Chronology: Date 2003-11-26

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2003 26 Nov 200-	The passing of Hand of the Cause of God Ali Akbar Furútan in Haifa at the age of 98. [BWNS261, BW'03-'04pg227] Born in Sabzivar, Iran, on 29 April 1905. Moved with his family to Ashgabat in what was then Russian Turkestan (now part of Turkmenistan), and, through his years of school and university, he took an active part in the work of the Bahá'í communities of Ashgabat, Baku, Moscow, and other parts of Russia. In 1930 he was expelled from the Soviet Union during the Stalinist persecution of religion and from that time on played an ever more significant role in the work and administration of the Iranian Bahá'í community. [BW03-04p227-230] Shoghi Effendi had appointed him among the first contingent on the 24th of December, 1951. [MoCxxiii] For a tribute from the Universal House of Justice see message of 27 November, 2003.	- Hands of the Cause; Hands of the Cause, Births and deaths; - Births and deaths; `Alí-Akbar Furútan; - In Memoriam; Hands of the Cause, First Contingent; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Haifa, Israel; Sabzevár, Iran; Iran; Ashgabat; Turkmenistan; Bandar Anzali, Iran; Moscow, Russia


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