Rúh’u’lláh Taymúrí-Muqadam
Rúh’u’lláh Taymúrí-Muqadam (August 18, 1940 - May 14, 1977) was a Persian Bahá’í who was martyred for his beliefs.
Biography[edit]
Muqadam was born into a Bahá’í family in the village Aysaban in the province of Khurasan in Iran. Both of his grandfathers were Bahá’ís and his maternal grandfather had received a Tablet from Bahá’u’lláh. In 1943 the Bahá’í community of Aysaban experienced persecution with Bahá’í homes being looted and Muqadam's father was imprisoned in the nearby city of Birjand.[1]
In 1953 Muqadam moved to Mashhad where he lived with an uncle in order to complete higher education and in 1956 he and his uncle pioneered to Fadil Abad in the province of Gurgan. His uncle departed the pioneer post in 1962 but Muqadam remained and served on the Local Spiritual Assembly often as treasurer. He married at some point and had two children.[2]
On May 14, 1977, people hostile to the Faith broke into Muqadam's home, assaulted his mother and attacked his sister with an axe, and beheaded him. The Universal House of Justice conveyed the following message after his passing:
SADDENED TRAGIC NEWS EXPRESS OUR SYMPATHY FAMILY RUHULLAH TAYMURI ASSURE RELATIVES FRIENDS ARDENT PRAYERS SHRINE BESEECHING PROGRESS SOUL STOP PRAYING BEHALF TAYMURI'S SISTER AWAITING NEWS.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1981). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 17 (1976-1979), Pg(s) 433. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1981). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 17 (1976-1979), Pg(s) 434. View as PDF.
