The Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project

has the goal of producing a reliable, comprehensive, current, and easy-to-use encyclopedic reference work covering a wide range of Bahá’í subjects.

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While work on a Bahá’í Encyclopedia continues, we offer a variety of articles on topics related to the Bahá’í Faith.

The Bahá’í Encyclopedia Project is preparing a wide range of articles for eventual publication in the Bahá’í Encyclopedia. Meanwhile, we are delighted to make available an interim selection of entries. The collection will expand to include more articles from more subject categories.
 

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16 March 1867
Fifty-three Bahá’ís in Baghdad signed a petition to the United States Congress, asking its assistance in seeking Bahá’u’lláh's release from imprisonment by the Ottoman authorities and its help for the persecuted Bahá’ís of the region. The United States Consul General's office in Beirut received the petition on 3 April 1867 and forwarded it to the Secretary of State. It is now in the United States National Archives.

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Chase, Thornton

First person in the West to become a steadfast Bahá’í; one of the founders and chief builders of the Chicago Bahá’í community; included by Shoghi Effendi among a number of prominent early Bahá’ís of the West whom he designated as "Disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá."

 

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Dodge, Arthur Pillsbury

Early American Bahá’í named by Shoghi Effendi a Disciple of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

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