1933: Certificate of Incorporation of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India and Burma

(The Baha'i World 1932-1934)

An example of Revelation Writing - on display at British Museum 2017

The room Bahá'u'lláh was born in

This is the room Bahá'u'lláh was said to be born in, appropriately between dawn and sunrise, November 12, 1817. It was the main parlor of the house of His father in Tihran. Panes in the upper window are colored red, blue, yellow and green. 

(source: 'Land of Resplendent Glory', by the International Baha'i Audio-Visual Centre, 1971)

1985: Hand of the Cause John Robarts and Counsellors

The Hand of the Cause of God John Robarts (third from right) is shown with Counsellors for the Americas who attended a Counsellor/Auxiliary Board members Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1985. The Counsellors are (left to right) Lloyd Gardner, Dr. Farzam Arbab, Agnus Cowan, Lauretta King and Dr. Peter Khan, a Counsellor member of the International Teaching Center in Haifa. 

(Baha'i News, February 1985)

A tent used by Baha'u'llah while He resided in the Holy Land

circa 1930: Elijah's Cave on Mount Carmel

Couryard of Elijah's Cave. The rooms above were used by both Baha'u'llah and 'Abdu'l-Baha 

(Star of the West, vol. 21, no. 6, August 1930)

The interior of Elijah's Cave

1932: The Esperantists of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan, welcome Agnes Alexander

Photograph taken at the welcome meeting by the Esperantists of Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan to Miss Agnes Alexander, August 3, 1922. Front row, from left, is Tadashi Watanabe, the promoter of the meeting, and third from left is the Mayor. 

(Star of the West, November 1932, vol. 23, no. 8)

Original home of Tahirih in Qazvin, Iran

Original home of Tahirih in Qazvin, Iran, where she was born and lived 

(The Baha'i World 1932-1934)

circa 1927: The Mosque at Haifa where 'Abdu'l-Baha frequently worshipped

Hussein Rabbani, Jean Bolles and Emogene Hoagg in the courtyard of the Mosque in Haifa where 'Abdu'l-Baha frequently worshipped 

(Star of the West, vol. 6, no. 6, August 1927)

April 21, 1922: Shrines of Baha'u'llah and the Báb were electrically illuminated for the first time

(Ruhiyyih Khanum, 'The Priceless Pearl')

1967: First National Baha'i Convention of the Leeward, Windward and Virgin Islands

Hand of the Cause Dr. Ugo Giachery also in attendance - second row, 9th person from left

(Baha'i News, June 1967)

A ring belonging to the Báb

Hand of the Cause of God Enoch Olinga, with a local baby, on a visit to the Solomon Islands

An illumined copy the Kitab-i-Aqdas in Arabic, commissioned by 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1902

Chicago Temple Foundation Hall as it appeared in 1922-1930

 

(Baha'i News, November, 1974)

Badi - (Wonderful); Pride of Martyrs; Apostle of Baha’u’llah

1927: Keith Ransom-Kehler and Ruhi Effendi Afnan

Baha'is in Paris as of 1901

Back row, left to right, Marie L. McKay, unknown, May Bolles, Charles Mason Remey; front row, left to right, H. Emogene Hoagg, unknown, Herbert Hopper. 

(Baha'i News, October 1983)

The 1983 graduating class of the Rabbani Baha'i School in India

The 1983 graduating class of 21 students at the Rabbani Baha'i School in Gwalior, India. 

(Baha'i News June 1983)

1898: 'Abdu'l-Baha's House in 'Akka

'Abdu'l-Baha's House in 'Akka: where in 1898 He received the first pilgrims from the West -- Lua and Edward Getsinger. Photo by Effie Baker (1925). 

(Star of the West, vol.16, no. 5, August 1925) 

1965: First Local Assembly formed in Iceland

(Baha’i News, December, 1965)

Keith Ransom-Kehler with Zikrullah Khadem

Keith Ransom-Kehler with Zikrullah Khadem (right) and Salim Nounou. Mrs. Ransom-Kehler is holding a picture of Shoghi Effendi, whom she and Zikrullah Khadem both served with exemplary devotion.

1900: A gathering of Baha'is from Chicago

A visiting Baha'i from Egypt, Abdu'l-Karim-i-Tihrani is standing between the wooden pillars. Thornton Chase and Anton Haddad are standing to the immediate right and left of the Egyptian visitor.

The Baha'is of greater New York circa 1898-99

Howard MacNutt is seated on the front row far left. The three men seated on the far right are, left to right, Anton Haddad, William Hoar, and Arthur Dodge.

1924: The northern flower gardens around the Shrine of Baha'u'llah at Bahji, Akka

(Star of the West, vol. 18, no. 7, October 1927)

The incredibly audacious Zaynab

Artist's depiction of the peasant girl Zaynab, who disguised herself as a boy to join in the defense of the Babi community in Zanjan, Persia, and died in the seige. 

(The Baha'i World 1994-1995)

2013: Delegates to the 11th International Convention approaching the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh

(Baha'i Media Bank)

1927: View at Akka from Barracks

View at Akka from barracks, 1927, showing Carmel and Haifa in the distance 

(Star of the West, vol.18, no.9, December 1927)