IN MEMORIAM BOOKLET 166-167 British
AZIZ SABOUR
1915 - 2010
Aziz Sabour was born in Baghdad in January 1915.
In November 1939 he participated very humbly in the Guardian's purchase of land near the Resting Place of the Purest Branch. Shoghi Effendi sent him a letter in which he said: "May God sustain you with His mysterious confirmations in all conditions and circumstances" (dated 17.12.39).
Aziz pioneered to establish the Bahá'í Centre in Kirkuk, North Iraq because he heard that the Guardian wished for its establishment.
In June 1944 Aziz visited the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran as well as the Haziratu'l-Quds. Newspaper boys cried out the news of the killings of Bahá'ís 'in the kingdom', and Aziz saw the sad families of the martyrs of the city of Shahrud enter the Bahá'í Centre. He addressed a gathering of six hundred youths who were commemorating the recent martyred youth, Nadin. Nadin's father was silently and solemnly serving tea to the assembled youth.
In 1949 Aziz took his Bahá'í marriage certificate to the Civil Courts for endorsement. The beloved Guardian was pleased and had it printed in a volume of Bahá'í World.
In November 1953 Aziz obtained a visa to go to the island of Socotra, South Arabia, however the Guardian ordered him to remain in Kirkuk, and through this Divine Wisdom, Aziz was able in 1954 to discover the grave of the cousin of the Bab, Muhammad Ali Afnan, in Ctesiphon near both the Tigris River and Baghdad. This had been a goal of the Ten Year Crusade!
Aziz became a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iraq in 1957 and was able in 1963 to participate in the election of the first Universal House of Justice.
In June 1966 Aziz pioneered to Mukalla, an island in Southern Arabia, having sold his house in Kirkuk and given the money to the Universal House of Justice. By Ridván he and his daughter were members of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of Mukalla.
Over the years Aziz had translated books, approved by the Universal House of Justice , into Arabic including The Talks of Abdul- Bahá in the West, and he edited the Egyptian translation of the book Baha'u'lláh and the New Era in 1972.
Between 1971 and 1976 Aziz served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Kuwait where in response to a cable from the Counsellor Dr Farhangi to travel to Bangladesh, he duly left Kuwait, went to Bangladesh, and served as the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Bangladesh for two years!
In 1986 he received a letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom, requesting him to respond to his son's wish that he join him in Preston, Lancashire. From the Ridván he served on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Preston.
For six years he served on the Reviewing Panel for the National Spiritual Assembly of the UK, as well as being appointed an assistant to an Auxiliary Board Member.
From 1993 to 1996 he wrote an article in English On Teaching the Bahá'í Faith to Muslims from the Qur'an.
This work was placed in the library of the International Teaching Centre.
In a letter addressed to Aziz by the Universal House of Justice in March 1992 they wrote: 'The Supreme Institution decided that the Providence and the Sympathy of the Sublime Court were to be conveyed to that honoured soul' .
Aziz Sabour passed away in May 2010 at the age of ninety-five
AZIZ SABOUR
1915 - 2010
Aziz Sabour was born in Baghdad in January 1915.
In November 1939 he participated very humbly in the Guardian's purchase of land near the Resting Place of the Purest Branch. Shoghi Effendi sent him a letter in which he said: "May God sustain you with His mysterious confirmations in all conditions and circumstances" (dated 17.12.39).
Aziz pioneered to establish the Bahá'í Centre in Kirkuk, North Iraq because he heard that the Guardian wished for its establishment.
In June 1944 Aziz visited the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran as well as the Haziratu'l-Quds. Newspaper boys cried out the news of the killings of Bahá'ís 'in the kingdom', and Aziz saw the sad families of the martyrs of the city of Shahrud enter the Bahá'í Centre. He addressed a gathering of six hundred youths who were commemorating the recent martyred youth, Nadin. Nadin's father was silently and solemnly serving tea to the assembled youth.
In 1949 Aziz took his Bahá'í marriage certificate to the Civil Courts for endorsement. The beloved Guardian was pleased and had it printed in a volume of Bahá'í World.
