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Mírzá Ḥasan-i-Adíb Pronunciation: Redirected from: Adíb

(Adíb) Hand of the Cause and Apostle of Bahá'u'lláh born in Talaqán in 1848, the son of an eminent cleric. He was given the title Adíbu'l-'Ulamá (litterateur of the ‘ulamá) for his services to Islamic literature and was a poet of considerable talent. He became a Bahá'í about 1889 after prolonged discussions with Nabíl-i-Akbar and soon afterwards was designated by Bahá'u'lláh a Hand of the Cause. After the passing of Bahá'u'lláh he was much involved with dealing with the activities of the Covenant-breakers. Between 1897 and 1898 he participated in the meetings of the Hands of the Cause which evolved over several years into the Central Spiritual Assembly of Ṭihrán, the precursor of the Iranian National Spiritual Assembly. He was chairman of this body, and he also played an important part in the founding of the Tarbíyat Schools in Ṭihrán. He was briefly imprisoned in Iṣfahán in 1903 during the upheaval there. He travelled to ‘Akká where ‘Abdu'l-Bahá instructed him to travel through India and Burma with the American Bahá'í Sidney Sprague. He died in Ṭihrán in 1919.8 [BD 98]

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