Florence Breed Khan | |
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![]() Florence Breed Khan and Mirza Ali Kuli Khan in 1911, from the Library of Congress. | |
Born | 1875 Lynn, Massachusetts, US |
Died | June 24, 1950 Teaneck, New Jersey, US | (aged 74–75)
Children | 3, including Marzieh Gail |
Parent |
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Florence Breed Khan (1875 – June 24, 1950) was an American political hostess and Bahá'i convert from Boston, wife of Mirza Ali Kuli Khan, a Persian translator and diplomat.
Florence M. Breed was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Francis W. Breed and Alice Ives Breed. [1] Her father was a shoe manufacturer. Her mother, an active clubwoman, was also a Bahá'i convert, introduced to the faith by suffragist Mary Hanford Ford.
Breed, who acted as a young woman and studied Eastern religions and texts, [2] married a Persian diplomat, Mirza Ali Kuli Khan, in 1904. [3] [4] They met when he was lecturing at Harvard University. [5] Following his diplomatic career, they lived in Washington, D.C., [6] San Francisco, [7] Paris, Tehran, Istanbul, and Tbilisi. [8]
Khan was a society hostess in Washington while her husband was the Persian chargé d'affaires there. [9] [10] "I find that few Americans, even traveled and cultured ones, know Persian as it deserves to be appreciated," she told an interviewer in 1910. [11] The Khan family greeted Bahá'i leader ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on his arrival in Washington in 1912, [12] and hosted a luncheon for him, with guests including Louis Gregory. [13] She contributed Persian recipes to The Economy Administration Cookbook (1913). [14] In 1915, she and her husband attended the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, representing Persia. [15] She was an occasional lecturer on Persia to community groups. [16]
Florence Breed and Ali Kuli Khan had three children, Rahim (born 1905), Marzieh (1908–1993), [17] and Hamideh (1910–1989). [11] Florence Breed Khan died in 1950, in Teaneck, New Jersey, in her seventies. [18] Their daughter Marzieh Gail published a series of family memoirs, Other People, Other Places (1982), Summon up Remembrance (1987), and Arches of the Years (1991). [19] [20] [21]
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Florence Breed Khan | |
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![]() Florence Breed Khan and Mirza Ali Kuli Khan in 1911, from the Library of Congress. | |
Born | 1875 Lynn, Massachusetts, US |
Died | June 24, 1950 Teaneck, New Jersey, US | (aged 74–75)
Children | 3, including Marzieh Gail |
Parent |
|
Florence Breed Khan (1875 – June 24, 1950) was an American political hostess and Bahá'i convert from Boston, wife of Mirza Ali Kuli Khan, a Persian translator and diplomat.
Florence M. Breed was born in Lynn, Massachusetts, the daughter of Francis W. Breed and Alice Ives Breed. [1] Her father was a shoe manufacturer. Her mother, an active clubwoman, was also a Bahá'i convert, introduced to the faith by suffragist Mary Hanford Ford.
Breed, who acted as a young woman and studied Eastern religions and texts, [2] married a Persian diplomat, Mirza Ali Kuli Khan, in 1904. [3] [4] They met when he was lecturing at Harvard University. [5] Following his diplomatic career, they lived in Washington, D.C., [6] San Francisco, [7] Paris, Tehran, Istanbul, and Tbilisi. [8]
Khan was a society hostess in Washington while her husband was the Persian chargé d'affaires there. [9] [10] "I find that few Americans, even traveled and cultured ones, know Persian as it deserves to be appreciated," she told an interviewer in 1910. [11] The Khan family greeted Bahá'i leader ‘Abdu’l-Bahá on his arrival in Washington in 1912, [12] and hosted a luncheon for him, with guests including Louis Gregory. [13] She contributed Persian recipes to The Economy Administration Cookbook (1913). [14] In 1915, she and her husband attended the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, representing Persia. [15] She was an occasional lecturer on Persia to community groups. [16]
Florence Breed and Ali Kuli Khan had three children, Rahim (born 1905), Marzieh (1908–1993), [17] and Hamideh (1910–1989). [11] Florence Breed Khan died in 1950, in Teaneck, New Jersey, in her seventies. [18] Their daughter Marzieh Gail published a series of family memoirs, Other People, Other Places (1982), Summon up Remembrance (1987), and Arches of the Years (1991). [19] [20] [21]
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