July 1. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi wrote that he "was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete" and was "very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í. The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock."

July 1. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi wrote that he "was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete" and was "very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í. The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock."

1 July 1955
Dear Bahá'í Friends:
The beloved Guardian was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete.
The Guardian is very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í.
The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock....

March 22. On this date in 2013, Elizabeth "Libby" Bevan Golmohammadi, a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Rhodes, and a member of the first NSA of Sweden, died in China.

March 22. On this date in 2013, Elizabeth "Libby" Bevan Golmohammadi, a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Rhodes, and a member of the first NSA of Sweden, died in China.

Elizabeth Bevan learned about the Bahá’í Faith when she was young from Dorothy Baker, who would later be named a Hand of the Cause of God.

When she was 28 years old, she responded to the call by Shoghi Effendi’s for pioneers to arise and open territories where there were no Bahá'ís. In 1954,Shoghi Effendi named her as Knight of Bahá'u'lláh when she moved from her home in Los Angeles, California, to the Island of Rhodes where she remained until 1958.

Later she moved to Sweden, where she served the Faith with her husband, Rouhollah Golmohammadi, and raised her family. In 1962 Libby and Rouhollah Golmohammadi were both elected to Sweden’s inaugural National Spiritual Assembly, and the next year both served as electors at the first International Bahá’í Convention for the election of the first Universal House of Justice at Ridván in 1963.

In retirement Libby and her husband moved once again to Hungary, joining their daughter, Haleh, and served the Cause for four years in that country. In 1998 she and her husband returned to Sweden, where her died in 1999.

In 2004 at age 79 Libby moved to Tianjin, again to be near her daughter. She suffered a stroke in July 2011, nearly two years before her death on March 22, 2013.

July 1. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi wrote that he "was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete" and was "very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í. The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock."

July 1. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi wrote that he "was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete" and was "very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í. The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock."

1 July 1955
Dear Bahá'í Friends:
The beloved Guardian was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete.
The Guardian is very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í.
The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock....

April 5. On this date in 1945, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The Master said that Socrates—the Prince of the Grecian philosophers—received inspiration and instruction from the Hebrew Prophets; so we cannot say that Greece was devoid of contact with any Prophetic Source."

April 5. On this date in 1945, Shoghi Effendi wrote "The Master said that Socrates—the Prince of the Grecian philosophers—received inspiration and instruction from the Hebrew Prophets; so we cannot say that Greece was devoid of contact with any Prophetic Source."

The Master said that Socrates—the Prince of the Grecian philosophers—received inspiration and instruction from the Hebrew Prophets; so we cannot say that Greece was devoid of contact with any Prophetic Source.
(5 April 1945 to an individual believer)

March 22. On this date in 2013, Elizabeth "Libby" Bevan Golmohammadi, a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Rhodes, and a member of the first NSA of Sweden, died in China.

March 22. On this date in 2013, Elizabeth "Libby" Bevan Golmohammadi, a Knight of Bahá'u'lláh for Rhodes, and a member of the first NSA of Sweden, died in China.

Elizabeth Bevan learned about the Bahá’í Faith when she was young from Dorothy Baker, who would later be named a Hand of the Cause of God.

When she was 28 years old, she responded to the call by Shoghi Effendi’s for pioneers to arise and open territories where there were no Bahá'ís. In 1954,Shoghi Effendi named her as Knight of Bahá'u'lláh when she moved from her home in Los Angeles, California, to the Island of Rhodes where she remained until 1958.

Later she moved to Sweden, where she served the Faith with her husband, Rouhollah Golmohammadi, and raised her family. In 1962 Libby and Rouhollah Golmohammadi were both elected to Sweden’s inaugural National Spiritual Assembly, and the next year both served as electors at the first International Bahá’í Convention for the election of the first Universal House of Justice at Ridván in 1963.

In retirement Libby and her husband moved once again to Hungary, joining their daughter, Haleh, and served the Cause for four years in that country. In 1998 she and her husband returned to Sweden, where her died in 1999.

In 2004 at age 79 Libby moved to Tianjin, again to be near her daughter. She suffered a stroke in July 2011, nearly two years before her death on March 22, 2013.

March 14. On this date in 1981, Muhammad Labíb, a Bahá'í author, photographer, notable Esperantist, founder the Nawnahálán Company, and pioneer to Japan and Rhodes, died.

March 14. On this date in 1981, Muhammad Labíb, a Bahá'í author, photographer, notable Esperantist, founder the Nawnahálán Company, and pioneer to Japan and Rhodes, died.
Muhammad Labíb was born into a Bahá'í family in Yazd in 1893. Muhammad Labíb's father was Muhammad-Husayn Ulfat (known as 'Attár), a Shaykhí who converted to the Bahá'í Faith.

