October 30. On this date in 1898, Díyá'u'lláh, the second son of Bahá'u'lláh through his second wife Fatimih (also known as Mahd-i-'Ulya), died. Initially buried next to his father, Díyá'u'lláh's remains were disinterred in 1965 in a process the UHJ described as a "purification... from past contamination."

 

October 30. On this date in 1898, Díyá'u'lláh, the second son of Bahá'u'lláh through his second wife Fatimih (also known as Mahd-i-'Ulya), died. Initially buried next to his father, Díyá'u'lláh's remains were disinterred in 1965 in a process the UHJ described as a "purification... from past contamination."

Díyá'u'lláh was born on August 15, 1864, in Edirne as the second son of Bahá'u'lláh through his second wife Fatimih (also known as Mahd-i-'Ulya).

Díyá'u'lláh married Thurayyá Samandarí, the daughter of Káẓim-i-Samandar (author of Tárikh-i-Samandar and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh to whom was addressed the Lawh-i Fu'ád) and sister of Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí (who was appointed a Hand of the Cause of God by Shoghi Effendi in 1951).

Becuase they sided with Muhammad 'Alí in his argument with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, both Thurayyá and Díyá'u'lláh were declared Covenant-breakers. After his death in 1898, Díyá'u'lláh had initially been buried next to his father at the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at the Mansion of Bahjí. However, having been declared a Covenant-breaker, Díyá'u'lláh's remains were disinterred in 1965 in a process the Universal House of Justice described as a "purification... from past contamination."