Qudsiyyih ‘Alá’í (September 22, 1909 - September 27, 1999), first name also transliterated as Ghodsieh, was a Persian Bahá’í who assisted with Bahá’í efforts to educate women in Iran and later pioneered extensively.
Biography[edit]
‘Alá’í was born Qudsiyyih Amin-Amin in Tehran in 1909. Her father, Amín-i-Amín, served as the Chief Trustee of Huqúqu'lláh. She was also an active member of the Bahá’í community and served on Iran's Bahá’í Committee for Education and Committee for the Advancement of Women in Iran.[1]
In 1925 Qudsiyyih married Ni‘mat ‘Alá’í and they had six children together. In 1945 they pioneered to Afghanistan but they were deported back to Iran in 1946. They pioneered again in 1955 to Western Samoa settling in Apia where they helped establish the Local Spiritual Assembly and they remained in the country until 1958 when they pioneered to Hastings, New Zealand.[1][2]
In 1963 the ‘Alá’í's returned to Iran however Ni‘mat suffered a heart attack and had to move to England to receive medical treatment passing away there in 1968.[2] After her husband's passing ‘Alá’í pioneered back to Western Samoa in 1969 and remained there until pioneering to Malta in 1972.[1]
‘Alá’í frequently traveled between Malta and Samoa during the 1970's to serve both Bahá’í communities but in later life she moved to Canada where she settled in Toronto and made frequent travel teaching trips to native reserves. She passed away in Vancouver in 1999.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2001). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 28 (1999-2000), Pg(s) 303. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 448. View as PDF.
