Rostam Sabet
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| Born | July 15, 1902 Poona, India |
| Died | March 21, 1990 |
| NSA member | India & Burma 1933 - 1938 |
Rostam Sabet (July 15, 1902 - March 21, 1990) was an Indian Bahá’í who served the Bahá’í Faith in India, Iran, Pakistan, and England.
Biography[edit]
Sabet was born into a Zoroastrian family in Poona, India, in 1902. His parents where Khusraw and Sarvar Biman and he had six sibings. His father, Khusraw, was a Persian Zoroastrian farmer who moved to India due to persecution of Zoroastrians in Iran. His parents were introduced to the Faith by a member of the Afnán family who traded in India and became Bahá’ís with his mother assuming responsibility for managing the family business so Khusraw had more time to teach the Faith.[1]
Sabet completed his education in Poona and in 1918 he moved to Mumbai to attend Bombay University however after just one month he contracted typhoid and his brother Suhrab passed so he returned to Poona to assist the family business. He married Banoo in 1926 and they had two children, Mary and Ruhi.[1] In 1933 Sabet was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of India and Burma as secretary of the body and in December 1935 he went on pilgrimage and met with Shoghi Effendi in the Holy Land.[1] In 1938 Sabet moved to Iran where he assisted with the purchase of Bahá’í Holy Places in the country using his own money.[2]
Sabet secured employment with the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company after settling in Iran,[2] and in the early 1940's he was offered a senior position in the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in Qazvin however he declined the position and instead pioneered to Quetta in Baluchistan, India (now Pakistan) in April 1944. In 1950 he wrote to Shoghi Effendi to consult on leaving India and he was advised to pioneer to Europe and he settled in Brighton, England in December 1950. He secured a position selling insurance and served in fifteen pioneer posts throughout the United Kingdom including in Hove, Reading, Corby, and Wokingham. The Sabet's notably spent twelve years in Hamilton, Scotland, where they helped form a Local Spiritual Assembly.[2]
In his old age Sabet continued to serve the Faith by reviewing and editing Bahá’í publications and he was invited to serve at the World Centre by the Universal House of Justice for six months to help proofread material which was published in The Bahá’í World. He passed away in 1990 and the Universal House of Justice conveyed the following message:
GRIEVED NEWS PASSING DEVOTED PROMOTER CAUSE GOD ROSTAM SABET. HI SINCERE SERVICES DURING HIS ENTIRE LIFE MANIFOLD CAPACITIES UNFORGETTABLE. CONVEY SYMPATHY LOVE RELATIVES FRIENDS. ASSURE ARDENT PRAYERS PROGRESS HIS NOBLE SOUL ABHA KINGDOM.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 963. View as PDF.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 964. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 965. View as PDF.
