- 1817-00-00 — Birth of Hand of the Cause Mulla Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani (Haji Amin), in Ardikan, near Yazd. ...
- 1842-00-00 — Birth of Haji Ákhúnd (Mulla `Ali-Akbar Shahmirzadi), (d. 4 March 1910 in Tehran) in Shahmirzad, n...
- 1848-09-00 — Birth of Mirza Muhammad-Hasan Talaqani, (b. Aug-Sep 1848 in Karkabúd, near Talaqan, d.3 August 1919...
- 1850-00-00 — Birth of Mirza `Ali-Muhammad-i-Khurasani, (b. 1850-1851 Mashad, d. 2 April 1928 in Tehran) later kno...
- 1850-08-00 — Mulla Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani (Haji Amin), Hand of the Cause, became a Babi....
- 1852-03-20 — The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was the...
- 1853-12-30 — The birth of Áqa Mirza Muhammad-Taqi Abhari, (b. 1853-1854 in Abhar, d. 30 January 1919 in Tehran),...
- 1855-03-05 — Birth of John Henry Hyde Dunn, Hand of the Cause, in London. [Baha'i Chronicles]
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- 1868-00-00 — Haji Mulla `Ali-i-Akbar-i-Shahmirzadi (later Hand of the Cause Haji Ákhúnd) was imprisoned in Tihr...
- 1869-05-12 — Birth of Clara Davis Dunn, Hand of the Cause, in London....
- 1872-06-10 — Birth of Martha Root, Hand of the Cause and itinerant Baha'i teacher, in Richmond, Ohio....
- 1873-06-07 — Birth of Amelia Engelder Collins, Hand of the Cause, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
- 1874-00-00 — The passing of Mulla Sadiq-i-Muqaddas-i-Khurasani entitled by Baha'u'llah Ism'llah'l-Asdaq (In the N...
- 1874-05-19 — Birth of John Ebenezer Esslemont, Hand of the Cause of God, in Aberdeen, Scotland....
- 1874-06-06 — Birth of Louis George Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God at Charleston, South Carolina....
- 1875-07-21 — Birth of Agnes Baldwin Alexander, Hand of the Cause, in Hawaii.
She was a granddaughter of two of...
- 1875-10-16 — Birth of Tarazu'llah Samandari, Hand of the Cause of God, in Qazvin....
- 1876-02-14 — Birth of Keith Ransom-Kehler, Hand of the Cause and the first American Baha'i martyr, in Kentucky....
- 1876-06-14 — Birth of George Townshend, Hand of the Cause of God, in Dublin....
- 1877-09-26 — Birth of Siegfried Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, in Germany....
- 1878-00-00 — Siyyid Mustafa Rúmi arrived in Burma with Jamal Effendi.
He married into a well-to-do Indo-Burma...
- 1881-00-00 — The second Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was Haji Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani, entitled Amin-i-Ilahi (Trust...
- 1884-00-00 — Birth of Valiyu'llah Varqa, Hand of the Cause of God, in Tabriz. [BW18:381-834]...
- 1886-00-01 — Birth of Músa Banani, Hand of the Cause of God, in Baghdad. [BW15p421–423]
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- 1887-04-13 — The first mention of the concept of `Hand of the Cause' in Baha'u'llah's writings is within a Tablet...
- 1889-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause Mulla Sadiq Maqaddas Khurasani also known by the designation Jinab-...
- 1889-11-19 — Birth of General Shu`a`u'llah `Ala'i, Hand of the Cause of God, in Tihran....
- 1891-05-25 — Two believers were arrested during the same period of intense persecution. Haji Amin was sent to th...
- 1892-07-05 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Nabil-i-Akbar Áqa Muhammed-i-Qa'ini. He was born in Naw-Fir...
- 1896-02-15 — Birth of Leroy C. Ioas, Hand of the Cause of God, in Wilmington, Illinois. His parents, Charles and ...
- 1896-05-02 — The martyrdom of Hand of the Cause of God Varqa ('Dove'), Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad. (b.1856 in Yazd, d. i...
- 1896-05-13 — Birth of Dr Ugo Giachery, Hand of the Cause of God, in Palermo, Sicily. [Wikipedia]...
- 1897-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Shaykh Muhammad-Riday-i-Yazdi (Mulla Rida) while incarcerate...
- 1897-02-24 — Birth of Jalal Khazeh (Jalal Khadih), Hand of the Cause of God, in Tihran....
- 1898-12-21 — Birth of Dorothy Beecher Baker, Hand of the Cause of God....
- 1899-00-03 — A local spiritual assembly called "The Consulting Assembly of Tihran", a forerunner of the National ...
- 1899-02-16 — Birth of Hermann Grossmann, Hand of the Cause of God, in Rosario de Santa Fé, Argentina, into a fam...
