Mírzá Asadu'llah Fádil Mázandarání

Iranian Baháʼí scholar
Mírzá Asadu'lláh Fádil Mázandarání

Mírzá Asadu'lláh Fádil Mázandarání (1881–1957)[1] was a prominent Baháʼí scholar in Iran. He travelled to Iraq, India and North America at the request of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi (the second and third leaders of the Baháʼí Faith), to spread the Baháʼí teachings.[2]

He had three sons, two from first marriage and one from second marriage.[1]

Works

He wrote the Zuhúru'l-Haqq (History of the Manifestation of Truth), a nine volume history of the Bábí and Baháʼí religions and the Asráru'l-áthár (1932-1943),.[3] a five volume Bábí-Baháʼí dictionary (1967-1972). He has also published a four volume collection called Amr wa khalq, containing selections from the Bahá'í writings related to philosophical, theological, religious, and administrative matters (1954-1974).

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Encyclopædia Iranica (1999). http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/fazel-mazandarani FĀŻEL MĀZANDARĀNĪ, MĪRZĀ ASAD-ALLĀH]
  2. ^ Smith, Peter (2000). "Fádil (Fazel) Mázandarání Mírzá Asadu'lláh". A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. pp. 155. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
  3. ^ Encyclopædia Iranica (2002). http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/zohur-al-haqq ẒOHUR-AL-ḤAQQ]

External links

  • Amr va Khalq, 4 volumes
    • Amr va Khalq (Command and Creation), translation of index and catalog of contents
    • The State When Asleep: Dreams, Their Interpretation and Wisdom, translation of extracts from Amr va Khalq.
  • Tarikh-i Zuhur Al-Haqq (The History of Truth Manifest), nine volumes on Bábí and Bahá'í history, hand-typed and proofread
  • H-Bahai: Collected Works of Fadil Mazandarani
  • From a talk by Jinab-i-Fadil Mazandarani: Seven Cities in the Spiritual Journey to God
  • Transcribed copies of talks given by Jinab-i-Fadil during his trips to the United States in the early 1920s