Valíyu'lláh Varqá
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Mírzá Valíyu'lláh Khán-i-Varqá (1884-1955) (Arabic: مرزا فاليالله خان الفارقة) was a prominent Persian Bahá'í, and appointed a Hand of the Cause by Shoghi Effendi.
He was the son of Varqá, the martyr-poet, and the father of `Alí-Muhammad Varqá, the last living Hand of the Cause, as of 2006.
Valí'u'lláh Varqá joined `Abdu'l-Bahá's entourage while he traveled across America. He was appointed Trustee of the Huqúqu'lláh in 1940 and a Hand of the Cause of Cause in 1951.
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- Harper, Barron (1997). Lights of Fortitude, Paperback, Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0853984131.
- Bahá'í World, Vol. 13, pp. 831-4.
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