In November 1953 Aziz obtained a visa to go to the island of Socotra, South Arabia, however the Guardian ordered him to remain in Kirkuk, and through this Divine Wisdom, Aziz was able in 1954 to discover the grave of the cousin of the Bab, Muhammad Ali Afnan, in Ctesiphon near both the Tigris River and Baghdad. This had been a goal of the Ten Year Crusade!
Aziz became a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iraq in 1957 and was able in 1963 to participate in the election of the first Universal House of Justice.
In June 1966 Aziz pioneered to Mukalla, an island in Southern Arabia, having sold his house in Kirkuk and given the money to the Universal House of Justice. By Ridván he and his daughter were members of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of Mukalla.
Over the years Aziz had translated books, approved by the Universal House of Justice , into Arabic including The Talks of Abdul- Bahá in the West, and he edited the Egyptian translation of the book Baha'u'lláh and the New Era in 1972.
Between 1971 and 1976 Aziz served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Kuwait where in response to a cable from the Counsellor Dr Farhangi to travel to Bangladesh, he duly left Kuwait, went to Bangladesh, and served as the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Bangladesh for two years!
In 1986 he received a letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom, requesting him to respond to his son's wish that he join him in Preston, Lancashire. From the Ridván he served on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Preston.
For six years he served on the Reviewing Panel for the National Spiritual Assembly of the UK, as well as being appointed an assistant to an Auxiliary Board Member.
From 1993 to 1996 he wrote an article in English On Teaching the Bahá'í Faith to Muslims from the Qur'an.
This work was placed in the library of the International Teaching Centre.
In a letter addressed to Aziz by the Universal House of Justice in March 1992 they wrote: 'The Supreme Institution decided that the Providence and the Sympathy of the Sublime Court were to be conveyed to that honoured soul' .
Aziz Sabour passed away in May 2010 at the age of ninety-five
IN MEMORIAM BOOKLET 166-167 British
AZIZ SABOUR
1915 - 2010
Aziz Sabour was born in Baghdad in January 1915.
In November 1939 he participated very humbly in the Guardian's purchase of land near the Resting Place of the Purest Branch. Shoghi Effendi sent him a letter in which he said: "May God sustain you with His mysterious confirmations in all conditions and circumstances" (dated 17.12.39).
Aziz pioneered to establish the Bahá'í Centre in Kirkuk, North Iraq because he heard that the Guardian wished for its establishment.
In June 1944 Aziz visited the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran as well as the Haziratu'l-Quds. Newspaper boys cried out the news of the killings of Bahá'ís 'in the kingdom', and Aziz saw the sad families of the martyrs of the city of Shahrud enter the Bahá'í Centre. He addressed a gathering of six hundred youths who were commemorating the recent martyred youth, Nadin. Nadin's father was silently and solemnly serving tea to the assembled youth.
In 1949 Aziz took his Bahá'í marriage certificate to the Civil Courts for endorsement. The beloved Guardian was pleased and had it printed in a volume of Bahá'í World.
In November 1953 Aziz obtained a visa to go to the island of Socotra, South Arabia, however the Guardian ordered him to remain in Kirkuk, and through this Divine Wisdom, Aziz was able in 1954 to discover the grave of the cousin of the Bab, Muhammad Ali Afnan, in Ctesiphon near both the Tigris River and Baghdad. This had been a goal of the Ten Year Crusade!
Aziz became a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iraq in 1957 and was able in 1963 to participate in the election of the first Universal House of Justice.
In June 1966 Aziz pioneered to Mukalla, an island in Southern Arabia, having sold his house in Kirkuk and given the money to the Universal House of Justice. By Ridván he and his daughter were members of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of Mukalla.
Over the years Aziz had translated books, approved by the Universal House of Justice , into Arabic including The Talks of Abdul- Bahá in the West, and he edited the Egyptian translation of the book Baha'u'lláh and the New Era in 1972.
