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.
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