Ahmad Sohrab

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Mirza Ahman Sohrab was born "about 1894" ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP021.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 21]), to a family who were already, or very shortly became [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Baha'i_Faith Baha'i].  Sohrab was born near Esphahan in the village of [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Isfahan_Province|Sedeh, Isfahan Province, Persia] (now [[Iran]]). Sohrab's father Abdu'l-Baghi was a descendent of [[Muhammad]].  Abdu'l-Baghi was a farmer "possessed of broad lands" and also chief dyer of the town.  Both sides of Sohrab's family, his mother and his father, claimed descent from the Imam Husayn, grandson of Muhammad.  His mother died when Sohrab was a few months old, while she herself was still a teenager, and he was taken to live with his maternal grandmother in [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]]. ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP025.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 25])
 
Mirza Ahman Sohrab was born "about 1894" ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP021.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 21]), to a family who were already, or very shortly became [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Baha'i_Faith Baha'i].  Sohrab was born near Esphahan in the village of [http://en.wikipedia.com/wiki/Isfahan_Province|Sedeh, Isfahan Province, Persia] (now [[Iran]]). Sohrab's father Abdu'l-Baghi was a descendent of [[Muhammad]].  Abdu'l-Baghi was a farmer "possessed of broad lands" and also chief dyer of the town.  Both sides of Sohrab's family, his mother and his father, claimed descent from the Imam Husayn, grandson of Muhammad.  His mother died when Sohrab was a few months old, while she herself was still a teenager, and he was taken to live with his maternal grandmother in [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]]. ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP025.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 25])
  
After the family had become Baha'i, they were persecuted by the citizens of the town and Sohrab with a maternal uncle, left his grandmother's home forever. ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP038.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 38])  He and his uncle traveled about the countryside as doctors, and now and then meeting other Baha'is.  By instruction from Abdul Baha, he and his uncle parted company, the uncle returning to Esphahan, while Sohrab went on to meet Abdul Baha in Acca. ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP048.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 48])
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After the family had become Baha'i, they were persecuted by the citizens of the town and Sohrab with a maternal uncle, left his grandmother's home forever. ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP038.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 38])  He and his uncle traveled about the countryside as doctors, and now and then meeting other Baha'is.  By instruction from Abdul Baha, he and his uncle parted company, the uncle returning to Esphahan, while Sohrab went on to meet Abdul Baha in Acca. ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP048.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 48])  Here he was put to work, copying, and reciting the words of Baha U'llah. ([http://www.h-net.org/~bahai/diglib/books/P-T/S/sohrab/MBP056.gif ''My Baha'i Pilgrimage'', page 56])
  
 
===American Visit===
 
===American Visit===

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