- 1905-04-29 — Birth of `Ali-Akbar Furútan, Hand of the Cause of God, in Sabzivar, Khurasan....
- 1906-00-00 — Birth of `Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, Hand of the Cause of God, in Qum....
- 1908-09-07 — The birth of Hasan Muvaqqar Balyuzi, Hand of the Cause of God. [SBBR5:XI]...
- 1909-00-00 — Sutherland Maxwell, Hand of the Cause of God, became a Baha'i. [BFA2:156]
In the same year he w...
- 1909-07-23 — Louis George Gregory accepted the Baha'i Faith after investigating since 1907 when he attended a lec...
- 1909-08-20 — Birth of Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God, in Chicago.
His given name was `Abdu'l-Baha, besto...
- 1910-03-04 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Haji Mulla 'Ali-Akbar-i-Shahmirzadi, (Haji Akhund). He was...
- 1910-08-08 — Birth of Mary Sutherland Maxwell, Amatu'l-Baha Rúhiyyih Khanum, Hand of the Cause of God, in the bo...
- 1912-00-00 — Birth of `Ali Muhammad Varqa, Hand of the Cause of God, in Tihran....
- 1913-05-13 — Birth of H. Collis Featherstone, Hand of the Cause of God, at Quorn, South Australia....
- 1914-01-09 — John Ferraby, Hand of the Cause of God, was born in Southsea, England....
- 1917-00-00 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Haji Mirza Muhammad-Taqiy-i-Abhari (Ibn-i-Abhar). He was bo...
- 1919-00-00 — Amelia Collins, Hand of the Cause, became a Baha'i in Pasadena, California. [PSBW74] ...
- 1919-08-13 — The passing of Mirza Muhammad-Hasan Taliqani, Hand of the Cause of God, entitled Adibu'l-'Ulama, kno...
- 1920-00-00 — George Townshend became a Baha'i, and sent a letter of acceptance of the Faith to `Abdu'l-Baha. [GT4...
- 1920-04-10 — Clara and Hyde Dunn arrived in Sydney, Australia. [AB445] SBR158 says this was 18 Apr 1919.
The...
- 1921-06-00 — Siegfried Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, became a Baha'i....
- 1925-11-22 — John Esslemont, Hand of the Cause of God, Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha, passed away in Haifa. [BW3p84-85...
- 1925-11-30 — Shoghi Effendi appointed Dr. John Esslemont a Hand of the Cause of God.
With the passing of Dr E...
- 1926-06-24 — Enoch Olinga, future Hand of the Cause of God, was born in Abaango, Uganda....
- 1928-04-02 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Mirza 'Ali-Muhammad, known as Ibn-i-Asdaq. He was born in M...
- 1928-05-27 — Haji Amin, Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikani, Hand of the Cause of God and Apostle of Baha'u'llah, passed away ...
- 1933-10-23 — Keith Ransom-Kehler died of smallpox in Isfahan after a year of intensive travel around Iran. [BW5:2...
- 1938-00-00 — The fourth Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was Jinab-i-Valiyu'llah Varqa, the third son of Varqa the mar...
- 1939-09-28 — Martha Root, 'foremost Hand raised by Baha'u'llah', passed away in Honolulu. (b. 10 August,1872 Rich...
- 1940-09-00 — William Sears, Hand of the Cause of God, became a Baha'i in Salt Lake City, Utah....
- 1941-02-17 — John Henry Hyde Dunn, passed away in Sydney. [BW9:595; SBR166]
Shortly after his passing Shoghi E...
- 1942-06-25 — 'Abdu'l-Jalil Bey Sa'ad died in Egypt and Shoghi Effendi appointed him to the rank of Hand of the Ca
- 1946-11-22 — Amelia Collins was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi. [PP258; PSBW878]
He dI...
- 1946-12-13 — The passing of Muhammad Taqi Isfahani. He had been born in Persia and was horrified by the behaviou...
- 1951-07-30 — Louis Gregory, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Eliot, Maine, near Green Acre. [CoF163; BW12...
- 1951-12-20 — Hand of the Cause Roy C. Wilhelm, (b.17 September, 1875) passed away in Lovel, Maine. He was buried ...
- 1951-12-24 — Shoghi Effendi appointed 12 Hands of the Cause of God, the first contingent of Hands to be appointed...
- 1952-02-29 — Shoghi Effendi appointed the second contingent of Hands of the Cause of God. [BW12:375–6; CT202–...
- 1952-04-27 — Hyde Dunn was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God posthumously in a cable sent to the National Spir...
- 1953-02-12 — The first Intercontinental Teaching Conference was convened by the British National Spiritual Assemb...
