‘Atá’u’lláh Muqarrabí
‘Atá’u’lláh Muqarrabí | |
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| Born | 1912 Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran |
| Died | c. 1980 |
| NSA member | Iran ???? - 1980 |
‘Atá’u’lláh Muqarrabí (1912 - c. 1980) was a Persian Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran. He was abducted in the wake of the 1979 Revolution in Iran.
Background[edit]
Muqarrabí was born in the Najafabad in 1912 and he completed his schooling in the city. After graduating high school his family was forced to move to Tehran due to a period of violent persecution of Bahá’ís in the province of Isfahan with the family home being destroyed.[1]
In Tehran Muqarrabí attended Tehran Military College and completed a Civil Engineering degree and he then returned to Isfahan.[1] In his career he remained in the military and achieved the rank of General.[2] As of 1967 he had been elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran and he was serving as treasurer.[3]
On August 21, 1980, Muqarrabí was abducted at a National Spiritual Assembly meeting and it has been assumed he was martyred although his body and fate has never been discovered.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://iranbahaipersecution.bic.org/archive/ataollah-mogharrabi-abducted-and-disappeared-tehran-21st-august-1980
- ↑ Shapour Rassekh, Shu'a: Ray of the Sun, George Ronald: Oxford, 2021, p 138
- ↑ Baha'i News (1967). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 439, Pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
