David writes:  <> Just wondering if we have any references
from people like 'Abdu'l-Baha or Shoghi Effendi referring to
specific people as Letters of the Living. <>

Happy to be of assistance...

Lovingly,  Sandra

"As to those whose supreme privilege it was to be enrolled by
the Báb in the Book of His Revelation as His chosen Letters of
the Living, their names are as follows:



Mulla Husayn-i-Bushru'i,

Muhammad-Hasan, his brother,

Muhammad-Baqir, his nephew,

Mulla Aliy-i-Bastami,

Mulla Khuda-Bakhsh-i-Quchani, later named Mulla Ali

Mulla Hasan-i-Bajistani,

Siyyid Husayn-i-Yazdi,

Mirza Muhammad Rawdih-Khan-i-Yazdi,

Sa'id-i-Hindi,

Mulla Mahmud-i-Khu'i,

Mulla Jalil-i-Urumi,

Mulla Ahmad-i-Ibdal-i-Maraghi'i,

Mulla Baqir-i-Tabrizi,

Mulla Yusif-i-Ardibili,

Mirza Hadi, son of Mulla Abdu'l-Vahhab-i-Qazvini,  81

Mirza Muhammad-'Aliy-i-Qazvini.[1]

Tahirih,[2]

Quddus.



These all, with the single exception of Tahirih, attained the
presence of the Báb, and were personally invested by Him with
the distinction of this rank."


(Shoghi Effendi, The Dawn-Breakers, p. 80-81)


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