March 1
Fourth Day of Ayyam-i-Ha
The Baha'i calendar is made up of 19 months of 19 days each. The period of Ayyam-i-Ha adjusts the Baha'i year to the solar cycle. These days are set aside for hospitality, gift giving, special acts of charity, and preparing for the Baha'i Fast
March 1, 1897
Shoghi Effendi Rabbani was born in the House of Abdu'llah Pasha
Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and eldest grandson of Abdu'l-Baha, is born of Abdu'l-Baha's eldest daughter in the House of Abdu'llah Pasha (March 1, 1897). He is descended from Baha'u'llah on his mother's side and related to the Bab on his father's side.
March 3, 1929
League of Nations Council resolution upholds the Baha'i Community's claim to Baha'u'llah's house in Baghdad
March 7, 1948
Shoghi Effendi decides to commence work on the Shrine of the Bab superstructure
March 12, 1923
Shoghi Effendi calls for the establishment of Loca and National Baha'i Funds
March 15, 1973
Mazra'ih was purchased
The house of Mazra'ih is located four miles north of Akka. It once belonged to Abdu'u'llah Pasha, from whom Abdu'l-Baha rented for Baha'u'llah who took up residence there in June 1877. He lived in the house for two years while technically still a prisoner before moving to Bahji.
March 19, 1856
Return of Bahaullah from Kurdistan to Baghdad - 1856
Fame of a man in the mountains of Kurdistan, had reached Baghdad. Bahau'llah's family realized this man is Bahau'llah and pleads for His return. He does return to Baghdad on this day and begins to rebuild the Babi community. The community grows in size and respect
March 19, 1954
Paul Haney was appointed as a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi
March 20, 1848
Mulla Husayn arrives at Mah-ku to see the Bab
Naw-Ruz (Baha'i New Year)
Coinciding with the first day of spring, Baha'is celebrate their New Year, called Naw Ruz, on March 21. The Baha'i calendar, which sets the rhythm for Baha'i community life, was inaugurated in 1844 with the declaration of the Bab, the Prophet-Herald of the Baha'i Faith.
March 21, 1909
Abdu'l-Baha inters the remains of the Bab on the spot chosen by Baha'u'llah years earlier
March 21, 1909
Opening of the first American Bahai Convention
March 25, 1912
Abdu'l-Baha boards the S.S. Cedric in Alexandria, heading for the United States
March 25, 1937
Marriage Shoghi Effendi & Ruyhiyyih Khanum (Mary Maxwell)
March 27, 1957
Hand of the Cause Appointed by Shoghi Effendi
March 28, 1847
Bab spent one night at Kenar Gerd Caravansary
March 28, 1911
Birth of Hand of the Cause and prominent American Baha'i William Sears
March 29, 1847
Bab detained in Kulayn
Kulayn is a village where Bab stayed there for 20 days in His way to Tabriz, At a distance of about 30 miles from Tihran, Muhammad Big the head of the escort, received a message from Haji Mirza Aqasi, the prime minister, instructing him to take the Bab to Kulayn and prepare a tent and wait for further instructions.
March 29, 1952
Death of Hand of the Cause William Sutherland Maxwell
March 29, 2006
Death of Ruth Katharine Meyer, Knight of Baha'u'llah, named for pioneering to Margarita Island
March 30, 1913
Abdu'l-Baha traveled to Stuttgart in Germany from Paris
March 30, 1937
Birth of Universal House of Justice member Hooper Dunbar
March 31, 1847
Sayyed Hossain Yazdi and others arrived in Kulayn and met Bab
March 31, 1966
Eduardo Duarte Vieira died in prison in Portuguese Guinea
Eduardo Duarte Vieira (1921-1966) died in prison in Portuguese Guinea (now Guinea-Bissau) after months of harassment and beatings because of his faith. He was designated the First African Martyr.