2.16 Remaining Members of Baha’s Family in Palestine
Remnants of members of Baha’s family who stayed in Palestine are:
a)  Mrs Ghamar Bahai and her daughter Miss Negar Bahai;
b)  Mirza Muhammad Ali’s son Mirza Aminullah;
c)  Sir Abbas Effendi’s daughter Munawwar Khanum, a widow excommunicated by Shoghi Effendi; and
d)  Sir Abbas Effendi’s grand daughter Thuraiyya Khanum, daughter of Mirza Muhsin Afnan, excommunicated by Sir Abbas Effendi.

All the grandsons and granddaughters of Sir Abbas Effendi left the country and settled abroad, apparently not to forfeit their interest and estate in immovables owned by them in Jordan technically at war with Israel. Any resident in Israel who sells his properties and receives their proceeds abroad forfeit his right to permanent residence. Children of Baha’s full brother Mirza Musa have stayed in Israel. Mirza Musa’s grandson Mirza Jalal collaborates with the Caravan established by Ahmad Sohrab and Juli Chamler in opposition to Shoghi Effendi.

According to the handbook of Palestine by Harry Charles Luke (now Sir) and Edward Reithrach, 1922, P.33, there were 158 Bahais resident in Palestine. Most of them left and settled in the neighbouring countries and in Iran.

There is no truth in the allegation that Arab community in the neighbourhood of the shrine on mount Carmel was unfriendly, that the sacredness of the precincts was violated in the course of the disturbances and that the ex-Mufti, who had already left the country, had held out a threat to extirpate the faith. Incidentally the Mufti's cousin is married to a grandson of Sir Abbas Effendi.

Shoghi Effendi built a terraced road from the Shrine leading to the main road in Haifa. The land required for the road was acquired from abutting landowners.

 

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