1910 - First thirty children attending Tarbiat School in Tehran, Iran

'Akka -- May, 1967

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Akka from the air, looking west over the Mediterranean. Most Great Prison shown in center, Mosque to lower left. Photo taken in May, 1967.

Jamal Effendi - The spiritual father of India and Burma -- the first Baha'i teacher sent to India and Burma by Baha'u'llah in 1875

Sulayman Khan Ilyas, Jamal Effendi

Pocket Qur'an of the Báb

1915: First Photo of Baha'is in Japan

July 1915 - The first photograph of Baha'is of Japan with Martha Root and Agnes Alexander. Mr Fukuta, the first Japanese to accept the Faith in Japan, is seated front row, far left, next to Martha Root. Agnes Alexander is second from left in the back row.

The Greatest Holy Leaf, Munirih Khanum and her four daughters

The Middle row, those sitting on chairs, left to right: Munawar and Touba (daughters of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and Munirih Khanum), the Greatest Holy Leaf, Munirih Khanum (wife of ‘Abdu’l-Baha), Diya’iyyih (daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and Munirih Khanum, mother of Shoghi Effendi), and Ruha (daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Baha and Munirih Khanum). The other ladies in the picture are pilgrims and believers from Haifa-Akka area.

Entrance to Bahá’u’lláh's ancestral House in Takur, Iran

Baha'i Shrine in Montreal, Canada

'Abdu’l-Bahá stayed in this home during his six-day visit to Montréal.

(Baha'i Media Bank)

First National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Iran, 1934-1935

Baha'i Faith on Singapore stamps

In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Singapore's Inter-Religious Organization, a body formed to promote peace, understanding and good will among people of different faiths, three specially-designed stamps were issued in January 1999, depicting nine of the major religions in Singapore. The Baha'i Faith was honored through its inclusion.

(The Baha'i World, 1998-99)

Believers assembled at the Shrine of the Báb on Mount Carmel, 1910

The person marked x at the center of the group is the aged Afnan who supervised the building of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Ishkabad, Russia. As soon as it was finished he was called to Acca by 'Abdu'l-Baha to remain the balance of his days.

November 19, 2017 - Believers of Spokane, Washington holding a unity Feast in a suburb of their city -- 1910

Tehran 1910: American believer Dr. Moody and some Persian Baha'i doctors at a newly established hospital in Tehran

Mount Carmel as it appeared to the first American pilgrims in 1898

Mount Carmel as it appeared to the first American pilgrims to visit 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1898. The building at the foot and on the left marks the place where Elijah, the Prophet, found shelter. On the summit is a convent. 

(Baha'i News, December 1971)

1969: Hands of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga and Dr. Rahmatu'llah Muhajir

Lagos, Nigeria, October 9, 1969

A calligraphic artwork by prominent Baha'i Mishkin-Qalam

Louis and Louise Gregory -- the first black-white marriage in the American Baha'i community

Louis and Louise Gregory

First National Convention of the Baha'is of Iran, 1934

The National Spiritual Assembly of the United States 1939

Seven future Hands of the Cause served on this Assembly!

From left: Louis Gregory, Harlan Obar, Dorothy Baker, Leroy Ioas, Fred Schopflocker, Horace Holley, Amelia Collins, Roy Wilhelm, Allen McDaniel

1914 -- Second group photograph taken of 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Holy Land

1914 -- First group photograph taken of 'Abdu'l-Baha in the Holy Land

1910: Baha'i convention in Masonic temple, Chicago

Some believers in America in 1910

1. Dr. Augur; 2. Mrs. Augur's maid; 3. Mrs. Coombs; 4. Miss Fletcher of NY City; 5. Mr. Remey; 6. Mrs. Sutherland; 7. Mrs. Rowland; 8. Mr. Struven; 9. Mrs. Augur; 10. Agnes Alexander; 11. Miss Johnson; 12. Virginia Rowland

Dr. Susan Moody with Baha'is in Tehran, Iran 1910

First Canadian National Spiritual Assembly -- Elected in 1948

Front row, left to right: Rosemary Sala, Siegfried Schopflocher, Laura Davis, Ross Woodman, John Robarts. Back row, left to right: Emeric Sala, Rowland Estall, Doris Richardson, Lloyd Gardner

Geographic Distribution of Local Spiritual Assemblies by Continent -- as of 2003

(Source: The Baha'i World 2002-2003)

Facsimile of Ruhiyyih Khanum's Persian handwriting

(Source: Andalib no. 74, 2000)

The first Baha'i of Hawaiian ancestry

Mrs. Mary Fantom has the distinction of being the first Baha'i of Hawaiian blood. She was affectinately known as Auntie May. She was a long time resident of Maui and closely associated with Hand of the Cause Agnes Alexander. This photograph was taken on Auntie May's ninety-first birthday. 

(Baha'i News, March 1971)

Dr. John Esslemont - Hand of the Cause of God

Dr. Esslemont

circa 1920's: Garden of Ridvan

Entrance to the Garden of Ridvan in Baghdad, where Baha'u'llah declared His Mission in 1863 and after twelve days departed for Constantinople. ... The beauty of this garden is apparent through its service to humanity -- that is, it was a hospital then and two successive governments have used it similarly  ... [as] a center where bodily ailments are healed.

(The Baha'i World 1926-1928)