MR. HASHMATULLAH QURESHI
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Mr. Hasmatullah
Qureshi was an Oxford
graduate and man of letters. In 1923 when the First NSA of India and Burma was
formed, Mr. Hashmatullah was elected its secretary
[Bahai World Volume I]
In those days the secretary use to change
depending upon the place of establishment of NSA.In 1934 N.S.A. was shifted to
Shimla its Caretaker was Abbas Ali Butt. Mr.
Hasmatullah Qureshi was one of its members. The Nine-member assembly
formed was,
N.R. Vakil of Surat
Pritam Singh of Lahore
S.M. Roumi of Mandalay
Hashmatullah Qureshi of Delhi
Isfandiar Bakhtiyari of Karachi
Isfandiar Behram of Bombay
M. H. Ilmi of Delhi
Hormuz Khodbaksh of Pune
Ormsby Mollier of Bombay
[Bahai World Volume II]
Mr. Hasmatullah Qureshi also worked as STAFF OF EDITORS of
Bahai
World Volume III.
[Baha’i World, VOLUME III.]
Some
years later Nemur Effendi followed in the footsteps of Mirza Jalal in India,
leaving a train of spectacular Bahai’s: among them N. R. Vakil, Pritam Singh,
M.A., Mahfoozu'l Haq Ilmi, prominent teacher and editor of the Urdu Monthly,
Kaukab-i-Hind; Mr. Hasmatullah Qureshi, Oxford
graduate and man of letters; the late Professor Shirazi of Karachi; and many
another, generously devoting his life to the Cause.
[Bahai World Volume V]
"In
order to effect coordination between the friends of India
and Burma, the N. S. A.
deputed Mr. Hashmatullah to visit Burma and
stimulate the friends of that country. As a result of this visit which produced
general awakening among our Burmese brothers, it was decided to form a National
Council of the Baha’i of All-Burma under the direction of the N. S. A. This
Council held its first meeting on the 9th, 10th and 11th of April, 1935, at
Daidanaw, the Burmese Baha'i village, and passed several very important
resolutions. One of them was the addition of an English and Urdu section to the
already existing Burmese school at the village.
[Bahai World Volume VI]
A Travel
teacher and establisher of Baha’i publishing committee
PUBLICATION.—through
the constant prayers and effective instructions of the Beloved Guardian the
Holy Faith has been developed with quick strides. The continuous tours and
quickening visits of Mr. Siegfried Schopflocher and Miss Martha Root, the tours
of Messrs. Isfandiar Bakhtiari, Mr. Hashmatu'llah and Mahfuzul Haq Ilmi have given an
unprecedented publicity to our Faith and the demand for literature has been
growing with the growing publicity. Mr. Hismatullah proposed the formation of
an Indian Publishing Committee on the lines of American Publishing Committee.
[Bahai World Volume VII]
Not
only Mr. Hashmatullah Qureshi but his Mrs. S.H Qureshi was also instrumental in
spreading the Faith by giving public talks.
[Bahai World Volume VIII]
On
January 15, 1943, the Assembly received a message from the First Guardian
Shoghi Effendi informing the members that this event necessitated that they
direct attention to the establishment of an administrative center for the Faith
in India.
The city of Delhi
was designated. The Guardian himself contributed to the building fund, and with
active participation by the local Assemblies of India and other National
Spiritual Assemblies, it become possible, despite the difficulties of the war
period, to purchase a house for .the centralizing of the Assembly activities.
"In previous years," as the report states, "the National Office
used to shift with (the residence of) the elected Secretary. As rapidly as
possible, the stock of the Publishing Committee has been transferred from Lahore, and the Assembly
records were being centralized and permanently arranged. In Delhi, India.
The Secretary elected was Mr. Hashmatu'llah
[Bahai World Volume IX]
"Some
believers from Persia, in
response to the Guardian's appeal to settle in the countries adjoining Persia where the light of the Faith had not yet
penetrated, migrated to Quetta, Baluchistan, where they were joined by some other
believers.
"Mr.
M. H. Ilmi settled in Aligarh
and joined the group of believers there. Mr.
Hasmatullah Qureshi paid them occasional visits and helped them in
teaching enquirers, some of whom declared themselves as Baha’i thus making the
formation of a Spiritual Assembly possible there.
[Bahai World Volume X]
After Mason Remy Proclamation,
Mr. Hashmatullah Qureshi accepted wholeheartedly the Guardianship of Mason Remy
fully aware that Guardianship is inseperable part of Bahai Adminstration as
mentioned in Will and Testament of Abdul Baha.
The Sans Guardian Organisation
removed him from Bahai Adminstration and unlawfully declared him as covenant
Breaker.This True Follower of Bah’a’ullah till the end of his life kept on guiding
the Baha’is towards the Matter of Continuation of Guardianship.
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