Mírzá Mahram
Áqá Mírzá Rida Manzar, known as Mírzá Mahram, (c. 1864 - 1913) was a Persian Bahá’í who was among the earliest pioneers to India.
Biography[edit]
Mahram became a Bahá’í in the 1870's and was a member of a Bahá’í literary group in the Sidih region of Isfahan in Iran.[1] Due to persecution of the Bahá’í Faith in the area he moved to Tehran in March, 1887, and he spent time in Khurasan around 1896.[2][3]
In 1897 and 1898 Mahram made visits to Bombay (now Mumbai), India, at the request of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá to teach the Faith and in 1898 a local governing body for Bahá’ís in Bombay was formed.[4] In 1899 he visited Burma to teach assisting Siyyid Muṣṭafá Rúmí in establishing Bahá’í communities in the country.[5] He ultimately settled in India where he notably met with Ghulam-Ahmad, the founder of Ahmadiyyih Islam, at some point,[6] and was a leading figure in the Mumbai Bahá’í community as of 1910.[7]
In 1913 Mahram passed away in Mumbai and ‘Abdu’l-Bahá revealed a prayer for the elevation of his Soul and an epitaph for his gravestone.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ Moojan Momen, The Baha'i Communities of Iran 1851-1921: Volume 2, George Ronald: Oxford, 2021, p 51
- ↑ Moojan Momen, The Baha'i Communities of Iran 1851-1921: Volume 2, George Ronald: Oxford, 2021, p 52
- ↑ Moojan Momen, The Baha'i Communities of Iran 1851-1921: Volume 2, George Ronald: Oxford, 2021, p 53
- ↑ Siyyid Mustafa Rumi (tr. Iran Furutan Muhajir), Siyyid Mustafa Rumi: Hand of the Cause of God, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Publishing: Wilmette, 2020, p 81
- ↑ Siyyid Mustafa Rumi (tr. Iran Furutan Muhajir), Siyyid Mustafa Rumi: Hand of the Cause of God, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Publishing: Wilmette, 2020, p 71
- ↑ Moojan Momen, The Baha'i Communities of Iran 1851-1921: Volume 2, George Ronald: Oxford, 2021, p 54
- ↑ Baha'i News, Vol.1, No. 12, p 5
- ↑ Siyyid Mustafa Rumi (tr. Iran Furutan Muhajir), Siyyid Mustafa Rumi: Hand of the Cause of God, Apostle of Baha'u'llah, Baha'i Publishing: Wilmette, 2020, p 83
