1. 2020-07. Khamsis, The: A Cradle of True Gold. Boris Handal. Biography of the five-brother Báqirof-Khamsi clan, designated by Bahá'u'lláh as the "Five Siyyids" after they accepted the Bahá'í Faith in 1881. Books.

1. 1913-03-30 —
   `Abdu'l-Bahá traveled from Paris to Stuttgart. [AB379]
   • He told His attendants to wear European dress and to discard their oriental headgear. [AB379]
     One of His attendants was Siyyid Ahmad Khamsí, a son of one of the Báqir-Uf (Báqiroff) brothers. [In Memoriam Spiritual father of Peru: Mentor and Counselor Mas'úd Khamsí]
   • He did not tell the Bahá'ís of Stuttgart of His arrival in advance. [AB379]
   • The party arrived on the 1st of April and took rooms in Hotel Marquardt, near the train station. Then He asked His attendant to telephone the Bahá'ís to announce His arrival and invite them to the hotel. [AB379-380]
2. 2013-03-05 —
   The passing of Mas'ud Khamsi, former Counsellor member of the International Teaching Centre in Lima, Peru. [BWNS943; In Memoriam: Mas'úd Khamsí (1922-2013), Spiritual Father of Peru, Mentor and Counselor by Boris Handal translated by Samuel Duboisme]
   • Photo.
   • Slideshow in Spanish.
   • Bahaipedia.
   • He was the son of one of "The Five Siyyids" (Sádát-i-Khams in Arabic), so named by Bahá'u'áh. For the story of this family see The Khamsis: A Cradle of True Gold by Boris Handal. Mas'ud Khamsi's story is told in this book (p111-239).

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