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Baháʼà Faith In Ethiopia
The Baháʼà Faith in Ethiopia began after Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá wrote letters encouraging taking the religion to Africa in 1916. Probably the first Baháʼà to settle in the country came in early 1934 and with further pioneers by mid-1934, the first Baháʼà Local Spiritual Assembly of the country was elected in November in Addis Ababa. In 1962, Ethiopia BaháʼÃs had elected a National Spiritual Assembly. By 1963 there were seven localities with smaller groups of BaháʼÃs in the country. The Association of Religion Data Archives estimated some 27000 BaháʼÃs in 2005. The community celebrated its diamond jubilee in January 2009. Beginnings Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá's Tablets of the Divine Plan Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá wrote a series of letters, or tablets, to the followers of the religion in the United States and Canada in 1916-1917; these letters were compiled together in the book ''Tablets of the Divine Plan''. The eighth and twelfth of the tablets mentioned Africa and were written on April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá
ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (; Persian: , ;, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás (, ), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Bahá’à Faith, who designated him to be his successor and head of the Baháʼà Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later cited as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb, and his writings and authenticated talks are regarded as sources of Baháʼà sacred literature. He was born in Tehran to an aristocratic family. At the age of eight, his father was imprisoned during a government crackdown on the Bábà Faith and the family's possessions were looted, leaving them in virtual poverty. His father was exiled from their native Iran, and the family established their residence in Baghdad in Iraq, where they stayed for ten years. They were later called by the Ottoman state to Istanbul before entering another period of confinement in Edirne and finally the prison-city of ʻAk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baháʼu'lláh And The New Era
John Ebenezer Esslemont M.B., Ch.B. (1874 – 1925), from Scotland, was a prominent British adherent of the Baháʼà Faith. Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Baháʼà Faith, posthumously named Esslemont a Hand of the Cause of God, one of the Disciples of Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá (Effendi's predecessor), and one of the United Kingdom's three luminaries of the Baháʼà Faith. He was the author of one of the foremost introductory texts on the Baháʼà Faith ( Baháʼu'lláh and the New Era) and worked as a translator of Baháʼà texts near the end of his life. In addition to his work for the Baháʼà Faith, Esslemont was an accomplished physician, as well as a linguist, proficient in English, French, Spanish, German, Esperanto, and later Persian and Arabic. Dr. Esslemont died of tuberculosis in Palestine in 1925. Background Early life and education John Ebenezer Esslemont was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 19 May 1874, the third son and fourth child of John E. Esslemont and Marg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gondar
Gondar, also spelled Gonder (Amharic: ጎንደáˆ, ''Gonder'' or ''Gondär''; formerly , ''GÊ·andar'' or ''GÊ·ender''), is a city and woreda in Ethiopia. Located in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Gondar is north of Lake Tana on the Lesser Angereb River and southwest of the Simien Mountains. , Gondar has an estimated population of 443,156. Gondar previously served as the capital of both the Ethiopian Empire and the subsequent Begemder Province. The city holds the remains of several royal castles, including those in the Fasil Ghebbi UNESCO World Heritage Site for which Gondar has been called the " Camelot of Africa". History Origins The term Gondar was first mentioned during the reign of Amda Seyon I as the name of a regiment of soldiers stationed (likely in Wegera) to guard nearby trade routes and control a restive population. In 1636, Emperor Fasilides selected Gondar as his '' katama'' (royal camp). Situated about 35 km due north of Lake Tana in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa (; , meaning"where the Dir (clan), Dir hit his spear into the ground" or "The true Dir", , Harari language, Harari: ድሬዳዋ, lit. "Plain of Medicine"; ) is a city in eastern Ethiopia near the Somali Region and Oromia, Oromo border and one of two Administrative divisions of Ethiopia, chartered cities in Ethiopia (the other being Addis Ababa, the capital). Dire Dawa alongside present-day Sitti Zone were a part of the Dire Dawa autonomous region of the Somali Region stipulated in the 1987 Constitution of Ethiopia, 1987 Ethiopian Constitution until 1993 when it was split by the Government of Ethiopia, federal government into a separately administered chartered city. It is divided administratively into two woredas, the city proper and the non-urban woredas of Gurgura. Dire Dawa lies in the eastern part of the nation, on the Dechatu River, at the foot of a ring of cliffs. The western outskirts of the city lie on the Gorro River, a tributary of the Dechatu River. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debre Zeyit
Bishoftu (; ) is a town in central Ethiopia. Located in the East Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region, it sits at an elevation of 1,920 metres (6,300 ft). It was formerly known as Debre Zeyit (). The town serves as the primary airbase of the Ethiopian Air Force. Bishoftu is located southeast of Addis Ababa along its route 4 highway. It is a resort town, known for its several lakes. Geography The town is located within the Bishoftu volcanic field, an area of Holocene lava flows, cinder cones, tuff rings and maars. Several of the maars are water-filled, forming five crater lakes: Lake Bishoftu, Lake Hora (a base for watersports, many water birds and an annual festival), Lake Bishoftu Guda, Lake Koriftu and the seasonal Lake Cheleklaka. Other nearby points of interest include Mount Yerer, Green Crater Lake and Lake Hora Kiloli. Bishoftu is also home to the Ethiopian Air Force and the Harar Meda Airport (ICAO HAHM, IATA QHR), as well as a station on the Addis Ababaâ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dessie
