Word: abbaseffendi
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...fatherhood of God. Baha 'Ullah, who was, after this declaration, confined in Acre by the Turkish Government, has written many epistles which form the holy books of the Babists, and just before his death in 1892 wrote his book of the Covenant in which he appointed his son Abbaseffendi his spiritual successor. It is as an emissary of Abbaseffendi that All Kuli Kahn has come to America. Although about 10,000 adherents of this faith have been put to death in Persia in the last sixty years the sect has lately gained many new followers, and is now recognized...
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