Shoghi Ghadimi
Shoghi Ghadimi | |
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| Born | January 1, 1910 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
| Died | November 22, 1999 Brussels, Belgium |
| NSA member | North West Africa 1956 - 1958 Belgium 1962 - 1978 |
Shoghi Ghadimi (January 1, 1910 - November 22, 1999) was a Persian Bahá’í who pioneered to Africa and Europe.
Biography[edit]
Ghadimi was born into a Bahá’í family in Ashgabat in Turkmenistan in 1910. In November 1940 he married Mulik Khamsi, a daughter of Siyyid Ahmad Khamsi-Báqirof, and they had two children and pioneered to Iráq at some point.[1] They later pioneered to Tunisia, settling in Tunis,[2] and in April 1956 Ghadimi was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of North West Africa when the body was established as Treasurer of the body.[3][4]
In 1958 the Ghadimi's pioneered to Belgium and settled in Liege where Shoghi was later elected to the Local Spiritual Assembly.[1] In 1960 he taught a session on the life of Bahá’u’lláh at a Bahá’í conference held on the National Day of Belgium.[5] As of 1963 he was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Belgium,[6] and that year he attended the First International Convention in Haifa and cast a vote in the first election of the Universal House of Justice as a member of the body. He served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Belgium for sixteen years,[1] retiring in 1978 and embarking on a travel teaching trip to Mauritius with his wife that year.[7] In July 1984 he addressed a major teaching conference in Cotonou, Benin.[8]
In later life Ghadimi continued undertaking travel teaching trips to promote the Faith touring Africa, the Antilles, Asia, Canada, and Europe. He passed away in Brussels, Belgium, in 1999.[1]
Publications[edit]
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) 305. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1958). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 330, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ Anthony A. Lee, The Baha'i Faith in Africa: Establishing a New Religious Movement, 1952-1962, Brill: Leiden/Boston, 2011, p 92
- ↑ Baha'i News (1956). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 306, Pg(s) 11. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1960). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 350, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1963). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 389, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1978). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 563, Pg(s) 15. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 646, Pg(s) 12. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books/about/Le_courage_d_aimer.html?id=NQ6auQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
- ↑ https://books.google.com.au/books/about/La_mesure_de_l_amour_est_l_amour_sans_me.html?id=S-YHtAEACAAJ&redir_esc=y