Dessie (; also spelled Dese or Dessye) is a town in north-central Ethiopia. Located in the South Wollo Zone of the Amhara Region, it sits at a latitude and longitude of , with an elevation between 2,470 and 2,550 metres above sea level. Dessie is 400 km to the north of the capital Addis Ababa. It has a population of more than 200,000 people in over 30 wards. History Medieval history Prior to Dessie's foundation, the major settlement in this area was Wasal, mentioned in an early 16th-century Italian itinerary. 19th century Dessie was founded by Emperor Yohannes IV who was camping in the highlands to the west of the Chefa Valley in 1882 on an expedition to forcefully convert the Muslims who lived in the region to Christianity. As he was looking for a place to centralize his power in Wollo, he stayed overnight in a pre-existing town that is now contained within Dessie. While there, he spotted a comet. He was so impressed by the sight of it that he interpreted it to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alemaya
Haramaya () is a town in Oromia Region, Ethiopia located in the Haro Maya district, East Hararghe Zone. The town has a latitude and longitude of with an elevation of 2047 meters above sea level. Haramaya is west of Harar, on the road to Dire Dawa. It is located on Lake Haramaya a seasonal freshwater lake which supports a population of flamingo, as well as other birds. Background Haramaya is the home to Haramaya University, which was during the naftenya era named as ''Alemaya University'' and reverted to original native name. The university was originally established as an agricultural technical college, with assistance from Oklahoma State University. Although classes started 5 November 1956, the university was formally inaugurated by Emperor Haile Selassie 16 January 1958. By 1967 Haramaya had telephone service. Based on figures from the Central Statistical Agency The Central Statistical Agency, also known as the Ethiopian Statistical Service (ESS; Amharic: የኢትዮ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adwa
Adwa (; ; also spelled Adowa or Aduwa) is a town and separate woreda in Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is best known as the community closest to the site of the 1896 Battle of Adwa, in which Ethiopian soldiers defeated Italian troops, thus being one of the few African nations to thwart European colonialism. Located in the Central Zone of the Tigray Region, Adwa has a longitude and latitude of , and an elevation of 1907 meters. Adwa is surrounded by Adwa woreda. Adwa is home to several notable churches: Adwa Enda-Gebri'el (built by Dejazmach Wolde Gebriel), Adwa Enda-Maryam (built by Ras Anda Haymanot), Adwa Edna-Medhane`Alem (built by Ras Sabagadis), Adwa Nigiste-Saba /Queen of Sheba secondary school, and Adwa Enda-Selasse. Near Adwa is Abba Garima Monastery, founded in the sixth century by one of the Nine Saints and known for its tenth century gospels. Also nearby is the village of Fremona, which had been the base of the 16th century Jesuits sent to convert Ethiopia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Kenya to the south, South Sudan to the west, and Sudan to the northwest. Ethiopia covers a land area of . , it has around 128 million inhabitants, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population, thirteenth-most populous country in the world, the List of African countries by population, second-most populous in Africa after Nigeria, and the most populous landlocked country on Earth. The national capital and largest city, Addis Ababa, lies several kilometres west of the East African Rift that splits the country into the African Plate, African and Somali Plate, Somali tectonic plates. Early modern human, Anatomically modern humans emerged from modern-day Ethiopia and set out for the Near East and elsewhere in the Middle Paleolithi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baháʼà Administration
The Baháʼà administration is a system of elected and appointed institutions to govern the affairs of the Baháʼà Faith, Baháʼà community. Its supreme body is the Universal House of Justice, elected every five years. Some features set apart the Baháʼà administration from similar systems of governance: elected representatives should follow their conscience, rather than being responsible to the views of electors; political campaigning, nominations and parties are prohibited; and structure and authority of institutions to lead BaháʼÃs flowed directly from the religion's founder, Baháʼu'lláh. The Baháʼà administration has four charter documents, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, the Tablets of the Divine Plan, the Tablets of Baháʼu'lláh#Lawh-i-Karmil (Tablet of Carmel), Tablet of Carmel and the Will and Testament of Ê»Abdu'l-Bahá. Character Consultation A central and distinct aspect of the administration of the Baháʼà Faith is the approach to decision-making through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibouti
Djibouti, officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area of . In antiquity, the territory, together with Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somaliland, was part of the Land of Punt. Nearby Zeila, now in Somaliland, was the seat of the medieval Adal Sultanate, Adal and Ifat Sultanate, Ifat Sultanates. In the late 19th century, the colony of French Somaliland was established after the ruling Dir (clan), Dir, Somali people, Somali, and Afar people, Afar sultans signed treaties with the French, and its Imperial Ethiopian Railway, railroad to Dire Dawa (and later Addis Ababa) allowed it to quickly supersede Zeila as the port for southern Ethiopia and the Ogaden. It was renamed the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas in 1967. A decade later, the Djiboutian people 1977 Afars and Issas independence referendu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ugo Giachery
Ugo Giachery (May 13, 1896 – July 5, 1989) was a prominent Italian Baháʼà from an aristocratic family from Palermo. At an anniversary of the founding of the spiritual assembly of Perugia Giachery told the story of how, as a young wounded soldier, still ignorant of the Baháʼà Faith, he was in Perugia in 1916. After World War I he moved to the United States, where he became a Baháʼà around 1926. In 1947, his family moved back to Rome in Italy. He translated many Baháʼà books into Italian. From 1948 he started taking care of the marble supplies from Italy for the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb and the International Archives Building. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi in December 1951, who also appointed him as a member-at-large of the International Baháʼà Council The International Baháʼà Council (IBC) was an administrative institution of the Baháʼà Faith, first created in 1951 as a precursor to the Universal House of Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
