Gila Michael Bahta

Gila Michael Bahta
Died2010
Asmara, Eritrea
NationalityEritrean
OccupationLawyer
NSA memberNorth East Africa
1961 - ????
Ethiopia
???? - ????
CounsellorAfrica
1983 - 1995

Gila Michael Bahta (d. 2010) was an Eritrean Bahá’í who served as a National Spiritual Assembly member and Continental Counselor in Africa.

Background[edit]

Bahta became a practicing lawyer in his youth.[1] He was introduced to the Bahá’í Faith in the mid-1940's by Sabri and Fahima Elias,[2] and assisted with successful efforts to proclaim the Faith to Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia at some point in the 1940's or early 1950's.[1]

In late 1958 Bahta represented the Bahá’í community at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa held in Addis Ababa.[3] As of 1961 he had been elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of North East Africa,[4] and as of 1966 he was serving as chairman of the body.[5] In 1963 he chaired a session at the First Bahá’í World Congress.[6] In 1970 he made arrangements for Rúḥíyyih Khánum to have an audience with Emperor Haile Selassie and accompanied her when she met with the Emperor.[7]

In 1975 the North East Africa Assembly was reconstituted as the National Spiritual Assembly of Ethiopia and Bahta was serving on the Ethiopian Assembly as of 1977.[8] In 1983 the Universal House of Justice appointed Bahta as a Continental Counselor for Africa,[9] and in 1985 he was reappointed for a full five year term.[10] He was appointed for a second term in 1990 completing his service as Counselor in 1995.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Earl Redman, The Knights of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 2017, p 58
  2. ↑ Baha'i News (1977). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 557, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 338, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1961). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 365, Pg(s) 6. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 429, Pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1974). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 14 (1963-1968), Pg(s) 61. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 468, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1977). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 557, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ Baha'i News (1983). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 633, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ 24 October 1985 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
  11. ↑ 29 October 1995 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
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