Heshmat Ta’eed
Heshmat Ta’eed | |
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| NSA member | Southeast Asia 1960 - 1961 |
Dr. Heshmat Ta’eed was the first Bahá’í pioneer to Laos.
Background[edit]
Ta’eed pioneered to Laos from Iran opening the country to the Bahá’í Faith in 1955.[1][2] His wife, Nosrat, and two children joined him in Laos after a time and he worked as a doctor and established a language school.[3]
Ta’eed actively worked towards establishing the Bahá’í Faith in Laos teaching the religion and working with the government to achieve official recognition of the Faith.[3] In 1959 he purchased 1000 square metres of land in Vientiane, Laos, which he donated to the Local Spiritual Assembly,[4] and in 1960 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Southeast Asia.[5]
As of the 1970's Ta’eed had moved to England where he worked as a consultant psychiatrist at the Billinge Hospital near Wigan.[6] In 1992 Ta’eed attended the Second Bahá’í World Congress in New York City and then visited Wilmette.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 303, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The American Baha'i, 24(1), p 9
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 4 Years Nomadic at an End: 2019's Year in Review & 2020's Big Plans at travellingfortea.com
- ↑ Baha'i News (1959). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 338, Pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 354, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://histories.bahai.org.uk/2012/10/12/margaret-grant-nee-hufton/
