Díyá'u'lláh

Díyá'u'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 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

  1. Smith 2000, pp. 261–262
  2. Balyuzi 2001, pp. 222
  3. Taherzadeh 2000, p. 145
  4. Balyuzi 2001, p. 528
  5. 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.

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