Bahiyyih Khanum

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bahíyyih Khánum (1846-July 15, 1932) the only daughter of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, and Ásíyih Khánum. She was born in 1846 with the given name Fatimih Sultan, and was entitled "Varaqiy-i-'Ulyá" or "Greatest Holy Leaf". Brought up through the trying times her family lived through, in adulthood she served the interests of the religion and was even occasionally trusted with running the affairs of the religion and is seen within the Bahá'í Faith as one of the greatest women to have lived. Bahíyyih was born in Tehran, initially to great privilege. In 1852 when she was aged 6, her father was arrested and imprisoned, the families home pillaged and Bahíyyih and her family were forced to live in poverty. Later the same year the family were exiled to Baghdad.