SHOGHI EFFENDI COMPLETE TEN-YEAR PLAN 1953-1963

TEN - YEAR INTERNATIONAL BAHÁ'Í

TEACHING AND CONSOLIDATION PLAN

1953-1963

 

OBJECTIVES OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN TO BE CONDUCTED BY TWELVE BAHÁ'I NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES, 1953-1963

 

 

1.     Adoption of preliminary measures for the construction of Bahá’u’lláh’s Sepulcher in the Holy Land.

2.     Doubling the number of countries within the pale of the Faith, involving the opening of:

    41 countries in the Asiatic Continent

    33 countries in the African Continent

    30 countries in the European Continent

    27 countries in the American Continent

3.     Over twofold increase in the number of languages into which Bahá'i literature has been translated and printed, or is in process of translation:

 

                            40 in Asia

                            31 in Africa

                            10 in Europe

                            10 in America

allocated to American, British, Indian, and Australian Bahá'i Communities.

4.     Doubling the number of Mashriqu’l-Adhkár through the initiation of construction of: 

                              1 in the Asiatic Continent

                              1 in the European Continent

5.     Acquisition of a site for the future Mashriqu’l-Adhkár on Mt. Carmel.

6.     Erection of the first dependency of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár in Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.A.

7.     Purchase of land for eleven future Temples:

 

                                         3 in the American Continent

     3 in the African Continent

     2 in the Asiatic Continent

     2 in the European Continent

     1 in the Australian Continent

8.     Development of the functions of the institution of the Hands of the Cause.

9.     Establishment of a Bahá'i Court in the Holy Land, as a preliminary to the emergence of the Universal House of Justice.

10.  Codification of the Laws and Ordinances of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Mother Book of the Bahá'i Revelation.

11.  Establishment of six National Bahá'i Courts in the chief cities of the Islamic East:

    Tihrán

    Cairo

    Baghdád

   New Delhi

   Karáchi

   Kábul

12.   Extension of the International Bahá'i Endowments in the Holy Land, in the 

 plain of ‘Akká and on the slopes of Mt. Carmel      

13.  Construction of the International Bahá'i Archives in the neighborhood of the      Báb’s Sepulcher.

14.  Construction of the tomb of the Wife of the Báb in Shiráz.

15.  Identification of the resting-places of the Father of Bahá'u’lláh, and of the Mother and of the Cousin of the Báb, and their reburial in the Baha'i cemetery in the vicinity of the Most Great House.

16.  Acquisition of the Garden of Ridván in Baghdád, and of the site of the Siyáh-Chál in Tihrán, of the Martyrdom of the Báb in Tabriz, and of His incarceration in Chihriq.

17.   More than quadruple the number of the National Spiritual Assemblies:

                             21 in the American Continent

                             13 in the European Continent

                             10 in the Asiatic Continent

                               3 in the African Continent

                               1 in the Australian Continent

18.  Multiply sevenfold the number of the National Haziratu’l-Quds and their

establishment in the capital cities of the chief Sovereign States and in the chief cities of the principal Dependencies of the planet:

                                          21 in Americas

                                          15 in Europe

                                            9 in Asia

                                            3 in Africa

                                            1 in New Zealand

19.  Framing of national Bahá'i constitutions and the establishment of national Bahá'i endowments in the capitals and cities of the same States and Dependencies.

20.  More than quintuple the number of incorporated National Spiritual Assemblies:

     21 in America

     13 in Europe

     12 in Asia

       3 in Africa

       1 in Australia

21.  Establishment of six national Bahá'i Publishing Trusts:

                              

                                           2 in America

                                           2 in Asia

                                           1 in Africa

                                           1 in Europe

22.  Participation by the women of Persia in the membership of National and  

Local Assemblies.

23.  Establishment of seven Israel branches of National Spiritual Assemblies:

                      

                              2 Europe

                              2 Asia

                              1 America

                              1 Africa

                              1 Australia

24.  Establishment of a National Bahá'i printing press in Tihrán.

25.   Reinforcement of the ties binding the Bahá'i World Community to the United Nations.

26.  Inclusion, circumstances, permitting, of eleven republics comprised within the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and of two European Soviet-controlled States within the orbit of the Administrative Order of the Faith.

27.  Convocation of a World Bahá'i Congress in the vicinity of the Garden of Ridván, Baghdád, the third holiest city in the Bahá’i world, on the occasion of the worldwide celebrations of the Most Great Jubilee, commemorating the Centenary of the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh to the throne of His sovereignty.

 

 

