Vakílu'd-Dawlih

Vakílu'd-Dawlih.

Afnán-i-Yazdí (Persian: أفنان اليازدي, surnamed Vakílu'd-Dawlih; 1830  1909), also known as Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí, was an eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. He is identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.

He was an Afnán, a cousin of the Báb and the chief builder of the first Bahá'í House of Worship in 'Ishqábád, present day Turkmenistan, which was initiated by `Abdu'l-Bahá in or about 1902.

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