international level. Varqá was born in 1911 in Tehran, Iran to a well-known Iranian Baháʼí family. His grandfather Mírzá ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, from whom he received...

G͟husn-i-Aʻzam. As time passed, Muhammad ʻAlí claimed that ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was not sharing power. According to some interpretations, Muhammad ʻAlí insisted that he should...

Varqá (Arabic: ورقا, born Mírzá ʻAlí-Muhammad (Persian: ميرزا علي محمد); died 1896) was an eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí...

Effendi. He was the son of Varqá, the martyr-poet, and the father of ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, (1911 – September 22, 2007). Varqá joined ʻAbdu'l-Bahá's entourage...

founders. Of the fifty individuals given the title, the last living was ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá who died in 2007. Hands of the Cause played a significant role in...

of his uncle Nabíl until the latter's death in 1892. In 1903, Shaykh Muhammad Alí was instructed to accompany Mírzá Hasan-i-Adíb to India, but on the[clarification...

Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (b. 1950) 2007 – ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, last Hand of the Cause of God in the Baháʼí Faith (b. 1911) 2007...

thirst of the besieged family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abbas is said to have inherited Ali's boldness and bravery, and was praised by Shia imams...

Local Spiritual Assembly was elected in 1965. Hand of the Cause ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá attended the inaugural election of the Barbados Baháʼís National...

(1881-1928) Hájí Ghulám-Ridá; Amín-i-Amín (1928-1938) Valíyu'lláh Varqá (1938-1955) ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá (1955-2007) Compilation Ḥuqúqu'lláh (1985) Central office...

Uganda. Baker was on the program along with ʻAlí-Akbar Furútan, Ugo Giachery, Hermann Grossman, ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, George Townshend, and Dhikru'llah Khadem...

Featherstone, Dhikru'llah Khadem, Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, John Robarts, and ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá. Other significant attendees include Amoz Gibson, then member of...

Paraguay, and Bolivia in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Hand of the Cause ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá oversaw the election of the Assembly in Buenos Aires. In 1961-2 thousands...

appointed or not yet) Dorothy Beecher Baker, ʻAlí-Akbar Furútan, Ugo Giachery, Hermann Grossman, ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, George Townshend, and Dhikru'llah Khadem...

Moldova was formed with its seat in Kyiv. The Hand of the Cause of God ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá represented the Universal House of Justice at this Regional Convention...

planned by Lorraine Landau, a pioneer in Barbados. Hand of the Cause ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá attended the inaugural election of the Barbados Baháʼís National...

Rogers, 80, American advisor to Henry Kissinger, heart attack. ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, 95, Iranian-born leader in the Baháʼí Faith. Renzo Barbieri, 67...

called Benin) followed by Dominica in 1971 - Hand of the Cause, ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, offered a conference workshop on pioneering at the Amelia Collins...

America and wrote several notable books about the Baháʼí Faith. Varqá - a.k.a. Mírzá ʻAlí Muhammad, the father of Rúhu'lláh. The two were killed at the same...

novelist, short-story writer and playwright Valíyu'lláh Varqá (1884–1955), Iranian Bahá'í leader Muhammad al-Mahdi , the 12th Imam of Shia Muslims List of Arabic...

older brother was Mírzá Muhammad-Husayn, given the title Mahbúbu's͟h-S͟huhadáʼ (Beloved of Martyrs). His brother was Mírzá Muhammad-Hasan, given the title...

Mullá Muḥammad-i-Zarandí (29 July 1831 – 1892), more commonly known as Nabíl-i-Aʻẓam (Persian: نبيل أعظم "the Great Nabíl") or Nabíl-i-Zarandí (Persian:...

Ḥají Mullá ʻAlí-Akbar S͟hahmírzádí (Persian: حاج ملا على أكبر شهميرزادي‎ 1842 – 1910), known as Ḥají Ák͟húnd, was an eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the...

Mírzá Muḥammad (Persian: ميرزا أبوالفضل), or Mírzá Abu'l-Faḍl-i-Gulpáygání (1844–1914), was the foremost Baháʼí scholar who helped spread the Baháʼí Faith...

Mírzá Muḥammad Muṣṭafá al-Baghdádí (1837/8—1910) was a prominent Iraqi adherent of the Baháʼí faith and one of 19 Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh. Mustafá was...

Áqá Muḥammad-i-Qá'iní (also known as Fadil-i-Qa'ini ("Learned One of Qa'ín") and surnamed Nabíl-i-Akbar (Arabic: نبيل الأكبر); ‎ 1829–1892) was a distinguished...

the family upon the passing of Baháʼu'lláh. Later, he supported Mírzá Muhammad ʻAlí, and after his death Shoghi Effendi called him "the most redoubtable...

as Varqa va Gülşāh. It spans nine a half folios long and recounts tales of the Caliph Ali, cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Another...

يزدی‎, surnamed Vakílu'd-Dawlih; 1830 – 1909), also known as Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí, was an eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí...

Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí (died 1917), known as Ibn-i-Abhar (Arabic: ابن ابهر), was an eminent follower of Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith...