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Shoghi Effendi

grandson of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, head of the Bahá'í Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957
Person human Q318441
Shoghi Effendi
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Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
March 1, 1897
Date of death
November 4, 1957
Place of birth
Acre
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
Palestine[11]
Occupation
religious leader, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, translator, Baháʼí
Educated at
Balliol College, American University of Beirut[12][13]
Religion or worldview
Baháʼí Faith[14]
Spouse
Rúhíyyih Khanum[10]
Cause of death
influenza A virus subtype H1N1[16]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, French[19][20][21][22][23]
Manner of death
natural causes[18]
Medical condition
influenza[17]
Name in native language
شوقی اَفَندی رَبانی
Place of burial
London[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shoghi Effendi ar شوقي افندي رباني ar شوقي أفندي ar شوقي افندي cs Shoghi Effendi Rabbani cs Rabbani cs Shaukī es Shogi Effendi fa شوقی افندی fi Shoghi Effendi Rabbani he שוגי אפנדי hi शोग़ी एफेंदी id Shoghí Effendí Rabbání it Shoghi Effendi Rabbani it Shoghí Effendí Rabbání ja ショーギ・エフェンディー pl Shoghi Effendi Rabbani ru Шоги Эффенди sv Effendi tr Şevki Efendi
🔖 Identifiers · 63
ISNI
0000000079724490
VIAF cluster ID
27864297
Library of Congress authority ID
n79127752
GND ID
118613855
BAnQ authority ID
0001532687
BIBSYS ID
90787264
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
11987964x
CANTIC ID
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CBDB.cz author ID
59347
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10265655
CiNii Research ID
1140563741825876096
DDB person (GND) ID
118613855
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Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118613855
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Shoghi-Effendi-Rabbani
FAST ID
45246
Find a Grave memorial ID
31486135, 8186
Freebase ID
/m/078gx
Goodreads author ID
1693551
IdRef ID
027946002
Iranica ID
shoghi-effendi
IxTheo authority ID
079403735
KANTO ID
000147685
KBR person ID
14143679
Libraries Australia ID
35497037
LibraryThing author ID
effendishoghi
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA14021563
NE.se ID
shoghi-effendi-rabbani
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2008453216
NLA Trove people ID
974571
NLP ID
a0000001067474
NUKAT ID
n99092427
National Library of Brazil ID
000351787
National Library of Chile ID
000048000
National Library of Greece ID
201835
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000122015
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007268008005171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202125983
National Library of Latvia ID
000002331
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*76689;=BW
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810566018405606
National Library of Portugal ID
177372
National Library of Russia ID
7720644
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1048729
National Virtual Library of India ID
396073
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070713324
Obálky knih ID
mzk2008453216
Open Library ID
OL273200A
OpenMLOL author ID
40560
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100502867
Parsifal cluster ID
530871
Project Gutenberg author ID
8574
Quora topic ID
Shoghi-Effendi-Rabbani
RERO ID (legacy)
A000149440
Rodovid ID
832220
SHARE Catalogue author ID
571451
SNAC ARK ID
w6nw8bs5
SVKKL authority ID
0266355-Shoghi-18971957
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
sevki-efendi
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058520335406706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1029355
WikiTree person ID
ربّانی-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJtGVqvTwBWFgWKPG7gh73
Yale LUX ID
person/3b22a4ac-194d-4433-933c-68669998323c

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🔗 Connections
Languages spoken, written or signed 5
English, French, Arabic, Persian, Turkish
Educated at 2
American University of Beirut, Balliol College
Cause of death 1
influenza A virus subtype H1N1
Country of citizenship 1
Palestine
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Medical condition 1
influenza
Occupation 1
translator
Place of birth 1
Acre
Place of burial 1
London
Place of death 1
London
Religion or worldview 1
Baháʼí Faith
Sex or gender 1
male
Spouse 1
Rúhíyyih Khanum
Spouses 1
Rúhíyyih Khanum
Works by author 1
Bahá'í orthography
← Conferred by 1
Knights of Bahá'u'lláh
← Translator 1
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Summary

Shoghi Effendi's place of birth was Acre[1]. He was born on March 1, 1897[2]. He died in London[3]. He died on November 4, 1957[4]. He worked as a religious leader[5], Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith[6], translator[7], and Baháʼí[8].

Body

Education

Educated at Balliol College[12], a college of the University of Oxford[24], in United Kingdom[25], founded in 1263[26], headquartered in Oxford[27] and American University of Beirut[13], a private university[28], in Lebanon[29], founded in 1866[30].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to him include Bahá'í orthography[31], a romanization[32].

FAQs

Where was Shoghi Effendi born?

Born in Acre[1].

Where did Shoghi Effendi die?

Shoghi Effendi passed away in London[3].

Who was Shoghi Effendi married to?

Shoghi Effendi's spouses include Rúhíyyih Khanum[10].

What did Shoghi Effendi do for work?

Shoghi Effendi worked as religious leader[5], Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith[6], translator[7], and Baháʼí[8].

Where did Shoghi Effendi go to school?

Shoghi Effendi was educated at Balliol College[12] and American University of Beirut[13].

Related Entities

London

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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . nytimes.com. nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'ba', 'bn', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'eo',
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  2. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0266355-Shoghi-18971957
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → religious leader, Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, translator +1
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