
Armenia, 355
Armenian language, 120
arts, the, 332
Arya Samaj, 15
Ashanti Protectorate, 361
Asia, 258, 294, 305, 313, 324, 324, 327, 334, 338, 352, 356-7, 360, 422
Asian Teaching Committee, 338-9, 346, 347
Assamese language, 250, 272, 291
assemblies, Bahá'í, 10, 226, 250
      see also local spiritual assemblies and National Spiritual Assemblies
atheism, 357
Australia, 77, 174, 202, 240, 334, 352, 353
      National Spiritual Assembly of, see National Spiritual Assembly of Australia
Australian New Guinea, 355
Austria, 313
Auxiliary boards, 356
Azores, 361


447

Báb, the, 178, 209-10, 352
      birthday of, 131
      books of, 210
      declaration of, 238, 247
      laws of, 179
      martyrdom of, 124, 270
      centenary of, 307, 311, 315
      portrait of, 351
      remains of, 297, 434
      shrine of, 99, 247, 296, 297, 298, 301, 303, 311, 319, 322, 323, 333, 357-8, 389
      films of, 351
      lands surrounding,
            see Shrines, Bahá'í, lands surrounding
      photographs of, 316
Bábí Faith, 352-3
Bábís, 124
'Badaie-ul-Assar', 231
Badi-uz-Zaman, 325, 333
Badri, Mr, 54, 55, 56, 58, 60
Baghdad, 353, 359
      House of Bahá'u'lláh in, 21, 45, 54, 354
'Bahá'í Bulletin', 31, 316
Bahá'í Faith
      attacks on, 346
      birth of, 353
      centenary of, 232, 237, 238, 240, 244, 245, 246, 247
      emancipation of, 245
      enemies of, 99, 120, 124, 139, 152, 191, 292
      ex-communication from, 283, 292
      Formative Age of, 348, 353
      growth of, 20, 92, 279, 288
      Heroic Age of, 299
      history of, 4, 137, 202, 299, 352-3
      in India and Burma, 103-4, 110, 232, 238
      inter-racial, inter-religious character of, 260
      laws of, 139, 145, 147, 162, 184, 199, 293
      mention of, in books, 283
      mission of, 24
      number of countries opened to, 292, 294
      official recognition of, as an independent religion, 44, 57-8, 59, 99, 106
      opposition to, 29, 120, 125, 126, 145, 154, 173, 190, 191, 421-2
      in Palestine, 99
      persecution of, 105, 124-5, 209, 274-5, 288, 312, 319, 322, 385-6, 387
      presentation of, to outside world, 28
      principles of, 4, 145, 147
      realization of, in the world, 44, 56
      proclamation of, 257, 268, 271
      progress of, 125, 205
      sole refuge for world, 217
      spread of, 353
      status of, 3, 419
      study of, 4
      teaching of,
            see teaching, the Bahá'í Faith
      teachings,
            see Bahá'u'lláh, teachings of
      triumph of, 125
      unity of, 145, 226, 237, 327
'Bahá'í Faith, A Faith for Unity', 382
'The Bahá'í Faith, Information, Statistical and Comparative', 330
'Bahá'í Laws on Matters of Personal Status', 184, 403
'Bahá'í Magazine', 87, 103
Bahá'í magazine, for Burma, 6, 7, 73
      see also 'The Dawn'
'Bahá'í News', 2, 5, 17, 219
'Bahá'í Newsletter', 154
Bahá'í Publishing Committee (New York), 46, 72
Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 338, 356, 385
'Bahá'í Weekly', 72, 76, 87, 98, 441
'Bahá'í World', 46, 57, 73, 74, 76-7, 112, 113, 139, 141, 170, 172, 178, 187, 188, 253, 311, 442
'Bahá'í Yearbook', 18, 25, 35, 36, 37, 38, 46


448

Bahá'í Youth Day, 227, 281
Bahá'ís
      activity of, 9
      American, 150, 205
      conduct of, 264
      declaration of, 252
      Dutch, 304-5, 309, 312
      duty of, 28
      European, 305, 313
      ex-communication of, 283, 292
      faith of, 217, 305
      inactivity of some ageing, 63
      isolated, 310, 334, 366, 371, 378, 404, 422
      maturity of, 293, 303
      new, 241, 259, 260, 348, 381
      number of, 47, 416-17
      increase in, 7-8, 43, 420
      persecution of, 105, 124-5, 209, 274-5, 288, 312, 319, 322, 385-6, 387
      photographs of, to show diversity of races, 35
      problems facing, 145, 217, 262
      qualities of, 220, 293
      registration of, 252
      relationship between, of India and Burma, 15, 16
      responsibility of, to support Bahá'í fund, 159
      service to, 217
      unity of,
            see Unity, of Bahá'ís
      Western, 305
Bahá'u'lláh, 43, 125, 133, 179, 214, 353, 430
      aids those who arise in His Name, 202
      Arabic writings of, not to be translated into Persian, 192
      Ascension of, 434
      birthday of, 135, 226
      Covenant of, 353
      declaration of, 353
            centenary of, 314, 327, 339, 348, 352-7, 359
      dispensation of, 210
      House of, in Baghdád, 21, 45, 54, 354
      Mansion of, at Bahjí,
            see Bahjí,Mansion of Bahá'u'lláh at
      reliance on, 3
      Shrine of, 344
      Tablets of, 62, 114, 182, 192, 209, 430, 431-4, 435
      teachings of, 2, 88, 137, 139, 274, 431
      loyalty to, 145
      study of, 245, 258, 270
Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era (Esslemont), 78-9, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87-8, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96-7, 100, 101-3, 104, 106, 107, 110, 112, 113, 118, 119, 121, 137, 138, 150-1, 163, 170, 239, 241, 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 255, 257, 262, 263, 267, 271, 272, 275, 278, 280, 283, 288, 291, 295, 296, 297, 299, 303, 309, 313, 322, 323, 334, 346-7, 441
Bahera, Mrs, 117
Bahjí, Mansion of Bahá'u'lláh at, 71, 72, 95, 96, 103, 119, 151, 172, 219, 253, 262, 292, 319, 362, 388, 404, 427, 439
Bahram, Mr A., 5
Bahrayn Island, 283, 355, 356
Bailey, Ella, 358
Baker, Dorothy, 360
bakery, 155
Bakhtiari (Bakhtiar), Isfandiar, 5, 158, 166, 190, 215, 235, 386, 389, 399, 442
Bali, 401
Balochai language, 338, 355
Baluchistan, 258, 338, 355, 419, 424
Banani, Musa, 360
Bangalore, 187, 209, 213, 246, 269, 306, 340
Barabai, 413
Baram, Mr R., 368


449

Baranof, 358
Baroda, 242, 246, 251
Basutoland, 361
Bates, Margaret, 422
Batt, Amin, 361
Bayan, 179, 210
Bechuanaland, 361
Beirut, 356
Belgaum, 243
Belgian Congo, 377, 380
believers,
      see Bahá'ís
Benares, 325
Bengal, 133
Bengali language, 110, 112, 119, 121, 137, 138, 150-1
Bentuni language, 338, 355, 407
Bharghava, Dr, 244
Bhutan, 338, 344, 354, 364, 370, 371, 409, 413
Bible, 252, 395
'Biennial',
      see 'Bahá'í World'
Binandere language, 338, 355, 407
Bismarck Archipelago, 355
Bolton Colour Cinema, 351
Bombay, 58, 70, 104, 131-2, 135, 160-1, 167-8, 174, 176, 188, 218, 257, 269, 281, 306, 340, 425, 431
      Bahá'í Service Committee of, 197
      Hazíratu'l-Quds of, 242
      meeting of National Spiritual Assembly in, 57
      Spiritual Assembly of, 27, 29, 40, 106, 114-15, 143, 170, 226-7
books, Bahá'í, 71, 77, 79, 90, 92, 272-3, 278, 283
Borneo, 338, 355, 400, 401
Brahma Samaj Centenary, 41, 42, 44
Braille, 120
'brain tonic', 302-3
British Honduras, 358
British Isles, Bahá'í of, 275, 311
      National Spiritual Assembly of,
            see National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles
British Somaliland, 365
Brunei, 355, 401
Buchanan Bay, 358
Bulgarian language, 79
burial, Bahá'í, 283, 336
burial grounds, 415, 419, 423, 424, 428
burial stone, 225
Burma, 3, 6-7, 9, 13, 14, 73, 172, 214, 278, 289, 321, 323, 330, 353, 367, 389, 432
      all-Burma Bahá'í Convention, 126
      Bahá'í Magazine for,
            see 'The Dawn'
      Central Council for, 5, 6
      consolidation of Bahá'í Faith in, 134, 138, 276, 338, 355
      cut off from India, 219, 224
      delegates from, to national convention, 52, 407
      development of Faith in, 26, 371
      dissemination of Bahá'í literature in, 264
      diversity of peoples in, 66, 322
      endowment land for, 391
      Governor of, 38
      Hazíratu'l-Quds in, 261, 264
      history of, 103-4, 110, 232, 238
      incorporation of assemblies in, 390
      lack of success in teaching the Bahá'í Faith in, 45
      local assemblies in, 5, 242, 264, 274, 280, 309, 310, 384
      loss of assets in, 304
      loyalty of, 319
      murder of Bahá'í in, 264, 397, 402
      National Spiritual Assembly for, 287, 338, 347, 354
      National Spiritual Assembly meeting in, 55, 57
      pioneers to, 322
      political unrest in, 304, 313, 321
      provides sarcophagus for remains of the Báb, 297, 434
      rehabilitation of, 264-5, 271, 273, 274, 276
      relationship of Bahá'í in, to Indian Bahá'ís, 15, 16-17, 52, 55, 57, 180


