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‘Abdu’l-Bahá with ‘Ali Kuli and Florence Breed Khan in New York City

April 11, 1912
'Abdu'l-Baha with 'Ali Kuli and Florence Breed Khan in New York City
Kinney Home New York, NY

Khan, Ali Kuli (1879-1966)
Distinguished Bahá’í and diplomat
who came to the United States in 1901 as a translator for Mirza Abu’l-Fadl. His marriage to Florence Breed in 1904 was the first marriage between a Persian and an American Bahá’í. He was an early translator of some of the most important works of Bahá’u’lláh into English.”
-Mahmud’s Diary, 443.

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