TERRITORIES MENTIONED BY ‘ABDU’L-BAHÁ IN THE TABLETS OF THE DIVINE PLAN

1. Afghanistan 2. Alaska 3. Andorra 4. Argentina 5. Austria-Hungary 6. Bahama Islands  7. Balearic Islands  8. Belgium 9. Belize (or British Honduras)               10. Bermuda 11. Bismarck Archipelago 12. Bolivia 13. Borneo 14. Brazil          15. British Guiana 16. British Isles 17. Bulgaria 18. Canary Islands  19. Cape Verde Islands 20. Caroline Islands 21. Celebes 22. Ceram 23. Ceylon 24. Chile  25. China 26. Colombia 27. Corsica 28. Costa Rica 29. Crete 30. Cuba               31. Denmark 32. Dutch Guiana 33. Ecuador 34. Falkland Islands 35. Faroe Islands 36. Fiji Islands 37. France 38. French Guiana 39. French Indo—China                40. Friendly Islands  41. Galapagos Islands 42. German 43. Gilbert Islands         44. Greater Antilles 45. Greece 46. Guatemala 47. Haiti 48. Hawaiian Islands    49. Hebrides 50. Holland 51. Honduras 52. Iceland 53. India 54. Italy 55. Jamaica 56. Japan 57. Java 58. Juan Fernandez 59. Korea 60. Lesser Antilles                   61. Liechtenstein 62. Low Archipelago 63. Loyalty Islands 64. Luxembourg      65. Madagascar 66. Madeira Islands 67. Malta 68. Marquesas 69. Marshall Islands 70. Mauritius 71. Melanesia 72. Mexico 73. Micronesia 74. Moluccas 75. Monaco 76. Montenegro 77. New Caledonia 78. New Guinea 79. New Hebrides 80. New Zealand 81. Nicaragua 82. Norway 83. Orkney Islands  84. Panama 85. Paraguay 86. Peru 87. Philippine Islands 88. Polynesia 89. Portugal 90. Puerto Rico  91. Réunion Island 92. Rumania 93. Russia (Asia) 94. Russia (Europe)  95. Saint Helena 96. Salvador 97. Samoa Islands 98. San Marino 99. Santo Domingo      100. Sardinia 101. Serbia 102. Shetland Islands 103. Siam 104. Sicily 105. Society Islands 106. Solomon Islands 107. South Africa 108. Spain 109. Straits Settlements 110. Sumatra 111. Sweden 112. Switzerland 113. Tasmania 114. Timor            115. Tobago 116. Trinidad l17. Uruguay 118. Venezuela 119. Watling Island    120. Zanzibar

ALPHABERICAL LIST OF TERRITORIES TO BE OPENED TO THE FAITH 1953-1963

Showing Allocation to National Spiritual Assemblies

 

Admiralty Is. (As.) (Aus.) Albania (E) (Ger.) Aleutian Is. (Am.) (U.S.A.) Andaman Is. (As.) (In.) Andorra (E) (U.S.A.) Anticosti I. (Am.) (Can.) Ashanti Protectorate (Af.) (Pen) Azores (E) (U.S.A.) Bahama Is. (Am.) (C.Am.) Balearic Is. (E) (U.S.A.) Baranof I. (Am.) (Can.) Basutoland (Af.) (Pen) Bechuanaland (Af.) (Pen) Bhutan (As.) (In.) British Cameroons (Af.) (Br.) British Guiana (Am.) (S.Am.) British Honduras (Am.) (C.Am.) British Togoland (Af.) (Br.) Brunei (As.) (Pen) Canary Is. (Af.) (U.S.A.) Cape Breton I. (Am.) (Can.) Cape Verde Is. (Af.) (U.S.A.) Caroline Is. (As.) (U.S.A.) Chagos Archipelago (As.) (Per.) Channel Is. (E) (Br.) Chiloé I. (Am.) (U.S.A.) Cocos Is. (As.) (Aus.) Comoro Is. (Af.) (In.) Cook Is. (As.) (S.Am.) Crete (E) (Ger.) Cyprus (E) (Br.) Daman (As.) (In.) Diu I. (As.) (In.)  Dutch Guiana (Am.) (S.Am.) Dutch New Guinea (As.) (U.S.A.) Dutch West Indies (Am.) (C.Am.) Estonia (E) (Ger.) Falkland Is. (Am.) (U.S.A.) Faroe Is. (E) (Br.) Finno-Karelia (E) (Ger.) Franklin (Am.) (Can.) French Cameroons (Af.) (In.) French Equatorial Africa (Af.) (Eg.) French Guiana (Am.) (S.Am.) French Somaliland (Af.) (U.S.A.) French Togoland (Af.) (U.S.A.) French West Africa (Af.) (Eg.) Frisian Is. (E) (Ger.) Galapagos Is. (Am.) (S.Am.) Gambia (Af.) (In.) Gilbert and Ellice Is. (As.) (C.Am.) Goa (As.) (In.) Grand Manan I. (Am.) (Can.) Greece (E) (Ger.) Hadhramaut (As.) (Ir.) Hainan I. (As.) (U.S.A.) Hebrides Is. (E) (Br.) Italian Somaliland (Af.) (Pen) Juan Fernandez Is. (Am.) (S.Am.) Karikal (As.) (In.) Kazakhstan (As.) (U.S.A.) Keewatin (Am.) (Can.) Key West (Am.) (U.S.A.) Kirgizia (As.) (Pen) Kodiak I. (Am.) (U.S.A.) Kuria—Muria Is. (As.) (Ir.) Labrador (Am.) (Can.) Latvia (E) (Ger.) Leeward Is. (Am.) (S.Am.) Liechtenstein (E) (It.Sw.) Lithuania (E) (Ger.) Lofoten Is. (E) (U.S.A.) Loyalty Is. (As.) (Aus.) Macao I. (As.) (U.S.A.) Madeira (Af.) (Br.) Magdalen Is. (Am.) (Can.) Mahé (As.) (In.) Malta (E) (Br.) Margarita I. (Am.) (C.Am.) Mariana Is. (As.) (In.) Marquesas Is. (As.) (Can.) Marshall Is. (As.) (C.Am.) Mauritius (Af.) (U.S.A.) Mentawai Is. (As.) (Aus.) Miquelon I. and St Pierre I. (Am.) (Can.) Moldavia (E) (Ger.) Monaco (E) (It.Sw.) Mongolia (As.) (Per.) Morocco (Int.Zone) (Af.) (Eg.) New Hebrides Is. (As.) (Aus.) Nicobar Is. (As.) (In.) Northern Territories Protectorate (Gold Coast) (Af.) (U.S.A.) Orkney Is. (E) (Br.) Pondicherry (As.) (In.) Portuguese Guinea (Af.) (U.S.A.) Portuguese Timor (As.) (Aus.) Queen Charlotte Is. (Am.) (Can.) Réunion I. (Af.) (U.S.A.) Rhodes (E) (It.Sw.) Rio de Oro (Af.) (Eg.) Ruanda-Urundi (Af.) (In.) Rumania (E) (Ger.) Sakhalin I. (As.) (U.S.A.) Samoa Is. (As.) (Can.) San Marino (E) (It.Sw.) Sardinia (E) (It.Sw.) Seychelles (Af.) (Ir.) Shetland Is. (E) (Br.) Sicily (E) (It.Sw.) Sikkim (As.) (In.) Society Is. (As.) (Aus.) Socotra I. (Af.) (In.) Solomon Is. (As.) (Per.) South Rhodesia (Af.) (Per.) South West Africa (Af.) (Br.) Spanish Guinea (Af.) (U.S.A.) Spanish Morocco (Af.) (Eg.) Spanish Sahara (Af.) (Eg.) Spitzbergen (E) (U.S.A.) St. Helena (Af.) (U.S.A.) St. Thomas I. (Af.) (U.S.A.) Swaziland (Af.) (Per.) Tadzhikistan (As.) (Per.) Tibet (As.) (U.S.A.) Tonga Is. (As.) (U.S.A.) Tuamotu Archipelago (As.) (C.Am.) Ukraine (E) (U.S.A.) Uzbekistan (As.) (Per.) White Russia (E) (Ger.) Windward Is. (Am.) (S.Am.) Yukon (Am.) (Can.)