450

      relief fund for, 263, 264, 267, 273, 274
      safety of Bahá'í of, 304, 306
      school in, 126, 127, 264, 274
      separated politically from India, 287
      suffering of Bahá'ís in, 261, 263, 264
      survival of, 259
      teaching work in, 7, 14-15, 45, 148, 158, 274
      under jurisdiction of National Spiritual Assembly of India, 5
      unity of Bahá'ís in, 24, 316
      women in, 10-11
Burmese language, 79, 84, 89, 90, 91, 94, 95, 96, 101, 102, 104, 121, 184, 436
Burmese people, 285
Buru, 413
Bushru'i, Badi', 303
Butt, 'Abbás 'Ali', 127-8, 146-7, 149, 154, 171, 172, 201, 204, 214, 218-19, 235, 236, 318, 331, 399, 408
Bye-laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma, 58, 245, 385
Calcutta, 41, 42, 80, 132, 139, 164, 178, 257, 281, 297, 430
      Bahá'í centre at, 38-9, 93
Calendar, Bahá'í, 74
Cambodia, 400, 403
Cape Breton Island, 361
Cardell, Ted, 361
Carmel, Mount, 170, 171, 290, 357
Carmel, Tablet of, 358
Caroline Islands, 354
Caucasus, 353
Cawnpore, Congress at, 22-3
Celebes, 401
cemetery, Bahá'í, 283, 325, 359, 415
Census, Bahá'í, 64
Centenary, of the Bahá'í Faith,
      see Bahá'í Faith, centenary of
'Centenary of the Martyrdom of the Báb', 319
Central America, 372
Central Council for Burma, 5, 6
centralization, 284
Centres, Bahá'í, 93, 230, 295, 330
century,
      first Bahá'í, 209, 210, 227, 229, 230, 232, 233, 238, 241, 245, 247, 253, 254, 257, 262, 266
      second Bahá'í, 247, 250, 254, 256-7, 258
Ceram Island, 405, 411
ceremonies, religious, 175-6
Ceylon, 137, 142, 148, 291, 292, 294, 297, 300, 303, 305, 313, 315, 321, 323, 326, 333, 338, 346, 355, 367, 369, 385, 391, 427
      establishment of National Spiritual Assembly of, 338, 347, 354
Chagos Archipelago, 355, 361, 364, 365, 395, 405, 406, 412, 421
chairmanship, of National Spiritual Assembly, 121, 122
character, upright, 198, 270
charity, 283
chastity, 332
Chatterji, Mr, 83
Chaudhuri, Mr K. D., 403-4
Cheremiss language, 338, 355
children, 29, 192
Chin language, 250, 257, 272, 283, 291, 295
China, 353, 355
Chinese language, 79, 120
Chitnes, Dr G.Y., 148, 150
Chittagong, 123, 151
Chowdhry, 386
Christians, 88, 252
Chungchia language, 338, 355
cinema, 154, 332
circumcision, 192
civil boundaries, 413, 419


451

civilization, Western, 75
clergy, 124, 126, 248
Cocos Island, 355, 365, 395, 401
Collins, Amelia, 359, 389, 391
Collison, Mr and Mrs, 380
Colombo, 312, 338, 369, 374-5, 377, 379, 380, 382, 399, 419, 420
Colonial Office, London, 99
Commentary on the Surih of Joseph, 210
committees, national, 181-2, 284
communications, 299
communities, Bahá'í, 414, 422
Comoro Islands, 338, 361, 365
Conference on Religions, 53
conferences,
      inter-Assembly, 319
      inter-continental, 331-2, 334, 341, 346, 347, 348, 351, 360, 387
      message to, 352-7
      Pakistan, 394, 417
      South East Asian Teaching, 400-1
      teaching, 417, 427
      youth, 140, 167, 195, 198-9, 221, 235
            see also Youth Symposium
Congress, at Cawnpore, 22-3
consolidation, 31, 113, 134, 138, 253, 254, 257, 258, 266, 314, 332, 347-8, 355, 365
Constantinople, 45, 353
constitution of National Spiritual Assemblies,
      see Declaration of Trust and By-laws of the National Spiritual Assembly
convention, national, 9, 10, 45, 46, 47-8, 49, 51, 128, 141, 155, 159, 178, 181, 186, 201, 202, 219, 232, 240, 244, 245, 258, 271, 281, 284, 292, 301, 303, 312, 320, 397-8
      all-Burma, 126
      delegates from Burma, 52, 219
      delegates to,
            see delegates, to national convention
Cook Islands, 355
countries, opened to Bahá'í Faith, 292, 294
Court of Appeal, Iraq, 21
Courts National Bahá'í, 338, 347, 356
Covenant, of Bahá'u'lláh, covenant-breakers, 283, 436
Craney, Geraldine, 361
Crete, 358
Crusade,
      see Ten Year Crusade customs, 1, 10, 175-6
Cyprus, 358
Daidanaw (Daidanaw-Kalazoo), 7, 25-6, 126, 134, 141, 143, 146, 147, 149, 163, 263, 310, 397, 402, 436
Daman, 33, 341, 344, 354
dancing, 332
Danish language, 120
Danjon, William, 361
David, 178, 193, 209
'The Dawn', 6, 7, 14-15, 36, 73
dawn-breakers, 299
'The Dawn-Breakers', 72, 73, 74
day, Bahá'í, 160
Day of Resurrection, 182
dead, the, 225
death, 234
life after, 30, 139, 234
debts, 337
decisions, of National Spiritual Assemblies, 128-30
declaration, of new Bahá'ís, 252, 259, 260, 348, 376-7, 381
Declaration of Trust and By-laws of the National Spiritual Assembly, 58, 106, 113, 245, 385
dedication, 226
deeds, 270
delegates, to national convention, 52, 180, 219, 244, 246, 258, 271, 281, 310, 312, 318, 320, 323, 329, 337, 366, 384, 397-8, 407
Delhi, 128, 132, 141, 178, 191, 195, 208, 239, 281, 328, 347, 354, 356, 359, 372, 373, 374, 376, 403, 435


