The Baha'i Studies Listserv Shoghi Effendi was the great grandson of Baha'u'llah and the grandson of Abdu'l Baha, so he was an Aghsan. He was also an Afnan, descended from the Bab's family. >He no longer metions the Aghsan in this part, implying he wrote them out of it.
I don't think that's a fair implication. He certainly mentions Aghsan in other parts of His will. As an analogy, in the first sentence of this post, I did not mention Bahiyyih Khanum. That does not imply that I think she's unimportant. (God forbid!) Tim All good art is about something deeper than it admits. --Roger Ebert ________________________________ From: Stephen Gray <skg_z...@yahoo.com> To: Baha'i Studies <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Sent: Thu, September 2, 2010 12:49:20 PM Subject: Will & Testament of Abdu'l-Baha Part 3 The Baha'i Studies Listserv http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/WT/wt-3.html He no longer metions the Aghsan in this part, implying he wrote them out of it. He even goes so far as to appoint an Afnan (Shoghi Effendi) to be Guardian. He refers to him as an Afnan (ie twig), not as an Agshan (branch) not even half or step wise. Remember, the family tree was patrilineal. Imagine maping it out like this. Fathers branch out to list their desendants and mothers just stay listed without links. Males would therefore be braches and twigs on this chart and women, leaves. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:tnola...@yahoo.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-524422-32977.dbe40ccd11b1fb869099e58e00076...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:arch...@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-524433-27401.54f46e81b66496c9909bcdc2f7987...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
