‘Abdu’l-Husayn Na‘imi

‘Abdu’l-Husayn Na‘imi (d. September 19, 1972)[1] was a Persian Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran in the late 1940's.

Biography[edit]

Na‘imi was the son of Mírzá Muhammad Na‘ím, a prominent early Bahá’í poet, and Ruqayyih Sultan of Isfahan who married his father in 1892. He saw to the official publication of his fathers poetry,[2] and in his professional career he worked for the British Embassy in Tehran as head clerk and Oriental secretary.[3][4]

As of 1932 Na‘imi was serving as secretary of the Unity Committee of the East and West, a Tehran Bahá’í institution, and wrote reports on the bodies activities for publication in Star of the West.[5] During the 1930's he traveled outside of Iran visiting Athens, Greece, briefly in 1934,[6] and spending time in England in 1935 during which he assisted the British Bahá’í community in running Bahá’í meetings.[7][8]

As of 1948 Na‘imi had been elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran being elected for his final term that year.[9] He moved to England at some point where he passed away and his grave is near the grave of Shoghi Effendi.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Abdul Husayn Naimi at findagrave.com
  2. ↑ H. M. Balyuzi, Eminent Baha'is in the Time of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 1985, p 141
  3. ↑ Moojan Momen, The Baha'i Communities of Iran 1851-1921, Volume 2, George Ronald: Oxford, 2022, p 54
  4. ↑ Soli Shalivar, The Forgotten Schools, I.B. Tauris: London, 2009, p 121
  5. ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 23, p 280
  6. ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 25, p 170
  7. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1937). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. New York City, NY. Volume 6 (1934-1936), Pg(s) 75. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1936). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. New York City, NY. Volume 5 (1932-1934), Pg(s) 55. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ Baha'i News (1948). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 211, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ H. M. Balyuzi, Eminent Baha'is in the Time of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 1985, p 141
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