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Marzieh Gail

December 15, 2023

Marzieh Gail (1 April 1908 – 16 October 1993), born Marzieh Nabil Khan, was a Persian-American Bahá'i writer and translator.

Marzieh Gail
Marzieh Gail, from a 1945 newspaper photo
Born
Marzieh Khanum

1 April 1908
near Boston, Massachusetts, US
Died16 October 1993
San Francisco, California, US
Other namesMarzia Nabil Khan, Marzia Nabil Carpenter, Mardiyyih Nabil
Occupation(s)Writer, translator
Spouse(s)Howard Carpenter (d. 1935); Harold Gail (d. 1992)
ParentFlorence Breed Khan
RelativesAlice Ives Breed (grandmother)

Early life edit

Marzieh Khan was one of the three children of Mirza Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Breed Khan.[1] Her father was a diplomat from Iran;[2] her mother was an American Bahá'i convert and diplomatic hostess.[3] Her grandmother, Alice Ives Breed, was a Boston clubwoman and socialite.[4]

As a child, Khan lived in Washington, D.C., Paris, Tehran, Istanbul, and Tbilisi, because of her father's work. Khan attended Vassar College, Mills College, and Stanford University, graduating from the last of these in 1929. She earned a master's degree in English in 1932, at the University of California, Berkeley.[5]

Career edit

Khan was an early admirer of Shoghi Effendi, longtime head of the Bahá'i Faith. She and her first husband went to Iran to teach Bahá'i classes. Gail was an early woman journalist in Tehran.[6][7] After her husband's death, she concentrated on translating Bahá'i texts. From 1936 to 1939, she taught summer classes at Louhelen Baháʼí School in Michigan.[8] During World War II, she did translation work for the Office of War Information.[6] In the 1950s, with her second husband, she worked on Bahá'i projects in France, Austria, and the Netherlands.[5]

Gail's writing included three books about the fourteenth century, books on Bahá'i topics, newspaper articles, and magazine essays. She translated several Bahá'i texts into English.[1][5]

Selected works by Gail edit

  • Persia and the Victorians (1951)[9]
  • Six Lessons in Islam (1953)[10]
  • Bahá'i Glossary (1955)[11]
  • The Sheltering Branch (1959)[12]
  • Avignon in Flower, 1309-1403 (1966)[13][14]
  • Life in the Renaissance (1968)[15][16]
  • The Three Popes (1969)[17]
  • Khanum, The Greatest Holy Leaf (1981)[18]
  • Dawn Over Mount Hira, and other essays (1976)[19]

Gail also wrote three family memoirs, Other People, Other Places (1982),[20] Summon Up Remembrance (1987),[21] and Arches of the Years (1991).[22] She edited an autobiography by fellow American Bahá'i Juliet Thompson.[23]

Gail translated The Seven Valleys and Four Valleys (1945) (as a combined text),[24] The Secret of Divine Civilization (1957, with her father),[25] Memorials of the Faithful (1971),[26] Selections from the Writings of 'Abdu'l-Bahá (1976),[27] My Memories of Bahá'u'lláh (1982).[28]

