Knights of Bahá’u’lláh

History

A selection of images of those Bahá’ís who were the first people to introduce the Bahá'í Faith to certain countries or territories, identified as goals during the Ten Year Plan (1953-1963).

Bertha Dobbins (centre), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the New Hebrides Islands with Hand of the Cause, Collis Featherstone and his wife, Madge, in May 1971

Knights of Bahá'u'lláh gather on the steps of the Seat of the Universal House of Justice, May 1992

Knights of Bahá’u’lláh for French Togoland, David Tanyi (standing) and Benedict Eballa (left), with Samuel Njiki, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for French Cameroon, 1954

(from left to right) Dunduzu Chisiza and Mary and Reginald (Rex) Collison, Knights of Bahá’u’lláh for Ruanda-Urundi

Habib Isfahani, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh to Senegal

Elizabeth and Frederick Laws, Knights of Bahá’u’lláh to Lesotho

Abdu'l Rahman Zarqani, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Seychelles Islands

Knights of Bahá’u’lláh for Swaziland John and Valera Allen (sitting) and (at rear) their son Dale and his wife Irma

Eyneddin Ala’i, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Zimbabwe

Charles Monroe Ioas (left) with Jean and Tove Deleuran Knights of Bahá’u’lláh for the Balearic Islands

Dulcie Dive, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Cook Islands

Bruce Matthew, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Labrador

Aziz Navidi, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh to Monaco

Roy Fernie, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Gilbert and Ellis Islands

Elise Schreiber, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Spanish Guinea

Tahirih Ala’i, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Zimbabwe

Violet Hoehnke (1916-2004), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Admiralty Islands

Meherangiz Munsiff, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh to French Cameroon

Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Socotra Island, Mirza Aqa Khan Kamali Sarvistani with his wife, Rezwanieh and son, Alla’u’din

Mary Collison (1892-1970), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Ruanda-Urundi

Florence Bagley (1914-1990), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Sicily

Gertrude Blum (1910-1993), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Solomon Islands

Julius Edwards, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Ghana in 1953

William Danjon, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Andorra

Alvin Blum (1912-1968), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Solomon Islands

Nellie French, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Monaco

Elsie Austin (1908-2004), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for Morocco

Edith Danielsen, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for the Cook Islands

Ottilie Rhein (1903-1979), Knight of Bahá’u’lláh to Mauritius