 

TERRITORIES TO BE OPENED TO THE FAITH, 1953—1963

 

Division of Activities According to Continents

ASIA: 41 Territories

I. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND BURMA

1. Andaman Is. 2. Bhutan 3. Daman 4. Diu 5. Goa 6. Karikal 7. Mahé 8. Mariana Is. 9. Nicobar Is. 10. Pondicherry 11. Sikkim

II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Caroline Is. 2. Dutch New Guinea 3. Hainan I. 4. Kazakhstan 5. Macao I. 6. Sakhalin 7. Tibet 8. Tonga Is.

III. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF PERSIA

1. Brunei  2. Chagos Archipelago  3. Kirgizia 4. Mongolia 5. Solomon Is. 6. Tadzhikistan 7. Uzbekistan

IV. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

1. Admiralty Is. 2. Cocos Is. 3. Loyalty Is. 4. Mentawai Is. 5. New Hebrides Is.     6. Portuguese Timor 7. Society Is.

V. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF CENTRAL AMERICA    

1. Gilbert and Ellice Is. 2. Marshall Is. 3. Tuamotu Archipelago

VI. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF ‘IRAQ                          

1. Hadhramaut 2. Kuria-Muria Is.

VII. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF CANADA                 

1. Marquesas Is. 2. Samoa Is.

VIII.  NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE Bahá’ís OF SOUTH AMERICA

1. Cook Is.

 

AFRICA: 33 Territories

I.  NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

1. Canary Is. 2. Cape Verde Is. 3. French Somaliland 4. French Togaland 5. Mauritius    6. Northern Territories 7. Portuguese Guinea 8. Réunion I.  9. Spanish Guinea     10. St. Helena  11. St. Thomas I.

 

II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF PERSIA

 

1. Ashanti Protectorate 2. Basutoland 3. Bechuanaland 4. Italian Somaliland 5. South Rhodesia             6. Swaziland

           

III.  NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF EGYPT AND SÚDÁN

 

1. French Equatorial Africa 2. French West Africa 3. Morocco (Int. Zone) 4. Rio de Oro 5. Spanish Morocco 6. Spanish Sahara

 

IV.  NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF INDIA, PÁKISTÁN, AND BURMA

 

1. Comoro Is. 2. French Cameroons 3. Gambia 4. Ruanda-Urundi 5. Socotra I.

V. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF BRITISH ISLES

1. British Cameroons 2. British Togoland 3. Madeira  4. South West Africa

VI.  NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF ‘IRAQ              

1. Seychelles

EUROPE: 3O Territories

I. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF GERMANY AND AUSTRIA

1. Albania 2. Crete  3. Estonia 4. Finno-Karelia 5. Frisian Is. 6. Greece 7. Latvia  8. Lithuania            9. Moldavia 10. Rumania 11. White Russia

II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE BRITISH ISLES

1. Channel Is. 2. Cyprus 3. Fame Is. 4. Hebrides Is. 5. Malta 6. Orkney Is. 7. Shetland Is.

III. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Andorra 2. Azores 3. Balearic Is. 4. Lofoten Is. 5. Spitzbergen 6. Ukraine

IV. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF ITALY AND SWITZERLAND          

1. Liechtenstein 2. Monaco 3. Rhodes 4. San Marino 5. Sardinia 6. Sicily

AMERICA: 27 Territories

I. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CANADA

1. Anticosti I. 2. Baranof I. 3. Cape Breton I.  4. Franklin 5. Grand Manan I.         6. Keewatin               7. Labrador 8. Magdalen Is. 9. Miquelon I. and St. Pierre I.   10. Queen Charlotte Is. 11. Yukon

II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF SOUTH AMERICA

1. British Guiana  2. Chiloé I. 3. Dutch Guiana 4. French Guiana 5. Galapagos Is. 6. Juan Fernandez Is. 7. Leeward Is. 8. Windward Is.

III. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

1. Aleutian Is. 2. Falkland Is. 3. Key West 4. Kodiak I.

IV. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF THE BAHÁ’ÍS OF CENTRAL AMERICA

 

1. Bahama Is. 2. British Honduras 3. Dutch West Indies 4. Margarita 1.

TERRITORIES TO BE OPENED TO THE FAITH, 1953-1963

Division of Activities According to National Spiritual Assemblies

I. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 29 Territories in 4 Continents

1. AFRICA             

 (1)Canary Is. (2) Cape Verde Is.  (3) French Somaliland  (4) French Togoland  5) Mauritius                 (6) Northern Territories Protectorate (7) Portuguese Guinea (8) Réunion I.    

 (9) Spanish Guinea (10) St. Helen (11) St. Thomas I.

2. ASIA       

 (1) Caroline Is. (2) Dutch New Guinea (3) Hainan I. (4) Kazakhstan (5) Macao I. (6) Sakhalin I. (7) Tibet (8) Tonga Is.

3. EUROPE           

 (1 ) Andorra  (2) Azores  (3) Balearic Is. (4) Lofoten Is. (5) Spitzbergen (6) Ukraine

4. AMERICA                       

 (1) Aleutian Is.  (2) Falkland Is. (3) Key West (4) Kodiak I.

 

II. INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND BURMA: 16 Territories in 2 Continents

 

 1. ASIA                   

 (l) Andaman Is. (2) Bhutan (3) Daman  (4) Din I.  (5) Goa  (6) Karikal (7) Mahé (8) Mariana Is.         (9) Nicobar Is. (10) Pondicherry (11) Sikkim

2. AFRICA        

(1) Comoro Is. (2) French Cameroons (3) Gambia (4) Ruanda-Urundi  (5) Socotra I.

III. PERSIA: 13 Territories in 2 Continents

1. ASIA              

(1) Brunei  (2) Chagos Archipelago  (3) Kirgizia (4) Mongolia (5) Solomon Is.     (6) Tadzhikistan      (7) Uzbekistan

2. AFRICA              

(1) Ashanti Protectorate (2) Basutoland (3) Bechuanaland (4) Italian Somaliland    

(5) South Rhodesia (6) Swaziland

 IV. CANADA

 1. AMERICA               

(1) Anticosti I.  (2) Baranof I.   (3) Cape Breton I.  (4) Franklin     (5) Grand MananI  (6) Keewatin

 2. ASIA          

 (1) Marquesas Is. (2) Samoa Is.

V. BRITISH ISLES: 11 Territories in 2 Continents                                                                               

1. EUROPE                 

 (1) Channel Is. (2) Cyprus (3) Faroe Is. (4) Hebrides Is. (5) Malta (6) Orkney Is.     (7) Shetland Is.

2. AFRICA     

(1) British Cameroons  (2) British Togoland (3) Madeira (4) South West Africa

VI. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: 11 Territories in 1 Continent

1. EUROPE                                                                                                                        

 (1) Albania (2) Crete (3) Estonia (4) Finno-Karelia (5) Frisian Is. (6) Greece (7) Latvia (8) Lithuania (9) Moldavia (10) Rumania (11) White Russia

VII. SOUTH AMERICA: 9 Territories in 2 Continents

1. AMERICA                                                                                                                      

(1) British Guiana (2) Chiloé I. (3) Dutch Guiana (4) French Guiana  (5) Galapagos Is. (6) Juan Fernandez Is. (7) Leeward Is. (8) Windward Is.

 

2. ASIA                                                                                                                                

 (1) Cook Is.

VIII. CENTRAL AMERICA: 7 Territories in 2 Continents

1. AMERICA                                                                                                                       

(1) Bahama Is. (2) British Honduras (3) Dutch West Indies (4) Margarita I.

2. ASIA                                                                                                                                

(1) Gilbert and Ellice Is. (2) Marshall Is. (3) Tuamotu Archipelago

 IX. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 7 Territories in 1 Continent

1. ASIA                                                                                                                                    

( 1) Admiralty Is. (2) Cocos Is. (3) Loyalty Is. (4) Mentawai Is. (5) New Hebrides Is.       (6) Portuguese Timer (7) Society Is.

X. EGYPT AND SUDAN: 6 Territories in 1 Continent

1. AFRICA                                                                                                                          

(1) French Equatorial Africa (2) French West Africa (3) Morocco (International Zone)  (4) Rio de Oro (5) Spanish Morocco (6) Spanish Sahara

XI. ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: 6 Territories in 1 Continent

1. EUROPE                                                                                                                         

(1) Liechtenstein (2) Monaco (3) Rhodes (4) San Marino (5) Sardinia (6) Sicily

XII. ‘IRÁQ: 3 Territories in 2 Continents

1. ASIA                                                                                                                                  

 ( 1) Hadhramaut (2) Kuria—Muria Is.

