This photo was taken circa 1920 at the house of Mirza Jalal Shahid, 9 Persian Street, Haifa:
Munirih Khanum with daughters, grandchildren, and other Baha’is. FRONT ROW (L to R): Zahra Shahid, Mehranguise Rabbani, Riaz Rabbani (standing), Maryam Shahid, ? sitting boy with crossed arms. MIDDLE ROW (L to R): Hassan Jalal Shahid (standing), Rouha Khanum, Zia Khanum, Bahiyeh Khanum, Munireh Khanum, Touba Khanum, Munavar Khanum, Fuad Afnan. BACK ROW: Baha’i pilgrims from Abadeh, Iran.
Bahiyeh Khanum – Greatest Holy LeafForough Khanum, daughter of Baha’u’llah, the only child from his third wife Gowhar Khanum. In her home Bahji near Acre.Zia Khanum , daughter of Abdul’Baha , mother of the Guardian
L: Munireh Khanum, wife of Abdu’l Baha R: Bahiyeh Khanum, sister of Abdu’l BahaMirza Jalal Shahid and Ruha Shahid (daughter of Abdul Baha) Center: Hippolyte Dreyfus-BarneyMirza Mohsen Afnan , son- in- law of Abdul’Baha and husband of Touba Khanum
Gawhar Khanum, third wife of Baha’u’llah, mother of Forough Khanum.Mirza Jalal Shahid, son-in- law of Abdu’ Baha and husband of Rouha KhanumShoghi Effendi and his sister Rouhanguise Rabbani
Seated centre, Munireh Khanum, wife of Abdul Baha with her daughter Zia Khanum and her grand daughter RouhanguiseNayer Afnan and Ruhanguise Afnan, sister of Shoghi Effendi, 1928
Bahiyeh Khanum seated From R to L : Rouha Khanum, Zia Khanum and Munavar Khanum
This photo of the children of Rouha Khanum and Mirza Jalal Shahid was taken in the garden at 9 Persian Street, Haifa, circa 1922:
‘Abdu’l-Baha’s Shahid family grandchildren. Left to right standing at back: Munib Shahid and Zahra Shahid. Standing front: Hassan Jalal Shahid. Sitting front: Maryam Shahid.
Nayer Afnan and RouhanguiseRabbanimarriage invite
This photo of Mary Maxwell (Ruhiyyih Khanum) and some of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s grandchildren was taken by Lake Tiberius, circa 1923:
Mary Maxwell (standing at the back). Left to Right: Riaz Rabbani, Nouriyeh (daughter of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s housekeeper), Hassan Jalal Shahid, Fuad Afnan.
Left to Right Back Row: Maryam Jalal Shahid, Mehranguise Rabbani Front Row: Ruhi Mohsen Afnan, Zahra Jalal Shahid, Hossein Rabbani
This photo of ‘Abdu’l-Baha’s two most prominent grandsons was taken in Haifa:
Shoghi Effendi (sitting) and Ruhi Afnan (standing).
Maryam Jalal Shahid ,eldest daughter of Rouha KhanumEldest son and daughter of Touba Khanum:Ruhi Afnan and Soraya Afnan
Shoghi Effendi Rabbani
This photo of ‘Abdu’l-Baha with Jalal Azal, grandson of Mirza Yahya Subh-i-Azal, shows that ‘Abdu’l-Baha was willing to forgive the descendants of those who opposed the Baha’i Faith and its leaders. Bahiyeh Afnan Shahid made reference to this photo in her 1997 letter to the Universal House of Justice (see Writings section).
FRONT ROW (L to R): Sobhi (‘Abdu’l-Baha’s faithful secretary), ‘Abdu’l-Baha, Jalal Azal, Azizullah Bahadur.
Last picture of Abdul Baha sent to his daughter Rouha Khanum by Lotfullah Hakim, Hand of the Cause.Soheil Afnan, cousin of Shoghi EffendiDr Munib Jalal Shahid, grandson of Abdul’Baha
Shoghi Effendi RabbaniDr Fayzi Afnan, son of Forough Khanum, daughter of Baha’u’llah and Sayed Ali AfnanDr Munib Jalal Shahid and his younger brother Hassan Jalal Shahid, grandsons of Abdul’Baha and cousins of Shoghi Effendi
Zia Khanum, mother of Shoghi Effendi, with her daughter MehranguiseHassan Ali Afnan. son of Furughiyeh Khanum
The children of Ruhi and Zahra Afnan
Right : Iraj Afnan Left : Parviz Afnan 1947
Hossein Rabbani, brother of Shoghi EffendiRouhanguise Rabbani Afnan and her daughter Maliheh Afnan Sister and niece of Shoghi Effendi 1948from L to R : Ruhi Afnan carrying his son Parviz Afnan Soraya Afan, sister of Ruhi unknown Zahra Afnan Shahid , wife of Ruhi Afnan Hassan Jalal Shahid, brother of Zahra Afnan front: Iraj Afnan, son of Ruhi and Zahra
Hassan Ali Afnan and Mehranguise Rabbani Afnan, sister of Shoghi EffendiRuhi Afnan and Zahra Shahid AfnanHossein Rabbani, brother of Shoghi Effendi with his wife Gerda and daughter Zia, 1958
Riaz Rabbani, youngest brother of Shoghi EffendiRouha Khanum with her youngest son, Hassan Jalal Shahid 1961Bahiyeh Afnan and Maliheh Afnan , nieces of the Guardian, Karm,circa 1946
top left: Mirza Hadi Shirazi ( father of the Guardian) top right with Zia Khanum and Riaz Rabbani bottom right in Karm with Rouhanguise RabbaniBahiyeh Afnan , daughter of Nayyir Afnan and her cousin Furugh Afnan , daughter of Hussein Afnan in Haifa, circa 1935Bahiyeh Afnan, Maliheh Afnan with Hussein Afnan
Front row left: Rouhanguise, eldest sister of the Guardian. Back row right her husband Nayer Ali Afnan and their two daughters Bahiyeh and Maliheh. Back row left, Hassan Ali Afnan husband of Mehranguise, younger sister of the Guardian and their son Hussein. 1950Hassan Jalal Shahid and his wife Bahiyeh Afnan Shahid (niece of Shoghi Effendi) 1964
Hassan Ali Afnan and his son Hussein ,1969
From L to R: Ruhi Mohsen Afnan, Parviz Afnan, Parvine Shahid, Zahra Shahid Afnan, Soraya Afnan and Bahiyeh Afnan Shahid , 1970, Iran
Abdu'l-Baha's Family 