2.18.2 The Surname ‘Rabbani’
According to Mirza Muhammad Ali’s sources, to distinguish the issues of one Afnan from those other Afnan, Sir Abbas Effendi gave the surname of Rabbani to his issues of Mirza Hadi Afnan.

Shoghi Rabbani retained this surname until his appointment as the guardian of the Bahai cause under Sir Abbas Effendi’s Will and Testament, the Bahai World, 1926-1928, Vol. II, P. 84, in which he was designated as Shoghi Effendi. Effendi means Mister.

Writings and translations of Shoghi Rabbani are referred to as writings and translations by “Shoghi Effendi”. See God Passes By, and the Epistle to the Son of the Wolf.

He was addressed by his followers as ‘Shoghi Effendi’. According to the documents submitted by him to the Land Registration Office at Haifa for the purposes of certain transactions he has signed himself “Shoghi Effendi”, Mr Shoghi.

 

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