March 4. On this date in 1910, Hají Ákhúnd died in Tehran. One of the four Hands of the Cause of God appointed by Bahá’u’lláh and designated an Apostle of Bahá’u’lláh by Shoghi Effendi, he transferred the remains of the Báb from various secret locations in Iran to ‘Akká, where they remained for several years until they were eventually entombed in the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa.

 

March 4. On this date in 1910, Hají Ákhúnd died in Tehran. One of the four Hands of the Cause of God appointed by Bahá’u’lláh and designated an Apostle of Bahá’u’lláh by Shoghi Effendi, he transferred the remains of the Báb from various secret locations in Iran to ‘Akká, where they remained for several years until they were eventually entombed in the Shrine of the Báb in Haifa.

Hají Ákhúnd was born in the village of Shahmírzád, Iran, in 1842. He was the son of a Mullá, and after some preliminary studies, he went to Mashhad to attend a religious college. In 1861, he encountered Bábís and converted to the Báb's religion. 

He settled in Tehran, where he later became a Bahá’í. He was arrested many times in Tehran: in 1886 on the orders of Mulla ‘Ali Kani, in 1872 for seven months by Nayibu's-Saltanih, in 1882 for two years by Nayibu's-Saltanih, in 1887, and in 1891 for two years with Hájí Amín. He visited ‘Akká to visit Bahá’u’lláh and his family on three occasions: in 1873, 1888, and 1899.

He was given the task of transferring the remains of the Báb from various secret locations to ‘Akká, where they remained for several years until they were eventually entombed in the Shrine of the Báb. He was one of the four Hands of the Cause appointed by Bahá’u’lláh himself, and was responsible for much of the Bahá’í activity in Iran until his death on March 4, 1910, in Tehran.