Transliteration of Arabic and Fársí words/names

Hands of the Cause of God.. .

Appointed by	Details
Bahá’u’lláh	Hájí Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar-i-Shahmírzádí (Hájí Ákhúnd) (1842–1910)
	Mírzá Muḥammad-Taqí (Ibn-i-Abhar) (d. 1917)
	Mírzá Ḥasan-i-Adíb (Adíb) (1848–1919)
	Mírzá ‘Alí-Muḥammad (Ibn-i-Aṣdaq)(d. 1928)
‘Abdu’l-Bahá	None, but named five people in Memorials of the Faithful (pp. 5–9) as having been Hands of the Cause. However, Mullá ‘Alí-Akbar was appointed by Bahá’u’lláh.
	Áqá Muḥammad-i-Qá’iní (Nabíl-i-Akbar)
	Mírzá ‘Alí-Muḥammad-i-Varqá
	Mullá Ṣádiq-i-Muqaddas (Ismu’lláhu’l-Aṣdaq)
	Shaykh Muḥammad Riḍáy-i-Yazdí
Shoghi Effendi	Ḥájjí Amín (1831–1928)
	John Ebenezer Esslemont (1874–1925)
Posthumous	Martha Root (1872–1939)
appointments	Keith Bean Ransom-Kehler (1876–1933)
	John Henry Hyde Dunn (1855–1941) (27 April 1951)
	Siyyid Muṣṭafá Rúmí (d. 1942)
	‘Abdu’l-Jalíl Bey Sa‘d (d. 1942)
	Muḥammad Taqíy-i-Iṣfahání (d. 1946)
	Roy C. Wilhelm (1875–1951)
	Louis George Gregory (1874–1951)
Shoghi Effendi	Holy Land: Sutherland Maxwell, Mason Remey (until 1960), Amelia Collins, President, Vice-President, International Baha’i Council
24–12–1951	Iran: Valiyu’lláh Varqá, Tarázu’lláh Samandarí, ‘Alí-Akbar Furútan
(twelve)	American continent: Horace Holley, Dorothy Baker, Leroy Ioas
	European continent: George Townshend, Hermann Grossmann, Ugo Giachery
Shoghi Effendi	Canada and United States: Fred Schopflocher and Corinne True (respectively)
29–02–1952	Iran: Dhikru’lláh Khádim, Shu‘á‘u’lláh ‘Alá’í
(seven)	Germany, Africa, Australia: Adelbert Mühlschlegel, Músá Banání, Clara Dunn (respectively)
Shoghi Effendi	Uganda: Enoch Olinga (1926–1979)
2–10–1957	West and South Africa: William Sears (1911–1992), and John Aldham Robarts (1901–1992)
(eight)	British Isles: Ḥasan Muvaqqar Balyuzi (1908–1980) and John Graham Ferraby (1914–1973)
	Pacific: Harold Collis Featherstone (1913–1990) and Raḥmátu’lláh Muhájir (1923–1979)
	Arabia: Abu’l-Qásim Fayḍí (Faizi) (1906–1980)
Shoghi Effendi	Amatu’l-Bahá Rúḥíyyih Khánum (1910–2000) (March 1952)
(date)	Jalál Kházih (1897–1990) (December 1953)
	Paul Haney (1909–1982) (March 1954)
	‘Alí Muḥammad, son of Varqá (1911–2007) (November 1955)
	Miss Angus Baldwin Alexander (1875–1971) (March 1957)

Imáms.. .

1	‘Alí ibn Abí Ṭalib (632–661)	7	Músá al-Káẓim Ibn Báqir (765–799)
2	Ḥasan Ibn ‘Alí (661–669)	8	‘Alí III (‘Alí Ibn Músá ar-Riḍá) (799–818)
3	Ḥusayn Ibn ‘Alí (669–680)	9	Muḥammad al-Taqí Ibn Músá (818–835)
4	Zaynu’l-‘Ábidín ‘Alí II (680–712)	10	‘Alí IV (‘Alí an-Naqí) (835–868)
5	Muḥammad-Báqir Ibn ‘Alí (712–734)	11	Ḥasan II (Ḥasan al-‘Askarí Ibn Naqí) (868–873)
6	Ja‘far-as-Ṣádiq Ibn Báqir (734–765)	12	Muḥammad al-Mahdí Ibn Ḥasan (869–873 (ah 260))