Hájí Muhammad Yazdi

Hájí Muhammad Yazdi
Born	1850
Died	September 5, 1933

Hájí Muhammad Yazdi (1850 - September 5, 1933) was a Persian Bahá’í who pioneered to Egypt.

Biography

Yazdi was born in Yazd, Iran, in 1850. His father was Hájí ‘Abdu’l-Rahim Yazdí who was a Bahá’í and met Bahá’u’lláh. He was an active Bahá’í in his youth, hosting events in his home and teaching the Faith to friends and relatives, and he received several Tablets from Bahá’u’lláh and went on pilgrimage and met with Bahá’u’lláh in person. At some point he pioneered to Alexandria, Egypt, with the blessing of Bahá’u’lláh.

In 1870 Yazdi and Hájí Javád-i-Yazdí became responsible for posting Tablets of Bahá’u’lláh to Iran from Alexandria. In his professional career he established a successful trading company with other Bahá’ís who had settled in Alexandria and later established a store in Akka, traveling between Egypt and the Holy Land to manage both businesses. In 1882 he moved his residence to the Holy Land and lived there for seven months as the British had occupied Alexandria leading to unrest in the city. When he returned to Egypt he settled in Ramleh where he helped establish a Local Spiritual Assembly.

In his personal life Yazdi married Jamilih Khanum after settling in Ramleh with the wedding being attended by Bahá’ís from all over Egypt. They went on to have sons Ali, ‘Abdu’l-Rahim, Aziz, and Rochan and a daughter, Fatimih-Sultan. In 1914 Yazdi left Egypt and he conducted business in Beirut, Damascus, and Haifa until the end of the First World War in 1917. In 1919 ‘Abdu’l-Bahá invited him to settle in the Holy Land and he moved there with his family that year.

In 1925 Yazdi returned to Egypt and settled in Port Said. He made annual pilgrimages to the Holy Land allowing him to meet with Shoghi Effendi. He passed away in 1933 after being struck by a motorcycle.