Notes to Aqdas, Sentence #222
Notes from the Authorized Translation
119. O people of Constantinople! # 89
The word here translated as "Constantinople" is, in the
original, "Ar-Rum" or "Rome". This term has generally
been used in the Middle East to designate Constantinople
and the Eastern Roman Empire, then the city of Byzantium
and its empire, and later the Ottoman Empire.
Earl Elder's Notes
1. This is addressed to the Turks, by whom Baha'u'llah had been twice banished, first to Adrianople, and then to Acre. Rum is the old name for Istanbul.
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