circa 1933: American Keith Ransom-Kelher with a group of Bahá’ís in Iran

Specimen of the calligraphy of Mirza Buzurg, Baha'u'llah's father

23 May 2001: The opening of the Terraces of the Shrine of the Báb

1927: The Western Pilgrim House at Haifa

Hands of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum and Dr. Furutan

Hands of the Cause of God Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum and Dr. Furutan with Mr. and Mrs. Nakhjavani and Mrs. Furutan

A crystal Persian tea glass and china saucer with rose luster flowers belonging to the Báb

Outskirts of Shiraz where the Báb often walked

(The Baha'i World 1930-1932)

1934: The Haziratu'l-Quds in Tihran under construction

(The Baha'i World 1932-1934)

Historic carpet

Some members of the famous Ahmadpur family had been in the presence of the beloved Master when the Shrine of the Bab had almost been completed. In their longing to have a share in that great and historic enterprise, they asked the Master if they could make a special carpet for the floor and send it to Haifa. He accepted their request and gave instructions as to what design they should choose for the carpet. This photo was taken after its completion and before its dispatch to the Holy Land. The people sitting in front are from the family of Haji Ahmad, in whose silk factory the Bab's body had been kept after being taken from the edge of the moat outside the city of Tabriz. This rug is now placed in the Shrine of the Bab. 

(Baha’i News, October 1964)

Korea's First National Convention, April 22-25, 1964

Some of the 65 Baha'is who attended Korea's First National Convention, April 22-25, 1964, in Taegu, Korea. Hand of the Cause, Dr. Rahmat'llah Muhajir (holding the Greatest Name) also attended this historic event. 

(Baha'i News July 1964)

Hand of the Cause Amatu'l-Baha Ruhiyyih Khanum

Some believers in Haifa

Believers assembled at the Tomb of the Bab, Mount Carmel 1910. The person marked x at the center of the group is the aged Afnan who supervised the building of Mashriqu'l-Adhkar in Ishkabad, Russia. As soon as it was finished he was called to Acca by 'Abdu'l-Baha to remain the balance of his days.

'Abdu'l-Baha signing a Tablet outside His house in Haifa

1972: A New Baha'i Center in Micronesia

Partial group of the friends attending the dedication of the first Baha'i Center in Mwalok Village, Sokehs, Ponape, Micronesia, in 1972. Hand of the Cause Featherstone is the back row. 

(Baha'i News, August 1972)

A calligraphic representation of "O 'Abdu'l-Baha"

"O 'Abdu'l-Baha"

Arabic calligraphy by Mishkin-Qalam

The place where 'Abdu'l-Baha stayed during His first nine days in New York

The Ansonia, Broadway and 73rd Street, where 'Abdu'l-Baha stayed during His first nine days in New York. The Master occupied a 2-bedromm, 1 drawing room suite on the 7th floor. This building is now designated as a landmark and is a condominium. 

('Abdu'l-Baha in New York The City of the Covenant, by Elaine Lacroix-Hopson)

The seal of the first Baha'i Assembly of the United States and Canada, 1897

The house of 'Abdu'l-Baha in Haifa, as it appeared in His days

(The Baha'i World 1954-1963)

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)

First National Convention of the Baha'is of Finland, April 1962

(Baha'i News August 1962)

The Apostles of Baha'u'llah -- "Pillars of the Faith" -- identified by Shoghi Effendi

(Presented by Duane Troxel

(Original source: The Baha’i World, 1928-1930)

For a brief description please see Baha’i Points of Interest

Ruhiyyih Khanum visits the President of India, 1974

The Hand of the Cause Ruhiyyih Khanum visits with President V.V.Giri, of India, in the presidential offices in New Delhi, on June 14, 1974. Amatu'l-Baha was in New Delhi to represent the Universal House of Justice at the National Baha'i Convention. 

(Baha'i News, April 1975)

1912: ‘Abdu’l-Baha lays the cornerstone of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkar in Wilmette

National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Rwanda 2013

Some Baha'is in Chicago in about 1912

Kenosha, USA, Spiritual Assembly in 1912

'Abdu'l-Baha's bedroom, Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA, April, 1912

(The Baha'i World 1932-1934)

The commander of the Persian regiment that executed the Báb in 1850

Aqa Jan Khan-i-Khamsih

(The Baha'i World 1932-1934)

1960: Auxiliary Board Members in Africa

Hand of the Cause Musa Banani held a meeting for the Auxiliary Board members for Northeast and Central and East Africa at Nairobi from February 26 to 28, 1960. Front row, left to right: Gilbert Robert, Abdu'l-Rahim Yazdi, Musa Banani, and Jamshid Munajjim. Back row, left to right: Aziz Yazdi, Ali Nakhjavani, Max Kenyerezi, and Jalal Nakhjavani 

(Baha'i News, June 1960)

Shoghi Effendi - The Guardian of the Baha'i Faith

Morassa Rawhani - First woman to become a member of the Spiritual Assembly of Alexandria, Egypt

Mrs. Morassa (Yazdi) Rawhani was born in 1887 and named Akkawiya (the one who belongs to 'Akka) by 'Abdu'l-Baha. She was the granddaughter of Haji Abderrehim Yazdi, one of the first bearers of the Sacred Standard. Born in the fortress of 'Akka, she grew up in the Sacred Household under the shelter of the Greatest Holy Leaf.

(Baha’i News, January 1972)