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Abstract:
Notes from travels to Bahá'í holy places in Iran in 1964, on a trip made with special permission from the House of Justice; includes descriptions of the architecture of the house and shop of the Bab, the birthplace of Bahá'u'lláh, and the Síyáh Chál.
Notes:
Mirrored from Bahai.works (includes illustrations). See an example of the published version: The House of Quddus in Mashhad. PDF below from a proofread Word .rtf document.
Crossreferences:

A Visit to Persia

Guy Murchie

published in Bahá'í News

Issue 408 ff.

1965/1966

The PDF below includes the following sections
  1. Springtime in Shíráz
  2. The Báb’s Shop in Búshihr
  3. Birthplace of Bahá’u’lláh
  4. The Black Pit
  5. Visit to Fort Tabarsi
  6. The Journey to Nayriz
  7. Sarvestan
  8. Lake Nayriz
  9. Fort of Khajih
  10. Vahid's Tomb
  11. A Meeting of Nayríz
  12. Isfahan
  13. Yazd—Home of the Seven Martyrs
  14. The House of Quddus in Mashhad
  15. House of Babiyyih
  16. The Story of a Baha'i in Mashhad
  17. Journey through Northern Iran
  18. Babel
  19. Amul
  20. Mazindarán
  21. Qazvin
Download: murchie_visit_persia.pdf.

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