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inventory #	BH00269 - Bahá'u'lláh 2370 words
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title	سورة الرئيس
title transliterated	Lawh-i-Ra'is / Suriy-i-Ra'is
English title	Surah to the Prime Minister / "president"
language	Persian
opening, English	The Pen of the Most High proclaimeth: O thou who hast imagined thyself to be the most exalted of men...
time period	Early ‘Akká (1868–1873)
abstract	Bahá'u'lláh’s second tablet to the Ottoman Prime Minister ‘Álí Páshá, denouncing him for his further act of cruelty in imprisoning Bahá’u’lláh and His followers in the citadel of ‘Akká, warning him of the ephemerality of his worldly power, relating the episode of a puppet show from Bahá’u’lláh’s own childhood which convinced Him of the fleeting nature of the trappings of the world, asking ‘Álí Páshá to comport himself with reason and justice, and reiterating a request for a brief audience with the Sultan.
in catalog	Tablet to `Ali Pasha III (Lawh-i-Ra'ís III); Summons of the Lord of Hosts
in tags	Lawh-i-Rais (Tablet to Sultan Ali Pasha)

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