Bahaism

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a which teaches the unity of all religions and the final oneness of religion and reason. It originated in Persia under Mirza Houssein Ali, who called himself the Baha Ullah, meaning "The One Whom God Should Manifest," and it has spread to many countries, including the United States, where there are over twenty societies professing the beliefs of Bahaism. Its recognized leader, Abdul Baha Abbas, visited the United States in 1912. He died Nov. 30, 1921. Bahaism forbids the denunciation of any of the established creeds, recognizing Christ, ing load. Similarly the current from an electrical transformer is kept constant by inherent electro-magnetic reactions; and automatic regulation is also applied to adjust or to stop manufacturing maaccident or congestion chinery in case of occurring. AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPHY, the system employed in telegraph offices of large cities whereby messages are transmitted by means of perforated tapes, these tapes being first written out (in perforations) on specially equipped highspeed typewriters, after which they are fed through sending machines which transmit the messages automatically. On the receiving end, the messages are written out for delivery on automatic typewriters operated by means of the perforations made on the receiving tapes, so that the only manual part of the entire operation is the writing out of the original message on the perforating typewriter and the placing of the tape in the sending machine. AUTOMATIC TELEPHONY, a system whereby the user of the telephone effects his or her own connections by pressing the desired succession of numbers on a dial provided with the telephone instrument. The connection is automatically made at the central station without the intervention of any switchboard operator. The automatic system has been in successful use in the Middle West for several years and is rapidly . being introduced into Eastern cities AZERBAIJAN. Under Soviet Russia since 1920. Local Soviet government established at Baku. Included in new Transcaucasian Federation under Russian control (October, 1921). B Moses, and Mohammed all as prophets; but it counsels its followers to lay aside superstitions and ecclesiastical dogmas in favor of individual investigation and thought. It is opposed to all forms of harshness and hatred, including war. It teaches monogamy, equality of the sexes, and universal education, and forbids the use of intoxicants and drugs and of gambling.