- 1910-08-29 —
`Abdu'l-Bahá departed for Egypt on board the steamer Kosseur London accompanied by two attendants, Mírzá Munír-i-Zayn and 'Abdu'l-Husayn. Upon arrival he telegrammed the Bahá'í in Haifa that he was in Egypt. Shoghi Effendi was asked to come two days later. [AB133-168; ABF5; BBRXXX; GPB280; AB134-135; Bahá'í News #12 16Oct1910 pg206; the Message from the Universal House of Justice dated August 29, 2010]
- See letter from Sydney Sprague to Isabella Brittingham which indicates that He left sometime before this date.
- GPB280 and AY84 say He departed in September.
- After one month in Port Said He embarked for Marseille but turned back to Alexandria owing to His health. In a letter to Munírih Khánum He stated that His intention was to proceed to America or South Africa. [GPB280, ABF5]
- He stayed for a few days in the Victoria Hotel but then moved to a rented house in Ramleh, a suburb of Alexandria, where He stayed for about one year. [GPB280, AB136; Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Ali M Yazdi (1899-1978) who was a child at the time.]
- Early in May of 1911 he moved to Cairo and took up residence in nearby Zaytún. [AB138]
- It was during this period that a sudden change occurred. A journalist who had previously been hostile towards Him took a new tone. [AB136]
- The Russian poet Isabel Grinevsky, the Oriental Secretary of the British Agency, Ronald Storrs, Lord Kitchener, George Zaydán, eminent writer and celebrated editor as well as clerics, aristocrats, administrators, parliamentarians, men of letters, journalists and publicists, Arabs, Turks and Persians all sought out His company and met with Him. This period could be considered the first public proclamation of the Faith. [MRHK348, AB136-139; CH226]
- See AB138-139 for a description of His triumphs during this period.
- 1981-08-15 — The passing of Muhamad Mustafá (b.1898 in El Dhahriya, Egypt), stalwart servant and mainstay of the Egyptian and Northern African communities. He was buried in the Bahá'í Cemetery in Cairo.
The follow cable was received from the Universal House of Justice:
15th AUGUST 1981. DEEPLY GRIEVED PASSING EMINENT DISTINGUISHED
SERVANT BLESSED BEAUTY MEMBER BOARD COUNSELLORS AFRICA
KNIGHT BAHA'ULLAH DEARLY LOVED MUḤAMMAD MUSṬAFÁ HIS LONG
RECORD DEDICATED SERVICES IN ADMINISTRATIVE TEACHING FIELDS HIS
SELF-SACRIFICING AUDACIOUS EFFORTS IN PROMOTION DEFENSE BELOVED
FAITH UNFORGETTABLE CONVEY BEREAVED FAMILY FRIENDS LOVING
SYMPATHY PRAYING HOLY SHRINES FURTHER UNFOLDMENT PROGRESS HIS
NOBLE SOUL ABHA KINGDOM UNIVERSAL HOUSE OF JUSTICE. [BW18p768-771]
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