Between 1971 and 1976 Aziz served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Kuwait where in response to a cable from the Counsellor Dr Farhangi to travel to Bangladesh, he duly left Kuwait, went to Bangladesh, and served as the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Bangladesh for two years!
In 1986 he received a letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom, requesting him to respond to his son's wish that he join him in Preston, Lancashire. From the Ridván he served on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Preston.
For six years he served on the Reviewing Panel for the National Spiritual Assembly of the UK, as well as being appointed an assistant to an Auxiliary Board Member.
From 1993 to 1996 he wrote an article in English On Teaching the Bahá'í Faith to Muslims from the Qur'an.
This work was placed in the library of the International Teaching Centre.
In a letter addressed to Aziz by the Universal House of Justice in March 1992 they wrote: 'The Supreme Institution decided that the Providence and the Sympathy of the Sublime Court were to be conveyed to that honoured soul' .
Aziz Sabour passed away in May 2010 at the age of ninety-five
AZIZ SABOUR
1915 - 2010
Aziz Sabour was born in Baghdad in January 1915.
In November 1939 he participated very humbly in the Guardian's purchase of land near the Resting Place of the Purest Branch. Shoghi Effendi sent him a letter in which he said: "May God sustain you with His mysterious confirmations in all conditions and circumstances" (dated 17.12.39).
Aziz pioneered to establish the Bahá'í Centre in Kirkuk, North Iraq because he heard that the Guardian wished for its establishment.
In June 1944 Aziz visited the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tehran as well as the Haziratu'l-Quds. Newspaper boys cried out the news of the killings of Bahá'ís 'in the kingdom', and Aziz saw the sad families of the martyrs of the city of Shahrud enter the Bahá'í Centre. He addressed a gathering of six hundred youths who were commemorating the recent martyred youth, Nadin. Nadin's father was silently and solemnly serving tea to the assembled youth.
In 1949 Aziz took his Bahá'í marriage certificate to the Civil Courts for endorsement. The beloved Guardian was pleased and had it printed in a volume of Bahá'í World.
In November 1953 Aziz obtained a visa to go to the island of Socotra, South Arabia, however the Guardian ordered him to remain in Kirkuk, and through this Divine Wisdom, Aziz was able in 1954 to discover the grave of the cousin of the Bab, Muhammad Ali Afnan, in Ctesiphon near both the Tigris River and Baghdad. This had been a goal of the Ten Year Crusade!
Aziz became a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of Iraq in 1957 and was able in 1963 to participate in the election of the first Universal House of Justice.
In June 1966 Aziz pioneered to Mukalla, an island in Southern Arabia, having sold his house in Kirkuk and given the money to the Universal House of Justice. By Ridván he and his daughter were members of the first Local Spiritual Assembly of Mukalla.
Over the years Aziz had translated books, approved by the Universal House of Justice , into Arabic including The Talks of Abdul- Bahá in the West, and he edited the Egyptian translation of the book Baha'u'lláh and the New Era in 1972.
Between 1971 and 1976 Aziz served on the National Spiritual Assembly of Kuwait where in response to a cable from the Counsellor Dr Farhangi to travel to Bangladesh, he duly left Kuwait, went to Bangladesh, and served as the secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Bangladesh for two years!
In 1986 he received a letter from the National Spiritual Assembly of the United Kingdom, requesting him to respond to his son's wish that he join him in Preston, Lancashire. From the Ridván he served on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Preston.
For six years he served on the Reviewing Panel for the National Spiritual Assembly of the UK, as well as being appointed an assistant to an Auxiliary Board Member.
From 1993 to 1996 he wrote an article in English On Teaching the Bahá'í Faith to Muslims from the Qur'an.
This work was placed in the library of the International Teaching Centre.
In a letter addressed to Aziz by the Universal House of Justice in March 1992 they wrote: 'The Supreme Institution decided that the Providence and the Sympathy of the Sublime Court were to be conveyed to that honoured soul' .
Aziz Sabour passed away in May 2010 at the age of ninety-five
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