It is recounted that, according to Jewish prophecy, the seventh son in a father-to-son line of Rabbis, Mirza Aqa Jan-i-Majzub who was to become the next Rabbi, would be in the time of the Lord of Hosts. Other Jewish Baha'is knew this and introduced him to great teachers of the Faith. The Majzoub family reports Mirza Reyhan-i-Reyhani, whose son married Sabeteh Khanum, as the person who made the introductions. He was to take the title "Mulla Parthiel" after his father died but he had already become a Baha'i by then. He was the one who chose the last name Majzub.
The story of Mirza Aghajan's acceptence of the Baha'i faith, and eventual role as one of the earliest proselytizers of the faith among Tehran's Jewish community is recounted in Azizollah Azizi's memoirs. According to Azizi, Aghajan's cousin, a Haji Elyahou, returned from the holy land where he began teaching the tenants of the new faith. Seeking refuge in his cousin's home, he also became acquainted with Aghajan's landlord, Mirza Aghajan Bolbol Eshraghian. These three, along with a fourth friend, Mirza Ebrahim Khayat (Khojasteh), eventually accepted Mohammad as the messenger of God (as further referenced in Amanat 2011), before embracing the Baha'i Faith.
The story of Mirza Aghajan's acceptence of the Baha'i faith, and eventual role as one of the earliest proselytizers of the faith among Tehran's Jewish community is recounted in Azizollah Azizi's memoirs. According to Azizi, Aghajan's cousin, a Haji Elyahou, returned from the holy land where he began teaching the tenants of the new faith. Seeking refuge in his cousin's home, he also became acquainted with Aghajan's landlord, Mirza Aghajan Bolbol Eshraghian. These three, along with a fourth friend, Mirza Ebrahim Khayat (Khojasteh), eventually accepted Mohammad as the messenger of God (as further referenced in Amanat 2011), before embracing the Baha'i Faith.
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