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Hands of the Cause

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The Hands of the Cause of God, Hands of the Cause, or Hands (informally) were a select group of Bahá'ís, appointed for life, whose main function was to propagate and protect the Bahá'í Faith. [1]

46 relations: Abu'l-Qásim Faizi, Adíb, Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Agnes Baldwin Alexander, Amelia Collins, Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, Bahá'í Faith, Bahá'u'lláh, Collis Featherstone, Dhikru'llah Khadem, Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá, Dorothy Beecher Baker, Enoch Olinga, George Townshend (Bahá'í), Hají Ákhúnd, Hasan M. Balyuzi, Hájí Amín, Horace Holley (Bahá'í), Ibn-i-Abhar, Ibn-i-Asdaq, Institution of the Counsellors, John Esslemont, John Ferraby, John Robarts (Bahá'í), Keith Ransom-Kehler, Leroy Ioas, Letters of the Living, List of Bahá'ís, Louis George Gregory, Martha Root, Mason Remey, Nabíl-i-Akbar, Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir, Rúhíyyih Khánum, Shoghi Effendi, Ten Year Crusade, Ugo Giachery, Universal House of Justice, Valíyu'lláh Varqá, Varqá, Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá, William Sears (Bahá'í), William Sutherland Maxwell, `Abdu'l-Bahá, `Alí-Akbar Furútan, `Alí-Muhammad Varqá.

Abu'l-Qásim Faizi

Abu'l-Qásim Faizi or Fayḍí (1906–1980) was a Persian Bahá'í.

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Adíb

Hájí Mírzá Ḥasan-i-Adíbu'l-`Ulamá (حج مرزا حسن أديب العلماء‎; 1848–1919), known as Mírzá Ḥasan or Adíb, was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith He was appointed a Hand of the Cause and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.

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Adelbert Mühlschlegel

Adelbert Mühlschlegel (June 16, 1897 – July 29, 1980) was a prominent German Bahá'í from a Protestant family.

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Agnes Baldwin Alexander

Agnes Baldwin Alexander (1875–1971) was an American author and a member of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Amelia Collins

Amelia Engelder Collins (June 7, 1873 – January 1, 1962) was a prominent American Bahá'í from a Lutheran family.

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Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh

The Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh were nineteen eminent early followers of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Bahá'í Faith

The Bahá'í Faith (بهائی) is a religion teaching the essential worth of all religions, and the unity and equality of all people.

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Bahá'u'lláh

Bahá'u'lláh (بهاء الله, "Glory of God"; 12 November 1817 – 29 May 1892 and Muharram 2, 1233 - Dhu'l Qa'dah 2, 1309), born Mírzá Ḥusayn-`Alí Núrí (میرزا حسین‌علی نوری), was the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Collis Featherstone

Harold Collis Featherstone (13 May 1913 – 29 September 1990) was an Australian Bahá'í from Adelaide.

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Dhikru'llah Khadem

Dhikru'llah Khadem (ذكر الله خادم, transliterated as Zikru'llah and Khádem or Khadim; 1904–1986) was a prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith, appointed to be a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi in 1952.

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Disciples of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Shoghi Effendi, head of the Bahá'í Faith in the first half of the 20th century, designated nineteen Western Bahá'ís as Disciples of 'Abdu'l-Bahá and 'Heralds of the Covenant'.

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Dorothy Beecher Baker

Dorothy Beecher Baker (December 21, 1898 - January 10, 1954) was a member of the group termed the Hands of the Cause of God who were a select group of Bahá'ís, appointed for life, whose main function was to propagate and protect the Bahá'í Faith.

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Enoch Olinga

Enoch Olinga (June 24, 1926 - September 16, 1979) was born to a Ugandan family of the Iteso ethnic group.

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George Townshend (Bahá'í)

George Townshend (1876–1957) was born in Ireland and was a well-known writer, clergyman before his conversion to the Bahá'í Faith in which he became a Hand of the Cause.

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Hají Ákhúnd

Ḥají Mullá `Alí-Akbar Shahmírzádí (حاج ملا على أكبر شهميرزادي‎ 18421910), known as Ḥají Ákhúnd, was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Hasan M. Balyuzi

Hasan M. Balyuzi (7 September 1908 – 12 February 1980) was a prominent Iranian member of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Hájí Amín

Mullá Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikání (ملا أبو الحسن أرديكاني‎, surnamed Amín-i-Iláhí; 18311928), better known as Hájí Amín, was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Horace Holley (Bahá'í)

Horace Holley (April 7, 1887 in Torrington, Connecticut – July 12, 1960 in Haifa, Israel) was a prominent follower of the Bahá'í Faith, having been elected to several Spiritual Assemblies, appointed by Shoghi Effendi in 1951 as a Hand of the Cause, and later elected as one of the nine Custodians who stewarded the religion from 1957-1963.

