Effendi ShoghiShogh Effendi (1 March 1897 - 4 November 1957) was Abdu'l-Bahá's grandson and successor, serving as Guardian of the Bahá Faith from 1921 until his death in 1957. He devised a series of teaching programs that oversaw the spread of the faith to many ne countries, and he also translated many of the Bahá's important figures' publications. Shoghi Effendi Was up in Akka, but went on to study in Haifa and Beirut, earning an arts degree from the Syrian Protestant College in 1918 before becoming Abdu'l-Bahá's secretary and interpreter. Read More Read Less