In a message dated 12/28/2004 1:52:57 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I had not heard of Shoghi Effendi speaking or writing in Turkic.  Do you
have a reference?
It was the official language of the Ottoman occupiers of the Holy Land, and the "jailers" of Abdu'l Baha. I assume he had some fluency as did his parents and grandparents.
 
Regards,
 
Scott
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