2. AFRICA                                                                                                                          

(1) Seychelles Is.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF LANGUAGES INTO WHICH BAHÁ’Í LITERATURE IS TO BE TRANSLATED, 1953-1963

Abor Miri (borders of Tibet and NE. Assam) Accra 0r Ga (Gold Coast) Afrikaans (S. Africa) Aguaruna (Peru) Aladian (Ivory Coast) Aneityum (New Hebrides) Annamese (Indo—China)  Arawak (Guiana) Ashanti (W. Africa) Balochi (Baluchistan) Banu (French Equat. Africa) Basque (Pyrenees) Bemba or Wendea (N. Rhodesia) Bentuni (New Guinea) Binandere (Papua) Blackfoot (Canada) Bua (Belgian Congo) Cheremiss (Kazan, Russia)

Cherokee (Carolina, USA.) Chuana (Bechuanaland) Chungchia (S.W. China) Estonian (Estonia) Flemish (Belgium) Georgian (Caucasus) Gio (Liberia) Gu (French W. Africa) Houailou (Wailu) (New Caledonia) Iroquois (Ontario) Javanese (Java) Jieng or Dinka (Sfidén) Jolof or Wolof (Gambia) Kado (China) Kaili (Celebes) Kopu (S.W. China) Krongo (Sl’ldén) Kroo (Liberia) Kuanyama (S.W. Africa) Kusaie (Caroline Is.) Lapp (Norway) Lengua (Paraguay) Lepcha or Rong (Sikkim) Lifu (Loyalty Is.) Luimbi (Angola) Malagasy (Madagascar) Maltese (Malta)Manchu (Manchuria) Manipuri (Manipur) Manus Island (Admiralty Is.) Marquesas (Marquesas Is.) Mataco (Argentina) Maya (Yucatan) Mentawai (Mentawai Is.) Mexican (Mexico) Mongolian (Mongolia) Mordoff (Central Russia) Mwala (Solomon Is.) Na-Hsi (Yunnan, S. China) Nicobarese (Nicobar Is.) Niue (Cook Is.) Perm (Perm, Russia) Petats (Solomon Is.)Piedmontese (Piedmont, Italy) Popo (Togoland) Romani, German (Gipsies S. Germany) Romansch (Grisons, Switzerland) Ronga (Mozambique) Samoan (Samoan Is.) Sena (Lower Zambezi) Shilha (Morocco) Shona (S. Rhodesia) Sobo (Nigeria) Suto (Basutoland) Thô (Indo-China) Tibetan (Tibet) Tongan (Tonga Is.) Vogul              (W. Siberia) Wongo (Belgian Congo) Xosa or Kafir (S. Africa) Yahgan (S. Chile) Yalunka (Sierra Leone) Yao (Nyasaland) Yiddish (Israel) Ziryen (Russian S.F.S.R.) Zulu (Zululand)

LANGUAGES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í LITERATURE IS TO BE TRANSLATED, 1953-1963 LISTED ACCORDING TO CONTINENTS

ASIA: 40

1.Abor Miri 2. Aneityum 3. Annamese 4. Balochi 5. Bentuni 6. Binandere  7. Cheremiss  8. Chungchia 9. Georgian 10. Houailou 11. Javanese 12. Kado   l3. Kaili 14. Kopu 15. Kusaie 16. Lepcha 17. Lifu 18. Manchu 19. Manipuri 20. Manus Island 21. Marquesas 22. Mentawai 23. Mongolian 24. Mordoff 25. Mwala 26. Na-His 27. Nicobarese 28. Niue 29. Ossete 30. Ostiak 31. Pali 32. Panjabi 33. Pashto 34. Perm 35. Petats 36. Samoan 37. Thô 38. Tibetan 39. Tonga 40. Vogul

EUROPE: 10 

1. Basque 2. Estonian 3. Flemish 4. Lapp 5. Maltese 6. Piedmontese 7. Romani     8. Romansch 

9. Yiddish 10. Ziryen

AFRICA: 31

1. Accra 2. Afrikaans 3. Aladian 4. Ashanti 5. Banu 6. Bemba 7. Bua 8. Chuana 9. Gio 10. Gu 11. Jieng 12. Jolof 13. Kuanyama 14. Krongo 15. Kroo 16. Liumbi 17. Malagasy 18. Nubian 19. Pedi 20. Popo 21. Ronga 22. Sena 23. Shilha 24. Shona 25. Sobo 26. Suto 27. Wongo 28. Xosa 29. Yalunka 30. Yao 31. Zulu

AMERICA: 10

1. Aguaruna 2. Arawak 3. Blackfoot 4. Cherokee 5. Iroquois 6. Lengua 7. Mataco       8.Maya 

9. Mexican 10. Yahgan

 

OBJECTIVES OF THE TEN-YEAR PLAN AT THE WORLD CENTER OF THE FAITH IN ISRAEL

1.     Preliminary steps for the construction of the Sepulcher of Bahá’u’lláh.

2.     Purchase of Land for the Temple on Mt. Carmel.

3.     Establishment of an International Bahá'i Court.

4.     Construction of the International Bahá'i Archives.

5.     Establishment of International Bahá'i Endowments.

6.     Development of the functions of the Institution of the Hands of the Cause.

7.     Codification of the Laws of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas.

8.     Reinforcement of ties binding the World Bahá'i Community to the United Nations.

9.     Convocation of a World Bahá'i Congress in the vicinity of the Garden of Ridván, City of Baghdád, on the occasion of the world-wide celebration of the Most Great Jubilee commemorating the centenary of the formal assumption by Bahá’u’lláh of His Prophetic Office.

