1929 14 Feb
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Work began on the three additional chambers of the Shrine of the Báb after the rock had been excavated from behind the building during the previous year. [DH154]
Haji Mahmúd Qassabchí, the builder who had completed the repairs on the House of Bahá'u'llah in Baghdad was chosen to be in charge of the work. Shoghi Effendi later designed one of the doors to the Shrine as "Báb-i-Qassabchi" in his honour. The remaining two doors were named after Sutherland Maxwell, the architect of the superstructure, and ego Giachery who had served as liaison with the various Italian marble companies involved. The door to the octagon was named after Leroy Ioas who overlooked much of the work on the Shrine. [CEBF320]
Originally the centre room had been separated by wooden walls and doors. These were removed and replaced by archways. [SETPE1p164]
These rooms, when completed, are used as the International Bahá'í Archives. There was a second repository of the archives at this time near the resting place of the Greatest Holy Leaf. [GPB347] |
* Shoghi Effendi (chronology); - Bahá'í World Centre; Báb, Shrine of (Haifa); Hájí Mahmud Qassabchi; International Bahá'í Archives; Mount Carmel |
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