(Baha'i News, November, 1974)
December 27, 2017
December 21, 2017
First Baha'i meeting place in Australia
Mr. and Mrs. Dunn's first flat in Avoca Street, Randwick,
Sydney, N.S.W. First Baha'i meeting-place in Australia.
(The Baha'i World,
1932-1934)
December 15, 2017
The Mansion of Bahji as of 1900s
The Mansion of Baha'u'llah at Bahji as it appeared during the
time of the first pilgrimage of the Western believers in the early 1900s.
(Baha'i News March 1976)
December 10, 2017
'Abdu'l-Baha's bedroom, Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April, 1912
(The Baha'i World 1932-1934)
December 6, 2017
One of the places Baha'u'llah stayed during His period of retirement
Takyiy-i-Mawlana Khalid in Sulaymaniyyih, Iraq, where
Baha'u'llah stayed during His period of retirement.
(The Baha'i World 1932-1934)
December 2, 2017
The ‘Ark’ (Citadel) of Tabriz, Persia, where the Báb was confined in 1848
(The Baha'i World 1930-1932)
November 28, 2017
November 25, 2017
Green Acre in Eliot, Main, USA becomes one of the first Baha’i summer schools in the Western Hemisphere
Sanctified by a native peace pipe ceremony in 1894, the
Sarah Farmer Inn, near the banks of the Piscataqua river in Eliot, Maine,
became a conference facility for a variety of courses, including
transcendentalism, evolution and comparative religion. Its open-minded
atmosphere attracted people of many religions, cultures, and races. It provided
a peaceful setting for fostering fellowship, understanding and unity.
After her pilgrimage to ‘Akka in 1900, Sarah Farmer, made
the facilities at the disposal of the followers of the Faith which she had
herself recently embraced. The center attracted many Baha’i speakers including
some very famous like, Mirza Abu’l-Fadl in 1902. In 1912 Green Acre became
specially blessed by the footsteps of 'Abdu'l-Bahá Who spent a week there and
gave a number of talks. In one of them on August 17 He indicated that “In the
future, God willing, Green Acre shall become a great center, the cause of the
unity of the world of humanity, the cause of uniting hearts and binding
together the East and the West. This is my hope. (Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation
of Universal Peace, p. 264). It is reported that ‘Abdu’l-Baha further indicated
that one day Green Acre would become the site of the first Baha'i University
and the second Baha'i Temple in the United States. The room in which
‘Abdu’l-Baha stayed is reserved nowadays for prayers and meditation.
November 22, 2017
November 20, 2017
April 21, 1922: Shrines of both Baha'u'llah and the Bab were electrically illuminated for the first time
On the first day of Ridvan [1922], although Shoghi Effendi
himself had left Haifa, the Shrines of both Baha'u'llah and the Bab were
electrically illuminated for the first time, pursuant to arrangements made
before the Master's ascension, but, again, supervised by Shoghi Effendi
himself.
- Ruhiyyih Khanum ('The Priceless Pearl')
November 18, 2017
The Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in 'Ishqabad, extensively damaged by violent earthquakes in 1948, was demolished in 1963 by the Russian authorities for safety reasons
August 25, 1963
To the National Spiritual Assemblies of the Bahá'í World
Dear Bahá'í friends,
The whole Bahá'í World will be grief-stricken at the news of
the sad fate which has overtaken the Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in 'Ishqabad, the first
Temple raised to the glory of Bahá'u'lláh. [The temple was located in
Turkmenistan, near the Iranian border, north of the Iranian province of
Khurasan ] Due to its unsafe condition, resulting from earthquakes, the
building has been entirely demolished and the site cleared.
The building of this edifice, the only structure of its kind
to be raised and completed in the lifetime of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, was described by
the beloved Guardian as "a lasting witness to the fervour and the
self-sacrifice of the Oriental believers." This "enterprise,"
the Guardian further wrote, "must rank not only as the first major
undertaking launched through the concerted efforts of His followers in the
Heroic Age of His Faith, but as one of the most brilliant and enduring
achievements in the history of the first Bahá'í century."[GPB, p. 300. The
first Bahá'í century ended in 1944.]
