The Universal House of Justice's own official website documents its origins: Shoghi Effendi's 1957 death without a named successor, the Hands of the Cause of God carrying the administration forward, and the first election of the Universal House of Justice by delegates from the fifty six National Spiritual Assemblies then established worldwide in April 1963.
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The Universal House of Justice's own official institutional website, tier 1, matching the tier the map gives comparable institutional custodian sources, used here for the succession from Shoghi Effendi's 1957 death to the 1963 election, corroborated by Peter Smith's academic history of the Baha'i Faith already on the map. NotesUsed for the succession from Shoghi Effendi's 1957 death to the 1963 election of the Universal House of Justice.
Citation
PublisherUniversal House of Justice
URLhttps://universalhouseofjustice.bahai.org/origins
Source Typeinstitutional record
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