Influential Baha'i People 

In 1912, American society practiced strict racial segregation. Blacks or “coloreds” as they were then known were second class citizens.

Mullá Sádiq-i-Khurásání. 'Sádiq' meaning 'truthful', Bahá'u'lláh entitled him Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq (the Name of God, the Most Truthful).

The Bahá'í writings offer a potent vision of the qualities for which women must strive and the changes they can effect in the world.

Bernard Leach was born in 1887 in Hong Kong and raised in Japan and Singapore.

One hundred years ago, two potters—one English, the other Japanese—embarked upon a creative enterprise with the aim of uniting the art.

The name "Ruhu'llah" literally means "Spirit of God" and is the title by which Jesus Christ is known in much of the Arabic-speaking world.

Badi' was the title of Mírzá Áqá Buzurg-i-Nishapuri, also known by the title the Pride of Martyrs.

Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch, was the youngest child of Baháʼu'lláh and his wife Ásíyih Khánum.

One of the most important figures in the history of the Baha'i Faith is Leroy Ioas. 

In the history of the Baha'i Faith, there are thousands of eminent and important figures.

The wife of the Báb, was not only the first person to recognise the Station of her husband but also instantly recognised Bahá'u'lláh.

Australia will begin celebrations marking the centenary of Clara and Hyde Dunn's arrival in Australia to promote the Cause of Baha'u'llah.

In 1907, Wilhelm was going to visit 'Abdu'l-Baha and Bourgeois asked him to take with him a copy to Him.

Referred to in the Writings as 'Ukht Haram' [sister of the wife of the Báb].

In the Kitáb-i-Badí Bahá'u'lláh extols the virtues and exalted station of the wife of the Bab, Khadíjih-Bagum.

This is a story of how the wisest Persian investigated the new Faith.

Robert Turner (1855-1909) was one of 19 Disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the first African American Baha’i in America.

This is a story of a humble youth who became a hero and a martyr. This is a story of Mulla Muhammad Ja'far.

Tahirih, one of the many Baha'i Faith heroines said: "You can kill me as soon as you like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

Among the Báb’s most faithful followers was a brilliant, courageous and gifted young poet known as Táhirih (the Pure One).

When Tahirih heard about the Báb, Who had proclaimed that He was the Prophet of a New Revelation she was curious to read His Writings.

She was born Fátimah Umm-Salmá in 1817 in Qazvín, as the daughter of Muhammad Sálih Barághani, a prominent mujtahid (Muslim priest).

When the House of Worship was being constructed in Wilmette, United States, there were not many Bahá’ís in America and funds were scarce.

Jináb-i-Mírzá Músá was the true brother of Bahá’u’lláh, and from earliest childhood he was reared in the sheltering embrace of Baha'u'llah.

The first black Rhodes Scholar and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance, became a Bahá’í in 1918.

The first Japanese Baha’i. Kanichi Yamamoto (1879-1961) became the first Japanese Bahá’í in the world in Honolulu in 1902.

Among the followers of the Báb to show qualities of fearlessness, consecration and detachment from all save God was a village maiden.

Translator and Author, "Patron Saint" of Women Bahá'í Scholars.

Effie Baker – the first Australian woman to become a Baha’i; one of Australia’s foremost woman photographers; her photographs were chosen...

'O thou jewel of the spirit!" Thus did 'Abdu'l-Baha address this angelic being, one of the rare gems in the diadem of the Kingdom. Aunt...

Bernard Howell Leach CH CBE, was a British studio potter who is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery".

John Ebenezer Esslemont, who passed away at Haifa November 22, 1925, was born on May 19, 1874, the youngest son of John E. Esslemont of...

Dr Mcnair was the second African American and first Baha'i to go into Space.

By Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum' THE outstanding heroine of the Bahá`í Dispensation.' Thus does the Guardian characterize his illustrious...

Only beloved! With a heart on fire And all my longings set in one desire To make my soul a many-stringed lyre For Thy dear hand to play,...