452

      Bahá'í office in, 25, 230, 231, 232, 233, 280, 284, 288
      Inter-continental Conference in, 331-2, 334, 341, 346, 347, 348, 351, 387
            message to, 352-7
      National Bahá'í court in, 338
deputization, of pioneers, 190, 249, 278
Diamond Jubilee, 135
difficulties, facing Bahá'ís, 145
discrimination, 327
discussion groups, 90
'The Dispensation of Bahá'u'lláh', 112
Diu, 338, 341, 344, 350, 354
diversity, unity in, 108-9
Divine Plan, 140, 205, 324, 327
divorce, Bahá'í, 268, 275, 426
Djakarta (Jakarta), 338, 356, 362, 367, 369, 374-5, 377, 379, 380, 382, 385, 388, 400, 408, 410, 411
doctors, Bahá'í, 272
donations, earmarked, 32
dowry, 275
drama, 332
drinking, of alcohol, 332
Duffield, Mrs, 358
Dumit family, 101
Dunn, Clara, 360
Dutch New Guinea, 354
earmarking of donations, 32
East, Far, 14
Economy, the (economic crisis), 98
education, 192, 240
Educational Committee, 126
Egypt, 8, 19, 201, 221, 224, 313, 322
elections, Bahá'í, 10, 19, 27, 30, 35, 114-15, 142, 187, 245, 285, 302, 303, 335, 376, 399
Ellesmere Island, 358
Elphinston College, 438
endowments, 215, 280, 286, 290, 338, 355, 391
enemies, of the Bahá'í Faith, 99, 120, 124, 139, 152, 191, 292
England, National Spiritual Assembly of, 4
English language, 2, 79, 120, 126, 205, 231
enrolment, of new Bahá'ís, 252, 259, 260, 381
Esslemont, Dr John E., 22, 78, 79, 81, 82, 252
Esty, Mrs, 82
Europe, 19, 20, 201, 305, 313, 360, 366
ex-communication,
      see Covenant-breakers
Executive Committee of India, 4, 439
exhibitions, book, 278
Faisal, King, 21
faith, 217, 305, 392
family, unity of, 192, 240
fanaticism, 304
Far East, 14
Fazil, Mr 225
Feast, Nineteen Day, 74, 135
Fiji, 355, 380
Formative Age, 348, 353
Formosa, 355
Fozdar, Dr, 135, 143, 166, 207, 312, 326
Fozdar, Mrs Shirin, 135, 140-1, 142, 143, 150, 155, 166, 188, 326
France, 13, 366
Frankel, Jean, 406, 412
Freemasons, 320
French, Mrs A., 178
French Cameroons, 338
French Equatorial Africa, 358
French Guinea, 358
French language, 79, 120
Frisian Islands, 358, 361
fund, Bahá'í
      centenary, 238, 246
      for construction of Shrine of the Báb, 301, 303, 309, 311, 320, 322, 333, 389
      contributions to, not accepted from those without voting rights, 283, 335, 347


453

      deputization, 190, 249
      gifts to, from non-Bahá'ís, 351
      Hazíratu'l-Quds, 232, 280, 285-6, 369
      international, 131, 168, 389, 416
      for literature, 240, 246-7, 250, 345
      national, 17, 18, 19, 27, 31, 32, 33, 37, 72, 116, 274, 419, 425
            earmarking of contributions to, 32-3
            support for, corner-stone of future achievements, 29, 157, 159
      relief, for Burma, 263, 264, 267, 274
      teaching, 201, 204, 223, 225, 226, 243-4, 325, 363
      temple, 147, 347, 359
      through National Spiritual Assembly, 350
      use of, 378
Furutan, Ali Akbar, 360
future, the, 2, 3, 28-9, 136, 214, 253, 262
Galle, 427
Gambia, 338, 415, 417-18, 420
Geneva, 25
Georgia, 355
Georgian language, 338, 355, 370
German language, 120
Germany, 13, 99, 266, 313
Ghazi, Sultan, 301
Giachery, Ugo, 358, 360
gifts, from non-Bahá'ís, 351
Gilbert and Ellice Islands, 355
Goa, 338, 341, 344, 350, 354, 364, 409, 425-6
goal cities, 363
goals,
      achievement of, 283, 287, 288, 299, 303, 383
      of Ten Year Crusade, 337-9, 353-7, 360, 376, 383-4, 386, 390, 391, 392, 405, 406, 422
God, 157, 225, 316
'The Gospel in Many Tongues', 395
government, 125, 269, 310
grants in aid, 269
Greatest Holy Leaf, 20, 69, 85-7, 88, 93, 114, 170, 171, 184, 290, 439
Greece, 358
Greek language, 101
Greenland, 294
Grenville, John C., 377
Grossman, Elsa, 358
groups, Bahá'í, 251, 253, 254, 258, 271, 288, 312, 330, 332, 334, 366, 371, 404, 414, 422
Guardian, the,
      see Shoghi Effendi
Gujrati, 78, 81, 82, 84, 88, 95, 96, 97
Gung, Claire, 361
Gwalior, 388
Hadhramaut, 355, 371
Haifa, 83, 331
      Spiritual Assembly, 6, 8, 172
Hainan Islands, 354, 364, 365
hair, cutting of, 225
Hakimian, Mrs Gowhar, 410
Hakimian, Khodadad, 399, 443
Halimeh (Pali-Ama-Ma-Myaing), 20, 64, 66
Hands of the Cause, 105, 260, 331, 332, 334, 356, 359
happiness, spiritual, 7
Happy Home, 215
Hasselblatt, Brigitte, 358
hate, 2
Haug, Rolf, 358
Hazíratu'l-Quds, 394, 396
      establishment of national, 338, 355-6, 363, 367-9, 374-5, 377, 379, 380, 382, 385, 388
      Indian, 230, 231, 232, 233, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 241, 280, 284, 285-6, 287, 288, 289, 290, 295, 301-2, 304, 320, 383
      local, 242, 261, 264, 274, 347, 363, 367-9
'He Whom God would manifest', 179, 209-10


454

      see also Bahá'u'lláh
Hebrew, 79
Hebrides, 361
'Herald of the South', 36
Heroic Age, 299
Hezari, Manouchihr, 361
Hidden Words, 97
High Commissioner, British, in Palestine, 99, 100, 101
Hijáz, 355
Hindi, 83, 84, 88, 90, 92, 95, 96, 97, 100, 101, 104, 106, 107, 112, 137, 138, 163, 170
Hindus, 27, 252, 260, 285, 293, 332-3, 429, 438
Hishmatu'llah (Hashmatu'llah), Mr, 5, 8, 17, 27, 35, 83, 100, 119, 129, 142
history, of Bahá'í Faith, 4, 137, 299, 352-3
      in India and Burma, 103-4, 110, 232, 238
Hla Hla, Miss, 19, 62, 141
holidays, Bahá'í,
      see Holy Days, Bahá'í
Holley, Horace, 25, 36, 73, 112, 360
Holy Days, Bahá'í, 124, 131, 135, 160
      suspension of work on, 132, 154-5, 160, 272
Holy Family, 8, 12-13, 21
Holy Land, 1, 163, 201, 286, 296, 299, 353, 434, 435, 438, 439
Holy Mother, 20, 168, 169, 170, 171
Holy Year, 330, 331, 334, 337-9, 352, 357, 358, 360
home front,
      see teaching, home front
Hong Kong, 346, 355, 431
Hopper, Elizabeth, 358
Houailou language, 338, 355
House of Bahá'u'lláh, Baghdád, 21, 45, 54, 354
House of Justice, 93
House of Worship,
      see Temples, Bahá'í
Houssein, Siyyid, 428
Hovilou language, 407
humanitarian work, 237
humanity, devotion to, 27
Hungarian language, 101
Huqúqu'lláh, 56, 275, 292, 303
Husayn, Mulla, 238
Hyderabad (Sind), 160, 213, 218-19, 223, 246, 302, 306, 340, 430
Ichalkaranji, 317
'Illustrated Weekly' of India, 143
Ilmi, Seyed M. H., 45, 142, 150, 190
Ilyas, Sulayman Khan,
      see Jamal Effendi
incorporation, 139, 141, 142, 149, 170, 242, 246, 248, 309, 320, 330, 334, 363, 390, 419, 424
      of National Spiritual Assemblies, 113, 338, 355, 419, 424
      see also registration, of Assemblies
India, 353
      administrative development of, 117, 132, 136
      administrative headquarters for,
            see Hazíratu'l-Quds,
Indian
      Burma cut off from, 219, 223
      central, 150
      consolidation of Faith in, 138, 253, 254, 266, 314, 347-8
      delegates from, 407
      destiny of Bahá'í community of, 263
      development of Faith in, 26, 371
      diversity of peoples of, 1-2, 39, 47, 66, 77, 108, 148, 260, 322, 339
      future prospects for, 2, 29, 136, 253, 262
      history of, 103-4, 110, 232, 238
      hopes of 'Abdu'l-Bahá for, 9, 12, 15, 28-9
      incorporation of assemblies in, 390
      an inspiration to other Bahá'í communities, 212


