Suhayl Samandarí
Suhayl Samandarí | |
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| Born | September 19, 1919 |
| Died | November 9, 2006 |
Suhayl Samandarí (September 19, 1919 - November 9, 2006) was a Persian Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Italian Somaliland.
Background[edit]
Samandarí was born in 1919 into a Bahá’í family,[1] and he was a grandson of Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí. At some point he pioneered to Pakistan.[2]
In March 1953 he pioneered to Italian Somaliland making him likely the first person to settle a goal territory of the Ten Year Crusade.[3] He arrived and settled in Mogadishu on a two-month tourist visa and started selling his paintings and Persian handicrafts at a fair. He was ultimately granted an eighteen month extension on his visa allowing him to secure a license to open an actual store which stocked Persian items.[3]
In July 1966 Samandarí accompanied his grandfather Ṭaráẓu’lláh on a teaching tour of Malaysia serving as his translator,[4] and in 1968 he visited Tehran, Iran, with his uncle Mehdi to attend memorial gatherings held for his grandfather who passed away that year.[5]
At some point Samandarí moved to Germany where he passed in 2006.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240322437/soheil_(suhayl)-samandari
- ↑ Baha'i News (1953). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 264, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Earl Redman, The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press, London. p 48
- ↑ A. Manisegaran, Jewel Among Nations, Splendour Publications: Ampang, 2003, p 512
- ↑ National Baha'i Review, No. 13, p 2
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240322437/soheil_(suhayl)-samandari
