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From the book, 'Valiant Horsemen of the Merciful' by Shirin Sabri, and the story, 'A Leaf Stirred by the Will of God': the heart-warming story of a couple, Mulla 'Ali Jan and his wife 'Alaviyyih, the way they built a sound community life with education for the children of their village, under extremely difficult conditions. Because he was a Baha'i, Mulla Ali Jan was taken to Tihran and put to death by the authorities. Both had passed away by the time the visiting American Baha'i, Keith Ransome-Kehler came to visit in 1932, and spoke to audiences of hundreds of Baha'is.

Sue Podger is descended from the early Dutch settlers of the Cape of Good Hope, known as Afrikaners. She is the first of this people to become a Baha'i and her maiden surname is Hofmeyr. She was trained at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town. An accomplished watercolourist, she uses a range of styles to portray a sensitive and accurate picture of the years when Baha'u'llah was amongst us. The images of one set of her paintings shown on this website were painted for a hard cover book, 'The Incomparable Friend', a history of the life of Baha'u'llah told in stories, which sold out and was out of print for some years. Shirin Sabri, it's author, and Sue, wishing to see it more widely available, have published it as a free...