455

      lack of success in teaching the Bahá'í Faith in, 15, 37, 39, 45, 48, 56, 119, 201-3
      leadership of Bahá'ís of, 297
      local assemblies in, 280, 309, 310, 384, 414
      National Spiritual Assembly of,
            see National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma
      National Spiritual Assembly of India,
            see National Spiritual Assembly of India
      number of Bahá'ís in, 7-8, 43, 47
      opportunities of service in, 1-2, 4
      Parliament of, 310
      pilgrims from, 331
      pioneers to,
            see pioneers
      political unrest in, 15, 63, 65, 287-8, 299, 304, 313, 321
      Prime Minister of, 302, 304
      Princely States of, 330
      progress of Faith in, 205, 225
      qualities of Bahá'ís of, 220
      relationship of Bahá'ís of, to Burmese Bahá'ís, 15, 16-17, 52, 55, 180
      riots in, 304
      separated politically from Pakistan and Burma, 287
      social order in, 16
      southern, 142, 148
      status of Bahá'í Faith in, 3, 4
      summer school in,
            see summer schools
      teaching work in, 39, 47, 48, 71, 118-19, 136, 139, 142, 148, 150, 155, 159, 196, 207, 212, 219, 223, 253, 271, 284, 289, 314
            lull in, 200-1
            in virgin territories, 186, 213, 225, 229, 235, 240, 305, 309, 314
      Temple for,
            see Temples, Bahá'í
      travel teachers to, 8, 34-6, 77, 78, 80, 81, 118, 133, 147, 148, 153, 160-4, 166-7, 174-5, 253
      unity of Bahá'ís in, 24, 47, 217, 233, 237, 240, 249, 262, 271, 273, 279, 288, 289, 295, 316, 322, 327, 332
      women in, 10-11
Indian Empire, 142
Indian Ocean, islands of, 348
Indian sub-continent,
      see India
Indochina, 323, 334, 338, 355, 382, 417
Indonesia, 292, 294, 297, 304, 305, 312, 313, 321, 323, 326, 333, 338, 346, 355, 362, 369, 400
Indonesian language, 346, 347, 382
inheritance, 179
institutions, international Bahá'í, 184
intercession, 182
Inter-continental Conference
      (India), 331-2, 334, 341, 346, 347, 348, 351, 387
      message to, 352-7
international affairs, 298-9
International Bahá'í Council, 344, 345
International Bahá'í Library, 103
International House of Justice,
      see Universal House of Justice
International Youth Day of Young Bahá'ís, 227, 281
Ioas, Leroy, 358
Íqán, 88, 120, 179
Írán,
      see Persia
      National Spiritual Assembly of,
            see National Spiritual Assembly of Persia
Írán, 292
Irani, Dr K. M., 167, 188
Irani, Khodadad H., 341-2, 374, 375, 376-7, 381, 388
'Iráq, 21, 201, 322, 353
Iron Curtain countries, 363, 365
irreligion, 67
Ishmael, 193
'Ishqabad, 36
Ishraq, Mr Muhammad, 120, 156, 182


456

Ishraq, Mrs Muhammad, 120
Islam, 429
Islam, Mr Amiru'l (Amiru'l-Islam), 121, 122, 123, 151, 428
islands, 405, 406
      see also islands by name
isolated believers, 310, 330, 334, 366, 371, 378, 404, 422
      see also localities, where Bahá'ís reside
Israel, Prophets of, 193
Israel branches of National Spiritual Assemblies, 356
Italy, 298
Jakarta,
      see Djakarta
Jamal Effendi, 430-1, 432
Jamshidi, Bahrain, 325
Japan, 347, 353, 354, 355
Jaunpur, 133
Java, 400
Javanese language, 338, 355
Jerusalem, 99, 100
Jordan, 353, 355
Joseph, Commentary on the Surih of, 210
Joshi, Mr A. C., 332, 386
Jubilee, 314, 331, 361
      see also Most Great Jubilee
Judgement Day, 182
Jung, Sir Amin, 213
justice, 304
Kachin language, 335, 381
Kado language, 338, 407
Kadwai, 209
Kaili language, 338, 355
Kamarhatti, 312, 319
Kampala, 367
Kapila, 42
Kapran, 272
Karachi, 42, 128, 140, 155, 215-16, 221-2, 236, 239, 257, 269, 281, 301, 306, 338, 340, 367, 389, 423
Karbila, 430
Karen (Karin) language, 283, 291, 381
Karikal, 338, 341, 344, 350, 351, 354
Kashmir, 158, 190, 209, 223, 258, 269, 373
Kashmiri language, 272, 291
'Kaukab' ('Kaukab-i-Hind'), 30, 31, 32, 33, 53-4, 58, 442
Kazakstan, 354
Kazim, Siyyid, 210
Kehler, Mrs Keith Ransom, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83-4, 97, 98, 99, 105, 441
Kenarese language, 252, 253
Kenny, Sara, 358
Kenyerezi, Mr, 358
Keywest, 358
Khadem, Zikrullah, 360
Khan, Mohammad Iqbal, 126
Khaveri, Akhtare, 319
Khodadad, Mr Ardeshir, 5
Khodadad, Jenabe Jamsheed, 70
Khoshbin,Dr, 405, 411-12
'Khurshid-i-Khavar', 36
Khusrove, Mr Rustam, 120
Kirgizia, 355
Kishore, Dr Kaushal (Dr Koshal), 4, 5, 10, 16, 55, 101, 242
Kitáb-i-'Ahd, 133
Kitáb-i-Aqdas, 173, 179, 191, 210, 225, 275, 317, 353
Kitáb-i-Íqán, 88, 120, 179
Knights of Bahá'u'lláh, 344, 412, 421
Ko Saeed, 402
Kodadad,Mr M., 5
Kolhapur, 242, 257, 269, 278, 281, 307, 317
Kopo (Kopu) language, 338, 355, 407
Koreab language, 355
Koreshi, Mr S. Hishmatullah, 386
Kotah, 219, 223
Kuching, 388
Kumar, Mr, 135
Kunjangoon, 26, 70, 89, 103, 134, 164, 436
Kuria-Muria Islands, 355
Kurlawala, 350


457

Kusaie language, 338, 355
Kuwait, 355
Kyigone, 278
Lahore, 42, 98, 131, 269, 281, 306, 325, 435, 441
languages
      diversity of, in India and Burma, 1, 66, 108, 322
      of translation,
            see translations
Laos, 400
Latin America, 294
laws
      Bábí, 179
      Bahá'í, 145, 147, 199, 293
            of personal status, 139, 162, 347, 403, 426
Laws, Frederick and Elizabeth, 361
leadership, 297
League of Nations, 45, 54
Lebanon, 353, 355
lectures, Bahá'í, 90, 270
legal action, 346
Lepcha language, 338, 355
Leper colonies, 358
libraries, Bahá'í, 311, 319
Library, International Bahá'í, 103
life after death, 30, 139
life blood of the Cause,
      see fund, Bahá'í
Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi (Phelps), 230
Lifu language, 338, 355
literature, Bahá'í, 79, 90, 121, 181, 241, 253, 256, 259, 264, 270, 275, 278, 303, 345, 347, 355
      in African languages, 324
      expansion and dissemination of, 246-7, 250, 254, 257, 258, 268, 271, 273, 276, 279, 288, 295, 309, 313, 314, 321, 333
      fund for, 240, 246-7, 250
      publication of, by local assemblies, 320-1
      review of, 256, 320
      see also publications, translations and publications by title
local spiritual assemblies, 17-18, 20, 29, 48, 133, 244, 248, 366, 384
      in Burma, 5, 242, 264, 274, 280, 330, 338, 384
      civil boundaries form basis of, 413, 419
      consolidation of, 253, 254, 258, 332
      conversion of groups into, 251, 253, 254, 288, 334, 404, 414
      coordination of activities of, 31
      correspondence among themselves, 394
      dissolution of, 361
      election of, 237, 244
      establishment of, 133, 213, 244, 249, 253, 271, 272, 299, 316, 334, 349, 371, 422
      in India, 330, 338, 384
      inter-Assembly conferences, 319
      lapsed, 259
      maintenance of, 250, 288, 334, 414
      map of, 243, 309
      membership of, 181-2
      number of, 378
      obedience to, 145
      in Pakistan, 330, 338, 384
      procedures following election of, 17-18, 38
      publication of literature by, 320-1
      registration (incorporation) of, 128, 132, 139, 141, 142, 149, 170, 242, 246, 248, 309, 320, 330, 334, 363, 390, 424
      relationship with National Spiritual Assembly, 25
      responsibilities of, 18
      status of, 312
      support for, by individuals, 226
      support of, for National Spiritual Assembly, 32, 226, 275
      suspension of member of, 155
      unity of, 148-9, 334
      in virgin areas, 253