The Bahá'í centre in 'Ishqabad was founded in the days of
Bahá'u'lláh. Already during His lifetime preliminary steps had been adopted by
the friends of that community to build, in accordance with the provisions of
the Most Holy Book, a Mashriqu'l- Adhkar.[The Most Holy Book is the
Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Bahá'u'lláh's book of laws]
November 16, 2017
The room Bahá'u'lláh was born in
This is the room Bahá'u'lláh was said to be born in,
appropriately between dawn and sunrise, November 12, 1817. It was the main
parlor of the house of His father in Tihran. Panes in the upper window are
colored red, blue, yellow and green.
(Source: 'Land of Resplendent Glory', by
the International Baha'i Audio-Visual Centre, 1971)
November 14, 2017
The Most Great Prison in Akka as seen in 1907
The Most Great Prison in Akka, Israel. This photo was taken
by the late Hand of the Cause, Roy C. Wilhelm in 1907
(Baha'i News, January
1965)
November 12, 2017
Baha’u’llah rented a house in Baghdad
Baha'u'llah arrived in Baghdad on 8 April 1853. The journey
from Tehran had been very difficult and had lasted three months. After a few
days in Baghdad, Baha'u'llah moved to Kazimayn, a Shi'i shrine city which at
that time was some five kilometers north-west of Baghdad (it has since become incorporated
into the city). The Iranian consul suggested to him that since Kazimayn tended
to be full of rather fanatical elements, it would be safer for Baha'u'llah if
he lived in Baghdad itself in the mainly Persian-speaking quarters on the west
bank of the Tigris river. Baha'u'llah consented to this and rented a house
there.
- Moojan Momen ('Baha’u’llah A
Short Biography')
November 10, 2017
November 9, 2017
The Tomb of Baha'u'llah at Bahji, in the years immediately following His ascension
(The Baha'i World 1932-1934)
November 8, 2017
1912: ‘Abdu’l-Baha lays the cornerstone of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar in Wilmette
May 1st was a remarkable day, a day of very high
distinction: 'Abdu'l-Baha laid the foundation-stone of the Mother Temple of the
West. At Wilmette on the shores of Lake Michigan ample land had been purchased.
On the site chosen for the construction of the Temple, a large tent had been
raised and here, after inspecting the grounds, 'Abdu'l-Baha took His place to
speak. He said:
“The power which has gathered you here today notwithstanding
the cold and windy weather is indeed mighty and wonderful. It is the power of
God, the divine favour of Baha'u'llah which has drawn you together. We praise
God that through His constraining love human souls are assembled and associated
in this way.
Thousands of Mashriqu’l-Aadhkars, dawning-points of praise
and mentionings of God for all religionists will be built in the Orient and
Occident, but this being the first one erected in the Occident has great
importance. In the future there will be many here and elsewhere; in Asia,
Europe, even in Africa, New Zealand and Australia;* but this edifice in Chicago
is of especial significance ..."
November 7, 2017
'Akka -- May, 1967
'Akka from the air, looking west over the Mediterranean.
Most Great Prison shown in center, Mosque to lower left. Photo taken in May,
1967.
November 6, 2017
Mount Carmel as it appeared to the first American pilgrims in 1898
Mount Carmel as it appeared to the first American pilgrims
to visit 'Abdu'l-Baha in 1898. The building at the foot and on the left marks
the place where Elijah, the Prophet, found shelter. On the summit is a convent.
(Baha'i News, December 1971)
November 5, 2017
The Garden of Ridvan
(The Baha'i World 1926-1928)
November 4, 2017
Bahá'u'lláh's ancestral home in Takur, in the district of Nur
November 3, 2017
November 2, 2017
Reconstructed House of Bahá’u’lláh's father in Takur, Mazindaran, Iran, circa 1936
(The Baha'i
World 1936-1938)
November 1, 2017
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