10.   Establishment of Israel Branches of seven National Spiritual Assemblies.

 

TERRITORIES ALREADY OPENED TO THE FAITH, ALLOCATED TO BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES FOR CONSOLIDATION 1953-1963

I. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 23 Territories

1. EUROPE                                                                                                                           

1.  Belgium 2. Denmark 3. Finland 4. France 5. Holland 6. Italy 7. Luxembourg 8.Norway 9. Portugal 10. Spain 11. Sweden 12. Switzerland                                      

2. ASIA                                                                                                                                 

 1. China 2. Formosa 3. Japan 4. Korea 5. Manchuria 6. Philippine Is.

3. AMERICA                                                                                                                       

 1. Alaska 2. Hawaiian Is. 3. Puerto Rico

4. AFRICA                                                                                                                          

 1. Liberia 2. South Africa

II. PERSIA: 14 Territories

1. ASIA

1. Aden Protectorate 2. Ádhirbáyján, 3. Afghánistán 4. Armenia 5. Bahrayn Is. 6. Georgia 7. Hasá (Ahsa) 8. Hijáz 9. Saudi-Arabia 10. Turkey 11. Turkmenistan 12. Yemen

2. AFRICA

1. North Rhodesia 2. Nyasaland

 

III.  INDIA, PÁKISTÁN, AND BURMA: 14 Territories

 

1. ASIA

1. Balúchistán 2. Borneo 3. Burma 4. Ceylon 5. Indo-China 6. Indonesia 7. Malaya 8. Nepal 9. Pákistán 10. Sarawak 11. Siam

 

2. AFRICA

1. Madagascar 2. Mozambique 3. Zanzibar

 

IV. CENTRAL AMERICA: 13 Territories

 

AMERICA

1. Bermuda 2. Costa Rica 3. Cuba 4. Dominican Republic 5. El Salvador 6. Guatemala 7. Haiti 8. Honduras 9. Jamaica 10. Martinique I. 11. Mexico 12. Nicaragua 13. Panama

 

V. BRITISH ISLES: 11 Territories

 

1. AFRICA

1. Angola 2. Belgian Congo 3. Gold Coast 4. Kenya 5. Nigeria 6. Sierra Leone 7. Tanganyika 8. Uganda 9. Zululand

 

2. EUROPE

1. Eire

 

3. ASIA

1. Hong Kong

 

VI. SOUTH AMERICA: 10 Territories

 

AMERICA

1. Argentina 2. Bolivia 3. Brazil 4. Chile 5. Colombia 6. Ecuador 7. Paraguay 8. Peru     9. Uruguay 10. Venezuela

 

VII.  EGYPT AND SUDAN: 8 Territories

 

AFRICA

1. Abyssinia 2. Algeria 3. Eritrea 4. Libya 5. Morocco (French) 6. Somaliland 7. Súdán, 8. Tunisia

 

VIII.  GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: 7 Territories

1. EUROPE

1. Austria 2. Bulgaria

 

IX.  ‘IRÁQ: 7 Territories

 

1. ASIA

1. Jordan 2. Koweit 3. Lebanon 4. Qatar 5. Syria 6. Trucial Sheiks 7. ‘Ummán

 

X.  AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 6 Territories

 

1. ASIA

1. Bismarck Archipelago 2. Fiji 3. New Caledonia 4. New Guinea (Australia)

 

2. AUSTRALASIA

1. New Zealand 2. Tasmania

 

XI. CANADA: 4 Territories

 

1. AMERICA

1. Greenland 2. Mackenzie 3. Newfoundland

 

2. EUROPE

1.  Iceland

 

XII.  ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: 1 Territory

 

1. EUROPE

1. Corsica

 

CONSOLIDATION OF THE FAITH IN TERRITORIESINCLUDED WITHIN ITS PALE AS OF 1953

Allocation According to National Spiritual Assemblies

1. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 23                                                                          

 12 in Europe, 6 in Asia, 3 in the Americas, 2 in Africa                                                      

2. PERSIA: 14; 12 in Asia, 2 in Africa                                                                                 

 3. INDIA, PAKISTAN, AND BURMA: 14; 11 in Asia, 3 in Africa.                                     

 4. CENTRAL AMERICA: 13; 13 in the Americas                                                                 

 5. BRITISH ISLES: 11; 9 in Africa, 1 in Europe, 1 in Asia.                                             6. SOUTH AMERICA: 10; 10 in the Americas                                                            

 7. EGYPT AND SUDAN: 8; 8 in Africa.                                                                      

8. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA: 7; 7 in Europe                                                          

 9. ‘IRAQ: 7; 7 in Asia                                                                                                 

10. AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: 6; 4 in Asia, 2 in Australasia 

11. CANADA: 4; 3 in the Americas, 1 in Europe                                                             

12. ITALY AND SWITZERLAND: 1;  1 in Europe

 

LOCATION OF SITES FOR FUTURE BAHÁ’Í TEMPLES TO BE ACQUIRED 1953-1963

1. Sydney, Australia                     7. Rome, Italy                                                  

2. Toronto, Canada                       8. Johannesburg, South Africa                                        

 3. Panama City, Central America 9. Santiago, South America                                

 4. Cairo, Egypt                             10. Stockholm, Sweden                                       

 5. New Delhi, India                      11. Kampala, Uganda

 6. Baghdad, 'Iráq

 

CITIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í TEMPLES ARE TO BE CONSTRUCTED 1953-1963

1. Ṭihrán, Persia 2. Frankfurt, Germany

 

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COUNTRIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963

1. Afghánistén  2. Alaska 3. Argentina 4. Austria 5. Belgium 6. Bolivia 7. Brazil  8. Burma 9. Ceylon 10. Chile 11. Colombia 12. Costa Rica 13. Cuba 14. Denmark 15. Dominican Republic  16. Ecuador  17. El Salvador  18. Finland  19. France  20. Guatemala  21. Haiti  22. Holland 23. Honduras 24. Italy 25. Japan 26.Luxembourg 27. Mexico 28. New Zealand 29. Nicaragua 30. Norway 31.Pákistán 32. Panama 33. Paraguay 34. Peru 35. Portugal 36. Spain 37. Sweden 38. Switzerland 39. Turkey 40. Uruguay 41. Venezuela

