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Letters from the Guardian to Australia and New Zealand

  • Author:

  • Shoghi Effendi

  • Source:
  • Australia, 1971 reprint
  • Pages:
  • 140
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Page 134

Letter of May 7, 1957
Haifa, Israel,
May 7, 1957
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Australia.
Dear Bahá’í Friends:
Under separate cover, at the instruction of our beloved Guardian, I am mailing to you a fragment of the plaster from the Room the Báb was confined in, in the Fortress of Máh-Kú, in Persia.
He is sending this precious memento to be placed by Mother Dunn on his behalf in the foundations of the First Mashriqu’l-Adhkár which you will shortly commence building in Sydney.
He feels sure that this precious dust, calling to mind the sacrifices of the beloved Báb, will be a blessing for the Temple and an inspiration to the friends.
Please acquaint Mother Dunn with his instructions, and see that she receives the plaster safely.
With warm Bahá’í greetings,
R. Rabbani.