Ahmad Sohrab

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Born a [[Baha'i Faith|Baha'i]] in [[Isfahan Province|Sedeh, Isfahan Province, Persia]] (now [[Iran]]), Sohrab's father Abdu'l-Baghi was a descendent of [[Muhammad]].  Abdu'l-Baghi was the chief dyer of the town.  Both sides of Sohrab's family, his mother and his father, claimed descent from the Imam Husayn, grandson of Muhammad.  His mother died when Sohrab was a few months old, while she herself was still a teenager, and he was taken to live with his maternal grandmother in [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]].
 
Born a [[Baha'i Faith|Baha'i]] in [[Isfahan Province|Sedeh, Isfahan Province, Persia]] (now [[Iran]]), Sohrab's father Abdu'l-Baghi was a descendent of [[Muhammad]].  Abdu'l-Baghi was the chief dyer of the town.  Both sides of Sohrab's family, his mother and his father, claimed descent from the Imam Husayn, grandson of Muhammad.  His mother died when Sohrab was a few months old, while she herself was still a teenager, and he was taken to live with his maternal grandmother in [[Isfahan (city)|Isfahan]].
  
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===American Visit===
By 1911, he had founded an organization called the [[Persian-American Educational Society]].  Later that year he sailed to Europe "in the interests of his work". (''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[Nov 13]] [[1911]], p.4). Sohrab was secretary and interpreter to [[Abdu'l-Baha]] from 1912 to 1919. While on this embassy, about 1912 or 1913 he briefly met and began wooing Juanita Storch who at that time was living with her family in Oakland, California.  Since Sohrab returned to Palestine, the wooing took place long-distance by means of "five hundred letters".  The coming of World War I, put a temporary halt to the letters as they were apparently being confiscated or at least not allowed through the lines, but at the end of the war, the lovers, but re-made their acquaintance (see [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=8049&iid=NEWS-CA-OA_TR.1919_12_26_0018&rc=2758,1021,2891,1054;2910,1021,3043,1054;2942,1413,3071,1446;3412,800,3528,833;3671,1054,3810,1087;3416,1579,3530,1612&fn=&ln=Record+Juanita+Storch&st=d&ssrc=&pid=482240530 Oakland Tribune, 26 Dec 1919]). In the meantime, Juanita had moved to Santa Rosa, California. They were married in New York on 28 Apr 1920 (''[[The Oakland Tribune]]'', 27 Jun 1920, ''The New York Times'', 29 Apr 1920 [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=98587369&fn=&ln=Record+Juanita+Storch&st=d&ssrc=&pid=96112 here]).
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By 1911, he had founded an organization called the [[Persian-American Educational Society]].  Later that year he sailed to Europe "in the interests of his work". (''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[Nov 13]] [[1911]], p.4). Sohrab was secretary and interpreter to [[Abdu'l-Baha]] from 1912 to 1919. While on this embassy, about 1912 or 1913 he briefly met and began wooing Juanita Storch who at that time was living with her family in Oakland, California.  Since Sohrab returned to Palestine, the wooing took place long-distance by means of "five hundred letters".  The coming of World War I, put a temporary halt to the letters as they were apparently being confiscated or at least not allowed through the lines, but at the end of the war, the lovers, but re-made their acquaintance (see [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=8049&iid=NEWS-CA-OA_TR.1919_12_26_0018&rc=2758,1021,2891,1054;2910,1021,3043,1054;2942,1413,3071,1446;3412,800,3528,833;3671,1054,3810,1087;3416,1579,3530,1612&fn=&ln=Record+Juanita+Storch&st=d&ssrc=&pid=482240530 Oakland Tribune, 26 Dec 1919]).
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===Marriage===
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In the meantime, Juanita had moved to Santa Rosa, California. They were married in New York on 28 Apr 1920 (''[[The Oakland Tribune]]'', 27 Jun 1920, ''The New York Times'', 29 Apr 1920 [http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=50000&iid=98587369&fn=&ln=Record+Juanita+Storch&st=d&ssrc=&pid=96112 here]).
  
 
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===Marriage===

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