TAGS: - 20th century; - Biographies; 2000; Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum; Travelogues

Abstract:

Born Mary Maxwell in Montreal, Amatu’l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum’s life spanned almost the entire 20th century. To her husband, Shoghi Effendi, she was his "helpmate", "shield" and "tireless collaborator in the arduous tasks I shoulder."

Notes:

Documents below adapted from text first posted at bahai.org. Converted to Microsoft Word format by Mike Thomas (2026), from which the PDF below was generated. See also a scan of original.

A Tribute to Amatu'l-Bahá Ruhiyyih Khanum

Violette Nakhjavani

Thornhill, ON: Bahá'í Canada Publications, 2000

About: Published to honour the passing on January 19th, 2000, of the wife of the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith. Born Mary Sutherland Maxwell, daughter of Canadian architect William Sutherland Maxwell and his wife, May (Bolls) Maxwell of Montreal. Author Nakhjavani has brought both her experience as a writer and her love from Ruhiyyih Khanum to the task at hand, and the result is a wonderful biography augmented by a collection of archival photographs. (from goodreads.com)

Download: nakhjavani_tribute_ruhiyyih_khanum.pdf.

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