RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shoghi Effendi

1897 - 1957

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Shoghí Effendi (; Persian: شوقی افندی; 1 March 1897 – 4 November 1957) was an Ottoman-born Iranian religious figure and the Guardian of the Baháʼí Faith from 1921 to 1957. As the grandson and successor of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, he was responsible for creating a series of teaching plans that oversaw the expansion of the Baháʼí Faith to a number of new countries, and also translated many of the written works of crucial Baháʼí leaders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shoghi Effendi has received more than 464,090 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Shoghi Effendi is the 1,131st most popular religious figure (down from 1,104th in 2019), the 151st most popular biography from Israel (down from 136th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Israeli Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shoghi Effendi ranks 1,131 out of 3,187. Before him are Abtai Sain Khan, Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri, Antipope Christopher, Babylas of Antioch, Daniel the Stylite, and Joseph Zen. After him are John Fisher, Kashyapa, Fermin, Filaret, Edith Cavell, and Saleh Al-Fawzan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Shoghi Effendi ranks 83. Before him are Winifred Wagner, Hans Speidel, Rouben Mamoulian, Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, and Tarjei Vesaas. After him are Chen Cheng, Yuri Kondratyuk, Marcel Petiot, Elijah Muhammad, Maria Valtorta, and Arthur Greiser. Among people deceased in 1957, Shoghi Effendi ranks 66. Before him are Édouard Herriot, Louis B. Mayer, Rezső Kasztner, Arnold van Gennep, Theodor Körner, and Pedro Infante. After him are Tomitaro Makino, Gaston Aumoitte, Ernst Gräfenberg, Soemu Toyoda, Johann Rattenhuber, and Carlos Castillo Armas.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Shoghi Effendi ranks 151 out of 466. Before him are Uzi Narkiss (1925), Valerius Gratus (-50), Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907), Naftali Bennett (1972), Ilan Ramon (1954), and Rehavam Ze'evi (1926). After him are Rafi Eitan (1926), Ron Huldai (1944), Moshe Ya'alon (1950), Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), Rafael Eitan (1929), and Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani (1909).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Israel

Among religious figures born in Israel, Shoghi Effendi ranks 49. Before him are Zephaniah (-701), Philip the Evangelist (100), Al-Tabarani (873), Mariam Baouardy (1846), Saint Petronilla (50), and Simeon of Jerusalem (100). After him are Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), Procopius of Scythopolis (250), Moses ben Jacob Cordovero (1522), Michel Sabbah (1933), John of Patmos (50), and Narcissus of Jerusalem (95).

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