The man whom Providence had destined to become the spiritual
father of the subcontinent of India and of Burma was a nobleman of the same
province of Iran which had been the home of the ancestors of Bahá'u'lláh. His
name was Sulayman Khan and he was a native of Tunukabun. But when he set out in
the world to serve the Cause of Bahá'u'lláh, he left behind the garb of a
nobleman and attired in the garment of a humble man of the cloister travelled
far and wide. 'Abdu'l-Bahá says that he 'was given the title of Jamali'd-Din'.
He became known as Jamal Effendi. Read
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- H.M. Balyuzi ('Eminent Baha'is in the Time of Baha'u'llah')
