Mírzá Abú’l-Hasan Afnán
Mírzá Abú'l-Hasan (d. November 19, 1921) was a member of the Afnán family.
Background[edit]
Abú'l-Hasan was a son of Hájí Mírzá Abú'l-Qásim and like other members of the Afnán family he was a merchant based in Shíráz. He became a Bahá’í at some point and was summoned on Pilgrimage to the Holy Land by Bahá’u’lláh and lived there for some time. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá revealed a Tablet for him when he departed the Holy Land.[1]
After his pilgrimage Abú'l-Hasan resumed his trading career in Shíráz. He married fellow Afnán Fátimih-Sultán Bagum and they had three daughters and a son however only one of their daughters, Khadíjih who was referred to as Munavvar out of respect for the wife of the Báb, survived infancy. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá invited Abú'l-Hasan to live in Haifa at some point after the Ascension of Bahá’u’lláh and he accepted.[1]
In 1921 Abú'l-Hasan's wife was in an accident which caused severe burns and she passed away and was buried in the Bahá’í cemetery in Haifa. On November 19, 1921, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá reportedly informed Abú'l-Hasan that He was going to pass soon at a memorial meeting for Múvaqqari'd-Dawlih and Abú'l-Hasan committed suicide that night by drowning himself in the sea. ‘Abdu’l-Bahá served as a pallbearer at his funeral and he was buried in the Baní Salih cemetery in 'Akká.[1]
