Secretary for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

‘Abdu’l-Bahá had several Secretaries, also called Amanuenses, who assisted Him in communicating with the international Bahá'í community during His Ministry. They were often fluent in English and translated Tablets for the western Bahá'ís and served as interpreters for pilgrims from the west.

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List of Secretaries[edit]

This is a partial list of those who served as secretary for ‘Abdu’l-Bahá.

Name	Served
Ali Kuli Khan	1899 - 1901
Dr. Youness Khan-i-Afrukhtih	1900 - 1909
Mírzá Munir-i-Zayn^[1]	???? - ????
Mírzá Nuru’d-Din-i-Zayn^[2]	???? - ????
Mirza Ahmad Sohrab	1912 - 1919
Mírzá Mahmúd-i-Zarqání^[3]	1912 - 1913
Mírzá Badí‘ Bushrú’í^[4]	1914 - 1916^[5]
Shoghi Effendi	1918 - 1920
‘Azízu’lláh Bahádur	???? - ????
Zia Bagdadi	1919 - 1920
Faydu'lláh Subhí	1919 - 1921
Ruhi Afnan	???? - 1921^[6]

References[edit]

↑ Balyuzi, H. M., Abdu'l-Baha, p 171
↑ Helen S. Goodall & Ella Goodall Cooper, Daily Lessons Received at Akka, Baha'i Publishing Trust: Wilmette, 1979, p 61
↑ Balyuzi, H. M., Abdu'l-Baha, p 171
↑ http://tienda.fundacionnehal.org/gb/home/42-dar-zili-shajarih-i-mithaq-khatirati-badii-bushrui-9788460835745.html
↑ https://www.bahaibookstore.com/Dar-Zili-Shajarih-i-Mithaq-Persian-P8849.aspx
↑ Balyuzi, Hasan, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Centre of the Covenant, George Ronald: Oxford, 1972, p 459

[1] Balyuzi, H. M., Abdu'l-Baha, p 171

[2] Helen S. Goodall & Ella Goodall Cooper, Daily Lessons Received at Akka, Baha'i Publishing Trust: Wilmette, 1979, p 61

[3] Balyuzi, H. M., Abdu'l-Baha, p 171

[4] ttp://tienda.fundacionnehal.org/gb/home/42-dar-zili-shajarih-i-mithaq-khatirati-badii-bushrui-9788460835745.html

[5] ttps://www.bahaibookstore.com/Dar-Zili-Shajarih-i-Mithaq-Persian-P8849.aspx

[6] Balyuzi, Hasan, ‘Abdu’l-Bahá: Centre of the Covenant, George Ronald: Oxford, 1972, p 459

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