458

localities, where Bahá'ís reside, 236, 243, 244, 248, 309
      see also isolated believers
love, 139, 262, 332
loyalty, to the teachings, 145
Loyalty Islands, 355, 365
Lucknow, 133
Lukmani, Dr, 301, 303, 312
Ma Hline, 19
MaMa, Miss, 19
Ma Shaffi, 19
Macao Island, 354
Madagascar, 324, 326, 334, 335, 338, 365
Madeira, 358
Madras, 135, 243, 247, 430
magazine, Bahá'í, 6, 7
Mahallati, Jamshid Z. A., 332
Mahe, 338, 341, 344, 350, 354, 364
Mahmud (Mahmood), Mirza, 32, 191, 231
Mahram, Mirza, 438
make-up, use of, 252
malaria, of Shoghi Effendi, 8
Malay Peninsula (Malaya), 315, 321, 323, 333, 338, 346, 355, 401
Malayan language, 347, 381
Maldive Islands, 414
Malta, 358
Maluku, 413
Manchu language, 338, 355, 407
Manchuria, 355
Mandalay, 7-8, 19, 84, 89, 102, 110, 126, 172, 206, 214, 217, 259, 263, 275, 402, 432, 436
      enemies of the Bahá'í Faith in, 152
      Spiritual Assembly of, 62, 68, 139
Mandate's Commission of the League of Nations, 45
Manifestation, 157
      see also Bahá'u'lláh
Manipuri language, 338, 355
Manng Ba, 19
Manng Ba Kin, 19
Manng Ba Tin, 19
Mansion of Bahá'u'lláh, at Bahjí,
      see Bahjí, Mansion of Bahá'u'lláh at
Manus Island language, 338, 355, 407
maps, 243, 309, 311, 409
Marathi language, 239
Margarita Island, 361
Mariana Islands, 338, 354, 365
Marquesas Islands, 355, 361
Marquesas language, 338, 355
marriage, Bahá'í, 261-2, 268, 316, 426
Marshall Islands, 355, 361, 365
martyrdom, 105, 139, 358
Mashhriqu'l-Adhkárs,
      see Temples, Bahá'í
masses, teaching the, 84, 96, 97, 254, 256, 257, 268, 271, 284, 288
materialism, 27, 357
maturity, spiritual, 218
Maulvi (Moulvi) Muhammad Abdu'llah (Vakil), 190, 225, 291
Mauritius, 405
Maxwell, Sutherland, 311, 357
McKinley, Hugh, 358
McKinley, Violet, 358
Mehrangiz, sister of Shoghi Effendi, 211
Mehta, Mani, 167, 196, 237, 279
memorandum, to British High Commissioner, 99
Memorandum of Association, 408
men, Bahá'í, 10, 193
Mentawei Islands, 355, 401, 410-11
Mentawei language, 338, 355
'The Messager Bahá'í', 36
Meyer, Katherine, 361
Mihaeloff, Mr M.S., 379, 395
Mills, Mountfort, 58
minorities, 285, 332-3, 386, 419, 424
Miri language, 338
moderation, 252, 271
modesty, 332
Mokalla, 371
Molucco, 401
Moneer, Aqa Mirza, 33, 35
Mongolia, 355


459

Mongolian language, 338, 355, 407
Monji, Mr Habibo'llah, 97, 167
Mordoff language, 338, 355
Morocco International Zone, 361
Moses, 178, 193
Most Great House,
      see House of Bahá'u'lláh Baghdád
Most Great Jubilee, 331, 348, 359
      see also, Jubilee
Moulmein, 319
Moulvi (Maulvi) Muhammad Abdu'llah (Vakil), 190, 225, 291
Mount Abu, 63
Mount Carmel, 170, 171, 290, 357
Mozambique, 338, 365
Muhammad, 182
Muhsin, daughter of, 211
Munírih Khanum, 20, 168, 169, 170, 171
Murday, Poova, 412, 421
murder, of Bahá'ís in Burma, 264, 397, 402
Muslims (Mohamedans, Moslims), 27, 124, 260, 274, 285, 293, 396, 419, 424, 429, 436
Mustapha, Siyyid (Aga Seved),
      see Rúmí, Siyyid Mustafá
Mwala language, 338, 355
Mya Mya, 19
Mysore, 187
Na-hsi language, 338, 355, 407
Nabil's Narrative, 72, 210
Nabilzadeh, 36, 38
Najmi, Mrs Daulat Saroosh, 332
Najmi, Shehryar, 425-6
nakhud, 191
Namlea, 413
National Bahá'í Courts, 338, 356
National Spiritual Assemblies, 310, 398
      elect Universal House of Justice, 210
      formation of, during Ten Year Crusade, 338, 347, 349, 354, 367, 404
      incorporation of, 113, 338, 355, 424
National Spiritual Assembly of Afghánistán, 354
National Spiritual Assembly of Australia (and New Zealand), 329, 331, 338, 347, 349, 352, 354, 355, 356, 391, 406
National Spiritual Assembly of the British Isles, 99, 324, 326, 355, 406
National Spiritual Assembly of Burma, 338, 347, 349, 354
National Spiritual Assembly of Canada, 331, 352, 355
National Spiritual Assembly of Central and South America, 331, 352, 355
National Spiritual Assembly of Ceylon, 338, 347, 349, 354
National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt, 324
National Spiritual Assembly of Germany, 99
National Spiritual Assembly of India, 287, 349
National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma, 13, 20, 22, 98, 101, 106, 113, 118, 126, 263, 354, 355, 391, 406
      achievements of, 133-4, 248, 254, 268-9
      activities of, 108
      administrative headquarters for,
            see Hazíratu'l-Quds, Indian
      administrative institutions, 106, 107, 117, 294
      Africa campaign of,
            see Africa campaign
      authority of, 129
      becomes National Spiritual Assembly of India, Pakistan and Burma, 287, 292


460

      budget of, 369
      Centenary event of, 238, 249
      chairmanship of, 121, 122
      communication with Shoghi Effendi, 31
      consultation with, 226
      contributions to fund for Shrine, 301, 303, 309, 311, 320, 322, 333
      cooperation with local assemblies, 226
      decisions of, in difficult cases, 128-30, 262
      efficient management of work of, 32, 138, 254, 256
      election of, 27, 30, 35, 36, 38, 43, 54, 55, 115, 116, 180, 187, 301
      incorporation of, 113
      loss of assets in India and Burma, 304
      meeting with Hands of the Cause, 332
      meetings of, 16, 55, 57, 105, 106, 109
            attendance at, 153-4, 239
            business of, 343
      members of, 30-1, 52, 107, 180, 181-2, 249
            name of Executive Committee changed to, 4, 439
      Nineteen Month Plan of,
            see Nineteen Month Plan
      obedience to, 145
      office of, 25, 38-9
      officers of, 31, 116, 121, 122, 155
      Palestine branch of, 286, 290
      prestige of, 129, 130
      procedures for, 38
      publication of pamphlet on teachings of Faith, 238
      relationship with local assemblies, 25
      resignation from, 111, 272, 293
      resolutions of, 113-14
      responsibilities of, 31, 36, 43, 130, 258-9, 304, 349, 384
      rulings made by President of, 155
      secretary of,
            see Secretary, of National Spiritual Assembly
      Six Year Plan of,
            see Six Year Plan
      submission of bill to Indian government, 139
      support for, 29, 48, 157, 226
      support for the School of 'Abdu'l-Bahá at Daidanaw, 143-4, 146
      teaching plans of,
            see plans, teaching
      unity of, 52, 54, 55, 138, 149, 180, 264, 307, 326, 392
      see also India and Burma
National Spiritual Assembly of India, Pakistan and Burma,
      see National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma
National Spiritual Assembly of 'Iráq, 331, 352, 354, 355, 356, 359
National Spiritual Assembly of Italy and Switzerland, 406
National Spiritual Assembly of Japan, 354
National Spiritual Assembly of New Zealand, 354
National Spiritual Assembly of Northwest Africa, 418
National Spiritual Assembly of Pakistan, 338, 347, 349, 354, 418-19, 422-4
National Spiritual Assembly of Persia, 99, 184, 191, 275, 283, 324, 331, 352, 354, 355, 356, 359
National Spiritual Assembly of South East Asia, 338, 347, 349, 354
National Spiritual Assembly of Turkey, 45, 354
National Spiritual Assembly of the United States (and Canada), 37, 38, 58, 99, 147, 193, 202, 219, 286, 292, 302, 304, 324, 331, 352, 354, 355, 358, 366
National Youth Committee of America, 177
nationalism, 357


