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Birth Name: Shoghi

Birth: 1 March 1897, 'Akká, Palestine

Death: 4 November 1957, London, U.K.

Known As: Shoghi Effendi Rabbání, or simply Shoghi Effendi

Title(s): Guardian of the Cause of God

Position: Leader of the Bahá'í community from the passing of 'Abdu'l-Bahá in 1921 till his own death in 1957 and sole authorized interpreter of Bahá'í scripture.

Writings: God Passes By, World Order of Bahá'u'lláh, and several more books containing some of the thousands of letters he'd written to the believers around the world; translations of The Kitáb-i-Íqán, The Dawnbreakers, the Hidden Words, Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá'u'lláh, and the Epistle to  the Son of the Wolf. Complete list...

Scripture

The Appointment of the Guardian: relevant passages from The Will and Testament of 'Abdu'l-Bahá.

Articles

The Flow of Divine Authority: Scriptural Authority for the Universal House of Justice to Function Infallibly Without the Presence of a Guardian, by G. Brent Poirier

A Tribute to Shoghi Effendi: Transcript of a talk by Hand of the Cause of God Amelia Collins, at the International Bahá'í Conference in Frankfurt, Germany, July 25, 1958.

Shoghi Effendi and the Guardianship: From An Introduction to the Bahá'í Faith by Dr. Moojan Momen.

Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship: A booklet discussing the progress of the Faith during the Guardian's leadership up to 1948; written by Hand of the Cause Ruhiyyih Khanum.

Letters

The Guardianship and the Universal House of Justice: excerpts from a message from the Universal House of Justice