MISS ETHEL JENNER ROSENBERG
“One of the pioneers of the Bahá’í Cause in the Western World”. Having first embraced the Faith in 1899 she soon afterwards went to Akká, subsequently visiting many times both Akká and Haifa for months at a time, learning from and assisting the Master in translating and transcribing the Teachings. Beloved by all the members of the Holy Family, her passing in November 1930 at the age of 72 evoked a cabled tribute from Shoghi Effendi, who knew her well in England and welcomed her in Haifa after the passing of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá. She was the one entrusted to bring the robe of Bahá’u’lláh to England, and was a member of the National Assembly from 1923–1927. (“Bahá’í World”, Vol. IV, p. 263.)
DÍA’U’LLÁH ASGHARZÁDIH, Knight of Bahá’u’lláh
Born in 1880 into a Bahá’í family which emigrated to Ishqábád when he was fifteen years old, Día’u’lláh was throughout his life an active Bahá’í. His first pilgrimage was in 1903, his second was seventeen years later, after which he settled in London, and his third was at the time of the passing of the Master when Shoghi Effendi gave him the task of making copies of the Master’s Will from the original. He was a member of the National Assembly for various periods between 1925 and 1941 and settled in Jersey as a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh in 1953 at the age of 73. He passed away in Jersey in April 1956. (“Bahá’í World”, Vol. XIII, p. 881.)