Bahiyyih Khanum: Eulogy for the Greatest Holy Leaf
Bahiyyih Khanum: Eulogy for the Greatest Holy Leaf is a letter written by Shoghi Effendi dated July 17, 1932, which pays tribute to Bahíyyih Khánum who passed away two days before it was written.
The letter was handwritten and the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada produced and distributed facsimile copies to the American Bahá'í community and Shoghi Effendi expressed approval of their decision in a letter dated October 27, 1932:
"I wish to express to your distinguished Assembly my gratitude for the action they have taken in reproducing in facsimile my humble Tribute to the Greatest Holy Leaf. The hundred copies you sent me have been received and are splendid reproductions of the original. The finest and most enduring tribute which can be paid to her memory lies within the grasp and constitutes the supreme opportunity of the American believers. Her earthly life, as it drew to a close, was much brightened by the brilliant accomplishments of her devoted lovers in the American continent. May her pure, angelic soul in the realms above derive added satisfaction from the uninterrupted progress and the eventual completion of an enterprise on which she centered the one remaining joy of her life."[1]
It is included in the compilation Bahá'í Administration, having been added to the 1941 edition.[2]
