Development of Orthodox Baha'is in Pakistan

Below is the year wise development of Orthodox Baha’is’ in Pakistan. The orthodox Baha’is’ are the True Baha’is’ but because the covenant breakers are also calling themselves as Baha’is; it is needed that to separate Truth from falsehood, we call ourselves as ORTHODOX BAHAIS.

Mason Remey was the Second Guardian of the Baha'I Faith because: Shoghi Effendi appointed him as President of the International Baha'i Council, and called it the "embryonic" International House of Justice and the President of the Universal House of Justice was to be the Guardian.Thus, Shoghi Effendi wanted Charles Mason Remey to be the next Guardian by his appointment as President of the IBC (which would become the UHJ). Mason Remey was the adopted son of 'Abdu'l-Baha (spiritually), and thus a adopted Aghsan (Branch). 'Abdu'l-Baha prophesied that Mason Remey would be the next Guardian by saying, "Ere long thou shalt be a sign of guidance unto mankind".

At the death of Shoghi Effendi, while he was in London, his widow put out a telegraph stating that the Guardian was "very ill"; knowing he was in fact deceased.

When the Hands later met in Haifa to open the safe, they broke the seal, and they found no Will and Testament. Later that night, one of the Hands (a Persian) later told other Persian Hands that the Guardianship was "BADA" (i.e. God changed His mind on the matter), and that the Guardianship was over for all time. At first the American and British Baha'is were appauled by such a doctrine, but they later recanted, and all (including Remey) signed a document stateing that the Guardian left no successor, so the Hands would now be the HEAD of the Faith. Instead, Ruhiyyih Khannum (widow of Shoghi Effendi) and the Persian Hand who came up with the new "BADA" doctrine of the Guardianship, and a few others, DISBANDED the International Baha'i Council, and formed a new institution called the "Custodians". These were be 9 Hands who would run the Faith. This included Ruhiyyih Khannum and some "hand picked" Hands who would support her and her decisions. For all practical purposes, Khannum "ruled" the Baha'i Faith from that point until her death.

Year	Event
1844-45	The first teacher of Bahá’í Faith in Indo-Pak Sub continent was Said Hindi who hailed from Multan. He was one of the Bab’s “Letters of Living”. He shared the glad tidings with the people in his region
1845	Basir-i-Hindi, a blind man, accepted the Faith of the Bab in Multan. He was endowed with great spiritual and intellectual qualities and  was a decedent of Siyyid Jalal Bokhari of Uch Sharif (Multan)
1875	This Faith reached first in Mumbai (India).  Two Baha’is Suleman Khan, and Mirza Hassan, reached Port Said and from there took a ship to Mumbai where they taught the Faith
1875	Jamal Effendi, a Bahá’í teacher, sent by Baha’u’llah from Akka visited  the sub continent
1880	Jamal Effendi met Mirza Ghulam Ahmed of Qadian and presented him a small box full of Bahá’ì Writings
1884	Jamal Effendi returned to Akka,  but was again summoned by Baha’u’llah to visit India
1888	Jamal Effendi arrived in India again on 20 March
1889	Ahmeduddin, an employee of the office of the deputy Commissioner Laddakh embraced the Baha’i Faith
1900	Two American Baha’i teachers, Mr. Hooper Harris and Mr. Harlan F. Ober visited Punjab and stayed and taught in Lahore for some months
1904	Sydney Sprague, an American Baha’i called, came to Lahore and taught the Baha’i Faith for some time
1904	Mirza Mahmood of Zarghan upon the instructions of ‘Abdu’l-Baha, arrived in Lahore  and travelled and taught in the regions of Punjab and North West Frontier Province. He stayed in Peshawar for a few days and spent four months in Gujarat of Punjab. (Pakistan)
1904	Mirza Mahmood of Zarghan challenged Mirza Ghulam Ahmed, in Lahore through the newspaper ‘Paisa Akhbar’, to meet him in a gathering of the noble men
1908	The Faith reached Karachi. Mohammad Raza Shirazi, a young Persian student who later became famous as Professor Muhammad Raza Shirazi, embraced the cause of Baha’u’llah in Mumbai and got settled in Karachi
1914	Mirza Mahmood Zarghani visited India for the second time in 1914. This time his wife was accompanying him and they stayed in Mumbai.. During this third visit of Mirza Mahmood Zarghani to India,
1917	Jamshed Jamshedi pioneered from Persia to Karachi
1919	Mirza Mahmood Zarghani returned to India, where he and Siyyid Mustafa Roomi made all the arrangements for the First Baha’i National Convention to be held in Mumbai in 1920
1920	First Baha’i National Convention was held in Mumbai. Professor Raza Shirazi of Karachi was elected the chairman of that convention. The convention had 38 delegates. In
1921	The Bahá’ís of Karachi elected their first Local Spiritual Assembly
1921	The Baha’i journal ‘Al-Basharat’, issued from Mumbai, was transferred to Karachi and Professor Raza Shirazi became its editor
1923	Karachi became the venue for third annual convention of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma
1923	A piece of land for the Baha’i centre in Karachi was purchased, which was later destined to become the first Haziratu’l-Quds constructed on Indian soil. The land was named Shoghi Gardens
1924	Mirza Mahmood Zarghani visited India for a fourth time. During this visit he met a famous and learned preacher of the Qadiani Sect, Siyyid Mahfoozu’l-Haque Ilmi, in Hyderabad (Deccan) who accepted the Faith after detailed discussions

