1. 2025-12. Bahá'u'lláh's Warning to Mírzá Muḥammad-'Alí in a Tablet to Siyyid Mihdíy-i-Dahájí: Provisional Translation and Commentary. Aaron J. R. Ferguson. A warning concerning the possibility of Bahá'u'lláh's son straying from the cause; significance of this Tablet in light of the themes of spiritual authority and succession in the Bahá’í Faith; admonitions to remain firm in His Covenant and prevent schism. Articles.
2. 2025. After Shoghi Effendi: Guardianship, Lineage, and the Limits of Claim. Iman Motlagh Arani. Theological-legal analysis of the Bahá’í Covenant as it pertains to the institution of the Guardianship, and the claims advanced by Mason Remey and the "Orthodox Bahá’ís"; the nature of the Covenant, the Guardianship, and the Aghsan. Essays.
3. 2021. Legacy of Verse 42 of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, The. Gerald C. Keil. Explores the circumstances under which a reading of Verse 42 which indicates that the line of Aghsan might end prior to the establishment of the Universal House of Justice came to predominate. Includes a memorandum from the Research Department. Articles-unpublished.
4. 2021. Aghsan, The. Grover Gonzales. The article gives a new, different view of the development of the Bahai Covenant, the end of the Guardianship, overview of the meanings of aghsán ("branches"), the sons of Bahá'u'lláh, the expulsion of Abdu'l-Bahá's seven grandsons, and succession. Essays.
5. 2018-10-7. Titles of the Aghsán. Universal House of Justice. On whether Mirzá Badí‘u’lláh was designated by Bahá’u’lláh as Ghuṣn-i-Anvar (the Most Luminous Branch), and if, after the passing of Mírzá Mihdí, the title of Ghuṣn-i-Aṭhar (the Purest Branch) was given to Mírzá Ḍíyá’u’lláh. UHJ-letters.
6. 2010. Genealogía de los Profetas de Dios. Boris Handal. A chart connecting the major Messengers of God through historical, prophetic, and interpretative information, from Adam to Bahá'u'lláh, showing Shoghi Effendi's ascendancy as "the primal branch of the Divine and Sacred Lote-Tree." Chronologies.
7. 2005. Genealogy of the Aghsan and the Afnán. Ahang Rabbani, comp. Two family trees, one for The Bab and the other for Bahá'u'lláh. Biographies.
8. 2000. Index for Relatives of Bahá'u'lláh and The Báb. Author unknown. Index of names of all family members; note on the construction of Persian names. Archive of an old webpage; no links active. Biographies.
9. 1957/1992. Genealogy of Shoghi Effendi. Grover Gonzales. A hand-drawn chart of Shoghi Effendi's family history. Chronologies.
10. 1950?. Genealogy of The Báb and Bahá'u'lláh. Kay Zinky. Chart showing the Semitic line of prophets, including source citations. Chronologies.

1. 1897-03-01 —
   The birth of Shoghi Effendi, in the house of `Abdu'lláh Páshá. [BBD208; BKG359; DH60, 214; GBF2]
   • He was descended from both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh: his mother was the eldest daughter of `Abdu'l-Bahá; his father was an Afnán, a grandson of Hájí Mírzá `Abu'l-Qásim, a cousin of the mother of the Báb and a brother of His wife. [CB280; GBF2]
   • He was the Ghusn-i-Mumtáz, the Chosen Branch. [BBD87]
   • `Shoghi' means `one who longs'. [CB281]
   • `Abdu'l-Bahá commanded everyone, even Shoghi Effendi's father, to add the title `Effendi' after his name. [CB281; GBF2]
   • `Abdu'l-Bahá gave him the surname Rabbání in the early years of his study in Haifa so that he will not be confused with his cousins, who were all called Afnán or Shahíd. The family name "Rabbání" was also used by Shoghi Effendi's brothers and sister. [BBD191–2; DH60–1; PG4]
   • As a young boy the Master sent him with a nurse named Hájar Khátún to live in Haifa where he was registered in the French Jesuit school, Collège des Frères. By the age of nine or ten his mother had gotten rid of this nurse. He was unhappy at school in Haifa so the Master sent him to a Catholic boarding school in Beirut where he was equally unhappy. He even sent an attendant to rent a house and provide care so he could attend as a day student but still he was not happy so arrangements were made for him to enter the preparatory school associated with the Syrian Protestant College. [PG4; PP15-17]
   • See also Rabbani, The Priceless Pearl; Rabbani, The Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith; Giachery, Shoghi Effendi: Recollections.
   • In a letter from the Universal House of Justice dated 1 October 1973 to Elias Zohoori, included on page 83 of his book, Names and Numbers: A Bahá'í History Reference Guide it says:
     ...we write to advise you that it has not been possible to establish with absolute accuracy the date of the beloved Guardian's birth. Shoghi Effendi's passport gives 3rd March 1896…A note in the Guardian's handwriting indicates 1st March 1897…A further and different date has been noted by Shoghi Effendi's father. Unless further research is able to clarify the matter, it is not possible to make a categorical statement of the Guardian's birth date.
     • Shoghi Effendi's registration form for the Syrian Protestant College shows his year of birth as 1899. [PGp14-15]
     • The inscription on the column erected at Shoghi Effendi's resting place shows "4 November 1896".

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