In accordance with instructions received from His father,
‘Abdu’l-Bahá was erecting a building on the side of Mount
Carmel, above Haifa, which was intended to be the permanent
resting-place of the remains of the Báb, and also to contain a
number of rooms for meetings and services. They represented
to the authorities that this building was intended as a fort, and
that ‘Abdu’l-Bahá and His followers meant to entrench themselves
there, defy the Government, and endeavor to gain possession
of the neighboring region of Syria.