Personal life edit

Marzieh Khan married Howard Luxmoore Carpenter, a medical doctor, in 1929. Carpenter was paralyzed by polio while the couple were living in Iran. He died in 1935. She married again in 1939, to Harold Gail. They lived in California.[6] She was widowed again when he died in 1992; she died in 1993, aged 85 years, in San Francisco.[1][5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Chen, Constance M. (1996). "Obituary: Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail (1908-1993): Translator and Author, "Patron Saint" of Women Bahá'í Scholars". Baháʼí Studies Review. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  2. ^ Riley, Marguerite (1945-08-25). "Luncheon fetes California Visitor". Detroit Free Press. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-10-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Boston Woman Chatelaine". The Boston Globe. 1910-10-30. p. 67. Retrieved 2020-10-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Moulton. p. 118. ISBN 9780722217139.
  5. ^ a b c d "Gail, Marzieh". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  6. ^ a b c Neill, Robert D. (1952-07-31). "Mrs. Marzieh Gail to Address Baha'i in Geysterville". The Press Democrat. p. 13. Retrieved 2020-10-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Talk on Persia Due at Center". Arizona Republic. 1945-04-14. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-10-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Mrs. Bishop Will Join Staff of Baha'i School". Detroit Free Press. 1939-08-05. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-10-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Gail, Marzieh (2013-06-17). Persia and the Victorians (RLE Iran A). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-84148-4.
  10. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1953). Six Lessons on Islam. Baha'i Pub. Trust.
  11. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1955). Bahá'í Glossary.
  12. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1978). The Sheltering Branch. George Ronald.
  13. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1965). Avignon in Flower, 1309-1403. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 9780608392752.
  14. ^ Hill, Bob (1965-12-16). "Looking at Books". Spokane Chronicle. p. 20. Retrieved 2020-10-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1968). Life in the Renaissance. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-80298-5.
  16. ^ "Bahai Writer to Speak at 'Banke'". The Portsmouth Herald. 1973-05-19. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-10-22 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1969). The Three Popes: An Account of the Great Schism when Rival Popes in Rome, Avignon, and Pisa Vied for the Rule of Christendom. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780671201746.
  18. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1981). Khanum: The Greatest Holy Leaf. George Ronald. ISBN 978-0-85398-112-1.
  19. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1976). Dawn Over Mount Hira, and Other Essays. G. Ronald. ISBN 978-0-85398-063-6.
  20. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1982). Other people, other places. Oxford [Oxfordshire: G. Ronald. ISBN 978-0-85398-122-0. OCLC 9890120.
  21. ^ Gail, Marzieh; Ali-Kuli Khan (1987). Summon up remembrance. Oxford [England: G. Ronald. ISBN 978-0-85398-258-6. OCLC 19624777.
  22. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1991). Arches of the years. Oxford: Ronald. ISBN 978-0-85398-325-5. OCLC 24697096.
  23. ^ Thompson, Juliet. (1983). The diary of Juliet Thompson. Gail, Marzieh. (1st ed.). Los Angeles: Kalimát Press. ISBN 0-933770-27-8. OCLC 9557179.
  24. ^ Baháʼuʼlláh, 1817-1892. (1978). The seven valleys and the four valleys (3d rev. ed.). Wilmette, Ill.: Baháʼí Pub. Trust. ISBN 0-87743-113-2. OCLC 2797616.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921. (1990). The secret of divine civilization. Gail, Marzieh., Khan, Ali-Kuli. (1st pocket-sized ed.). Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'i Pub. Trust. ISBN 0-87743-219-8. OCLC 21874618.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  26. ^ ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921. (1997). Memorials of the faithful. Gail, Marzieh. (1st softcover ed.). Wilmette, Ill.: Baháʼí Pub. Trust. ISBN 0-87743-242-2. OCLC 39443324.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ ʻAbduʼl-Bahá, 1844-1921. (1997). Selections from the writings of ʻAbduʼl-Bahá. Universal House of Justice. Research Department. (1st U.S. pocket-size ed.). Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá'í Pub. Trust. ISBN 0-87743-251-1. OCLC 35159177.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Gail, Marzieh (1982). My Memories of Bahá'u'lláh.

Further reading edit

  • Iranica article

External links edit

  • "‘Abdu’l-Bahá with Children of Ali-Kuli and Florence Breed Khan in Khan home in Washington D.C." photograph taken in 1912.
  • "Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail: Translator and Author, 'Patron Saint' of Women Bahá'í Scholars" Uplifting Words (May 28, 2019), blogpost about Gail, with photographs.

