skin and blue eyes and dark hair" and "winsome, vivacious and exceedingly beautiful". All her children inherited her physical features. Ásíyih was aristocratic in her bearing, and at times struggled with life as an exile. Unaccustomed to labour, during the exile of Baghdad Ásíyih’s hands cut and bled from blisters caused by washing clothes. She was also remembered as having a strong character. Her son `Abdu’l-Bahá reflected “she was patient, God-fearing, calm, humble and contented.” Shoghi Effendi has described her as having "continued to evince a fortitude, a piety, a devotion and a nobility of soul". Ásíyih was extremely religious. After the unexpected death of her son Mírzá Mihdí, Ásíyih consoled herself with her strongly held belief that he was in heaven. Her granddaughter recalled “my eyes will always see her in her blue dress…her sweet, smiling face…as she chanted prayers in her musical voice.” Even as a young woman in Tehran, Ásíyih was known for her work with the poor. This carried on during her imprisonment in Acre. During the period when the exiled Bahá’í community had been granted relative freedom, Ásíyih helped nurse the sick of Acre. See also Baháʼu'lláh's family Others buried in the Monument Gardens: Mirzá Mihdí, Baháʼu'lláh's youngest son by Ásíyih to survive infancy. Bahíyyih Khánum, Baháʼu'lláh's daughter by Ásíyih. Munirih Khánum, daughter-in-law by Ásíyih and wife of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Ásíyih's eldest son. Baháʼí Holy Family: ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, eldest son of Ásíyih and Baháʼu'lláh. Shoghi Effendi, grandson of ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, great-grandson of Ásíyih and Baháʼu'lláh, and the Guardian, or head, of the Baháʼí Faith. Rúhíyyih Khánum, wife of Shoghi Effendi. Khadíjih-Bagum, wife of The Báb. Notes Citations References Family of Baháʼu'lláh 1820 births 1886 deaths People from Tehran Iranian emigrants to the Ottoman Empire Burials at Monument Gardens, Haifa People from Acre, Israel Iranian prisoners and detainees Female religious leaders 19th-century Iranian people Women mystics