461

Navsari, 438
Navvab, 184
Naw-Rúz, 140, 318, 384
Nepal, 187, 334, 338, 355, 409, 413
Nepali language, 250, 257
New Caledonia, 355
New Delhi,
      see Delhi
New Era School,
      see Panchgani, school in
New Hebrides Islands, 355
New History Society, 191
New York Assembly, 106, 408
New Zealand, 77, 202, 352
Newfoundland, 294
'News Letter', American, 31
'News Letter', of Indian National Spiritual Assembly, 138
Nicobar Islands, 338, 354, 395, 401, 405, 406, 412, 416
Nicobarese language, 338, 355
Niku, Mirza, 5
Nineteen Month Plan, 324, 326-7, 333-5
Niue language, 338, 355
Nolan, Richard and family, 361
Nooreyazdan, Sheriar, 405
north pole, 358
Northern Rhodesia, 365
notables,
      see people, of prominence and capacity
'La Nova Tago', 36
Nyasaland, 365
obedience, 125, 145
officers, of Spiritual Assemblies, 31, 114-15, 155
      election of, 116, 399, 401
      resignation of, 111, 112, 121, 122
      see also Secretary of National Spiritual Assembly
Oliver, Cora, 358
opinion, differences of, 264
opposition, to Bahá'í Faith, 29, 120, 125, 126, 145, 154, 173, 190, 191
Ossete language, 338, 355
Ostiak language, 338, 355
Ouskouli, Mr, 347
Pacific islands, 325, 327, 334, 348, 352, 353, 397
Pakistan, 123, 289, 304, 309, 310, 312-13, 316, 321, 322, 323, 330, 338, 353, 355, 356, 367, 371, 384, 386-7, 389, 390, 407
      conference in, 394, 417
      establishment of National Spiritual Assembly of, 338, 347, 354, 418-19, 422-4
      separated politically from India, 287
Palestine, Bahá'í community in, 99
Palestine Branch of the Indian National Assembly, 286, 290
Pali language, 338, 355, 370
Pali-Ama-Ma-Myaing (Pali-Ama-Nia-Niyasing; Halimeh), 20, 64, 66
pamphlets, Bahá'í, 71, 162, 238, 304, 319, 345, 347, 349, 370, 382, 391
Panchgani, 257, 281, 306, 340
      school in, 280, 336, 338, 378, 420
Panjabi language, 338, 355
parents, consent of, for marriage, 316
Parliament, of India, 310
Parsees, 9
Pashto language, 338, 355
Payman, Mr, 346-7
Payman, Tabandeh, 358
peace, 2, 3, 66, 217
Pemba, 377, 388
      people, of prominence and capacity, 28, 32, 44, 63, 65, 80, 133, 164, 166, 175, 187-8, 307, 442
periodicals, Bahá'í, 36, 76, 98
      see also periodicals by name
Perm language, 338, 355, 383
Peros, 421
persecution, of Bahá'ís, 105, 124-5, 209, 274-5, 288, 312, 319, 322, 385-6, 387


462

perseverance, 220, 221, 222, 226, 229, 241, 250, 254, 256, 270, 273, 276, 281, 296
Persia, 13, 52, 68, 83, 93, 97, 98, 105, 121, 201, 207, 313, 322, 356
      National Spiritual Assembly of,
            see National Spiritual Assembly of Persia
      persecution of Bahá'ís of, 124-5, 319, 322, 385-6, 387, 394
      Persian language, 1, 2, 79, 86, 184, 192, 204
personalities, 218, 303
Petats language, 338, 355
petition, to High Commissioner, 99-100
Phelps, Myron, 230
philanthropy, 237
Philippines, 346, 355, 401, 407
Phnom Penh, 403
photographs, 35, 133
pictures, permissible for Bahá'ís to see, 192
pilgrims, to Holy Land, 13, 43, 87, 88, 92, 331, 333
pioneers, 9, 181, 183, 190, 193, 201, 202, 212, 213, 219, 226, 229, 231, 240, 245, 273, 275, 278, 283, 294, 296, 297, 300, 303, 312, 317, 322, 333, 349, 359, 361, 425
      to Africa, 339, 365
      America, 343
      to Bhutan, 371
      from Ceylon, 347
      to Ceylon, 305, 321, 333
      deputization of, 190, 243-4, 278
      financial assistance for, 249, 303, 336, 343
      hardships of, 304
      Indian, not to go to West, 372
      to Indochina, 334
      to Indonesia, 321, 333
            Dutch, 303-4, 309, 312
      Íránian, 346, 372
      to Madagascar, 334, 335
      to Nepal, 334
      settlement of, in virgin territories, 142, 178, 181, 205, 206, 213, 229, 235, 243-4, 253, 257, 305, 309, 324, 341, 342-4, 345, 346, 349, 350, 354, 358, 361, 409
      to Siam, 320, 321, 333
      youth, 198, 199, 208, 220, 235, 241, 270, 271, 278, 282, 306, 326, 339, 341
      to Zanzibar, 334, 335, 342
planning, 149
plans, teaching, 266, 268, 270, 273, 281, 283, 285, 287, 288, 295, 296, 297, 298-301, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 324, 327, 338, 348, 353
      goals of, 287, 299
      success of, 309, 313
      see also Africa campaign, Nineteen Month Plan, Seven Year Plan, Six Year Plan and Ten Year Crusade
poems, composed by Bahá'ís, 188
politics, 287, 292, 313, 321, 322, 389
Pondicherry, 338, 341, 344, 354, 370
Poona, 134, 168, 170, 186, 192, 233, 257, 269, 281, 306, 340, 372, 397
Portuguese Guinea, 358
Portuguese Timor, 355, 365, 401
Poshtoo (Poshtu, Pushto) language, 272, 291, 319
Power of Attorney, 268
prayers, obligatory, 157, 192
prejudice, 2, 66, 287, 295, 299, 314
president, of spiritual assemblies, 155
press, the, 2, 132, 158, 167, 274, 307, 334, 385
      see also publicity
Princely States, 330
procedures, Bahá'í administrative, 114-15, 133, 202, 283
proclamation, 257, 268, 271
promiscuity, 332
property, Bahá'í, 142, 396


463

      in Burma, 268
      registered in the name of Shoghi Effendi, 64, 68, 69, 402
      use of name of a Bahá'í on Bahá'í buildings, 268
prophecy, 422
prophets, 28-9
prosperity, 7, 66, 288
Psalms, 193, 209
public meetings, 132, 164, 307
public relations, 28, 63, 65, 71, 80, 400
Public Relations Committee of All-Pakistan, 386
public speakers, 282
publications, Bahá'í, 2, 5, 6, 7, 17, 18, 25, 31, 35, 36, 37, 38, 46, 57, 71, 72, 121, 134, 137, 170, 239, 249, 251, 253, 256, 263, 298, 309, 385, 419
      fund for, 240
      policy on, 255
      review of, 256, 320
      see also literature, translations and publications and languages by name
publicity, 166, 239, 250, 273-4, 321, 331-2, 334, 360, 385, 394, 400
      see also press, the
Publishing Trust, Bahá'í, 338, 356, 385
Puerto Rico, 358
punishment, 292-3
Punjab, 435, 441
Punjabi language, 257, 272, 291, 370
Purest Branch, 184
Pushto (Poshtoo) language, 272, 291
Qádíyání community, 25, 32, 173, 190, 191, 435
Qatar, 355
Qiblih, 356
Questions and Answers, 178-9
Quetta, 257, 269, 281, 306
Qur'án, 396, 431
race, 356
      discrimination, 327
      diversity of, in India and Burma, 1, 35, 260, 285, 322, 339
radio, 274, 307, 334, 385
Rahman, Mr, 80
Rahman, Mr (pioneer to Chagoas Archipelago), 364
Rahman, Mr (pioneer to Seychelles)
Rajasthani language, 247, 257, 272
Rajkot, 246
Rampur, 404, 430
Rangoon, 6-7, 58, 89, 128, 132, 139, 152, 156, 158, 206, 259, 263, 302, 306, 338, 367, 379, 415, 432, 436
Razvi, Siyyid Abu'l 'Abbas, 163
reading, 90
refreshments, 154
Regional Spiritual Assemblies,
      see National Spiritual Assemblies by name
registration, of Assemblies, 113, 128, 132, 139, 141, 142
registration cards, for new Bahá'ís, 252
reincarnation, 312
relief fund for Burma, 263, 264, 267, 274
religion, 37, 322, 339
Religions, Conference on, 53
Religion's Peace Conference, 58
religious organizations, membership of, 175-6
Remey, Charles Mason, 351, 360
reports, of achievements and activities, 3, 4, 5, 16, 18, 31, 248, 276, 344, 345, 366, 371, 378, 386
      annual, 35, 37, 138, 284
reprints, of published works, 256
resignation, from administrative service, 111, 112, 121, 122, 293
responsibility, individual, 119
resurrection, 182
review, of Bahá'í literature, 256, 320
Ridván, 115
Rio de Oro, 361


