2.   Notes on Baha’s Household

2.1  Baha’s Sons
Baha's sons were surnamed as follows:
- Sir Abbas Effendi The Most Great Branch غصن اکبر
- Mirza Muhammad Ali The Most Might Branch غصن اعظم
- Mirza Ziyaullah The Most Pure Branch غصن اطهر
- Mirza Badiullah The Most Luminous Branch غصن انور

These four sons survived Baha. Under Baha's Will and Testament, Sir Abbas Effendi was appointed to succeed him. Sir Abbas was to be succeeded in turn by Mirza Muhammad Ali. The other two sons had no right to succeed to the office of the heresiarch.

The relevant passage in Baha's Will sums as follows:
When the sea of Union [with me] has ebbed and the Book of beginning is finished in the End, then turn unto him whom God has meant, who has branched from this Ancient Root. The reference in this blessed verse is the Most Great Branch. Thus we have manifested the command as a grace on own part, and verily we are the all-bountiful, the generous. Verily, god has decreed the station of the Most Mighty Branch after the station of the former. In truth he is the Commanding One, the wise. Verily, we have chosen the Most Mighty after the Most Great because of a command from before the presence of the knower of the known, the Awara.

To read more about Baha's members of family, got to the main page, select 'Bahaism -> Baha's Members of Family' and navigate through the index.