Perin Olyai
Perin Olyai | |
|---|---|
| NSA member | India 1970 - ???? |
| ABM | Asia ???? - 1970 |
| Counsellor | Asia 1985 - 2000 |
Dr. Perin Olyai is an Indian Bahá’í who served as a National Spiritual Assembly member, an Auxiliary Board member, and Continental Counselor in India.
Background[edit]
Olyai was born into a Bahá’í family and her parents were Behram Boman Mehrabani and Shirin Boman. Her mother was a friend of Dorothy Baker and she named her daughter Dorothy at Baker's request.[1]
As of 1969 Olyai was serving as an Auxiliary Board member and that year she attended an audience with the Vice-President of India alongside Hands of the Cause 'Alí-Akbar Furútan and Raḥmatu’lláh Muhájir.[2] In 1970 she was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of India, serving on the body instead of on the Auxiliary Board.[3] She participated in a programme to commemorate the Sixtieth Anniversary of the establishment of the Bahá’í Faith in India in 1980,[4] and she visited Sikkim to attend the Second Himalayan Bahá’í Teaching Conference alongside her mother in 1984.[5]
In 1985 Olyai was appointed to the Continental Board for Asia as a Counselor.[6] She was appointed for additional terms in 1990 and 1995,[7][8] completing her service in the role in 2000.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ From Copper to Gold, Chapter 21
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 245. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 473, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 594, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 500. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (December 1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 657, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
- ↑ 25 October 1990 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
- ↑ 29 October 1995 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
- ↑ 29 October 2000 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
