ke in the course of the coming decade: First, the
construction of the first Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Baha'u'llah's native land,
in the City of Tihran, surnamed by Baha'u'llah "Mother of the World".
Second, the purchase of land for the future construction of three
Mashriqu'l-Adhkars, one in the city of Baghdad, enshrining the "Most Great
House", the third holiest city of the Baha'i world, one in New Delhi, the
leading city of the Indian sub-continent, and the third in Sydney, the
oldest and foremost Baha'i Centre in the Antipodes. Third, the formation
of no less than eleven National Spiritual Assemblies, one each in
Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon, under the aegis of the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of India, Pakistan and Burma; one in Turkey and
one in Afghanistan, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of
the Baha'is of Persia; one in Japan, under the aegis of the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of America; one in
New Zealand, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of Australia and New Zealand, as well as four regional National
Spiritual Assemblies, one in the Arabian Peninsula, under the aegis of the
National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Persia; one in South-East
Asia, under the aegis of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of
India, Pakistan and Burma; a third in the South Pacific, under the aegis
of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States of
America; and a fourth in the Near East, under the aegis of the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is in Iraq. Fourth, the opening of the
following forty-one virgin territories and islands: Andaman Islands,
Bhutan, Daman, Diu, Goa, Karikal, Mahe, Mariana Islands, Nicobar Islands,
Pondicherry, Sikkim, assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of the
Baha'is of India, Pakistan and Burma; Caroline Islands, Dutch New Guinea,
Hainan Island, Kazakhstan, Macao Island, Sakhalin Island, Tibet, Tonga
Islands, assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the
United States of America; Brunei, Chagos Archipelago, Krigizia, Mongolia,
Solomon Islands, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, assigned to the National
Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of Persia; Admiralty Islands, Cocos
Island, Loyalty Islands, Mentawei Islands, New Hebrides Islands,
Portuguese Timor, Society Islands, assigned to the National Spiritual
Assembly of the Baha'is of Australia and New Zealand