| Shaykh Muhammad-‘Ali | |
|---|---|
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| Born | c. 1860/61 Naw-Firist, Iran |
| Died | April, 1924 Ishqabad, Turkmenistan |
| Title(s) | Apostle of Bahá’u’lláh |
Shaykh Muhammad-‘Alíy-i-Qá’iní (c. 1860/61 - April, 1924) was a Persian Bahá’í who was named an Apostle of Bahá’u’lláh by Shoghi Effendi.
Biography[edit]
Qá’iní was born in Naw-Firist, a town near Bírjand, in Iran and was orphaned in childhood and raised by an uncle.[1] In his youth he began studying Islam in Mashhad and while in the city he discovered the Bahá’í Faith and joined the religion. He began accompanying his uncle Nabíl-i-Akbar who was a prominent Bahá’í who traveled across Iran extensively in the 1870's, then moved to Ishqabad and then Bukhara in the early 1890's. He married a daughter of Nabíl-i-Akbar at some point.[2]
After Nabíl-i-Akbar passed in Bukhara in 1892 Qá’iní returned to Ishqabad and lived there for a time before returning to Iran and settling in Tehran. In 1903 he accompanied Mírzá Ḥasan when he departed Tehran to undertake a travel teaching trip to India however when they stopped in Isfahan on their journey violent persecution of the Faith broke out and he was severely beaten and had his possessions stolen and as such was forced to return to Tehran. He was later able to travel to India and lived there for one and a half years.[2]
After his time in India Qá’iní went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land and met with ‘Abdu’l-Bahá who directed him to settle in Ishqabad and assist with children's education, and he helped run a Bahá’í school in the city.[3] He made several trips from Ishqabad to support other Bahá’í communities and was summoned to Haifa to assist with the completion of some unfinished manuscripts of Mírzá Abu’l-Faḍl in the late 1910's and lived in Haifa for one and a half years returning to Ishqabad shortly before the Ascension of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in 1921.[2]
Qá’iní passed away in Ishqabad in April, 1924, after suffering a lengthy illness.[2]
Publications[edit]
1923 - Lessons in Religion (translated by Edith Rouhie Sanderson).[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ H.M. Balyuzi, Eminent Baha'is in the Time of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 1985, p 273
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 H.M. Balyuzi, Eminent Baha'is in the Time of Baha'u'llah, George Ronald: Oxford, 1985, p 274
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 20 (1986-1992), Pg(s) 946. View as PDF.
- ↑ Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Baha'i Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 43
