tag name International Bahá'í Archives type: BWC institutions; Writings, general web link bahai-library.com/tags/International_Bahai_Archives related tags Archives referring tags International Archives Building (Haifa); Preservation and conservation (archives); Relics Inventory subject Authentication; disposition of the Sacred Writings; Collection; ordering of the Sacred Writings notes "The collection of personal relics of Bahá'u'lláh, the Báb and 'Abdu'l-Bahá, the portraits of both the Báb and Bahá'u'lláh, original manuscripts and Tablets in the handwriting of Bahá'u'lláh and the Báb, and other items associated with the Faith which are housed in the first building to be completed on the Arc of Mount Carmel... Bahá'í pilgrims visit the Archives building once during their pilgrimage."
– from A Basic Bahá'í Dictionary (1989)
See also:
– Covenant Library Unified Index
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"... priceless treasures, hitherto scattered and often hidden for safekeeping, have been collected and are now displayed to visiting pilgrims. These treasures include portraits of both the Báb and Bahá’u’lláh; personal relics such as the hair, the dust and garments of the Báb; the locks and blood of Bahá’u’lláh and such articles as His pen-case, His garments, His brocaded tájes (head dresses), the kashkúl of His Sulaymáníyyih days, His watch and His Qur’án; manuscripts and Tablets of inestimable value, some of them illuminated, such as part of the Hidden Words written in Bahá’u’lláh’s own hand, the Persian Bayán, in the handwriting of Siyyid Ḥusayn, the Báb’s amanuensis, the original Tablets to the Letters of the Living penned by the Báb, and the manuscript of “Some Answered Questions.” This precious collection, moreover, includes objects and effects associated with ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá; the blood-stained garment of the Purest Branch, the ring of Quddús, the sword of Mullá Ḥusayn, the seals of the Vazír, the father of Bahá’u’lláh, the brooch presented by the Queen of Rumania to Martha Root, the originals of the Queen’s letters to her and to others, and of her tributes to the Faith, as well as no less than twenty volumes of prayers and Tablets revealed by the Founders of the Faith, authenticated and transcribed by Bahá’í Assemblies throughout the Orient, and supplementing the vast collection of their published writings."
– Shoghi Effendi, God Passes By, p. 347
bahaidata.org Q5394 · Links to Bahá'í wikis (bahai9, bahaipedia, etc.) references www.bahaullah.org/relics; ; bahai.media/Category:International_Archives_Building_interior; bahai.media/Category:Artifacts; bahaisacredrelics.blogspot.com
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