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Martha Root was a prominent traveling teacher of the Bahá’í Faith in the late 19th and early 20th century. Shoghi Effendi called her "the foremost travel teacher in the first Bahá’í Century", and named her a Hand of the Cause posthumously. Known by her numerous visits with Heads of State and other public figures. Of special importance was her efforts with Queen Marie of Romania, considered the first Monarch to accept Bahá’u’lláh. Introduced to the Faith in 1909 by meeting Roy C. Wilhem she spent several months researching the religion and met several members of the Bahá’í community, including Thornton Chase and Arthur Agnew in Chicago, and she, later in that year, declared her faith in the Bahá’í teachings. During this time, she kept on writing and in 1909 she wrote a detailed article for the Pittsburgh Post about the history and teachings of the Bahá’í Faith. She also participated in the first annual Bahá’í convention, which took place in Chicago in 1911.

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Mírzá Músá surnamed Áqáy-i-Kalím was the only true brother of Bahá’u’lláh. He was later identified by Shoghi Effendi as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá’u’lláh. The life of Mírzá Músá was so inextricably bound up with that of Bahá’u’lláh himself, that his life and background mirror the life and travels of Bahá’u’lláh. He was an integral part of correspondence between Bahá’u’lláh and the Bahá’ís. He experienced the same imprisonment, exile, assaults, and degrading circumstances that were given to the small band of family members associated with Bahá’u’lláh and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. Bahá’u’lláh used Mírzá Músá as an example to show his respect for the law. In the history of the Bahá’í cause, Mírzá Músá stands out as a loyal and faithful follower until the end.