RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shoghi Effendi

1897 - 1957

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Shoghí Effendi (; Persian: شوقی افندی;1896 or 1897 – 4 November 1957) was Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1922 until his death in 1957. As the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, he was charged with guiding the development of the Baháʼí Faith, including the creation of its global administrative structure and the prosecution of a series of teaching plans that oversaw the expansion of the religion to a number of new countries. As the authorized interpreter of the Baháʼí Writings his translations of the primary written works of the Faith's central figures, provided unity of understanding about essential teachings of the Faith and safeguarded its followers from division. Upon his death in 1957, leadership passed to the Hands of the Cause, and in 1963 the Baháʼís of the world elected the Universal House of Justice, an institution which had been described and planned by Baháʼu’llah. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shoghi Effendi is the 1,245th most popular religious figure (down from 1,131st in 2019), the 139th most popular biography from Israel (up from 151st in 2019) and the 49th most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shoghi Effendi ranks 1,245 out of 3,187. Before him are Clement Mary Hofbauer, Saint David, Jacob Baradaeus, William Levada, Margaret of Cortona, and Jebtsundamba Khutuktu. After him are Dinkha IV, Nectarius of Constantinople, Vincent Pallotti, Germain of Paris, Mario Grech, and Saint Afra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Shoghi Effendi ranks 92. Before him are Thornton Wilder, Károly Kerényi, Mukhtar Auezov, Hans Speidel, Einar Gerhardsen, and Richard Russell Jr.. After him are Johann Rattenhuber, Chen Cheng, Husni al-Za'im, Jesse Douglas, Manuel Ávila Camacho, and Maria Valtorta. Among people deceased in 1957, Shoghi Effendi ranks 65. Before him are Qi Baishi, Hermann Buhl, Rudolf Diels, Giovanni Battista Caproni, Harald Sverdrup, and Kurt von Tippelskirch. After him are Johann Rattenhuber, Joseph Augustus Zarelli, Théophile de Donder, Malcolm Lowry, Theodor Körner, and James Brendan Connolly.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Shoghi Effendi ranks 139 out of 466. Before him are Shimon bar Yochai (1), Gal Gadot (1985), Al-Tabarani (873), Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani (1909), Yigael Yadin (1917), and Alice of Champagne (1196). After him are Ghil'ad Zuckermann (1971), Al-Hafiz (1074), A. B. Yehoshua (1936), Dan Shechtman (1941), Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), and Israel Tal (1924).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Shoghi Effendi ranks 49. Before him are Isaac Luria (1534), Philip the Evangelist (100), Saint Petronilla (50), Simeon of Jerusalem (100), Mariam Baouardy (1846), and Al-Tabarani (873). After him are Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), Procopius of Scythopolis (250), Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (1522), John of Patmos (50), Michel Sabbah (1933), and Narcissus of Jerusalem (95).

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