Jamál Effendi
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A life in stories
Bahá'u'lláh's ministry (1853–1892)
From 'Akká to Bombay: Jamál Effendi's Mission to India
Bahá'í Chronicles records that in the late 1870s, Bahá'u'lláh dispatched Sulaymán Khán-i-Tunúkábání — known as Jamál Effendi — from 'Akká to India, with the charge to establish the Faith on the subcontinent. With Sayyid Muṣṭafá Rúmí, who would later carry the work into Burma, he founded the first Bahá'í communities of Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta.
3 min
The Traveler Who Was Sent to India
A man named Jamál Effendi sailed to a faraway land where he knew no one, and stayed for twenty-two years to plant the seeds of a new community.
5 min