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Date 1911-08-16, sorted by event description, descending

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1911 16 Aug
191-		 After four and half days of travel over 2500 kilometres L'Orénoque arrived in Marseilles, France's major port on the Mediterranean. 'Abdu'l-Bahá was met by Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney who had recently married (28 April). He and his wife would be 'Abdu'l-Bahá's constant companions in France and would later be in His company in England and the eastern United States. They had already met 'Abdu'l-Baha in Palestine and Laura stayed there between 1904 and 1906. [ABF8]
  • He stayed at the Hôtel Louvre de la Paix at 53, la Canebière (today a C&A department store). [ABF9]
  • Thus began His first trip to France. It lasted 4 days.
    		•  `Abdu'l-Bahá, First Western tour; France; Hippolyte Dreyfus-Barney; Laura Clifford Barney; Marseilles, France; Orenoque; Ships
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