October 27. On this date in 1948, Shoghi Effendi cabled British Bahá'ís "DR. YUNIS AFRUKHTEH STAUNCH DISTINGUISHED SERVANT FAITH PROCEEDING ENGLAND MEDICAL TREATMENT EXTEND ASSISTANCE ADVISED HIM HELP TEACHING WORK BRITAIN."

The man standing on the far left is Dr. Youness Afroukhteh. The man with the white beard standing next to him is Zaynu’l-Muqarrabin (See The Most Holy Book, p. 9). Standing center is Mirza Badi’u’llah, holding the photograph of 'Abdu’l-Bahá. In the back, between Badi’u’llah and Zaynu’l-Muqarrabin is Munir Zayn, the second son of Zaynu’l Muqarrabin. Seated on the far left is Mirza Hadi Afnan, the father of Shoghi Effendi, who was also a Covenant-breaker. The man with his right hand on the table and his left hand in the shoulder of a little boy is Mirza Muhsin, another son-in-law of 'Abdu’l-Bahá and Covenant-breaker; and that little boy is Shoghi Effendi. It was, perhaps, not long after this that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá wrote the first part of His Will, designating Shoghi Effendi as Guardian of the Cause and sacred head of the Universal House of Justice. This photograph was taken prior to ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's writing of the First Part of His Will, because in it he recounts Mirza Badiu’llah’s brief repentance and return to Covenant-breaking.


October 27. On this date in 1948, Shoghi Effendi cabled British Bahá'ís "DR. YUNIS AFRUKHTEH STAUNCH DISTINGUISHED SERVANT FAITH PROCEEDING ENGLAND MEDICAL TREATMENT EXTEND ASSISTANCE ADVISED HIM HELP TEACHING WORK BRITAIN."

​Dr. Yúnis Afrukhtih, who served as ‘Abdu’l-Bahá's secretary and interpreter from 1900 to 1909, authored Khatirát-i-Nuh-Saliy-i-‘Akká which was translated into English as Memories of Nine Years in Akka by Riaz Masrour. The book includes an extensive discussion of the history of Covenant-breaking.

27 October 1948
DR. YUNIS AFRUKHTEH STAUNCH DISTINGUISHED SERVANT FAITH PROCEEDING ENGLAND MEDICAL TREATMENT EXTEND ASSISTANCE ADVISED HIM HELP TEACHING WORK BRITAIN.
SHOGHI RABBANI