The worldwide Baha'i community's own reference library account, published at bahai.org, of Shoghi Effendi's life and thirty six year guardianship of the Baha'i Faith, documenting his November 1921 appointment as Guardian of the Cause of God following 'Abdu'l-Baha's death, the three foundational charters he executed, and his translation, administrative and teaching work until his death in 1957.
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The worldwide Baha'i community's own official biography of its second head, published on its reference site bahai.org, tier 1, used here for the date and circumstance of 'Abdu'l-Baha's 1921 death and Shoghi Effendi's appointment as Guardian, corroborated by Encyclopaedia Britannica's independently edited biography below. NotesUsed for the November 1921 death of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Shoghi Effendi learning of his appointment as Guardian through the Will and Testament, and the office's role opening the Baha'i Faith's formative age.
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PublisherBaha'i International Community
URLhttps://www.bahai.org/shoghi-effendi/life-work-shoghi-effendi
Source TypeInstitutional
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This source names Bahá’í Faith directly: "The worldwide Baha'i community's own reference library account, published at bahai.org, of Shoghi Effendi's life and thirty six year guardianship of the Baha'i Faith, documenting his November 1921..."
Source The Life and Work of Shoghi Effendi (Baha'i Reference Library)
Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)
This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 10 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Spread Events, 13 claims: 3 well-attested, 9 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds.
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