- Hájí Amín
Mullá Abu'l-Hasan-i-Ardikání ( _ar. ملا أبو الحسن أرديكاني), surnamed Amín-i-Iláhí, better known as Hájí Amín (1831-1928) was an eminent follower of
Bahá'u'lláh , the founder of theBahá'í Faith , a global religion of Persian origin. Amín served as the trustee ofHuqúqu'lláh , was posthumously appointed aHand of the Cause of God byShoghi Effendi , and identified as one of the nineteenApostles of Bahá'u'lláh .Background
At seventeen he married into a family of
Bábís of the town of Ardikán, nearYazd ,Iran . When news of the declaration of Bahá'u'lláh came, he accepted immediately and travelled throughout thePersian Empire teaching the new message.He was a literate man, and earned his living by trading and writing for the illiterate as he travelled. He was known to collect letters that people wished to forward to Bahá'u'lláh, and also distributed tablets of Bahá'u'lláh where people received them.
He made his way to 'Akká, and became the first Bahá'í from outside of the city to see Bahá'u'lláh, returning on several occasions. When Haji Shah-Muhammad Manshadi was killed in 1880, Amín became the trustee of the
Huqúqu'lláh .In 1891 he was imprisoned for three years in
Tihran andQazvin , and during the time of`Abdu'l-Bahá he continued his travels, visiting 'Akká andHaifa on many occasions. In old age he settled down in Tihran.References
*cite book|author=Balyuzi, H.M.|year=1985|title=Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh|publisher=The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton|id=ISBN 0853981523
*cite book
first=Barron
last=Harper
year=1997
title=Lights of Fortitude
edition=Paperback
publisher=George Ronald
location=Oxford, UK
id=ISBN 0853984131External links
* [http://www.northill.demon.co.uk/relstud/aminhaji.htm Biography] , by Moojan Momen
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