- 1953-05-03 — The All-America Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in Chicago. [BW12:133]
For the text...
- 1953-07-21 — The European Intercontinental Teaching Conference was held in Stockholm. [BW12:167; CBN No 46 Novemb...
- 1953-07-27 — Siegfried (Fred) Schopflocher, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Montreal and was buried besi...
- 1953-12-07 — Jalal Khazeh was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God after the passing of Hand of the Cause of God ...
- 1954-01-10 — Dorothy Baker, (b. Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA 21 December, 1898) Hand of the Cause of ...
- 1954-02-00 — Rahmatu'llah Muhajir and Iran Muhajir arrived the Mentawai Islands and received the accolade "Knight...
- 1954-03-19 — Paul Haney was appointed Hand of the Cause of God following the death of Hand of the Cause of God Do...
- 1954-04-06 — Shoghi Effendi announced the creation of five Auxiliary Boards with the following number of members:...
- 1954-11-27 — Shoghi Effendi described the significance of the world administrative centre of the Faith and the 's...
- 1955-00-00 — The fifth Trustee of the Huqúqu'llah was 'Ali-Muhammad Varqa. He inherited both the Trusteeship an...
- 1955-11-12 — Hand of the Cause of God Valiyu'llah Varqa passed away in Stuttgart.
For his obituary see BW13:83...
- 1955-11-16 — 'Ali Muhammad Varqa was appointed a Hand of the Cause to succeed his father. [GBF111; MBW91]
- 1956-05-20 — Louisa Mathew Gregory, (b. 1 February 1866 in Penge, Kent, England) whose wedding to Hand of the Cau...
- 1957-03-25 — Hand of the Cause of God George Townshend passed away in Dublin, Ireland. (b.14 June, 1896) [BBD226,...
- 1957-03-27 — Agnes Alexander was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God on the passing of Hand of the Cause of God ...
- 1957-06-04 — Shoghi Effendi added protection of the Cause to the duties of the Hands of the Cause. They were to p...
- 1957-10-00 — The third contingent of Hands of the Cause of God was appointed: Enoch Olinga, William Sears, John R...
- 1957-10-02 — Shoghi Effendi designated the Hands of the Cause the 'Chief Stewards of Baha'u'llah's embryonic Worl...
- 1957-11-10 — The Hands of the Cause met in London. [TG157]
See SDSC191-195 and SDSC430 note 8 for excerpts f...
- 1957-11-15 — Hands of the Cause Rúhiyyih Khanum, Mason Remey, Amelia Collins and Leroy Ioas, accompanied by Hand...
- 1957-11-18 — The first conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God convened at Bahji. Twenty-three Hands were prese...
- 1957-11-18 — The Hands of the Cause conducted a memorial meeting for Shoghi Effendi in the Haram-i-Aqdas. [BW13:3...
- 1957-11-19 — Nine Hands of the Cause were chosen by Rúhiyyih Khanum to examine Shoghi Effendi's apartment. [BW 1...
- 1957-11-25 — Nine Hands were chosen to serve as Custodians of the Faith residing in the Holy Land. [BBD57; BW13:3...
- 1957-11-26 — Interregnum
Following the passing of Shoghi Effendi the international administration of the Faith ...
- 1958-03-21 — The second Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade convenes in Sydney, ...
- 1958-05-02 — The third Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade convened in Wilmette,...
- 1958-07-25 — The fourth Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade and convened in Fran...
- 1958-09-21 — Hand of the Cause Leroy Ioas arrived in Indonesia and was plunged into negotiations regarding the ho...
- 1958-09-27 — The fifth Intercontinental Conference was held at the mid-point of the Crusade and convened in Singa...
- 1958-11-21 — The Second Conclave of the Hands of the Cause convened at Bahji. [BW13:347–8; MoC55-125]
It was a...
- 1959-06-14 — The Hands of the Cause announced that the remains of the cousin of the Bab had been identified and h...
- 1959-10-23 — The third Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahji. [BW13:351; MC127-173]
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- 1959-11-04 — The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their third Conclave. [MC166–70]
The date for the ...
- 1960-05-05 — Hand of the Cause Abu'l-Qasim Faizi was sent by the Custodians to France to meet with the National S...
- 1960-07-12 — Horace Hotchkiss Holley, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 April, 1887 in Torrin...
- 1960-07-26 — The Hands of the Cause of God declared Charles Mason Remey a Covenant-breaker. [BBRSM221; MC224–5]...
- 1960-10-18 — The fourth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahji. [MoC177-245]...
- 1960-11-02 — The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their fourth Conclave. [MoC237–44]
All the Hands o...
- 1960-11-18 — Clara Dunn, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Sydney. (b.12 May 1869) [BW13:859; MoC245]
F...
