Mr. Fatheazam was born into a Baha'i family in Tehran, Iran, in 1924. He obtained Masters degrees in arts from Tehran University and Wiswa Bharati University in India.
Mr. Fatheazam worked as a curator at the library of the Faculty of Arts at Tehran University.
Following his move to India to assist Baha'i development work there, he held the post of lecturer in Persian literature at Punjab University. He was staff artist at All-India Radio from 1955 to 1963. During that period, he was secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India and was managing director of the Baha'i Publishing Trust, New Delhi.
Mr Fatheazam was elected to the first Universal House of Justice in 1963 and served until his retirement in 2003.
A poet, author and playwright, he wrote an introduction to the Baha'i Faith, The New Garden, which has been translated into some 109 languages. He has presented numerous lectures on the Baha'i Faith. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Shafiqih Fatheazam (nee Farzar-Asdagh), three children, many grandchilden; and was pre-deceased by one son.
~http://news.bahai.org/story/206
Mr. Fatheazam worked as a curator at the library of the Faculty of Arts at Tehran University.
Following his move to India to assist Baha'i development work there, he held the post of lecturer in Persian literature at Punjab University. He was staff artist at All-India Radio from 1955 to 1963. During that period, he was secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India and was managing director of the Baha'i Publishing Trust, New Delhi.
Mr Fatheazam was elected to the first Universal House of Justice in 1963 and served until his retirement in 2003.
A poet, author and playwright, he wrote an introduction to the Baha'i Faith, The New Garden, which has been translated into some 109 languages. He has presented numerous lectures on the Baha'i Faith. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Shafiqih Fatheazam (nee Farzar-Asdagh), three children, many grandchilden; and was pre-deceased by one son.
~http://news.bahai.org/story/206
Mr. Fatheazam was born into a Baha'i family in Tehran, Iran, in 1924. He obtained Masters degrees in arts from Tehran University and Wiswa Bharati University in India.
Mr. Fatheazam worked as a curator at the library of the Faculty of Arts at Tehran University.
Following his move to India to assist Baha'i development work there, he held the post of lecturer in Persian literature at Punjab University. He was staff artist at All-India Radio from 1955 to 1963. During that period, he was secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India and was managing director of the Baha'i Publishing Trust, New Delhi.
Mr Fatheazam was elected to the first Universal House of Justice in 1963 and served until his retirement in 2003.
A poet, author and playwright, he wrote an introduction to the Baha'i Faith, The New Garden, which has been translated into some 109 languages. He has presented numerous lectures on the Baha'i Faith. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Shafiqih Fatheazam (nee Farzar-Asdagh), three children, many grandchilden; and was pre-deceased by one son.
~http://news.bahai.org/story/206
Mr. Fatheazam worked as a curator at the library of the Faculty of Arts at Tehran University.
Following his move to India to assist Baha'i development work there, he held the post of lecturer in Persian literature at Punjab University. He was staff artist at All-India Radio from 1955 to 1963. During that period, he was secretary of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India and was managing director of the Baha'i Publishing Trust, New Delhi.
Mr Fatheazam was elected to the first Universal House of Justice in 1963 and served until his retirement in 2003.
A poet, author and playwright, he wrote an introduction to the Baha'i Faith, The New Garden, which has been translated into some 109 languages. He has presented numerous lectures on the Baha'i Faith. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Shafiqih Fatheazam (nee Farzar-Asdagh), three children, many grandchilden; and was pre-deceased by one son.
~http://news.bahai.org/story/206
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