Ardishir Furúdí
Ardishir S. Furúdí is a Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Bhutan. He also served as an Auxiliary Board member in India.
Background[edit]
When the Ten Year Crusade was launched in 1953 Furúdí was a Bahá’í youth living in Mumbai, India. He volunteered to pioneer to Bhutan alongside Shapoor Rowhani and they traveled to Calcutta, then Kalimpong, and then journeyed to Bhutan.[1] When they reached the the border in 1954 they were denied entry to the country but were able to meet with the Prime Minister of the country who they spoke with about the Faith prompting him to grant them entry to the country and give them supplies for the journey. Shortly after arriving Furúdí receive an urgent communication from home and had to return to Mumbai.[2]
As of 1970 Furúdí had been appointed to the Auxiliary Board for Asia and he conducted deepening classes in Baroda that year.[3] In 1972 he visited Nepal and assisted with the countries first National Convention at which its National Spiritual Assembly was established.[4] He visited villages in the Dang tribal area north of Mumbai in 1982 as Board member where three hundred Local Spiritual Assemblies had been established.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 689. View as PDF.
- ↑ Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press: London, 2017, p 165
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 473, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 495, Pg(s) 21. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1982). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 614, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
