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Biography of Abdul-BahaName: Abdul-BahaBirth Date: May 23, 1844 Death Date: November 28, 1921 Place of Birth: Tehran, Persia Nationality: Persian Gender: Male Occupations: religious leader, writer Abdul-Baha One in a series of four founders and shapers of a Muslim sect known as the Baha'is, Persian-born religious leader Abdul-Baha (1844-1921) perpetuated the teachings of his father, the Baha'u'llah, by becoming the community's third religious leader. Essential to Abdul-Baha's work as superintendent of the faith was the dissemination of the Baha'i message of world peace, justice, racial and gender equality, and the unity of all people. He composed a history of Baha'ism and spread its tenets throughout the Middle East, India, Burma, western Europe, the Americas, South Africa, and the Pacific rim.Named Abbas Effendi in infancy, Abdul-Baha was marked from the beginning for a religious career. He was born on May 23, 1844, in Tehran, Persia (now Iran) on the day that Mirza Ali Muhammed of Shiraz, Persia, the self-proclaimed Bab (The Gate) and successor to Muhammed, launched the Baha'i faith. As the eldest son of Navvab and Mirza Husayn Ali, …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…members in 232 countries, Baha'i had become the world's second most widely spread religion. Further Reading Almanac of Famous People, 7th ed. Gale Group, 2001.Chamberlain, Isabel Fraser, Abdul Baha on Divine Philosophy, Tudor Press, 1918.The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, edited by John Bowker, Oxford University Press, 1997.Religious Leaders of America, 2nd ed. Gale Group, 1999.A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions, edited by Joel Beversluis, CoNexus Press, 1995.Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, June 1998."Abdul-Baha," http://www.bahai.lu/Neue%20Seiten/ abdbaha.html (October 23, 2001)."Abdul-Baha," The Baha'i World, http://www. bahai.org/article-1-2-0-7.html."Abdul-Baha," http://www.dornochbahaigroup. freeserve.co.uk/abdulbaha.htm."Abdul-Baha," The History of the Baha'i Faith, http://www.northill.demon.co.uk/bahai/intro8.htm#abd."Abdul-Baha, Baha'i Faith," http://www.bahainyc.org/abdul.html."The Baha'i Faith, http://www.bahai.cc/Introduction/ introduction.html.Biography Resource Center, http://galenet. galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (October 22, 2001). |