Valíyu'lláh Varqá

Valíyu'lláh Varqá

Mírzá Valíyu'lláh Khán-i-Varqá (1884-1955) ( _fa. میرزا ولی‌الله‌خان ورقا) was a prominent Persian Bahá'í, and appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi.

He was the son of Varqá, the martyr-poet, and the father of `Alí-Muhammad Varqá, (1911 – September 22, 2007).

Valí'u'lláh Varqá joined `Abdu'l-Bahá's entourage while he traveled across America. He was appointed Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh in 1940 and a Hand of the Cause of Cause in 1951.

References

*cite book
first=Barron
last=Harper
year=1997
title=Lights of Fortitude
edition=Paperback
publisher=George Ronald
location=Oxford, UK
id=ISBN 0853984131

*Bahá'í World, Vol. 13, pp. 831-4.


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