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Mirza Ahmad Sohrab

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Mirza Ahmad Sohrab

Birth
Isfahan, Esfahan, Iran
Death
20 Apr 1958 (aged 68)
Nassau County, New York, USA
Burial
Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 40.8647634, Longitude: -73.6279354
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Mírzá Aḥmad Sohráb (March 21, 1890 – April 20, 1958), born Mírzá Aḥmad-i-Iṣfahání, was a Persian-American author and Bahá'í who served as 'Abdu'l-Bahá's secretary and interpreter from 1912 to 1919. During this period, he accompanied 'Abdu'l-Bahá on His journeys to the West, translating a great many of His talks. He was sent to the United States in 1919 to present the Tablets of the Divine Plan, and established himself there, first in Washington, D.C. and eventually in New York City. He worked as a writer while in the United States, and co-founded the New History Society, an organization meant to provide an opening to the Bahá'í Faith, along with the Caravan of East and West, a related initiative. He eventually became a covenant-breaker and left the Faith.

--https://bahaipedia.org/M%C3%ADrz%C3%A1_A%E1%B8%A5mad_Sohr%C3%A1b

Mírzá Aḥmad Sohráb (March 21, 1890 – April 20, 1958), born Mírzá Aḥmad-i-Iṣfahání, was a Persian-American author and Bahá'í who served as 'Abdu'l-Bahá's secretary and interpreter from 1912 to 1919. During this period, he accompanied 'Abdu'l-Bahá on His journeys to the West, translating a great many of His talks. He was sent to the United States in 1919 to present the Tablets of the Divine Plan, and established himself there, first in Washington, D.C. and eventually in New York City. He worked as a writer while in the United States, and co-founded the New History Society, an organization meant to provide an opening to the Bahá'í Faith, along with the Caravan of East and West, a related initiative. He eventually became a covenant-breaker and left the Faith.

--https://bahaipedia.org/M%C3%ADrz%C3%A1_A%E1%B8%A5mad_Sohr%C3%A1b



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  • Added: Jul 14, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73329050/mirza_ahmad-sohrab: accessed ), memorial page for Mirza Ahmad Sohrab (21 Mar 1890–20 Apr 1958), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73329050, citing Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Glen Cove, Nassau County, New York, USA; Maintained by DMC (contributor 47184694).