Taraz'u'llah Samandari

On September 2, 1968, Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí, a Hand of the Cause of God, died. Born in Qazvin to a prominent Bahá'í family, he was the son of Kázim-i-Samandar, an Apostle of Bahá’u’lláh, and his grandmother had accompanied Ṭáhirih. In Acre, Ṭaráẓu’lláh Samandarí’s sister, Thurayyá Khánum, was married to Bahá’u’lláh’s younger son Mírzá Díyá’u’lláh, and she and her husband would eventually both be declared Covenant-breakers for their support of Mírzá Muhammad 'Alí in his conflict with 'Abdu'l-Bahá. After his death in 1898, Díyá'u'lláh was initially buried next to his father at the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh at the Mansion of Bahjí. However, having been declared a Covenant-breaker, Díyá'u'lláh's remains were disinterred in a "process" of "purification" through "cleansing" the "inner sanctuary" of the "most hallowed shrine," the "Qiblih" of the "Bahá'í World."