Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir

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Raḥmatu'lláh Muhájir (1923 - 1979) (Arabic: رحمةالله مُهاجر) was a Hands of the Cause, and Knight of Bahá'u'lláh. He pioneered to the Mentawai Islands with his wife Írán Furútan where they helped to establish 12 Bahá'í schools, 33 Local Spiritual Assemblies, and bring about 4,000 individual Bahá'í believers on Siberut Island alone to the Cause.

Dr Muhájir was a prominent fourth generation Bahá'í, born on 4 April 1923 in the town of 'Abdu'l-'Azím, Iran. In 1957 he was elected a member of the National Spiritual Assembly, and in October of that year he was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi along with his wife for their response to the Ten Year Crusade. His family left Indonesia in 1958 to travel all over the world, inspiring mass teaching campaigns in several developing countries. He died in Ecuador in 1979.

[edit] References

• Rahmatu'lláh Muhájir (2008-07-03). Retrieved on 2008-07-03.
• Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude, Paperback, Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853984131. 

• Furútan Muhájir, Irán. Dr. Muhájir, Paperback, London, UK: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. ISBN 1870989260. 

[edit] External links

• BWNS: Heroic life inspires conference
• Rahmatu'llah Muhajir: Hand of the Cause of God - the Treasure of All Humanity by Richard Francis, 1998
• Raḥmatu'lláh Muhájir, photograph from Bahá'í Media Bank.