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Isfandíyár
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Pronunciation: ess-fan-dee-yawr
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The black servant of Bahá'u'lláh and ‘Abdu'l-Bahá who paid the debts of the Holy Family when Bahá'u'lláh was imprisoned in Ṭihrán. In the Holy Land, ‘Abdu'l-Bahá had another servant named IsfandIyár who for many years drove ‘Abdu'l-Bahá's carriage.
[BD 122]
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Bahá'u'lláh's servant, referred to by ‘Abdu'l-Bahá as virtually "a perfect man." (PUP 421–422).
[BG 22]
 
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A Bahá'í Glossary
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