Abbas Efendi - Abbas Efendi

Japanese: アッバース・エフェンディー - あっばーすえふぇんでぃー
Abbas Efendi - Abbas Efendi

...He sent letters to leaders of various countries, pleading for support for the new religion, and just two years after his death, the first Baha'i organization was formed in America. His eldest son, Abbas Efendi (1844-1920), succeeded his father and made many missionary journeys to Europe and America in the 1910s, achieving great success and laying the foundations for Baha'iism in the region. During the time of the third leader, Shoghi Efendi, the center of the religion was moved to Haifa, and active missionary work continues to this day, but in the founder's native Iran, it is considered a heretic and missionary work is banned. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "Abbas Effendi" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼は各国の指導者に手紙を送って新宗教の支持を訴え,死後2年で早くもアメリカに最初のバハーイー教徒の組織が形成された。長子アッバース・エフェンディー‘Abbās Efendī(1844‐1920)は父の後を継ぎ,1910年代に欧米に布教の旅を続けて大きな成果を挙げ,同地域におけるバハーイー教の基礎を築いた。3代目教主ショウギー・エフェンディーの時代になって,同教の中心はハイファに移され,今日に至るまで活発な布教活動が続けられているが,教祖の生国イランでは異端視され布教が禁じられている。…

※「アッバース・エフェンディー」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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