May 17. On this date in 1886, Bahá'u'lláh's daughter Furúghiyyih married Siyyid 'Alí, an Afnán. Siyyid 'Alí sided with Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí in his conflict with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá referred to him as 'Siyyid Mutimarid' (rebellious Siyyid). He died in 'Akká in 1916. In 1928, Shoghi Effendi's sister Ruhangiz, the granddaughter of 'Abdu'l-Bahá through his daughter Zia Khanum and his son-in-law Mirza Hadi Shirazi, would marry Nayer Afnan, Siyyid 'Alí's son. The marriage took place in `Abdu'l-Bahá former home, where his sister, Bahíyyih Khánum officiated at the wedding in the presence of Munírih Khánum, 'Abdu'l-Bahá's widow, and other members of the family and of the community. By the time of his death in 1957, Shoghi Effendi had declared all of his siblings and first cousins Covenant-breakers, using the marriage of Ruhangiz to Nayer Afnan and of Mehrangiz to Hassan Afnan as pretexts for their expulsions. In 1928, Shoghi Effendi's sister Ruhangiz, the granddaughter of 'Abdu'l-Bahá through his daughter Zia Khanum and his son-in-law Mirza Hadi Shirazi, would marry Nayer Afnan, Siyyid 'Alí's son. The marriage took place in `Abdu'l-Bahá former home, where his sister, Bahíyyih Khánum officiated at the wedding in the presence of Munírih Khánum, 'Abdu'l-Bahá's widow, and other members of the family and of the community. By the time of his death in 1957, Shoghi Effendi had declared all of his siblings and first cousins Covenant-breakers, using the marriage of Ruhangiz to Nayer Afnan and of Mehrangiz to Hassan Afnan as pretexts for their expulsions.

 Rouhanguise Afnan, sister of Shoghi Effendi, with Nayer Afnan in 1928

 

Shoghi Effendi with Bahíyyih Khánum

Munirih Khanum ('Abdu'l-Baha's wife) with the Greatest Holy Leaf ('Abdu'l-Baha's sister)

May 17. On this date in 1886, Bahá'u'lláh's daughter Furúghiyyih married Siyyid 'Alí, an Afnán. Siyyid 'Alí sided with Mírzá Muhammad-'Alí in his conflict with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and 'Abdu'l-Bahá referred to him as 'Siyyid Mutimarid' (rebellious Siyyid). He died in 'Akká in 1916.

In 1928, Shoghi Effendi's sister Ruhangiz, the granddaughter of 'Abdu'l-Bahá through his daughter Zia Khanum and his son-in-law Mirza Hadi Shirazi, would marry Nayer Afnan, Siyyid 'Alí's son. The marriage took place in `Abdu'l-Bahá former home, where his sister, Bahíyyih Khánum officiated at the wedding in the presence of Munírih Khánum, 'Abdu'l-Bahá's widow, and other members of the family and of the community.

By the time of his death in 1957, Shoghi Effendi had declared all of his siblings and first cousins Covenant-breakers, using the marriage of Ruhangiz to Nayer Afnan and of Mehrangiz to Hassan Afnan as pretexts for their expulsions.