Baha’s Household

1.   Baha’s Family Chart
Mirza Husayn Ali Commonly called Baha or Bahaullah

Mirza Husayn Ali Commonly called Baha or Bahaullah married:

i  Asiya surnamed Nawwaba (Highness) who bore him:

1.   Abbas

2.  Bahiyya or Sultan surnamed the Supreme Leaf (Waraqa-i-Ulya). She died a spinster.


Asiya is stated to have been surnamed the mother of the Universe ( ام الکائنات). This is denied by the followers of Mirza Muhammad Ali and dismissed as devoid of historical foundation.

To his first wife (Asiya) he gave the title Nawwaba, because she was the daughter of Nawwab of Tehran (Al-Kawakib-al-Durriyya by Awara, vol. II., p. 4; Materials, p. 62).

ii  BiBi Fatima surnamed the Supreme Cradle (Mahd-i-Ulya), who bore him:

3)  Muhammad Ali

4)  Samadiyya, married 37

5)  Ziyaullah

6)  Badiullah


BiBi Fatima and her four children were excommunicated by Sir Abbas Effendi.
To his second wife (BiBi Fatima) he gave the title ‘The Supreme Cradle’ [a title reserved for the Queen-Mother in Iran, T.A p. 361] (al-Kawakib, ibid, p.8; Materials, p.63).


iii Gawhar, who bore him:

7)  Furughiyya

To his third wife (Gawhar) he gave no title. Furughiyya was excommunicated by Sir Abbas Effendi.


1.  Abbas Married Munira, who bore him:

8)   Ziyaiyya
9)   Tuba
10) Ruha
11) Munawwar.

Hadi Afnan married Ziyaiyya who bore him:
12) Shoghi
13) Ruh-Angiz married 24
14) Mihr-Angiz married 28
15) Husayn
16) Riyadh

12 to 14 were surnamed Rabbani. Mirza Hadi Afnan and their children (13-16) were excommunicated by Shoghi Effendi (12), on whom the title of Effendi was conferred by Sir Abbas Effendi.

Muhsin Afnan married Tuba (9), who bore him:
17) Ruhi married 22
18) Suhayl
19) Thuraiyya married 26

Muhsin Afnan, Tuba and their children were excommunicated by Shoghi.

Jalal Shahid married Ruha (10) who bore him:
20) Munir
21) Hasan
22) Zahra married 17.

Jalal Shahid, Ruha and their children were excommunicated by Shoghi. Ahmad Yazdi married Munawwar (11). No issue.

Note: Ahmad Yazdi and Munawwar were excommunicated by Shoghi.

Sayyid Ali Afnan married Furughiyya who bore him:
23) Husayn
24) Nayyir married 13
25) Hasan married 14
26) Fawzi married 19

Sayyid Ali Afnan, and Furughiyya were excommunicated by Sir Abbas Effendi. Their children were excommunicated by Shoghi and Husayn posthumously.

3.  Muhammad Ali married:

i)    Masuma, who bore him:

27) Shuaullah
28) Aminullah


ii)   Hizariyya who bore him:

29)  Musa married 34.

Mirza Muhammad Ali, his wives and children were excommunicated by Sir Abbas Effendi.

Majd-al-Din Musa married Samadiyya (4) who bore him:
30)  Maryam
31)  Zar-Azngiz

Majd-al-Din Musa, Samadiyya and their children were excommunicated by Sir Abbas Effendi.

5.  Ziyaullah married Thuraiyya Samandar. No issue.

Note: Ziyaullah and his wife were excommunicated by Sir Abbas Effendi.

6. Badiullah married Aliya, who bore him:

32) Sazitch
33) Salah
34) Ghamar married
35) Iffat
36) Ismat married Jalal Azal

Note: Badiullah, Aliya and their children were excommunicated by Sir Abbas Effendi.









Baha’s full brother Musa surnamed Kalim (Interlocutor) because he talked with god, Baha. His children:
37) Majd-al Din married 4
38) Jamil
39) Jalal / Jaleh
40) Hizaiyya married 3

 

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