Mírzá Badí‘ Bushrú’í | |
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| Born | December 15, 1892 Khurasan, Iran |
| Died | February 1, 1973 |
| NSA member | Egypt & Sudan ???? - 1951 1952 - 1956 North East Africa 1956 - 1960 |
Mírzá Badí‘ Bushrú’í (December 15, 1892 - February 1, 1973) was a Bahá’í who served as a Secretary for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. In later life he pioneered to Egypt and served as a National Spiritual Assembly member.
Background[edit]
Bushrú’í was born in Khurasan, Iran, in 1892. His family moved to Ishqabad at some point and he began attending school there. His father passed when he was very young and he was sent to Akka in 1902 and was raised in the household of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá until 1905 when he moved to Tehran to live with his mother.[1]
In 1906 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá instructed for Bushrú’í to study at the Syrian Protestant College in Beirut and he enrolled in the College's preparatory department in October that year. In 1910 he graduated the preparatory school with first class honors and enrolled to study a Bachelor of Arts at the College studying alongside other Bahá’í students including Shoghi Effendi.[1] In 1914 he graduated with high distinction and he spent his vacation break that year in the Holy Land.[2]
Bushrú’í moved to Haifa after his studies in Beirut,[3] where he served as one of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's secretaries.[4][2] At the outbreak of the First World War ‘Abdu’l-Bahá instructed the Bahá’í community in the Holy Land to leave Haifa and Akka and settle in the village of Abu-Sinan and Bushrú’í ran a Bahá’í school in the village. He was able to return to Haifa in May, 1915, and he was granted the responsibility of transporting the portraits of the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh from Abu-Sinan, where they had been stored for safekeeping, back to Haifa.[1]
In 1916 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá arranged for Bushrú’í to undertake postgraduate studies in Beirut and he secured employment in the American University of Beirut's School of Arts and Sciences while completing a Masters Degree in English and Philosophy. He graduated with distinction in 1917.[1] He then returned to the Holy Land and worked professionally as a private secretary for General Sir Arthur Money, the administrator of Palestine during the British occupation, from 1918 to 1919.[5] He continued to work in civil administration in Palestine after 1919.[1]
In April 1922 Shoghi Effendi established a Local Spiritual Assembly of Haifa, around one year after the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, and Bushrú’í was serving as secretary of the Assembly as of 1923.[6] As of 1926 Bushrú’í had been appointed the Acting District Commissioner of Nablus, a region in Palestine that encompassed Haifa and Akka,[3] and he served in the position for many years overseeing the construction of roads, medical clinics, and schools in the area.[1]
In 1948 Shoghi Effendi advised Bushrú’í to pioneer outside of the Holy Land and he moved to Alexandria, Egypt. He was an active member of the community and was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and Sudan often serving as chairman of the body.[7]
In February 1973 Bushrú’í passed away. The Universal House of Justice conveyed the following message after his passing:
DEEPLY GRIEVED PASSING BAD! BUSHRUI HIS INDEFATIGABLE DEVOTED SERVITUDE PRESENCE ABDULBAHA HIS VALUED SERVICES DIFFICULT PERIOD WORLD CENTRE IMMEDIATELY AFTER MASTERS PASSING HIS DEDICATED CONTRIBUTIONS WORK FAITH IN EGYPT LATTER YEARS HIS RICHLY BLESSED LIFE LOVINGLY REMEMBERED STOP CONVEY DEEP SYMPATHY YOUR MOTHER MEMBERS FAMILY PRAYING SHRINES PROGRESS HIS SOUL.[7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 546. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Earl Redman, Visiting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Volume 2, The Final Years, 1913-1921, George Ronald: Oxford, 2020, p 23
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Earl Redman, Shoghi Effendi Through the Pilgrim's Eye: Volume 1, George Ronald: Oxford, 2015, p 130
- ↑ https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Dar-Zili-Shajarih-i-Mithaq-Persian-P8849.aspx
- ↑ Earl Redman, Visiting ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Volume 2, The Final Years, 1913-1921, George Ronald: Oxford, 2020, p 143
- ↑ Star of the West, Vol. 14, p 346
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 547. View as PDF.