1924	Siyyid Mahfoozul Haque Ilmi  edited Baha’i journals in Urdu and published under the names of Kaukab-i-Hind (Star of India), a Baha’i Magazine and Basharat from Agra, Delhi, Mumbai Lahore and Karachi
1927	Mirza Mahmood Zarghani returned to Persia and passed away
1930	Miss Martha Root visited the subcontinent for the first time. She met Dr. Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal on June 22 and 24 in Lahore
1931-1933	Professor Pritam Singh, the first Baha’i from a Sikh background, established and edited from Lahore an English language weekly called the ‘The Baha’i weekly’
1932	Mrs. Keith Ransom Kellar inaugurated the Baha’i Hall of Karachi, on Nawruz
1932	A number of Baha’i books had been published in the Urdu language.
1933	National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma was registered in Lahore Pakistan
1933	Professor Pritam Singh established a Baha’i library in Lahore like a Baha’i study circle as well as an association called the ‘unity league’
1935	A ‘Baha’i publishing committee’ was established in Karachi which is now usurped by sans guardian organization of covenant breakers.
1936	Maulavi Muhammad Abdullah Vakil, a famous religious scholar and statesman of Kashmir,  embraced the cause of Baha’u’llah and helped form the Local Spiritual Assembly of Srinagar, Kashmir
1937	Urdu and Gujrati translations of the book Baha’u’llah and the New Era were published in  Karachi
1937	F. Schloplocher delivered three lectures in Karachi
1938	Karachi was again made the venue for the 10th annual Baha’i convention of India and Burma
1938	Miss Martha Root came to Karachi and stayed for three months. She supervised the publication of her famous book titled Tahirih – the Pure. She also travelled through Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir.
1938	The first Youth Symposium was inaugurated by the Baha’is of Karachi
1938-1944	The First Guardian of the Baha’i Faith, Shoghi Effendi, had bestowed upon the Baha’is in India a Six Year Plan
1939	The second summer school of the Indian subcontinent was held in Karachi
1943	The Spiritual Assembly of Quetta Baluchistan province was formed by the pioneers from Mumbai and Iran
1943	The Spiritual Assembly of Hyderabad (Sindh) was formed by the pioneers from Karachi. A public library and a reading room were established by the Local Spiritual Assembly for the benefit of the general public
1944	Baha’i pioneers from Hyderabad (Sindh) and Karachi settled in Lahore to form its Spiritual Assembly. Land for graveyard (Gulistan-i-Javed) was also acquired
1946	Siyyid Karamat Ali Shah, a young tailor master from the state of Jammu became a Baha’i and the first Local Spiritual Assembly in Jammu was established
1947	A reading room was set up in Sukkur
1947	Many Bahai’s from India came to the newly founded country of Pakistan as refugees, but the number of those Bahai’s was not recorded. A beautiful diversified community  was formed by Persian Baha’i pioneers, local Baha’is and Bahai’s who had come from many parts of India
1947	The first Spiritual Assembly of the Bahai’s of Peshawar was formed, as result of the efforts of Maolavi Abdullah Vakil, Isfandiyar Bakhtiari and Maulavi Fazal Din
1948	With the efforts of the Bahá’ís of Karachi, Local Spiritual Assembly was established in Sukkur.
