Baha'i World Vol 18
KAMIL ABBAS
(KAMIL 'ABBAS RIDA)
1911-1980
Knight of Baha'u'llah
From his youth my late father took the service of the Baha'i Cause as his principal aim. After
completing his primary and secondary studies he began his Baha'i service as a member of the
youth committee of Bagdad. He began to study Persian, English and German and eventually
exemplary believer, courageously defending the Faith , diffusing its wisdom among the
friends , and respected and honoured by them.
In 1957 he was appointed to the Auxiliary Board for the protection of the Cause. On a
number of occasions his Baha'i service took him to India and Pakistan and in 1966 he spent
some time in Iran . He assisted Mr. Muhammad Husayn Rawhani in the delicate task of
transferring the remains of the father of Baha'u'llah, Mirza Buzurg, to a Baha'i cemetery.
He also carried out, upon the instructions of Shoghi Effendi, various assignments relating
to historic Baha'i sites in Baghdad. For nearly twenty years he served as secretary of the
National Spiritual Assembly of 'Iraq.
After his return from Tehran in 1967 he remained in Baghdad due to the difficulty of
travelling abroad. It was the will of God that he be one of the faithful friends who were
arrested in December 1973 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was so firm and steadfast
in the Cause of the Blessed Beauty that the prison authorities watched my father
carefully. At times they oppressed him and at times tried to persuade him to recant, but
without avail. My father's course was to be firm in the service of the Faith of Baha'u'llah,
to cling to His ordinances, and to proffer obedience and fidelity to the Universal House
of Justice. A few months after he left the prison his health weakened , and on 5 June
1980 his spirit ascended to the Abha Kingdom.
It was my father's wish during the last years of his life to write a book on the blessed Cause
and we may be certain that only his imprisonment prevented him from carrying out his
intention. He ascended from this transitory life firm in the truth of God's mighty Cause.
Informed of my father's passing, the Universal House of Justice cabled on 15 June
1980:
DEEPLY GRIEVED PASSING KNIGHT BAHAULLAH STAUNCH STEADFAST PROMOTER FAITH ABLE
DEFENDER COVENANT KAMIL ABBAS WHOSE MANIFOLD SERVICES PIONEERING TEACHING
FIELDS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED. PRAYING HOLY SHRINES PROGRESS HIS NOBLE SOUL.
CONVEY MEMBERS FAMILY LOVING SYMPATHY.
DR. B. K. ABBAS
(Translated from the Arabic by JOHN WALBRIDGE)
Mr. Kamil Abbas
On 13th November 1953 Mr. Kamil Abbas of Iraq arrived in Seychelles and he was the first Baha’I to set foot on these islands. Due to ill-health he stayed for only five weeks; but the first seed had been planted in the heart of a local school teacher, Mr. Marshall Delcy. Mr. Kamil Abbas was enrolled as the first Knight of Baha’ullah for Seychelles.
KAMIL ABBAS
(KAMIL 'ABBAS RIDA)
1911-1980
Knight of Baha'u'llah
From his youth my late father took the service of the Baha'i Cause as his principal aim. After
completing his primary and secondary studies he began his Baha'i service as a member of the
youth committee of Bagdad. He began to study Persian, English and German and eventually
exemplary believer, courageously defending the Faith , diffusing its wisdom among the
friends , and respected and honoured by them.
In 1957 he was appointed to the Auxiliary Board for the protection of the Cause. On a
number of occasions his Baha'i service took him to India and Pakistan and in 1966 he spent
some time in Iran . He assisted Mr. Muhammad Husayn Rawhani in the delicate task of
transferring the remains of the father of Baha'u'llah, Mirza Buzurg, to a Baha'i cemetery.
He also carried out, upon the instructions of Shoghi Effendi, various assignments relating
to historic Baha'i sites in Baghdad. For nearly twenty years he served as secretary of the
National Spiritual Assembly of 'Iraq.
After his return from Tehran in 1967 he remained in Baghdad due to the difficulty of
travelling abroad. It was the will of God that he be one of the faithful friends who were
arrested in December 1973 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was so firm and steadfast
in the Cause of the Blessed Beauty that the prison authorities watched my father
carefully. At times they oppressed him and at times tried to persuade him to recant, but
without avail. My father's course was to be firm in the service of the Faith of Baha'u'llah,
to cling to His ordinances, and to proffer obedience and fidelity to the Universal House
of Justice. A few months after he left the prison his health weakened , and on 5 June
1980 his spirit ascended to the Abha Kingdom.
It was my father's wish during the last years of his life to write a book on the blessed Cause
and we may be certain that only his imprisonment prevented him from carrying out his
intention. He ascended from this transitory life firm in the truth of God's mighty Cause.
Informed of my father's passing, the Universal House of Justice cabled on 15 June
1980:
DEEPLY GRIEVED PASSING KNIGHT BAHAULLAH STAUNCH STEADFAST PROMOTER FAITH ABLE
DEFENDER COVENANT KAMIL ABBAS WHOSE MANIFOLD SERVICES PIONEERING TEACHING
FIELDS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED. PRAYING HOLY SHRINES PROGRESS HIS NOBLE SOUL.
CONVEY MEMBERS FAMILY LOVING SYMPATHY.
DR. B. K. ABBAS
(Translated from the Arabic by JOHN WALBRIDGE)
Mr. Kamil Abbas
On 13th November 1953 Mr. Kamil Abbas of Iraq arrived in Seychelles and he was the first Baha’I to set foot on these islands. Due to ill-health he stayed for only five weeks; but the first seed had been planted in the heart of a local school teacher, Mr. Marshall Delcy. Mr. Kamil Abbas was enrolled as the first Knight of Baha’ullah for Seychelles.