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Ibn-i-Abhar

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

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Ibn-i-Asdaq

Mírzá `Alí-Muḥammad-i-Khurásání (ميرزا علي محمد خراساني; died 1928), known as Ibn-i-Aṣdaq, was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Institution of the Counsellors

The Counsellors are part of the administrative order of the Bahá'í Faith, and are part of a greater administrative branch called the Institution of the Counsellors, established by the Universal House of Justice in 1968.

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John Esslemont

John Ebenezer Esslemont M.B., Ch.B. (1874 – 1925), was a prominent British Bahá'í from Scotland.

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John Ferraby

John Ferraby (January 9, 1914 – September 5, 1973) was a British Bahá'í born in Southsea, England, into a liberal Jewish family.

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John Robarts (Bahá'í)

John Aldham Robarts (November 2, 1901 – June 18, 1991) was a prominent Canadian Bahá'í.

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Keith Ransom-Kehler

Keith Ransom-Kehler (February 14, 1876–October 27, 1933) was an American Bahá'í and Hand of the Cause of God.

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Leroy Ioas

Leroy C Ioas (15 February 1896, Wilmington, Illinois - 22 July 1965, Haifa, Israel) was a Hand of the Cause of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Letters of the Living

The Letters of the Living (حروف الحي) was a title provided by the Báb to the first eighteen disciples of the Bábí Religion.

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List of Bahá'ís

The following list sets down the name of each member of the Bahá'í Faith who is the subject of a Wikipedia article.

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Louis George Gregory

Louis George Gregory (born June 6, 1874 in Charleston, South Carolina; died July 30, 1951 in Eliot, Maine) was a prominent member of the Bahá'í Faith posthumously appointed a Hand of the Cause, the highest appointed position in the Bahá'í Faith, by Shoghi Effendi.

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Martha Root

Martha Louise Root (August 10, 1872 – September 28, 1939) was a prominent traveling teacher of the Bahá'í Faith in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Mason Remey

Charles Mason Remey (May 15, 1874 – February 4, 1974) was a prominent and controversial American Bahá'í who was appointed in 1951 a Hand of the Cause, and president of the International Bahá'í Council.

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Nabíl-i-Akbar

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

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Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir

Raḥmatu'lláh Muhájir (رحمةالله مُهاجر‎; 4 April 19231979) was a prominent fourth-generation Bahá'í, born in 'Abdu'l-'Azím, Iran.

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Rúhíyyih Khánum

Rúhíyyih Rabbání (8 Aug 1910 – 19 Jan 2000), born as Mary Sutherland Maxwell, and best known by the title Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum was the wife of Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921–1957.

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Shoghi Effendi

Shoghí Effendí Rabbání (1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957), better known as Shoghi Effendi, was the Guardian and appointed head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957.

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Ten Year Crusade

The Ten Year World Crusade (10 Year World Crusade) (1953–1963) was launched by Shoghi Effendi in an effort to facilitate an organized expansion of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Ugo Giachery

Ugo Giachery (May 13, 1896 – July 5, 1989) was a prominent Italian Bahá'í from an aristocratic family from Palermo.

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Universal House of Justice

The Universal House of Justice (بیت‌العدل اعظم) is the nine-member supreme ruling body of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Valíyu'lláh Varqá

Mírzá Valíyu'lláh Khán-i-Varqá (میرزا ولی‌الله‌خان ورقا‎; 18841955) was a prominent Persian Bahá'í who was appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi.

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Varqá

Varqá (ورقا, born Mírzá `Alí-Muhammad (ميرزا علي محمد); died 1896) was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.

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Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá

A seminal document, written in three stages by `Abdu'l-Bahá.

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William Sears (Bahá'í)

William Bernard Sears (March 28, 1911 – March 25, 1992) was a writer and a popular television and radio personality in various shows culminating in the 1950s with In the Park but left television popularity to promote the Bahá'í Faith in Africa and embarked on a lifelong service to the religion, for some 35 years as Hand of the Cause, the highest office of the religion he could be appointed to.

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William Sutherland Maxwell

William Sutherland Maxwell (November 14, 1874 – March, 1952) was a well-known Canadian architect and a Hand of the Cause in the Bahá'í Faith.

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`Abdu'l-Bahá

`Abdu’l-Bahá' (Persian: عبد البهاء‎, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born `Abbás (عباس), was the eldest son of Bahá'u'lláh and served as head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1892 until 1921.

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`Alí-Akbar Furútan

`Alí-Akbar Furútan (29 April 1905 – 26 November 2003) was a prominent Iranian Bahá'í educator and author who was given the rank of Hand of the Cause in 1951.

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`Alí-Muhammad Varqá

`Alí-Muhammad Varqá (علي محمد ورقا;‎ 1911September 22, 2007) was a prominent adherent of the Bahá'í Faith.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_of_the_Cause

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