Alí Nakhjavání | |
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| Born | Alí-Yullah Nakhjavání September 19, 1919 Baku, Azerbaijan |
| Died | October 11, 2019 Paris, France |
| NSA member | Iran 1950 - 1951 Central & East Africa 1956 - 1961 |
| ABM | Africa 1954 - 1961 |
| IBC member | 1961 - 1963 |
| UHJ member | 1963 - 2003 |
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‘Alí-Yulláh Nakhjavání (September 19, 1919 - October 11, 2019) was a Persian Bahá’í who pioneered to Africa where he served as a National Spiritual Assembly and Auxiliary Board member. He later served on the International Bahá’í Council and then the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Bahá'í Faith, from 1963 and 2003.[1]
Biography[edit]
Ali Nakhjavani was born in 1919 in Baku, Azerbaijan to ‘Alí-Akbar Nakhjavání and Fatimih Khanum, both Bahá'ís.[1][2] After his father's death circa 1921, when he was two, his family was advised by ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to move to Haifa, where he grew up.[1][2] In 1939 he received the Bachelor of Arts degree with distinction from the American University of Beirut, and then in the early 1940s he returned to Iran, residing first in Tehran, then Tabriz and finally in Shiraz.[1] In 1950 he was elected to the Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly of Iran, the governing body of the Bahá'ís in that country, where he served until the following year.[1]
In 1951, Ali Nakhjavání and his family moved to Uganda to assist with the development of the Bahá'í community in that country;[3] while he was there he worked as a teacher and lecturer.[1] During his early years there, Enoch Olinga joined the religion,[3] and in 1953 Nakhjavání, and his wife along with Olinga and two other Bahá'ís travelled from Uganda to Cameroon to help spread the Bahá'í Faith in Cameroon.[4][5] From 1954 to 1961 he was a member of the Auxiliary Board for the spread of the religion in Africa, and later from 1956 to 1961 he was elected to the Bahá'í National Spiritual Assembly of Central and East Africa, the Bahá'í governing body for the region.[1]
In 1961, Nakhjavání was elected to the International Bahá'í Council — the forerunner to the Universal House of Justice, the world-wide governing body of the Bahá'ís — and thus moved to Haifa.[1] In 1963 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice during its inaugural convention, and served as a member of that body until 2003.[1] Ali Nakhjavání was married to Violette Nakhjavání (née Banani) and they had one daughter, Bahiyyih, and one son, Mehran.[1] He passed away at home in France in 2019.[6]
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- 1984 - A Flame Within Us[7]
- 2004 - Towards World Order (2nd ed. 2005, 3rd ed. 2007)
- 2005 - Shoghi Effendi: Author of Teaching Plans
- 2006 - Shoghi Effendi: The Range and Power of His Pen
- 2014 - Answers to Eight Questions Frequently Asked[8]
- 2018 - Mirza Ali-Akbar-i-Nakhjavani: With Newly Translated Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Baha[9]
Articles[edit]
- 2004 - The Ten Year Crusade, article published in Journal of Bahá'í Studies, 14:3-4.
- 2007 - The Bahá'í Covenant, article published in Lights of Irfan, Volume 8, pages 299-308.
- 2008 - The Lesser Peace and the Most Great Peace, article published in Lights of Irfan, Volume 9, pages 287-298.
- 2009 - Some Thoughts on the Ministry of the Universal House of Justice, article published in Lights of Irfan, pages 334-348.
- 2011 - Teaching the Cause of God: A Two-Edged Sword, article published in published in Lights of Irfan, 12, pages 359-365.
- 2012 - Interpretation and Elucidation, article published in Lights of Irfan, 13, pages 309-314.
- 2012 - Supreme Tribunal (Mahkamiy-i-Kubra), article published in Lights of Irfan, 13, pages 423-424.
- 2013 - Successorship and the Election of the Universal House of Justice presented at Irfan Colloquia.
- 2015 - The Ninth cycle of the Bahá'í calendar, article published in The American Bahá'í, pages 23-27.
Talks[edit]
- 1963 - Teaching the Masses
- c. Early 1980's - A Flame With Us
- 1986 - Address to ABS Conference
- 1986 - Persian Presentation
- 1986 - Talk to Local Spiritual Assembly Members of Southern Ontario, Canada
- 1995 - For the Love of His Beauty
- 2000 - The Long Obligatory Prayer
- 2001 - Talks in Africa
- 2002 - Significance of Bahá'í Service
- 2005 - Attracting Divine Confirmations
- 2005 - The Covenant
- 2005 - The Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice
- 2009 - Interview on Caminhos during Portuguese Summer School
- 2012 - Glimpse of the Life of Enoch Olinga
- 2012 - Priceless Reflections at Green Acre
- 2012 - Scholarship: The Power of Understanding and Service
- 2012 - Good Governance, Good Statesmanship and World Citizenship
- 2012 - Talk at Kagawa University, Japan
- 2012 - Talk at Ashiya Pioneer Meeting, Japan
- 2013 - London Literature and Art Conference (in Persian)
- Undated - Address to the Youth
- Undated - Deepening Classes & Ruhi Courses
- Undated - How to Teach the Faith
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Bahá'í International Community (2003-04-29). "Two members of Universal House of Justice leave after 40 years service". Bahá'í World News Service.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Universal House of Justice (1986), "In Memorium", The Bahá'í World of the Bahá'í Era 136-140 (1979-1983), Bahá'í World Centre, XVIII: pp. 797-800, ISBN 0853982341
{{citation}}:|pages=has extra text (help)CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hainsworth, Philip (May 2001), "It All Began 50 Years Ago ...", Journal of the Bahá'í Community of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, 2001 (May)
- ↑ Mughrab, Jan (2004), "Jubilee Celebration in Cameroon", Journal of the Bahá'í Community of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United Kingdom, vol. 20, no. 5
- ↑ Bahá'í International Community (2003-08-23). "Cameroon celebrates golden time". Bahá'í World News Service.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ https://news.bahai.org/story/1361/
- ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 107
- ↑ https://library.abs.org.nz/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=25206&query_desc=au%3A%22Nakhjavani%2C%20Ali%22
- ↑ https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Mirza-Ali-Akbar-i-Nakhjavani-P8998.aspx
