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Shoghi Effendi

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Grandson of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957

IsraelLived 1897 to 1957 · aged 60
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Shoghí Effendi (; Persian: شوقی افندی; 1896 or 1897 - 4 November 1957) was Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1922 until his death in 1957.

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The young Shoghi, c. 1905The young Shoghi, c. 1905Shoghi Effendi before 1940Shoghi Effendi before 1940One of Shoghi Effendi's earliest letters as Abdu'l-Bahá's amanuensis, 1919One of Shoghi Effendi's earliest letters as Abdu'l-Bahá's amanuensis, 1919Shoghi Effendi's resting place in London at the New Southgate CemeteryShoghi Effendi's resting place in London at the New Southgate Cemetery

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Shoghí Effendi (; Persian: شوقی افندی; 1896 or 1897 - 4 November 1957) was Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1922 until his death in 1957. As the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, he was charged with guiding the development of the Baháʼí Faith, including the creation of its global administrative structure and the prosecution of Baháʼí teaching plans that oversaw the expansion of the religion to several new countries. As the authorized interpreter of the Baháʼí literature, he translated the primary written works of the Faith's central figures, providing unity of understanding of its essential teachings and safeguarding its followers from division. Upon his death in 1957, leadership passed to the Hands of the Cause, and in 1963 the Baháʼís of the world elected the Universal House of Justice, an institution which had been described and planned by Baháʼu’llah.

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Lived 1897 to 1957 · aged 60
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