Dhikru'lláh Khádem
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Dhikru'llah Khadem (Arabic: ذكر الله خادم) (or Zikru'llah Khadim) (1904 - November 13, 1986)[1] was a prominent follower of the Bahá’í Faith, and was appointed by Shoghi Effendi to be a Hand of the Cause in 1952.[2]
He served as treasurer of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Iran for a time,[3] and later became the first Hand of the Cause to move to the Western Hemisphere.
He also travelled around the world for Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá’í Faith, to over 50 countries including Canada, Malaysia and Japan.[4][5] At the Bahá’í Nikko Conference in Nikko, Japan Dhikru'llah Khadem was the Guardian's representative.[6]
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Rabbani, R. (Ed.) (1992). The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963. Bahá’í World Centre, p. xxiii. ISBN 085398350X.
- ↑ Rabbani, R. (1969). The Priceless Pearl, Hardcover, London, UK: Bahá’í Publishing Trust: 2000, pp. 254. ISBN 1870989910.
- ↑ Rabbani, R. (Ed.) (1992). The Ministry of the Custodians 1957-1963. Bahá’í World Centre, pp. 28. ISBN 085398350X.
- ↑ Effendi, Shoghi (1970). Dawn of a New Day. India: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, pp. 226.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Effendi, Shoghi (1998). "Letter of 18 September 1957", Messages to Canada. Bahá’í Canada Publications, pp. 276. ISBN 0888671121.
- ↑ Sims, Barbara R. (1989). Traces that Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Bahá’í Faith Among the Japanese. Japan: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, pp. 138-143.
[edit] References
- Khadem, Javidukht (1990). Zikrullah Khadem: The Itinerant Hand of the Cause of God. Baha'i Publishing Trust of the United States. ISBN 0-87743-225-2.
- Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude, Paperback, Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-413-1.
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