- 1961-01-01 — Hand of the Cause of God Dr Rahmatu'llah Muhajir traveled to India and demonstrated the principle of...
- 1961-04-03 — Corinne Knight True, Hand of the Cause of God, (b. 1 November 1861 Louisville, KY d. Chicago, IL 3 A...
- 1961-10-15 — The fifth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahji. [MoC249-329]
For the a...
- 1961-11-05 — The Hands of the Cause issued a message from their fifth Conclave. [MoC313–23]
They called for ...
- 1962-01-01 — Amelia Collins passed away in Haifa. (b. 7 June, 1873) [BW13:399, 840; MC12]
For her obituary see...
- 1962-07-24 — It was announced that the sixth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was postponed until April ...
- 1963-04-09 — The sixth Conclave of the Hands of the Cause of God was convened at Bahji.
For the agenda see MoC...
- 1963-05-07 — The Universal House of Justice issued its first message to national conventions. [WG4–8]
It annou...
- 1963-05-09 — The Hands of the Cause of God passed a resolution regarding the principles that will apply between t...
- 1963-05-19 — The Hands of the Cause cabled the annual conventions with the names of the five Hands chosen to resi...
- 1964-11-01 — The Universal House of Justice announced that 'there is no way to appoint, or to legislate to make i...
- 1965-07-22 — Leroy Ioas, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.15 February 1896 in Wilmington, IL). ...
- 1966-12-12 — The Hand of the Cause John Robarts departed Africa from Cape Town after a stay of nearly 13 years. T...
- 1968-06-21 — The Universal House of Justice established the Continental Boards of Counsellors to continue the fun...
- 1968-07-07 — The passing of Hand of the Cause Hermann Grossmann in Neckargemünd, near Heidelberg, (b.16 February...
- 1968-09-02 — Tarazu'llah Samandari, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1874 in Qazvin, Persia)
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- 1971-00-00 — The 'Lake Victoria Plan', a joint venture among the National Spiritual Assemblies of Uganda, Kenya, ...
- 1971-01-01 — The passing of Agnes Baldwin Alexander, (b. 26July 1875 in Hawaii) Hand of the Cause; "the daughter ...
- 1971-09-04 — Músa Banani, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Kampala, Uganda. (b.1886) [BW15:42; VV7]
F...
- 1973-06-05 — The International Teaching Centre was established at the Baha'i World Centre for the purpose of cont...
- 1973-09-05 — John Ferraby, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Cambridge, England. (b. 9 January,1914) [BW16...
- 1976-00-05 — Elizabeth Martin with Chris Lyons made a film called Retrospective, a memoir of Hand of the Cause Jo...
- 1979-09-16 — Enoch Olinga—Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Baha'u'llah—his wife and three of his childr...
- 1979-12-29 — Rahmatu'llah Muhajir, Hand of the Cause of God and Knight of Baha'u'llah, passed away in Quito, Ecua...
- 1980-02-12 — Hasan M. Balyuzi, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in London. (b. 7 September, 1908, Shiraz, Ir...
- 1980-07-29 — Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away at his pioneer post in Athens, Greece....
- 1980-11-20 — Abu'l-Qasim Faizi, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Haifa. (b.1906) [BW18:659; VV52]
Sho...
- 1982-12-03 — Paul Haney, Hand of the Cause of God, died in Haifa in an automobile accident. [BW18:617; VV52]
P...
- 1984-11-16 — Shu'a'u'llah 'Ala'i, Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Scottsdale, Arizona. (b. 16 November 1...
- 1986-11-13 — Zikrullah Khadem (Dhikru'llah Khadem), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Skokie, Illinois. (b...
- 1989-07-05 — Dr Ugo Giachery (b. 13 May, 1896, Palermo, Sicily), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away while on a...
- 1990-02-21 — Jalal Khazeh, (b. 24 February, 1897, Tihran) Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Toronto. He wa...
- 1990-09-29 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God H. Collis Featherstone in Katmandu, Nepal. He was born at Qu...
- 1991-06-18 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God, Knight of Baha'u'llah, John Aldham Robarts at Rawdon, Quebe...
- 1992-00-05 — The publication of the book entitled The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963: An Account of the Ste...
- 1992-03-25 — William Benard Sears, (b.28 Mar 1911), Hand of the Cause of God, passed away in Tucson, Arizona. He ...
- 2003-11-26 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Ali Akbar Furútan in Haifa at the age of 98. [BWNS261, BW'...
- 2004-12-30 — The "Growth and Victories" conference was held Otavalo, Ecuador in honour of the Hand of the Cause o...
- 2007-09-22 — The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Dr. Ali-Muhammad Varqa (b.1911 or 1912) at his home in Haifa...
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