1948	Baha’i travelling pioneers from Karachi had joined with Baha’i refugees from Delhi and with local Baha’is to form the first Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Rawalpindi. A Baha’i library was also established in that city
1949	Local Spiritual Assembly was formed in Sialkot
1950	Local Spiritual Assemblies were formed in Multan, Chittagong, Dacca and Joharabad
1952	Local Baha’i council was formed in Faisalabad
1955	Local Baha’I council was formed in Sargodha
1955	The beloved First Guardian’s “Message to Convention” brought the joy-infusing news announcing that in 1957 thirteen new National Spiritual Assemblies should be formed in the 6 continents across the globe.
1956	Local Baha’I councils were formed in Nawabshah, Sahiwal, Mirpurkhas, Abbottabad, Mastung and Gujranwala
1956	The number of Local Baha’I council was 20
1957	First National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Pakistan was elected
1957	Shua’ullah Alai, Hand of the Cause of God represented the First Guardin, Shoghi Effendi in the National Convention
1958-1962	After the passing of the First Guardian Shoghi effendi in London. The appointed second Guardian Mason Remy took over as the second Guardian of the Baha’i Faith. The 10 Persian Hands of cause conspired against him and abandoned the Institution of Guardianship. Mason Remy declared all the Hands of cause and others not following the second Guardian are covenant Breakers. Covenant Breaker Mirza Tarazullah Samandari,  visited Pakistan. He travelled through the cities of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sahiwal, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Gujrat and Rawalpindi. Asrar Husain Siddiqi, asking the True Baha’is to join the sans guardian organization but the majority of the Baha’is’ refused.
1963	Second Guardian Mason Remy recognized the NSA of Pakistan and the three local councils of Pakistan.
1964	Covenant Breaker Mirza Tarazullah Samandari, again visited  Pakistan. He visited Abbotabad  and participated in summer school in the month of August and then returned Rawalpindi to gain supporters for the sans guardian house of justice but failed miserably.
1966	Covenant breaker Mirza Tarazullah Samandari, after two earlier failed attempts again visited Pakistan but returned empty handed. Four local councils were recognized by the Second Guardian Charles Mason Remy in Lahore, Rawalpindi Lyallpur and Sialkot.
1972	The covenant breakers after the Great violations apparently took over as organization devoid of a living Guardian under the sans guardian Universal House of Justice. The Orthodox Baha’is’ kept on working to guide the covenant breakers to the true path.
1996	The National Baha’i Council of Orthodox Baha’is’ was formed in Pakistan recognized by the Third Guardian Joel Marangella.
2011-2014	The spread of Orthodox Baha’i Faith was steady in Pakistan. To counter the influence of OBF the sans guardian organization kept on sending covenant breakers to misguide the True Baha’i but with no results.
2015	Orthodox Baha’is’ are found in Karachi, Hyderabad, Mirpurkhas, Matli, Noukot, Quetta, Islamabad,  Abbotabad, Mansera, Peshawar, Rahimyarkhan, Multan, Sargodah in Pakistan.
2018-2023	Orthodox Baha’i Administration got fully active with A living Guardian - Mr. Nosratullah  Bahremand A national Baha’i  Council Several Local Orthodox Baha’i Councils Several Localities In Pakistan