COUNTRIES IN WHICH BAHA’I REGIONAL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL  ASSEMBLIES      ARE TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963

1. Arabia (Bahrayn) 2. Central and East Africa (Kampala) 3.Near East (Beirut)    4. North West Africa (Tunis) 5. South East Asia (Jakarta) 6. South Pacific Islands (Suva) 7. South and West Africa (Johannesburg)

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963

Division According to Continents

AFRICAN CONTINENT: 3 Assemblies

1. Central and East Africa (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of the British Isles      2. North West Africa (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of Egypt and Sudan            3. South and West Africa (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United ' States

 

AMERICAS: 21 Assemblies                                                                                          

National Assemblies to be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States:

1. Alaska  2. Argentina 3. Bolivia 4. Brazil  5. Chile  6. Colombia 7. Costa 8. Cuba Rica 9. Dominican Republic  10. Ecuador 11. El Salvador 12. Guatemala 13. Haiti 14.Honduras 15. Mexico 16. Nicaragua 17. Panama 18. Paraguay 19. Peru 20. Uruguay 21. Venezuela

ASIATIC CONTINENT: 10 Assemblies                                                                             

 1. Afghánistán To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia                                                   

 2. Burma To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pákistán, and Burma                                

3. Ceylon To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pákistán, and Burma                                 

4. Japan To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States                                                

5. Pákistán To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pákistán, and Burma                                   

6. Turkey To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia                                                                         

 7. Arabia (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of Persia                                                

 8. Near East (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of ‘Iráq                                               

 9. South East Asia (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of India, Pákistán, and Burma 

10. South Pacific Is. (Regional) To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States

AUSTRALASIA: 1 Assembly

1. New Zealand .....................To be formed by the N.S.A. of Australia and New Zealand

EUROPEAN CONTINENT: 13 Assemblies                                                                     

1. Austria ..................... To be formed by the N.S.A. of Germany and Austria

To be formed by the N.S.A. of the United States:                                                    

 2.  Belgium    3. Denmark 4. Finland 5. France 6. Holland 7. Italy 8. Luxembourg 9. Norway 10. Portugal 11. Spain 12. Sweden 13. Switzerland

 

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES TO BE INCORPORATED 1953-1963

I. REGIONAL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES                                                  

 1. N.S.A. of Arabia                                                                                                                    

2. N.S.A. of Central and East Africa                                                                                      

 3. N.S.A. of the Near East                                                                                                        

4. N.S.A. of North West Africa                                                                                              

5. N.S.A. of South East Asia                                                                                                    

 6. N.S.A. of the South Pacific Islands                                                                            

7. N.S.A. of South and West Africa

 

II. NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES

8. N.S.A. of Afghánistán 9. N.S.A. of Alaska 10. N.S.A. of Argentina         11. N.S.A. of Austria 

12. N.S.A. of Belgium 13. N.S.A. of Bolivia 14. N.S.A. of Brazil 15. N.S.A. of Burma 16. N.S.A. of Ceylon 17. N.S.A. of Chile          18. N.S.A. of Colombia 19. N.S.A. of Costa Rica   

20. N.S.A. of Cuba          21. N.S.A. of Denmark 22. N.S.A. of Dominican Republic 23. N.S.A. of Ecuador 24. N.S.A. of El Salvador 25. N.S.A. of Finland  26. N.S.A. of of France  27. N.S.A. of Guatemala 28. N.S.A. of Haiti 29. N.S.A. of Holland  30. N.S.A. of Honduras 31. N.S.A. of ‘Iráq       

32. N.S.A. of Italy 33. N.S.A. of Japan 34. N.S.A. of Luxembourg 35. N.S.A. of Mexico   

36. N.S.A. of New Zealand 37. N.S.A. of Nicaragua 38. N.S.A. of Norway 39. N.S.A. of Pákistán 

40. N.S.A. of Panama 41. N.S.A. of Paraguay 42. N.S.A. of Persia     43. N.S.A. of Peru  

44. N.S.A. of Portugal 45. N.S.A. of Spain 46. N.S.A. of Sweden 47. N.S.A. of Switzerland 

48. N.S.A. of Turkey 49. N.S.A. of Uruguay      50. N.S.A. of Venezuela

 

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES WHICH ARE TO ESTABLISH BAHÁ’Í NATIONAL ENDOWMENTS 1953-1963

I. REGIONAL NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES                                                                

1. N.S.A. of Arabia  2. N.S.A. of Central and East Africa  

3. N.S.A. of the Near East             4. N.S.A. of North West Africa  

5. N.S.A. of South East Asia          6. N.S.A. of the South Pacific Islands 

7. N.S.A. of South and West Africa

II.  NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES.                                                                  

8. N.S.A. of Afghánistán 9. N.S.A. of Alaska 10. N.S.A. of Argentina                                                    11. N.S.A. of Austria 12. N.S.A. of Belgium 13. N.S.A. of Bolivia 14. N.S.A. of Brazil                       15. N.S.A. of the British Isles 16. N.S.A. of Burma 17. N.S.A. of Canada          18. N.S.A. of Ceylon  19. N.S.A. of Chile 20. N.S.A. of Colombia      21. N.S.A. of Costa Rica 22. N.S.A. of Cuba                23. N.S.A. of Denmark       24. N.S.A. of Dominican Republic 25. N.S.A. of Ecuador                           26. N.S.A. of El Salvador     27. N.S.A. of Finland 28. N.S.A. of France 29. N.S.A. of Germany             30. N.S.A. of Guatemala 31. N.S.A. of Haiti 32. N.S.A. of Holland              33. N.S.A. of Honduras    34. N.S.A. of Italy 35. N.S.A. of Japan          36. N.S.A. of Luxembourg 37. N.S.A. of Mexico                   38. N.S.A. of New Zealand         39. N.S.A. of Nicaragua 40. N.S.A. of Norway        41. N.S.A. of Pákistán       42. N.S.A. of Panama 43. N.S.A. of Paraguay 44. N.S.A. of Peru                 45. N.S.A. of Portugal 46. N.S.A. of Spain 47. N.S.A. of Sweden            48. N.S.A. of Switzerland                  49. N.S.A. of Turkey 50. N.S.A. of Uruguay 51. N.S.A. of Venezuela

