Amine Mesbah
Amín’u’lláh Mesbah | |
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| Born | 1905 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | December 29, 1982 France |
| NSA member | North West Africa 1964 - ???? |
Dr. Amín’u’lláh "Amine" Mesbah (1905 - December 29, 1982) was a Persian Bahá’í who pioneered to Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Morocco, and France to teach the Bahá’í Faith.
Biography[edit]
Mesbah was born into a prominent Bahá’í family in Tehran in 1905. His father ‘Azíz’u’lláh Mesbah served as the principal of the Tarbíyat school in Tehran and his mother, Qudsíyyih, was a sister of the Hand of the Cause Shu'á'u'lláh ‘Alá'í. He completed his education at the Tarbíyat school in his youth.[1]
Mesbah moved to France to complete higher studies and he studied at the Institute of Physiopathology and the Paris Faculty of Medicine. He married French Bahá’í Marie-Jeanne Irady while studying and they went on pilgrimage together in 1937 and met Shoghi Effendi and then settled in Tehran, Iran, where Mesbah became a university lecturer in medicine.[1] In 1942 the Mesbah's pioneered to Afghanistan settling in Kabul and as of 1944 a Bahá’í group had been established in the city with Mesbah serving as the contact point receiving mail for the community at the Persian Embassy of Afghanistan.[2] In 1945 the Mesbah's returned to Iran.[1]
After returning to Iran Mesbah again began lecturing on medicine and he was also elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly of Tehran. He was also appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bahá’í owned and operated Míthaqíyih Hospital.[1] In 1953 the Ten Year Crusade was launched and Shoghi Effendi announced several posts which required Bahá’í pioneers and the Mesbah's decided to pioneer again.[3] In 1953 the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran sent him to negotiate with the French Ambassador in Tehran to explain to him the non-political nature of the Faith to secure visas for some pioneers in Morocco.[4] The Mesbah's settled in Asmara, Ethiopia, in 1955 where Mesbah secured employment as a military doctor.[3]
In 1959 the Mesbah's moved to Morocco where he worked as the chief of an anatomopathological laboratory. In 1969 Mesbah retired and the Mesbah's moved to France as a result of consultation with the U.S. International Pioneer Committee and at the suggestion of the Universal House of Justice he began researching Bahá’í history at Archives located in Paris which had previously been unknown to the Bahá’í community.[3] Towards the end of his life Mesbah began working on writing a history of the Faith however he passed due to a cerebral haemorrhage in late 1982 preventing him from completing the work.[5]
The Universal House of Justice cabled the following message after his passing:
DEEPLY GRIEVED PASSING STAUNCH DEVOTED PROMOTER FAITH AMINULLAH MESBAH. HIS PIONEERING SERVICES THREE CONTINENTS HIS SCHOLARLY WORK HIS SPIRIT UTTER DEDICATION WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AND SERVE AS INSPIRATION HIS COUNTLESS ADMIRERS. CONVEY LOVING SYMPATHY MEMBERS FAMILY. PRAYING HOLY SHRINES PROGRESS HIS NOBLE SOUL ABHA KINGDOM.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 812. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 9 (1940-1944), Pg(s) 652. View as PDF.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 813. View as PDF.
- ↑ Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 24
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 814. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1986). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 18 (1979-1983), Pg(s) 811. View as PDF.
