Abu'l-Qásim Faizi
Persian bahá'í
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| Intro | Persian bahá'í | |
| Places | Iran | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1906, Qom, Central District, Qom County, Qom Province | |
| Death | 19 November 1980 (aged 74 years) |
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Abu'l-Qásim Faizi or Fayḍí (1906–1980) was a Persian Bahá'í. He studied at the American University of Beirut where he was good friends with Munib Shahid.
He married Gloria `Alá'í in 1939. Together they pioneered to Iraq and Bahrain. Shoghi Effendi called him the 'sprititual conqueror' of Arabia, and appointed him Hand of the Cause of God in 1957.
In 1960, when the National Spiritual Assembly of France accepted Mason Remey's claim to be the Guardian after the death of Shoghi Effendi, the Custodians (who were the nine Hands of the Cause of God assigned specifically to work at the Bahá'í World Centre) sent Abu'l-Qásim Faizi to meet with them. Through his reports, the Hands of the Cause disbanded the Assembly, declaring its members Covenant-breakers.