Shoghi Effendi

Shoghi Effendi

Shoghí Effendí Rabbání , better known as Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957...

, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith

Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith is a monotheistic religion founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 19th-century Persia, emphasizing the spiritual unity of all humankind. There are an estimated five to six million Bahá'ís around the world in more than 200 countries and territories....

, designated nineteen Western Bahá'ís as Disciples of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and 'Heralds of the Covenant':

• Dr. John E. Esslemont
  John Esslemont
  John Ebenezer Esslemont M.B., Ch.B. , was a prominent British Bahá'í from Scotland. He was the author of the well-known introductory book on the Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'u'lláh and the New Era, which is still in circulation. He was named posthumously by Shoghi Effendi as the first Hand of the Cause he...
  
  
• Thornton Chase
  Thornton Chase
  Thornton Chase is commonly recognized as the first convert to the Bahá'í Faith of Occidental background...
  
  
• Howard MacNutt
• Sarah Farmer
• Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney
• Lillian Kappes
• Robert Turner
• Albert Schwarz
• Lua Getsinger
  Lua Getsinger
  Louise Aurora Getsinger known as Lua Getsinger was one of the first Western converts to the Bahá'í faith, converting in 1897. She was also a prominent disciple of `Abdu'l-Bahá....
  
  
• Joseph Hannen
• Chester I. Thatcher
• Charles Greenleaf
• Mrs. J. D. Brittingham
• Mrs. Thornburgh
• Helen S. Goodall
• Arthur P. Dodge
• William H. Hoar
• Dr. J. G. Augur
• William Randall

In volumes of the Bahá'í World published in 1930 and 1933, a list of the Disciples, prepared by Shoghi Effendi, together with their photographs, has been published. No other statements about them has been found in Shoghi Effendi's writings.

See also

• Letters of the Living
  Letters of the Living
  The Letters of the Living was a title provided by the Báb to the first eighteen disciples of the Bábí Religion. In some understandings the Báb places himself at the head of this list...
  
  
• Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
  Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh
  The Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh were nineteen eminent early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. The apostles were designated as such by Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, and the list was included in The Bahá'í World, Vol...
  
  
• Knights of Bahá'u'lláh
  Knights of Bahá'u'lláh
  The title Knight of Bahá'u'lláh was given by Shoghi Effendi, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, to Bahá'ís who arose to open new territories to the Faith during the Ten Year Crusade....
  
  
• Hands of the Cause
  Hands of the Cause
  The Hands of the Cause of God, Hands of the Cause, or Hands were a select group of Bahá'ís, appointed for life, whose main function was to propagate and protect the Bahá'í Faith...
  
  

External links

• The Revelation of Baha-ullah in a Sequence of Four Lessons by Isabella D. Brittingham at LibriVox