List of converts to the Bahá'í Faith from Islam

This is a List of converts to the Bahá'í Faith from Islam.

Mishkín-Qalam was a prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia.^[1]

These were mostly people who were followers of the Bahá'u'lláh at the time he founded the Bahá'í Faith.

• Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl – Foremost Bahá'í scholar who helped spread the Bahá'í Faith in Egypt, Turkmenistan, and the United States. One of the few Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh who never actually met Bahá'u'lláh.^[2]
• Mishkín-Qalam- Prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia.^[1]
• Táhirih- Persian poet and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran.^[3]
• Nabíl-i-A'zam- Bahá'í historian and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh^[4]
• Hají Ákhúnd- Eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.^[5]
• Ibn-i-Abhar – appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.^[6]
• Mírzá Mahmúd – Eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.^[7]
• Núrayn-i-Nayyirayn – two brothers who were beheaded in the city of Isfahan in 1879.^[8]
• Somaya Ramadan^[9] - 2001 winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature.
• 'Abdu'l-Karim Amín Khawja^[10] - the first native Algerian convert to the Bahá'í Faith.
• Musa Naghiyev - an Azerbaijani industrial oil magnate in late 19th - early 20th century.^[11]
• Sami Doktoroglu - an early and important member of the Bahá'í Faith in Turkey.

References

1. Balyuzi, Hasan (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. pp. 270–271. ISBN 0853981523.
2. Momen, Moojan (March 4, 2002). "Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, Mirza". Retrieved February 19, 2007.
3. 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1997) [1915]. Memorials of the Faithful (Softcover ed.). Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. ISBN 0877432422.
4. Balyuzi, Hasan (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. pp. 268–270. ISBN 0853981523.
5. Balyuzi, Hasan (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. pp. 265–266. ISBN 0853981523.
6. Balyuzi, Hasan (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. pp. 245–256. ISBN 0853981523.
7. Balyuzi, Hasan (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. pp. 290–310. ISBN 0853981523.
8. Balyuzi, Hasan (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. pp. 335–350. ISBN 0853981523.
9. Lucy Provan (October 14, 2012). "Baha’is in Egypt - The 25 January revolution gave everyone hope for change, and the Baha’i hope for acceptance.". Daily News Egypt (Egypt). Archived from the original on Dec 16, 2014. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
10. Cameron, G.; Momen, W. (1996). A Basic Bahá'í Chronology. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. pp. 309, 316, 330, 373, 380. ISBN 0-85398-404-2.
11. Balci, Bayram; Jafarov, Azer (2007-02-21), "The Baha’is of the Caucasus: From Russian Tolerance to Soviet Repression {2/3}", Caucaz.com, archived from the original on Aug 15, 2008