Ḍíyáʼu'lláh
A son of Bahá'u'lláh and his second wife Fatimih (also known known as Mahd-i-'Ulya), Díyá'u'lláh (alternate spelling: Zíyá'u'lláh) was born 15 August 1864 in Edirne (modern day Adrianople).[1][2] He swayed between his two brothers, `Abdu'l-Bahá and Ghusn-i-Akbar, in their argument. He married Thurayyá Samandarí, daughter of Shaykh Kázim-i-Samandar and sister of Taráz’u’lláh Samandarí, a Hand of the Cause of God. The marriage was childless. Díyá'u'lláh died on 30 October 1898, and was posthumously[citation needed] labeled a Covenant-breaker.[3][4] After his death in 1898, Díyá'u'lláh was initially buried next to his father at the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at the Mansion of Bahjí. However, having been declared a Covenant-breaker, Díyá'u'lláh's remains were disinterred in a "process" of "purification" through "cleansing" the "inner sanctuary" of the "most hallowed shrine," the "Qiblih" of the "Bahá'í World" at the request of relatives opposed to the Covenant-breaker faction of the family.[5]
Notes
- ^ Smith 2000, pp. 261–262
- ^ Balyuzi 2001, pp. 222
- ^ Taherzadeh 2000, p. 145
- ^ Balyuzi 2001, p. 528
- ^ Marks, Geoffry W., ed. (1996). Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86: The Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Baha'i Publishing Trust. p. 66. ISBN 978-0877432395.
References
- Balyuzi, H.M. (2001). `Abdu'l-Bahá: The Centre of the Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh (Paperback ed.). Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-043-8.
- Marks, Geoffry W., ed. (1996). Messages from the Universal House of Justice 1963-86: The Third Epoch of the Formative Age. Baha'i Publishing Trust. p. 66. ISBN 978-0877432395.
- Smith, Peter (2000). A concise encyclopedia of the Bahá'í Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
- Taherzadeh, Adib (2000). The Child of the Covenant. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-439-5.