Perin Olyai

Perin Olyai
NSA memberIndia
1970 - ????
ABMAsia
???? - 1970
CounsellorAsia
1985 - 2000

Dr. Perin Olyai was 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 Olyai named a daughter Dorothy at Baker's request.[1] In her professional career she worked in medicine ultimately becoming Head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Gajra Raja Medical College in Gwalior, India.[2]

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.[3] In 1970 she was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of India, serving on the body instead of on the Auxiliary Board.[4] She participated in a programme to commemorate the Sixtieth Anniversary of the establishment of the Bahá’í Faith in India in 1980,[5] and she visited Sikkim to attend the Second Himalayan Bahá’í Teaching Conference alongside her mother in 1984.[6]

In 1985 Olyai was appointed to the Continental Board for Asia as a Counselor.[7] She was appointed for additional terms in 1990 and 1995,[8][9] completing her service in the role in 2000.[10] As of 2011 she had passed away.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ From Copper to Gold, Chapter 21
  2. ↑ https://www.jaypeedigital.com/eReader/chapter/9789350252277/preliminary
  3. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 245. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 473, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1980). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 594, Pg(s) 10. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 500. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ Baha'i News (December 1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 657, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ 25 October 1990 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
  9. ↑ 29 October 1995 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
  10. ↑ 29 October 2000 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
  11. ↑ https://www.jaypeedigital.com/eReader/chapter/9789350252277/preliminary
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