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Shoghi Effendi - Some Biographical Notes and Sources

A The Life and Writings of Shoghi Effendi Rabbani (c. 1896-1957), Select Secondary Sources.

Stephen N. Lambden UCMerced.

In progress 1980s+2015. Last updated 10-09-2015.

Shoghi Effendi - Some Biographical Notes and Sources

Bach, Marcus,

  • Shoghi Effendi; an appreciation. Publisher: New York, Hawthron Books, 1958. 
  • A meeting with Shoghi Effendi. Oxford [England] ; Chatham, N.Y. : Oneworld, ©1993. 

Bergsmo, Morten, and Kishan Manocha, eds.

  • Studying the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. Oxford: George Ronald, 1991.

Boyles, Ann.

  • "The Epistolary Style of Shoghi Effendi." In The Vision of Shoghi Effendi, Proceedings of the Association for Baha'i Studies Ninth Annual Conference, November 2-4, 1984, Ottawa: Baha'i Studies Publications, 1993. 9-18.

Bramson-Lerche, Loni.

  • "Some Aspects of the Establishment of the Guardianship." In Moojan Momen, ed. Studies in Honor of the Late Hasan M. Balyuzi. Studies in the Babi and Baha'i Religions series. Vol. 5. Los Angeles: Kalimat Press, 1988. 269-80.

Collins, Amelia

  • A tribute to Shoghi Effendi. Wilmette, Ill. : Bahá'í Pub. Committee, 1958.

 Giachery, Ugo. Recollections =

  • Shoghi Effendi: Recollections. Oxford: George Ronald, 1973.

Hutchison, Sandra.

  • "Shoghi Effendi and the American Dream." World Order 29. l (1997): 13-23.

Johnson, Lowell,

  • Our beloved guardian : an introduction to the life and work of Shoghi Effendi.  National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa. Johannesburg [South Africa] : National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa, ©1993.

Khadem, Riaz.

  • Shoghi Effendi in Oxford and earlier. Oxford : George Ronald, 1999. xviii, 173 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm (so W-Cat.). 

  •  Prelude to the Guardianship : how 'Abdu'l-Baha' prepared the young Shoghi Effendi for the office he was destined to assume as Guardian of the Cause of God. Oxford : George Ronald, 2014. 

Maxwell, Mary = Mary Sutherland Maxwell (1910-2000) entitled Ruhiyyih Rabbani / Khanum. Wife of Shoghi Effendi from March 24, 1937 (aged 26) until Nov. 4th 1957 (aged 47).

Maxwell, Mary = Mary Sutherland Maxwell entitled Ruhiyyih Rabbani / Khanum (b. Montreal, Canada, 1910- d. Haifa, Israel, 2000).

  • The Priceless Pearl. London: Baha'i Publishing Trust, 1969. A biography of Shoghi Effendi
  • Twenty-Five Years of the Guardianship.
  • The Guardian of the Baha'i Faith. London : BPT., 1988.
  • Ed. The Ministry of the Custodians
  • The passing of Shoghi Effendi by Rúḥíyyih Rabbānī.  Rúḥíyyih Rabbānī.; John Ferraby.London : Baháʼı́ Pub. Trust, 1958.

Malouf,  Diana Lorice

  • Unveiling the Hidden Words : the norms used by Shoghi Effendi in his translation of the Hidden Words. Oxford [England] : G. Ronald, ©1997.

Manning Thomas, June.

  • Planning progress : lessons from Shoghi Effendi. Ottawa, Canada : Baháʼí Studies Publications, ©1999.

MacLean, Jack. A.

  • A Celestial Burning: A Selective Study of the Writings of Shoghi Effendi. New Delhi : Bahai Pub. Trust of India, 2012. pp. 606.  ISBN-10: 8178960761 / ISBN-13: 978-8178960760

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Mitchell, Glenford E.

  • "The Literature of of Interpretation : Notes on the English Writings of Shoghi Effendi, World Order 7. 2 (1972-73): 12-37.

The Vision of Shoghi Effendi, Proceedings of the Association for Baha'i Studies Ninth Annual Conference, November 2-4, 1984. Ottawa: Baha'i Studies Publications, 1993

Redman, Earl. 

  • Shoghi Effendi through the pilgrim's eye. Volume 1, Building the administrative order, 1922-1952.Oxford : George Ronald, [2015]

Yazdi, `Ali M.,

  •  Blessings beyond measure : recollections of ʻAbduʼl-Bahá and Shoghi Effendi. Wilmette, Ill. : Baháʼí Pub. Trust, ©1988.