In 1905 he and his family moved to Tehran, where Labíb received an education at a Bahá'í school.
Labíb learned Esperanto in 1914 and later taught the language at the Bahá'í Tavakkul School in Qazvín. He also served as an official representative of the World Esperanto movement.

In the late 1910's Labíb founded the Nawnahálán Company. Muhammad asked 'Abdu'l-Bahá's permission to found the trust fund while on pilgrimage in 1919, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá gave Labíb His blessing, and also contributed two gold coins to the company. The company eventually received investments from many Bahá’ís in Iran, and moved to Tehran where it evolved into a national financial institution. The assets of the company were seized by the post-revolution government of Iran in February of 1979, and the company's offices were stormed later in the year.

Labíb accompanied Effie Baker on her journey to take photographs of important Bahá'í sites throughout Iran from 1930 to 1931. He also had the Risalih-'i Siyasiyyih, a Tablet of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, published in Tehran in the early 1930's.

He pioneered to Hiroshima in 1955, and taught the faith in Japan for the next nine years. In 1961 he converted six people of Ainu ancestry who were leaders of the Ainu community to the faith, which was an early breakthrough for the Faith in Japan. In 1963 he moved to the Greek island of Rhodes.
He wrote many books in his later life which included many photographs he had taken. Only one of his books, The Seven Martyrs of Hurmuzak, has been published in English.
Muhammad Labíb died on March 14, 1981.

On January 6, 1957, Luṭfu’lláh Ḥakím sent a cable to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, advising pioneers to "scatter to make new centers" and "not to gather in one place but to scatter in different places."

To the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran
Letter of January 6, 1957
Regarding pioneers going to Japan, Brazil … and other places, the beloved Guardian states that they must not gather in one place but scatter to make new centers, e.g., Mr. Assassi and his wife, and Mr. Labib who travelled to Japan must not stay in Tokyo but should go to places where there are no Bahá’ís, or very few Bahá’ís to make new centers. Furthermore (he) says that the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran must write to all pioneers that have left Iran for other parts of the world and instruct them not to gather in one place but to scatter in different places. He says that the matter stated above is very important… (translated from the original Persian)
(signed by Dr. Hakim)

February 15. On this date in 1947, Shoghi Effendi addressed a letter to a British Bahá'í, in reference to questions raised concerning the historical accuracy of statements by Bahá’u’lláh and 'Abdu’l-Bahá', such as a specific passage in the Lawḥ-i-Ḥikmat regarding Empedocles and Pythagoras being contemporaries of David and Solomon, admitting that "We have no historical proof of the truth of the Master's statement regarding the Greek philosophers visiting the Holy Land."

February 15. On this date in 1947, Shoghi Effendi addressed a letter (also referenced here and here) to a British Bahá'í, in reference to questions raised concerning the historical accuracy of statements by Bahá’u’lláh and 'Abdu’l-Bahá', such as a specific passage in the Lawḥ-i-Ḥikmat regarding Empedocles and Pythagoras being contemporaries of David and Solomon, admitting that "We have no historical proof of the truth of the Master's statement regarding the Greek philosophers visiting the Holy Land."

15 February 1947
Philosophy, as you will study it and later teach it, is certainly not one of the sciences that begins and ends in words. Fruitless excursions into metaphysical hair-splitting is meant, not a sound branch of learning like philosophy.
We have no historical proof of the truth of the Master's statement regarding the Greek philosophers visiting the Holy Land, etc. but such proof may come to light through research in the future.
As regards your own studies: he would advise you not to devote too much of your time to the abstract side of philosophy, but rather to approach it from a more historical angle. As to correlating philosophy with the Bahá'í teachings; this is a tremendous work which scholars in the future can undertake. We must remember that not only are all the teachings not yet translated into English, but they are not even all collected yet. Many important Tablets may still come to light which are at present owned privately.

July 1. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi wrote that he "was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete" and was "very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í. The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock."

July 1. On this date in 1955, Shoghi Effendi wrote that he "was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete" and was "very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í. The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock."

1 July 1955
Dear Bahá'í Friends:
The beloved Guardian was very happy indeed to learn of the confirmation of an additional Bahá'í in the Island of Crete.
The Guardian is very anxious to know the racial background of the new Bahá'ís in these new areas. I am wondering therefore if you could let me know what the nationality is of the first new Bahá'í in Crete, as well as this second Bahá'í.
The Guardian is anxious to know if either one of these two are pure Greek stock....