464

riots, civil, 304
Robinson, Helen, 358
Rodrigues, Mr and Mrs Xavier, 358
Roll of Honour, 344, 358, 360-1
Root, Martha, 60, 61, 63, 65, 66, 101, 158, 160-4, 166-7, 172, 174-5, 176, 185, 441
Rosebehiyan (Roozbehyan), Mr, 325, 415, 417, 420
Roumie, S. M.,
      see Rúmí, Siyyid Mustafa
Rowhani, Soli, 342
Ruanda Urundi, 338, 380
rules and regulations, refrain from making new, 202, 283
Rumanian language, 101
Rúmí (Roumie), Mrs, 151-2
Rúmí, Siyyid Mustafa (S. M. Roumie; Seyed Mustafa Rúmí; Siyyid Mustafa Rumie), 3, 7, 20, 62, 63, 64, 66, 73-5, 79, 84-5, 86, 89, 90, 94, 95, 101, 102-3, 110, 120, 121-2, 123, 125-6, 134, 144, 146, 147, 150, 171, 206, 259, 274, 275
      assassination of, 260, 261, 263, 264, 437
      biography of, 430-7
      history of Bahá'í Faith in India and Burma by, 103-4, 110, 121
      illness of, 151-2
      land left by, 402, 403, 408
      Tablets to, 431-4, 435-6
Russia, 406
Russian language, 79, 120
Russian Turkistan, 353
Saad, Abdu'l Jalil Beg, 221, 224, 225
Sabit, Rustam, 310, 312, 319, 320
Sadra and Kusti, ceremony of, 175-6
Safdar, Ahmad, 123
St. Thomas Island, 361
Sakhalin Island, 354
Samadani, Dr M. A., 178, 190, 225
Samandari, Mr, 360
Samoa Islands, 355
Samoan language, 338, 355
San-Marino, 358
sanctions, 283
Sani, Qulam Muhammad, 196
Sarawak, 333, 338, 346, 355, 401
sarcophagus, for remains of the Báb, 297, 311, 434
Sarkar, H. C., 41
Saudi Arabia, 355
scholars, Bahá'í, 88, 258
Schopflocher, (Schopflocker, Schopplocher), Mrs Florence Evelyn, 34, 35-6
Schopflocher, Siegfried, 147, 152, 153, 154
School of 'Abdu'l-Bahá at Daidanaw, 126, 127, 134, 143-4, 146, 147-8, 436
schools, 24, 124-5, 126, 127, 134, 143-4, 146, 147-8, 264, 274, 338
Schott, Ada
Secretary of National Spiritual Assembly, 111, 112, 127-8, 236-7, 399
      address of, 4, 6, 17
      duties of, 17, 18
secularism, 357
Secunderabad, 246, 148
Serampur, 246, 248, 281, 287
Serbian language, 101
service, 67, 139, 376, 392, 393
Seven Proofs, 210
Seven Year Plan (American), 177
Seychelles, 364, 421
sexes, equality of, 193
Shah, Prof. K. T., 267
Shah of Persia, 124, 394
Shaiki, Mr J.A., 317
Shanghai, 347
Shans language, 381, 390
Shantiniketan, 159-60
Shastri, Prof., 187
Shetlands, 358
Shirazi, M. R., 438
Shoghi Effendi, 12, 87, 292, 437, 439
      ascension of, 428


465

      birthday of, not to be commemorated, 12
      communication with, 31, 138, 306, 319, 333, 346, 371
      correspondence of, 20, 298, 311
      desire to serve Bahá'ís, 7
      health of, 8, 20, 21, 39, 59, 60, 71
      hopes of, for youth, 4, 156
      instructions of, to individuals, 155
      malarial illness of, 8
      marriage of, 156, 158
      settlement of pioneers to be notified to, 344
      travels of, 1, 8, 19, 20
      work of, 298, 311, 333
Sholapur, 269, 281, 306, 340
Shrines, Bahá'í, 247, 295, 298, 301, 303, 311, 320, 322, 323, 333, 356, 357-8, 373, 389
      in Burma, 260, 437
      films of, 352
      lands surrounding, 25, 286, 290
      photographs of, 316
      significance of, 99
Siam (Thailand), 292, 294, 297, 305, 312, 313, 320, 321, 323, 333, 338, 355, 417
Sikhism, 429, 441
Sikkim, 338, 344, 354, 412-13
Silk, 71
Simha, Dr, 42
Simla, 155, 170, 172
Simpson, George P., 22
Sind, 306, 340
Sindhi language, 114, 118, 137, 138, 163, 170
Singalese language, 272, 291
Singapore, 312, 326, 367
Singh, Mrs Pritam, 28
Singh, Prof. Pritam, 5, 27, 28, 42, 51, 53, 61, 67, 69, 70, 72, 73, 76-7, 78, 80, 82, 86, 97, 100, 108, 111, 112, 231
      biography of, 441-4
      editor of 'Bahá'í World', 76-7, 442
      travelling teacher, 118, 133, 135, 148, 150, 196
Singh, Col. Raya Jai Prithvi Bahadur, of Nepal, 187
Siwan, 247
Siyah-Chal
Six Year Plan, 170, 173, 177-8, 181, 183, 184, 190, 191, 193, 196, 198, 200, 201, 203, 204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 213, 214-15, 224, 225, 232, 241, 247, 249-50
Six Year Plan (Pakistan), 418-19, 422-4
smoking, 332
Smyrna, Spiritual Assembly of, 45
Snider, H., 358
social order, in India, 16
society, 67
Society Islands, 355
Socotra Island, 338, 364, 371
Sohrab, Ahmad, 191
Solomon, King, 178, 193
Solomon Islands, 355
soul, 139, 225
South-East Asia, 305, 313, 324, 325-6, 327, 329, 333, 334, 348, 403, 407, 432
      establishment of National Spirtual Assembly of, 338, 347
South East Asian Teaching Conference, 400-1
South Pacific, 354, 359, 362
      see also Pacific islands
South West Africa, 361
Southern Rhodesia, 361
Spanish Morocco, 361
Spanish Sahara, 361
Srinagar, 257, 269, 275
Stannard, Mrs Jean, 3, 9, 15, 25
'Star of the West', 36
'Story of Orchestral Music and its Times, The', 282-3
strikes, 283
Sukkur, 428
Sulaymaniyyih, 353
Sumatra, 400


466

summer schools, 172-3, 178, 206, 207, 208, 209, 213, 282, 336, 427
      establishment of, in India, 156-7, 170, 250, 274
'The Sun', sura of, 182
sunset, 160
superstructure, of shrine of the Báb,
      see, Báb, shrine of the
Surat, 71, 114, 195, 206, 222-3, 227, 245, 246, 340, 414
Sushila, Miss,
      see Vakil, Mr N. R., daughters of
Suva, 356, 380
Swedish language, 79, 120
Switzerland, 406
Sydney, Australia, 240, 359
Syria, 353, 355
Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 62, 74, 114, 182, 192, 193, 209
Tablets of the Divine Plan, 205, 359, 405, 411
Tabríz, 315, 352
Tadzhikistan, 355
Tagore, Dr Rabindranath, 159
Tahira, Mrs, 117
Tamil language, 239, 252, 255
Tanbingyanny, 7
Tarbiyat Schools, 124-5
Tasmania, 352
Tawanggyi, Mr, 267
tea, 154
teachers, Bahá'í, 213, 231, 245, 278
      effectiveness of, 90, 94
      for India, 8, 71
      paid, 190, 248-9
      training of, 127, 173
      travelling, 8, 34-6, 77, 78, 80, 81, 118, 133, 147, 148, 153, 160-4, 166-7, 174-5, 253
      youth as, 306
teaching, the Bahá'í Faith, 1, 2, 3, 22, 43, 48, 67, 142, 155, 206, 253, 284, 375, 376, 427-8
      in Burma,
            see Burma, teaching work in
      campaigns for, 31, 84, 95, 96, 97, 127, 148, 150, 155, 159, 186, 190, 193, 200, 201, 213, 250, 427
      conferences for,
            see conferences, teaching
      duty of, 119, 217
            placed on shoulders of youth, 4, 82, 156, 197-200, 208, 258, 341
      effectiveness of, 15, 39, 48
      fund for, 201, 204, 223, 225, 226, 243-4, 325
      home front, 398-9, 401
      importance of, 119, 183, 203, 422
      lull in, 200-1
      the masses, 84, 254, 256, 257, 268, 271, 284, 288
      role of women in, 10-11
      by settlement,
            see pioneers
      summer school a stimulus to, 173
      the ultimate purpose of all Bahá'í institutions, 118
      in virgin territories, 186, 205, 206, 213, 225, 229, 235, 305, 309, 400, 416, 421
Teaching School, 133
teachings, Bahá'í,
      see Bahá'u'lláh, teachings of
Telugu language, 252, 255
Temples, Bahá'í, 358
      in America, 104, 147, 229, 230, 360
      fund for, 147, 347, 359
      in India, 231, 338, 347, 349, 354, 370-1, 372
      purchase of land for, 354, 366, 367, 370-1, 372, 373, 374-5, 376, 419, 423, 424, 428
      in Tihrán, 354
Ten Goal Countries, 366
Ten Year Crusade, 327, 334, 335, 342, 347-9, 360, 363, 366, 367, 371, 389, 395, 409, 415, 425
      funding for, 373, 378


