History
Other Historical Figures: Knights of Bahá’u’lláh
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