Hasan M. Balyuzi

Hasan M. Balyuzi (7 September 1908 – 12 February 1980) was a prominent Iranian member of the Baháʼí Faith.

The family was exiled to India during WWI where he spent from about age 8 through 16, and there was tutored in Persian, Arabic, went to "Bishops College" of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Poona.

He then attended American University of Beirut and advanced with a degree in chemistry and then a Masters of Arts in Diplomatic History along with various sports of student societies.

In 1932 he went to Britain where he studied diplomatic history at the London School of Economics and earned a Master of Science degree in 1935.

[2] It was also in 1938 that he began to publish a biographical article on Baháʼu'lláh, followed by the Báb and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá,[1] and later these would expand into books.

[1] The library, located in Sandy near Cambridge, United Kingdom, opened in 2015 with over 10,000 items on diverse topics and had received further donations of materials.

[6] A memorial lecture series was named after him held by the Association of Baháʼí Studies for North America.