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Influential Baha'i People
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Jul 13, 20233 min read
Anis | Muhammad-Aliy-i-Zunuzi
Muhammad-Aliy-i-Zunuzi, also known as Anis, was a prominent figure in the Babi Faith, known for his unwavering devotion and courage.
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Nov 10, 20223 min read
Marion Jack
Marion Jack, “immortal heroine,” “shining example to pioneers,” passed from this life on March 25, 1954.
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Oct 25, 20221 min read
Prominent figures mentioning the Baha'i Faith
9 prominent figures talk about the Baha'i Faith.
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Oct 14, 20213 min read
Louis Gregory & Race Unity
In 1912, American society practiced strict racial segregation. Blacks or “coloreds” as they were then known were second class citizens.
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Jun 8, 20215 min read
Mullá Sádiq-i-Khurásání
Mullá Sádiq-i-Khurásání. 'Sádiq' meaning 'truthful', Bahá'u'lláh entitled him Ismu'lláhu'l-Asdaq (the Name of God, the Most Truthful).
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Apr 28, 20214 min read
Early Baha'i Heroines
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.
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Nov 11, 20201 min read
29 Images and Videos of the Great Bernard Leach
Bernard Leach was born in 1887 in Hong Kong and raised in Japan and Singapore.
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Oct 29, 20205 min read
Pioneering pottery sought unity of East and West
One hundred years ago, two potters—one English, the other Japanese—embarked upon a creative enterprise with the aim of uniting the art.
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Aug 21, 20204 min read
Ruhu'llah
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.
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Aug 11, 20203 min read
Badi'
Badi' was the title of Mírzá Áqá Buzurg-i-Nishapuri, also known by the title the Pride of Martyrs.
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Aug 7, 20205 min read
Mirza Mihdi, the Purest Branch
Mírzá Mihdí, the Purest Branch, was the youngest child of Baháʼu'lláh and his wife Ásíyih Khánum.
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Aug 4, 20204 min read
Leroy Ioas
One of the most important figures in the history of the Baha'i Faith is Leroy Ioas.
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Jun 22, 20201 min read
3 Prominent African American Baha'is
In the history of the Baha'i Faith, there are thousands of eminent and important figures.
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Apr 6, 20204 min read
Khadijih Bagum - 'Only Tahirih Surpassed Her'
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.
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Mar 9, 20204 min read
Spiritual conquerors of this wide, brown land
Australia will begin celebrations marking the centenary of Clara and Hyde Dunn's arrival in Australia to promote the Cause of Baha'u'llah.
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Feb 20, 20204 min read
Jean-Baptiste Louis Bourgeois - Designer of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar at Wilmette
In 1907, Wilhelm was going to visit 'Abdu'l-Baha and Bourgeois asked him to take with him a copy to Him.
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Feb 16, 20202 min read
Who is Zahrá Bagum
Referred to in the Writings as 'Ukht Haram' [sister of the wife of the Báb].
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Jan 28, 20207 min read
Khadíjih-Bagum
In the Kitáb-i-Badí Bahá'u'lláh extols the virtues and exalted station of the wife of the Bab, Khadíjih-Bagum.
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Oct 7, 20193 min read
Vahid
This is a story of how the wisest Persian investigated the new Faith.
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Sep 23, 20192 min read
Robert Turner
Robert Turner (1855-1909) was one of 19 Disciples of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and the first African American Baha’i in America.
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Sep 17, 20192 min read
The Sifter of Wheat
This is a story of a humble youth who became a hero and a martyr. This is a story of Mulla Muhammad Ja'far.
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Sep 2, 20194 min read
Martyrdom of Tahirih
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."
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Sep 1, 20193 min read
Táhirih Announces a New Age
Among the Báb’s most faithful followers was a brilliant, courageous and gifted young poet known as Táhirih (the Pure One).
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Aug 31, 20193 min read
Táhirih Discovers The Báb
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.
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Aug 29, 20192 min read
Táhirih as a young girl
She was born Fátimah Umm-Salmá in 1817 in Qazvín, as the daughter of Muhammad Sálih Barághani, a prominent mujtahid (Muslim priest).
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Aug 6, 20192 min read
Rising to the Call – The story of Ella Bailey
When the House of Worship was being constructed in Wilmette, United States, there were not many Bahá’ís in America and funds were scarce.
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Jul 31, 20195 min read
Mirza Musa - Baha'u'llah's true Brother
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.
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Jun 20, 20193 min read
Dr. Alain Locke
The first black Rhodes Scholar and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance, became a Bahá’í in 1918.
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Jun 4, 20193 min read
Kanichi Yamamoto
The first Japanese Baha’i. Kanichi Yamamoto (1879-1961) became the first Japanese Bahá’í in the world in Honolulu in 1902.
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May 31, 20195 min read
Maiden's courage spurs her peers to embrace the Faith
Among the followers of the Báb to show qualities of fearlessness, consecration and detachment from all save God was a village maiden.
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May 29, 20198 min read
Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail
Translator and Author, "Patron Saint" of Women Bahá'í Scholars.
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Mar 27, 201914 min read
Effie Baker
Effie Baker – the first Australian woman to become a Baha’i; one of Australia’s foremost woman photographers; her photographs were chosen...
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Feb 28, 20199 min read
Ella Goodall Cooper
'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...
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Jan 9, 20196 min read
Remembering Bernard Howell Leach
Bernard Howell Leach CH CBE, was a British studio potter who is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery".
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Jan 6, 20198 min read
John Ebenezer Esslemont
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...
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Dec 31, 20183 min read
Dr. Ronald Mcnair - second African American to go into space
Dr Mcnair was the second African American and first Baha'i to go into Space.
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Dec 31, 201825 min read
A Tribute to the Greatest Holy Leaf, Bahiyyih Khanum
By Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum' THE outstanding heroine of the Bahá`í Dispensation.' Thus does the Guardian characterize his illustrious...
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Dec 26, 201812 min read
George Townshend
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,...
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