February 25, 2013

Hands of the Cause: Dorothy Baker, Shu’a’u’llah Ala’i, Ali-Akbar Furutan, Tarazu’llah Samandari, Musa Banani, and Valiyu’llah Varqa

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Some of the Hands of the Cause attending the Stockholm Conference, 1953. From left to right: Dorothy Baker, Shu’a’u’llah Ala’i, Ali-Akbar ...
February 8, 2013

Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali -- 'the Angel of Mount Carmel'

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Haji Mirza Haydar-Ali Born into a - Shaykhi family of Isfahan, Haydar-'Ali was for a time a disciple of Karim Khan, the Shaykhi opp...
January 14, 2013

Hand of the Cause Dorothy Baker and Aziz Yazdi

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Hand of the Cause Dorothy Baker with Aziz Yazdi, Kampala, Uganda, 1953
December 22, 2012

Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum -- Hand of the Cause of God

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Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum
December 6, 2012

Dr. Peter Jamel Khan - a "distinguished servant"

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Dr. Peter Jamel Khan With the passing of Dr. Peter J. Khan, the worldwide Baha'i community has lost a "distinguished s...
November 18, 2012

Ali Kuli Khan and Florence

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Ali Kuli Khan and his wife Florence, mother of Marzieh Gail, in front of the White House in 1913.
October 16, 2012

Philip Hainsworth -- one of the first Baha'is in Uganda

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Philip Hainsworth, one of the first Baha'is in Uganda, with his wife Lois in front of the House of Worship in Kampala at the 50th Yea...
September 11, 2012

Nabil-i-Akbar -- An Apostle of Baha'u'llah and a Hand of the Cause

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Aqa Muhammad-i-Qa'ini, surnamed Nabil-i-Akbar Muhammad-i-Qa'ini, was surnamed Nabil-i-Akbar by Baha’u’llah. He was also known...
August 25, 2012

Charles Haney

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Charles Haney
August 11, 2012

Mishkin-Qalam -- an Apostle of Baha'u'llah

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Aqa Husayn-i-Isfahani, distinguished calligraphist, and companion-in-exile of Baha’u’llah, surnamed “Mishkin-Qalam”: “ Musk -scented pen”...
August 3, 2012

Albert Windust -- First publisher of the Writings of the Faith in the West

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Albert Robert Windust (1874-1956) An early Chicago Baha'i and publisher. He became a Baha'i in 1897 and was a member of the fir...
July 25, 2012

Alfred Lunt

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Alfred Lunt Prominent Boston Baha’i lawyer who became a Baha’i shortly after hearing a lecture by Ali Kuli Khan in the winter of 1905...
July 15, 2012

Nabil-i-A'zam -- An Apostle of Baha'u'llah and the author of Dawn-Breakers

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Muhammad-i-Zarandi, surnamed Nabil-i-A'zam Amatu’l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum describes The Dawn -Breakers , Nabíl’s chronicle, as ‘a ...
July 8, 2012

Dr. Stanwood Cobb

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Dr. Stanwood Cobb Dr. Stanwood Cobb presenting a talk in Atlanta, Georgia, shortly before his passing in 1982 at the age of 101. (B...
June 28, 2012

Dorothy Baker -- Hand of the Cause

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Dorothy Baker and family Dorothy Baker with daughter Louise Baker Matthias  Born in Newark, New Jersey, 21 December 1898, Doroth...
June 20, 2012

Dr. Arastu Hakim

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Dr. Arastu Hakim Dr. Arastu Khan Hakim belonged to the third generation of Baha'is. His grandfather, Hakim Masih was court doctor...
June 13, 2012

Vaeino Rissanen -- the first in Finland to become a Baha'i

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Vaeino Rissanen (1909-1973) He was the first in Finland to become a Baha'i in 1938 by Josephine Kruka, the "Mother of Finlan...
May 24, 2012

Leonora Holsapple Armstrong -- “mother of the Bahá'ís of Brazil”

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Leonora Holsapple Armstrong -- “mother of the Bahá'ís of Brazil”  (The Universal  House of Justice, message dated January 1977; ‘Me...
May 10, 2012

Marion Jack -- an "immortal heroine", a "shining example to present and future generations"

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Marion Jack (1866-1954) Her courageous exploits in service to the Baha'i Faith inspired Shoghi Effendi to describe her as an ...
May 5, 2012

Rufino Gualavisi

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Rufino Gualavisi Rufino Gualavisi Farinango, a renowned indigenous Baha’i teacher, died March 23, 1990 in Otavalo, Ecuador. Mr. Guala...
April 25, 2012

Robert Hayden

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Robert Hayden Robert Hayden, a native of Detroit, was a world-renowned poet and the first black to be named consultant in poetry to t...
April 10, 2012

Patricia Locke

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Patricia Locke (right) and a young Baha'i woman from Pasto Grande, Bolivia, 1989.
April 4, 2012

Muhammad Arbab -- a Baha'i courier in early days of the Faith

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Muhammad Arbab Muhammad Arbab was born in Kashan, Persia, a place which was noted for the narrow-mindedness and fanaticism of its in...
April 1, 2012

Arthur Dodge -- a Disciple of 'Abdu'l-Baha

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Arthur and Elizabeth Dodge
March 25, 2012

Elizabeth Stewart -- Baha'i American nurse resident in Tihran, Persia, for many years

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Elizabeth Stewart  Elizabeth first heard of the Baha'i Movement in 1899 from her aunt M Isabella D. Brittingham, a Baha'i teach...
March 20, 2012

Lydia Zamenhof

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Lydia Zamenhof, youngest daughter of Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof, creator of the Esperanto language
March 15, 2012

Dizzy Gillespie

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Jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie shows his great pleasure during a tribute September 16, 1985, by the Baha'is of Los Angeles honoring h...
March 10, 2012

Ruya Ishraghi and parents -- three Baha'i martyrs

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Twenty-two-year old university student Ruya Ishraghi (right) with her father, Enayatu'llah Ishraghi, a retired oil company executive,...
March 1, 2012

Eskil Ljungberg, a Knight of Baha'u'llah

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Eskil Ljungberg, a Knight of Baha'u'llah in the Faroe Islands  (Baha'i News, February 1985)
February 25, 2012

G.G. Paul - first translator of Baha'i Writings into Maori

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G.G. Paul, first translator of Baha'i Writings into Maori  (The Baha'i World 1932-1934)