December 15, 2023
marzieh, gail, april, 1908, october, 1993, born, marzieh, nabil, khan, persian, american, bahá, writer, translator, from, 1945, newspaper, photobornmarzieh, khanum1, april, 1908near, boston, massachusetts, usdied16, october, 1993san, francisco, california, uso. Marzieh Gail 1 April 1908 16 October 1993 born Marzieh Nabil Khan was a Persian American Baha i writer and translator Marzieh GailMarzieh Gail from a 1945 newspaper photoBornMarzieh Khanum1 April 1908near Boston Massachusetts USDied16 October 1993San Francisco California USOther namesMarzia Nabil Khan Marzia Nabil Carpenter Mardiyyih NabilOccupation s Writer translatorSpouse s Howard Carpenter d 1935 Harold Gail d 1992 ParentFlorence Breed KhanRelativesAlice Ives Breed grandmother Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Selected works by Gail 4 Personal life 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksEarly life editMarzieh Khan was one of the three children of Mirza Ali Kuli Khan and Florence Breed Khan 1 Her father was a diplomat from Iran 2 her mother was an American Baha i convert and diplomatic hostess 3 Her grandmother Alice Ives Breed was a Boston clubwoman and socialite 4 As a child Khan lived in Washington D C Paris Tehran Istanbul and Tbilisi because of her father s work Khan attended Vassar College Mills College and Stanford University graduating from the last of these in 1929 She earned a master s degree in English in 1932 at the University of California Berkeley 5 Career editKhan was an early admirer of Shoghi Effendi longtime head of the Baha i Faith She and her first husband went to Iran to teach Baha i classes Gail was an early woman journalist in Tehran 6 7 After her husband s death she concentrated on translating Baha i texts From 1936 to 1939 she taught summer classes at Louhelen Bahaʼi School in Michigan 8 During World War II she did translation work for the Office of War Information 6 In the 1950s with her second husband she worked on Baha i projects in France Austria and the Netherlands 5 Gail s writing included three books about the fourteenth century books on Baha i topics newspaper articles and magazine essays She translated several Baha i texts into English 1 5 Selected works by Gail editPersia and the Victorians 1951 9 Six Lessons in Islam 1953 10 Baha i Glossary 1955 11 The Sheltering Branch 1959 12 Avignon in Flower 1309 1403 1966 13 14 Life in the Renaissance 1968 15 16 The Three Popes 1969 17 Khanum The Greatest Holy Leaf 1981 18 Dawn Over Mount Hira and other essays 1976 19 Gail also wrote three family memoirs Other People Other Places 1982 20 Summon Up Remembrance 1987 21 and Arches of the Years 1991 22 She edited an autobiography by fellow American Baha i Juliet Thompson 23 Gail translated The Seven Valleys and Four Valleys 1945 as a combined text 24 The Secret of Divine Civilization 1957 with her father 25 Memorials of the Faithful 1971 26 Selections from the Writings of Abdu l Baha 1976 27 My Memories of Baha u llah 1982 28 Personal life editMarzieh Khan married Howard Luxmoore Carpenter a medical doctor in 1929 Carpenter was paralyzed by polio while the couple were living in Iran He died in 1935 She married again in 1939 to Harold Gail They lived in California 6 She was widowed again when he died in 1992 she died in 1993 aged 85 years in San Francisco 1 5 References edit a b c Chen Constance M 1996 Obituary Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail 1908 1993 Translator and Author Patron Saint of Women Baha i Scholars Bahaʼi Studies Review Retrieved 2020 10 21 Riley Marguerite 1945 08 25 Luncheon fetes California Visitor Detroit Free Press p 6 Retrieved 2020 10 22 via Newspapers com Boston Woman Chatelaine The Boston Globe 1910 10 30 p 67 Retrieved 2020 10 21 via Newspapers com Willard Frances Elizabeth Livermore Mary Ashton 1893 A Woman of the Century Fourteen Hundred seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life Moulton p 118 ISBN 9780722217139 a b c d Gail Marzieh Encyclopaedia Iranica Retrieved 2020 10 21 a b c Neill Robert D 1952 07 31 Mrs Marzieh Gail to Address Baha i in Geysterville The Press Democrat p 13 Retrieved 2020 10 22 via Newspapers com Talk on Persia Due at Center Arizona Republic 1945 04 14 p 6 Retrieved 2020 10 22 via Newspapers com Mrs Bishop Will Join Staff of Baha i School Detroit Free Press 1939 08 05 p 8 Retrieved 2020 10 21 via Newspapers com Gail Marzieh 2013 06 17 Persia and the Victorians RLE Iran A Routledge ISBN 978 1 136 84148 4 Gail Marzieh 1953 Six Lessons on Islam Baha i Pub Trust Gail Marzieh 1955 Baha i Glossary Gail Marzieh 1978 The Sheltering Branch George Ronald Gail Marzieh 1965 Avignon in Flower 1309 1403 Houghton Mifflin ISBN 9780608392752 Hill Bob 1965 12 16 Looking at Books Spokane Chronicle p 20 Retrieved 2020 10 22 via Newspapers com Gail Marzieh 1968 Life in the Renaissance Random House ISBN 978 0 394 80298 5 Bahai Writer to Speak at Banke The Portsmouth Herald 1973 05 19 p 6 Retrieved 2020 10 22 via Newspapers com Gail Marzieh 1969 The Three Popes An Account of the Great Schism when Rival Popes in Rome Avignon and Pisa Vied for the Rule of Christendom Simon and Schuster ISBN 9780671201746 Gail Marzieh 1981 Khanum The Greatest Holy Leaf George Ronald ISBN 978 0 85398 112 1 Gail Marzieh 1976 Dawn Over Mount Hira and Other Essays G Ronald ISBN 978 0 85398 063 6 Gail Marzieh 1982 Other people other places Oxford Oxfordshire G Ronald ISBN 978 0 85398 122 0 OCLC 9890120 Gail Marzieh Ali Kuli Khan 1987 Summon up remembrance Oxford England G Ronald ISBN 978 0 85398 258 6 OCLC 19624777 Gail Marzieh 1991 Arches of the years Oxford Ronald ISBN 978 0 85398 325 5 OCLC 24697096 Thompson Juliet 1983 The diary of Juliet Thompson Gail Marzieh 1st ed Los Angeles Kalimat Press ISBN 0 933770 27 8 OCLC 9557179 Bahaʼuʼllah 1817 1892 1978 The seven valleys and the four valleys 3d rev ed Wilmette Ill Bahaʼi Pub Trust ISBN 0 87743 113 2 OCLC 2797616 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link ʻAbduʼl Baha 1844 1921 1990 The secret of divine civilization Gail Marzieh Khan Ali Kuli 1st pocket sized ed Wilmette Ill Baha i Pub Trust ISBN 0 87743 219 8 OCLC 21874618 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link ʻAbduʼl Baha 1844 1921 1997 Memorials of the faithful Gail Marzieh 1st softcover ed Wilmette Ill Bahaʼi Pub Trust ISBN 0 87743 242 2 OCLC 39443324 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link ʻAbduʼl Baha 1844 1921 1997 Selections from the writings of ʻAbduʼl Baha Universal House of Justice Research Department 1st U S pocket size ed Wilmette Ill Baha i Pub Trust ISBN 0 87743 251 1 OCLC 35159177 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link Gail Marzieh 1982 My Memories of Baha u llah Further reading editIranica articleExternal links edit Abdu l Baha with Children of Ali Kuli and Florence Breed Khan in Khan home in Washington D C photograph taken in 1912 Marzieh Nabil Carpenter Gail Translator and Author Patron Saint of Women Baha i Scholars Uplifting Words May 28 2019 blogpost about Gail with photographs 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