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Mírzá Músá (Persian: میرزا موسى‎; surnamed Áqáy-i-Kalím; died 1887) was the only full brother of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá’í Faith. Along with Bahá’u’lláh and his half-brother Subh-i-Azal, Mírzá Músá was an early follower of the Báb. In the dispute between the followers of Bahá’u’lláh and Subh-i-Azal over the identity of the successor to the Báb, Mírzá Músá was a lifelong supporter of Bahá’u’lláh. He is represented in Bahá’í literature as an example of loyalty and long-suffering, having shared in many of the exiles, imprisonments and deprivations of Bahá’u’lláh. He was later named by Shoghi Effendi as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.

Family

Mírzá Músá's son, Mirza Majdi'd-Din for a time transcribed the Tablets of Bahá'u'lláh, but later became "the most redoubtable adversary of `Abdu'l-Bahá" by supporting Mírzá Muhammad `Alí, the arch-breaker of the Covenant. He was the one who read the Kitáb-i-'Ahd in front of the family upon the passing of Bahá'u'lláh.

References

• Effendi, Shoghi (1944). God Passes By. Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. ISBN 0-87743-020-9.
• Zarandi, Nabil (1932). The Dawn-Breakers. Translated by Effendi, Shoghi. Wilmette, Illinois: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. ISBN 0-87743-020-9.

External links

• Mírzá Músá Aqay-i-Kalim