‘Aynu’d-Dín ‘Alá’í
‘Aynu’d-Dín ‘Alá’í | |
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| Born | Iran |
| Died | 1982 Le Cannet, France |
| Spouse(s) | Tahereh Sabet, m. 1932 |
‘Aynu’d-Dín ‘Alá’í (d. 1982) was a Persian Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
Biography[edit]
‘Alá’í was born in Iran and established a career working for the Iranian Ministry of Finance. In 1932 he married Tahereh Sabet and in 1953 they attended the Kampala Intercontinental Conference and decided to pioneer to Africa.[1]
The ‘Alá’í's moved to Kenya in 1953 where they secured visas allowing them to settle in Mozambique. When their Mozambique visas expired in December that year they pioneered to Southern Rhodesia. In August, 1954, they had to return to Kenya when their Rhodesian visas expired and Aziz Yazdi helped them secure visas allowing them to live in Kenya for an extended period.[1]
In 1972 the ‘Alá’í's returned to Iran settling in Tehran. In 1979 they pioneered to Le Cannet, France, where they helped establish a Local Spiritual Assembly however in 1982 ‘Aynu’d-Dín passed due to being hit by a car.[1]