467

      goals of, 337-9, 340-1, 353-7, 376, 383-4, 386, 390, 391, 392, 405, 406, 422
      home front teaching,
            see teaching, home front
      National Spiritual Assemblies to be established during,
            see National Spiritual Assemblies
      second phase of, 368-9, 374
      supplementary achievements of, 409, 415
      third phase of, 398, 418
territories, unopened,
      see virgin territories
Thailand, 292, 400
Theosophists, 135, 154, 312
Third All India Bahá'í Convention, 2
Third Annual World Bahá'í Youth Symposium, 167
Tho language, 338, 355
Tibet, 354, 358, 364, 365-6, 368, 409, 413, 424
Tibetan language, 338, 355
Tihrán, 110, 114, 121, 354, 356
tolerance, 287
Tonga Islands, 354, 361
Tongan language, 338, 355
town, definition of, 191
Townshend, Una, 358
Translations, 114, 120, 184, 192, 210, 230, 231, 253, 256, 295, 304, 324, 333, 338, 345, 349, 355, 363, 366, 370, 371, 381, 382, 390, 391, 405-7, 412, 419, 424, 436
      of Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, 72, 74, 78-9, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95-7, 100, 101-2, 104, 106, 107, 110, 112, 114, 118, 119, 121, 137, 138, 150-1, 163, 170, 239, 241, 246, 247, 250, 251, 255, 257, 262, 263, 267, 271, 272, 275, 278, 280, 283, 288, 291, 295, 296, 297, 299, 309, 313, 322, 323, 334, 346-7, 441
      fund for, 240, 345
tribes, 345
Trivandrum, 315
Trucial Sheikhs, 355
Tuamotu Archipelago, 355
Tunis, first pilgrim from, 43
Turkey, 45-6, 353, 366
      National Spiritual Assembly of,
            see National Spiritual Assembly of Turkey
Turkmenistan, 355
Udaynarain, 384
Ujjain, 239
Ukraine, 361
Umman, 355
United Nations, 346, 387
United States,
      see America
      National Spiritual Assembly of,
            see National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada
unity, 189, 220
      administrative, 145
      of administrative order, 109
      of Bahá'ís, 1, 3, 24, 47, 51, 226, 233, 235, 237, 238, 240, 245, 262, 279, 289, 293, 316, 322, 327
      in diversity, 108-9
      doctrinal, 145
      of family, 192
      between institutions, 33, 226
      of National Spiritual Assembly, 52, 54, 55
Universal House of Justice, 192, 210, 287, 418
universities, 24, 213, 406
Urdu, 78, 81, 82, 83, 84, 88, 90, 92, 95, 96, 100, 101, 104, 106, 107, 112, 114, 118, 120, 126, 134, 184, 191, 192, 210, 230, 231, 436
Uzbekistan, 355
Vakil, Abdu'llah, 196, 272


468

Vakil, Moulvi Abdu'llah, 190, 225, 291
Vakil, Naraynrao Ranganath, 5, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17, 22, 24, 27, 28, 29-30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47, 55, 57, 59, 65, 69, 70, 72, 81, 82, 83, 85, 87, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 101, 104, 105, 107, 111, 112, 115, 116, 118, 120, 128, 129, 130, 131, 135, 137, 138, 141, 143, 144, 148, 153, 156, 158, 161, 166, 169, 174, 185, 186, 187, 195, 206-7, 214, 223, 230-1
      biography of, 438-40
      daughters of, 42, 196, 200, 204-5, 206, 207, 216, 222, 224, 227-8, 231, 234, 236, 245, 414
      death of, 234-5, 236
      death of brother of, 189
      death of father of, 115
      gifts of cloth from, 71, 72
      illness of, 60, 61, 62, 77-8, 81, 101-2, 104, 106, 112-13, 115, 116, 117, 129, 132, 144-5, 153-4, 158, 167, 175, 188, 203-4, 205, 216, 223, 227, 231, 439
      obituary of, 253
      pilgrimage of, 47, 51, 52, 53, 97, 180
Vakil, Mrs, 29-30, 33, 35, 40, 42, 43, 45, 48, 53, 58, 102, 104, 105, 113, 115, 117, 206, 207, 231, 234, 236, 245, 414, 439
Vakil, Tahera and Sushila,
      see Vakil, Mr N. R., daughters of
Varqa, Valiullah, 266, 360
Vedady, R.K., 188
veil, discarding of the, 10
Vellore, 246, 148
Vietnam, 400
village, definition of, 191
virgin territories, 142, 178, 181, 186, 205, 206, 213, 225, 229, 235, 243-4, 253, 257, 305, 309, 314, 324, 329, 338, 341, 342-4, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 354, 358, 361, 363, 365, 366, 395, 400, 406, 409, 416, 421, 425
virtues, 198
Vogul language, 338, 355, 407
von Brunn, Ursula, 361
Vossough,Dr G., 413
voting,
      in Bahá'í elections, 10, 142
      list, removal from, 155, 271
      by mail, 245
      see also elections, Bahá'í
voting rights, 182, 259, 262, 271, 273, 283, 292-3, 335, 347, 389
War, First World, 435
War, Second World, 190, 191, 198, 202, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 223, 225, 255, 259, 305, 437
War Comforts Fund, 237
weather, 328
West, the, 147
Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, 313, 436
wills, 179
Wilmette, Bahá'í temple in,
      see Temple, Bahá'í, in America
women, 10-11, 67, 69, 193, 252
World Centre, Bahá'í, 299, 333, 356
World Government Organization, 310, 311
World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, 198, 199, 226, 333, 419
writers, Bahá'í, 71
Writings, Bahá'í, 252
      see also Tablets, of Bahá'u'lláh and 'Abdu'l-Bahá
work, suspension of, on Bahá'í Holy Days, 132, 154-5, 160, 272
World Crusade,
      see Ten Year Crusade
Yaganagi, Habib, 209, 260-1, 312, 397, 414
Yaganagi, Mrs, 312
Yahyá, Mírzá, 353
Yazamaidi, Faridoon, 422


469

Yazdani, Mr, 320, 425
year, Bahá'í, 115
year book, Bahá'í, 18, 25, 35
Year Book Committee, 36
Yemen, 355
youth, Bahá'í, 9, 82, 140, 156, 167-8, 173, 188, 197-9, 200, 205, 208, 214, 220, 221-2, 227, 232, 235, 241, 246, 257-8, 269-71, 278, 281-2, 306-7, 326, 340-1
      American, 220, 271
      declaration of, 376-7
      formation of youth groups, 177, 258
      role of, 270-1
Youth Committee of India, 199, 220-1, 339
Youth Symposium, 195, 198-9, 200, 221, 222, 269, 270
      Third Annual World Bahá'í, 167
      see also conferences, youth
Yukon, 358
Zaituneh Ma Gyi, 19
Zanzibar, 324, 326, 335, 338, 342, 365, 374, 381, 388
Zarqání, Mírzá Mahmúd, 8, 441
Zeinolabedin, Fawzi, and family, 361
Zoroastrians, 124, 285, 293
Zululand, 365