HOUSE OF `ABDU'L-BAHÁ


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Album of Views - "The room of Abdu'l-Baha and where he does his writing."

New Commentary - This appears to be the room of `Abdu'l-Bahá in His house in `Akká, the house of `Abdu'lláh Páshá. Compare it with the photograph of His Haifa bedroom between pages 464 and 465 of "`Abdu'l-Bahá" by H.M. Balyuzi.








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Album of Views - "The house of Abdul-Baha outside of Acca and only a short distance from the Holy Tomb, which is on your right. Here he rests after visiting the Tomb."

New Commentary - The building in the foreground is known as the Tea House of `Abdu'l-Bahá. Mr. Taherzadeh recounts that "One of the Covenant-breakers had built a blacksmith's shop next to the eastern wall of the Holy Tomb." Those buildings on the left must have been that blacksmith's shop. He goes on to say that "Shoghi Effendi removed these unsightly buildings." ("The Covenant of Bahá'u'lláh", p.330). The building with the caved-in roof (shown in the photograph was no doubt the "small one-storey building with five rooms which was in ruins." (Ibid.)) It was completely demolished in 1952.


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