Baha'i World Vol 18
KAMIL ABBAS
(KAMIL 'ABBAS RIDA)
1911-1980
Knight of Baha'u'llah
From his youth my late father took the service of the Baha'i Cause as his principal aim. After
completing his primary and secondary studies he began his Baha'i service as a member of the
youth committee of Bagdad. He began to study Persian, English and German and eventually
exemplary believer, courageously defending the Faith , diffusing its wisdom among the
friends , and respected and honoured by them.
In 1957 he was appointed to the Auxiliary Board for the protection of the Cause. On a
number of occasions his Baha'i service took him to India and Pakistan and in 1966 he spent
some time in Iran . He assisted Mr. Muhammad Husayn Rawhani in the delicate task of
transferring the remains of the father of Baha'u'llah, Mirza Buzurg, to a Baha'i cemetery.
He also carried out, upon the instructions of Shoghi Effendi, various assignments relating
to historic Baha'i sites in Baghdad. For nearly twenty years he served as secretary of the
National Spiritual Assembly of 'Iraq.
After his return from Tehran in 1967 he remained in Baghdad due to the difficulty of
travelling abroad. It was the will of God that he be one of the faithful friends who were
arrested in December 1973 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was so firm and steadfast
in the Cause of the Blessed Beauty that the prison authorities watched my father
carefully. At times they oppressed him and at times tried to persuade him to recant, but
without avail. My father's course was to be firm in the service of the Faith of Baha'u'llah,
to cling to His ordinances, and to proffer obedience and fidelity to the Universal House
of Justice. A few months after he left the prison his health weakened , and on 5 June
1980 his spirit ascended to the Abha Kingdom.
It was my father's wish during the last years of his life to write a book on the blessed Cause
and we may be certain that only his imprisonment prevented him from carrying out his
intention. He ascended from this transitory life firm in the truth of God's mighty Cause.
Informed of my father's passing, the Universal House of Justice cabled on 15 June
1980:
DEEPLY GRIEVED PASSING KNIGHT BAHAULLAH STAUNCH STEADFAST PROMOTER FAITH ABLE
DEFENDER COVENANT KAMIL ABBAS WHOSE MANIFOLD SERVICES PIONEERING TEACHING
FIELDS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED. PRAYING HOLY SHRINES PROGRESS HIS NOBLE SOUL.
CONVEY MEMBERS FAMILY LOVING SYMPATHY.
DR. B. K. ABBAS
(Translated from the Arabic by JOHN WALBRIDGE)
Mr. Kamil Abbas
On 13th November 1953 Mr. Kamil Abbas of Iraq arrived in Seychelles and he was the first Baha’I to set foot on these islands. Due to ill-health he stayed for only five weeks; but the first seed had been planted in the heart of a local school teacher, Mr. Marshall Delcy. Mr. Kamil Abbas was enrolled as the first Knight of Baha’ullah for Seychelles.
KAMIL ABBAS
(KAMIL 'ABBAS RIDA)
1911-1980
Knight of Baha'u'llah
From his youth my late father took the service of the Baha'i Cause as his principal aim. After
completing his primary and secondary studies he began his Baha'i service as a member of the
youth committee of Bagdad. He began to study Persian, English and German and eventually
exemplary believer, courageously defending the Faith , diffusing its wisdom among the
friends , and respected and honoured by them.
In 1957 he was appointed to the Auxiliary Board for the protection of the Cause. On a
number of occasions his Baha'i service took him to India and Pakistan and in 1966 he spent
some time in Iran . He assisted Mr. Muhammad Husayn Rawhani in the delicate task of
transferring the remains of the father of Baha'u'llah, Mirza Buzurg, to a Baha'i cemetery.
He also carried out, upon the instructions of Shoghi Effendi, various assignments relating
to historic Baha'i sites in Baghdad. For nearly twenty years he served as secretary of the
National Spiritual Assembly of 'Iraq.
After his return from Tehran in 1967 he remained in Baghdad due to the difficulty of
travelling abroad. It was the will of God that he be one of the faithful friends who were
arrested in December 1973 and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was so firm and steadfast
in the Cause of the Blessed Beauty that the prison authorities watched my father
carefully. At times they oppressed him and at times tried to persuade him to recant, but
without avail. My father's course was to be firm in the service of the Faith of Baha'u'llah,
to cling to His ordinances, and to proffer obedience and fidelity to the Universal House
of Justice. A few months after he left the prison his health weakened , and on 5 June
1980 his spirit ascended to the Abha Kingdom.
It was my father's wish during the last years of his life to write a book on the blessed Cause
and we may be certain that only his imprisonment prevented him from carrying out his
intention. He ascended from this transitory life firm in the truth of God's mighty Cause.
Informed of my father's passing, the Universal House of Justice cabled on 15 June
1980:
DEEPLY GRIEVED PASSING KNIGHT BAHAULLAH STAUNCH STEADFAST PROMOTER FAITH ABLE
DEFENDER COVENANT KAMIL ABBAS WHOSE MANIFOLD SERVICES PIONEERING TEACHING
FIELDS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED. PRAYING HOLY SHRINES PROGRESS HIS NOBLE SOUL.
CONVEY MEMBERS FAMILY LOVING SYMPATHY.
DR. B. K. ABBAS
(Translated from the Arabic by JOHN WALBRIDGE)
Mr. Kamil Abbas
On 13th November 1953 Mr. Kamil Abbas of Iraq arrived in Seychelles and he was the first Baha’I to set foot on these islands. Due to ill-health he stayed for only five weeks; but the first seed had been planted in the heart of a local school teacher, Mr. Marshall Delcy. Mr. Kamil Abbas was enrolled as the first Knight of Baha’ullah for Seychelles.
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