First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963

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Bahá’í convention historical event religious gathering

The First International Bahá’í Convention, held in 1963, was the historic global gathering of Bahá’í representatives in Haifa, Israel, at which the Universal House of Justice was first elected, marking the beginning of the Faith’s supreme governing body.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Bahá'í convention	1
First International Bahá’í Convention	1
First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963 canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10113260 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963
Context triple: [Universal House of Justice, foundationEvent, First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963]

A. Parliament of the World’s Religions
The Parliament of the World’s Religions is a global interfaith forum that brings together representatives of diverse religious and spiritual traditions to promote dialogue, understanding, and cooperation.
B. World Conference of Friends
The World Conference of Friends is a global gathering of Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends) that brings together representatives from different yearly meetings and traditions to worship, consult, and strengthen their worldwide fellowship.
C. Second World Conference of Friends
The Second World Conference of Friends was a major international gathering of Quakers that helped shape global cooperation and consultation among Friends in the 20th century.
D. First World Conference of Friends
The First World Conference of Friends was an international gathering of Quakers that brought together members of the Religious Society of Friends from around the world for worship, fellowship, and consultation on shared concerns.
E. Baghdad Conference
The Baghdad Conference was the 1960 meeting in Iraq where major oil-producing countries agreed to establish the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963
Target entity description: The First International Bahá’í Convention, held in 1963, was the historic global gathering of Bahá’í representatives in Haifa, Israel, at which the Universal House of Justice was first elected, marking the beginning of the Faith’s supreme governing body.

A. Parliament of the World’s Religions
The Parliament of the World’s Religions is a global interfaith forum that brings together representatives of diverse religious and spiritual traditions to promote dialogue, understanding, and cooperation.
B. World Conference of Friends
The World Conference of Friends is a global gathering of Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends) that brings together representatives from different yearly meetings and traditions to worship, consult, and strengthen their worldwide fellowship.
C. Second World Conference of Friends
The Second World Conference of Friends was a major international gathering of Quakers that helped shape global cooperation and consultation among Friends in the 20th century.
D. First World Conference of Friends
The First World Conference of Friends was an international gathering of Quakers that brought together members of the Religious Society of Friends from around the world for worship, fellowship, and consultation on shared concerns.
E. Baghdad Conference
The Baghdad Conference was the 1960 meeting in Iraq where major oil-producing countries agreed to establish the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bahá’í convention ⓘ historical event ⓘ religious gathering ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	National Spiritual Assemblies ⓘ linked to: National Spiritual Assembly Universal House of Justice ⓘ
associatedWithShrine	Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh ⓘ linked to: Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh Shrine of the Báb ⓘ
commemoratedEvent	centenary of Bahá’u’lláh’s declaration in 1863 ⓘ
convenedBy	Hands of the Cause of God ⓘ
electoralBodyFor	Universal House of Justice ⓘ
electoralSystem	no campaigning ⓘ no nominations ⓘ secret ballot ⓘ
electorsFrom	56 National Spiritual Assemblies ⓘ linked to: National Spiritual Assembly
endDate	1963-04-30 ⓘ
featuredEvent	devotional gatherings at the Shrine of Bahá’u’lláh ⓘ devotional gatherings at the Shrine of the Báb ⓘ reading of the cable announcing the election of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
followedBy	continuous functioning of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
governingBodyElected	Universal House of Justice ⓘ
hasCategory	1963 in religion ⓘ Bahá’í Faith history ⓘ Religious conferences in Israel ⓘ
hasName	First International Bahá’í Convention ⓘ linked to: First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963
hasYear	1963 ⓘ
heldAt	Bahá’í World Centre ⓘ linked to: Baháʼí World Centre
heldNear	Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb ⓘ linked to: Shrine of the Báb
historicalContext	convened at the conclusion of Shoghi Effendi’s Ten Year Crusade ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ
locationOverlooks	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
numberOfElectors	288 ⓘ
numberOfMembersElected	9 ⓘ
organizedBy	Hands of the Cause of God ⓘ
participantsIncluded	Hands of the Cause of God ⓘ members of National Spiritual Assemblies ⓘ
precededBy	period of stewardship of the Hands of the Cause ⓘ
purpose	to elect the first Universal House of Justice ⓘ to establish the supreme governing body of the Bahá’í Faith ⓘ
religion	Bahá’í Faith ⓘ linked to: Baha'i Faith
resultedIn	first election of the Universal House of Justice ⓘ
significance	marked the beginning of the Universal House of Justice as the supreme governing body of the Bahá’í Faith ⓘ marked the end of the ministry of the Hands of the Cause as chief stewards of the Faith ⓘ
startDate	1963-04-21 ⓘ
tookPlaceAfter	Ten Year Crusade ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring	Ridván ⓘ
tookPlaceIn	Haifa ⓘ Israel ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Universal House of Justice → foundationEvent → First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963 ⓘ

First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963 → hasName → First International Bahá’í Convention ⓘ

linked to: First International Bahá’í Convention, 1963

Bahá'í administration → electoralUnit → Bahá'í convention ⓘ