LOCALITIES IN WHICH A NATIONAL HAZÍRATU’L-QUDS IS TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953—1963

1. Anchorage 2. Asuncién 3. Auckland 4. Bahrayn 5. Beirut 6. Bern 7. Bogoté 8. Brussels 9. Buenos Aires 10. Caracas 11. Ciudad Trujillo 12. Colombo 13. Copenhagen               14. Guatemala 15. Havana 16. Helsingfors 17. Istanbul *18. Jakarta *19. Johannesburg 20. Kábul *21. Kampala 22. Karáchi 23. La Paz 24. Lima 25. Lisbon 26. London           27. Luxembourg 28. Madrid 29. Managua 30. Mexico City 31. Montevideo 32. Oslo     33. Panama City 34. Paris 35. Port-au—Prince 36. Quito 37. Rangoon 38. Rio de Janeiro 39. Rome 40. San José 41. San Salvador 42. Santiago 43. Stockholm *44. Suva             45. Tegucigalpa 46. The Hague 47. Tokyo *48. Tunis 49. Vienna

 *     Belong to Regional National Assemblies

 

NATIONAL BAHÁ’Í COURTS TO BE ESTABLISHED 1953-1963

1. Baghdád (‘Iráq) 2.Cairo (Egypt) 3. Kábul (Afghánistán) 4. Karáchí (Pákistán)  5. New Delhi (India) 6. Ṭihrán (Persia)

NATIONAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLIES WHICH ARE TO ESTABLISH BRANCHES IN ISRAEL 1953-1963

1. National Spiritual Assembly of Australia                                                                    

 2. National Spiritual Assembly of British Isles                                                              

 3. National Spiritual Assembly of Canada                                                           

4. National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and Sudán                                                    

5. National Spiritual Assembly of Germany and Austria                                           

6. National Spiritual Assembly of ‘Iráq                                                                        

7. National Spiritual Assembly of Persia

 

LOCALITIES IN WHICH BAHÁ’Í PUBLISHING TRUSTS ARE TO BE FOUNDED 1953—1963

1. Cairo, Egypt 2. Frankfurt, Germany 3. New Delhi, India 4. Rio Janeiro, Brazil 5. Ṭihrán, Persia 6. Wilmette, Illinois

 

LIST OF REPUBLICS CONSTITUTING THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIS’I‘ REPUBLICS

*1. Armenia *2. Ádhirbáyján 3. Estonia 4. Finno-Karelia *5. Georgia 6. Kazakhstan       

 7. Kirgizia 8. Latvia 9. Lithuania 10. Moldavia                                                                  

11. Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republics                                                                       

 (1) Bashkiria (2) Buryat Mongolia (3) Chuvashi (4) Daghestan (5) Karbardinia (6) Komi (7) Marii (8) Mordovia     (9) N. Ossetia (10) Tatarstan (11) Udmurt  (12) Yakutia                                               

 12. Tadzhikistan *13. Turkmenistan 14. Ukraine 15. Uzbekistan                                       

16. White Russia (Byelorussia)                                                                                                            * Already opened to the Faith.

COUNTRIES WITHIN ORBIT OF THE SOVIET UNION

1. Albania 2. Mongolia 3. Rumania 4. Sahkalin I.

COUNTRIES WHOSE NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES ARE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTRODUCTION OF THE FAITH IN THE SOVIET UNION

1.Germany 2. Persia 3. United States of America

 

The Bahá'i World 1950-1954, Volume 12,

              

 

 

*Please note that the establishment of the Universal House of Justice by 1963 was NOT an objective or goal of this Plan.  Shoghi Effendi intended for the International Bahá'i Council to evolve into a Bahá'i Court in the Holy Land.  This Bahá'i Court, according to item #9 above, in the world-wide Plan, was to be a 'preliminary to the emergence of the Universal House of Justice'.  Again, the goal of the Ten Year Plan was to establish a Bahá'i Court in the Holy Land, not the Universal House of Justice, by 1963. The Bahá'i Hands of the Cause, according to the Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the Charter of the World Order of Baha'u'llah which is the Promised Kingdom of God on earth, the Hands have exactly two functions: to teach and  protect the Faith.  Instead of obeying Bahá'i Law, the Hands stepped outside of their legal function and destroyed the Bahá'i Faith, the World Order of Bahá'u'lláh.

 

In 1957, the Hands lied to the Bahá'i world and stated that the Guardianship had come to an end.  In fact, Shoghi Effendi appointed Charles Mason Remey as Second Guardian when he was named President of the International Baha'i Council, which was to become the Universal House of Justice according to objective #9 above.  The Guardian of the Cause of God is the presiding member of the Universal House of Justice as its permanent Head (see The Baha'i World, Vol. 12, pp. 40-41).