Shoghi Effendi

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Shoghi Effendi was the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith and its appointed interpreter and leader from 1921 until his death in 1957.

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Shoghi Effendi canonical 11

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instanceOf Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith
individual person
religious leader
appointedBy ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
birthDate 1897-03-01
birthPlace Acre, Ottoman Empire
linked to: Ottoman Syria

Akká, Palestine
linked to: ʿAkka
burialPlace New Southgate Cemetery, London
causeOfDeath Asian influenza
citizenship Iranian
linked to: Iranian peoples

Persian
deathDate 1957-11-04
deathPlace London, United Kingdom
linked to: London, England
educatedAt American University of Beirut
Balliol College, Oxford
endTime 1957-11-04
familyName Rabbání
linked to: Rabbani
father Mírzá Hádí Shírází
linked to: Mírzá Mihdí
fieldOfWork religious interpretation
religious leadership
religious translation
fullName Shoghí Effendí Rabbání
givenName Shoghí
grandfather ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá
greatGrandfather Baháʼu'lláh
linked to: Bahá'u'lláh
knownFor authoritative interpretation of Bahá'í scripture
expansion of the Bahá'í Faith worldwide
systematizing the Bahá'í administrative order
languageSpoken Arabic
English
French
Persian
marriageDate 1937-03-25
mother Ḍíyáʼíyyih Khánum
movement Bahá'í administration
notableWork Citadel of Faith
God Passes By
Messages to the Bahá'í World
The Advent of Divine Justice
The World Order of Bahá'u'lláh
positionHeld Guardian of the Cause of God
Head of the Bahá'í Faith
religion Bahá'í Faith
linked to: Baha'i Faith
residence Haifa, Palestine
linked to: Haifa
spouse Rúhíyyih Rabbání
startTime 1921-11-28
successor Universal House of Justice
translated Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh
Prayers and Meditations
The Hidden Words
The Kitáb-i-Íqán
linked to: Kitáb-i-Íqán

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Balliol College, Oxford hasAlumnus Shoghi Effendi
ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá successor Shoghi Effendi
Kitáb-i-Aqdas hasCommentaryBy Shoghi Effendi
The Dawn-Breakers translatedBy Shoghi Effendi
Shrine of the Báb associatedWith Shoghi Effendi
Badíʻ calendar furtherElaboratedBy Shoghi Effendi
Ridván associatedFigure Shoghi Effendi
Baháʼí World Centre associatedWith Shoghi Effendi