Mustafá Effendi Sálim

Mustafá Effendi Sálim (October 17, 1899 - November 23, 1962) was an Egyptian Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and Sudan and pioneered to Libya.

Biography[edit]

Sálim was born in Cairo in 1899.[1] He became a Bahá’í in his youth and was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Egypt and Sudan serving as of 1948.[2]

He pioneered to Libya in 1953 first settling in Benghazi where he was elected to the first Local Spiritual Assembly of Benghazi,[1] and in July he pioneered to Tripoli to assist efforts to establish a Local Spiritual Assembly which were successful in 1954.[3] He served on the Tripoli Assembly up until his passing in 1962.[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1970). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 13 (1954-1963), Pg(s) 931. View as PDF.
  2. Baha'i News (1948). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. No 211, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
  3. Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 272, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.

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