August 29, 2013

‘Asiyih Khanum

From: Baha'i Biographical Notes
‘Asiyih Khanum is the wife of Baha’u’llah and mother of 'Abdu'l-Baha, Bahiyyih-Khaum, and Mirza Mihdi. She married Baha’u’llah in 1835, accompanied Him throughout all of His exiles, and died in 1886. Baha’u’llah addressed her as Navvab (an honorific implying "Grace or "Highness") and designated her as the "Most Exalted Leaf" and His "perpetual consort in all the worlds of God.