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Date 1930-04-01, sorted by date, descending

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1930 Apr
193-		 A ceremony was held at the American annual convention in dedication of the resumption of the building activities on the Wilmette Temple. [BBRSM183; BW3:47]
  • Shoghi Effendi's gift to the Temple was 'the most valuable sacred possession in the Holy Land' a 'precious ornament of the Tomb of Bahá'u'lláh', an exquisite Persian carpet. [BA180–1; BW4:208–12]
  • The carpet, one of the most exquisite pieces ever woven in Persia, was made in Khurásán in about 1900-1905. It had been donated to by Díyá'ulláh Asgharzádih as a gift to Àbdu'l-Bahá Who immediately placed it in the Shrine of Bahjí. [BW4p208-210]
Bahá'u'lláh, Shrine of (Bahjí); Carpets; Conventions, National; Gifts; Mashriqu'l-Adhkár, Wilmette; United States (USA); Wilmette, IL
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