Muzaffer Guney
Muzaffer Guney | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1910 Fila, Ottoman Empire (now Yugoslavia) |
| Died | December 14, 1977 |
| NSA member | Turkey 1964 - ???? |
| ABM | Asia 1964 - ???? |
Muzaffer Guney (1910 - December 14, 1977) was a Bahá’í who served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Turkey and as an Auxiliary Board member for Asia.
Biography[edit]
Guney was born in 1910 into a Muslim family in Fila which is now within Yugoslavia. In 1914 his family moved to Istanbul where his father served as a military officer. He was an active Muslim and as of 1922 he was responsible for chanting the call to prayer at the Fatih mosque. In 1923 he studied to become a whirling dervish. In his professional career he attended military school then began serving in the army as a lieutenant.[1]
In 1955 Guney was transferred to Sivas where he became friends with Mahmud Attar, a Bahá’í pioneer from Iran, and Guney and his family became Bahá’ís. After declaring Guney actively taught the Faith and was threatened occasionally as a result.[1] In 1960 he retired from the army having achieved the rank of Colonel and devoted himself to full-time service to the Bahá’í community of Turkey. He went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land in February 1964 and was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly and appointed as an Auxiliary Board member the same year.[2]
Throughout the 1960's and 1970's Guney travelled throughout Turkey extensively to teach the Faith and also undertook international teaching trips, visiting India once and Iran twice. [2] He passed away in 1977 and the Universal House of Justice conveyed the following message:
GRIEVED PASSING DEVOTED SERVANT CAUSE GOD MUZAFFER GUNEY STOP HIS SERVICES UNFORGETTABLE ADVISE HOLD MEMORIAL GATHERINGS ASSURE RELATIVES FRIENDS ARDENT PRAYERS HOLY SHRINES PROGRESS SOUL ABHA KINGDOM.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1981). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 17 (1976-1979), Pg(s) 445. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1981). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 17 (1976-1979), Pg(s) 446. View as PDF.
